Xeon overheating at full load... Need help.

[raz123]

Hi guys, i can't seem to figure out what's wrong with my CPU...It's an Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 running at 3.4Ghz and it turboboosts to 3.8Ghz. Problem is, when i stress it with Prime95, it reaches ridiculously high temps, around 90ºC...

I've recently bought a Thermalright Truespirit 120m cooler to replace the stock cooler and it barely made a difference! Idles maybe 3-4ºC cooler but at full load i'm getting basically the same temp's as stock, 80-90ºC+ depending on the core.

I've already reseated the cooler twice, cleaned everything and applied new thermal paste each time, followed the installation instructions to the letter but the temps are still crazy high. I've even watched other people install the same cooler on youtube, and they installed it exactly like i did... Could i just be messing up the installation? Could the motherboard be overvolting the CPU, therefore generating all this heat? Motherboard is an Asus H97-PRO.

I'm really confused as to what's going on, i've never had this problem on any of my older builds...

 

I'll leave a screenshot of CoreTemp attached to this post.

 

Any help is appreciated.

[Norwegiantweaker]

im guessing someting is wrong with the cooler. or the chip. might be poor thermal cooling on the inside of the chip as well .im tired. please excuse any mislabeled items  

[dragoon20005]

Prime95 again...

 

 

did you set the voltage to be in manual?

 

 

Prime95 can force the mobo to overvolt the CPU causing the high temps

 

it can fry your CPU

[Clyne]

just what @dragoon20005 said you shouldn't run prime95 on haswell chips because prime95 would overvolt the cpu.

Intel extreme tuning utility and aida64 are the two programs that i know of that would be okay for haswell chips to stress test

[Geekazoid]

Anyone fancy some fried CPU on toast? (JK)

[raz123]

Voltage is not set to manual, should i do that? What voltage should i set it to?

Prime95 again...

 

 

did you set the voltage to be in manual?

 

 

Prime95 can force the mobo to overvolt the CPU causing the high temps

 

it can fry your CPU

[dragoon20005]

Voltage is not set to manual, should i do that? What voltage should i set it to?

keep it at 1.2+ volts or the stock voltage

 

do not let it go above 1.3+ volts

[raz123]

Ok, so i did a quick 10 minute stress test with Intel tuning utility and it's much better. Max temperatures around 60ºC. Max voltage 1.13v while turboboosting to 3.8ghz. While idling it varies between 0.70v and 1v. Is this good enough?

[dragoon20005]

Ok, so i did a quick 10 minute stress test with Intel tuning utility and it's much better. Max temperatures around 60ºC. Max voltage 1.13v while turboboosting to 3.8ghz. While idling it varies between 0.70v and 1v. Is this good enough?

def way better