4790k Extremely High Temperature! Help Needed! (NZXT Kraken X61, Stock Cooler)

[DeadEyeKozi]

Hello everyone.

 

Today I built my first PC: (Link: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/DeadEyeKozi/saved/P4YYcf)

 

When I first booted up, I had my NZXT Kraken X61 Installed with all the drivers installed as well. I opened the CAM Software and at Idle I was getting 75-99 Degrees Celsius. I then took the cooler off my CPU and saw that the thermal paste was not spread out properly. I looked up the avg temperatures for the 4790k at Idle with this cooler and it was around 30 degrees celsius.

 

I then personally thought that the way the thermal paste was spread could not create a 60 degree difference in temps so I wiped off the thermal paste and installed the stock cooler. Currently at idle, on the stock cooler, on Core Temp I am getting 45-65 degrees Celsius. However, on CPU-Z it says my core speed is 1.29ghz. I looked at other peoples results for stock cooling and I saw that they were getting around 40 degrees Celsius idle, but i'm not sure if CPU-Z said 4ghz

 

So I believe that my CPU is thermal throttling, but I do not know what the cause is or how to fix it. Sorry if I haven't provided enough information, If anyone thinks they can help but need additional info, just ask me and Ill add it. I am really worried that these temps will ruin the lifespan of my CPU and as it cost $2800 AUD, it was a big investment. All the parts have warranty but I need to confirm what the problem is before I RMA anything.

 

Once again, this was my first build so I do not know that much about problems like these but I can say that all the components are working correctly. Also, the system appears to be working fine, haven't run a stress test or game on it yet though.

 

Anyway, all help is appreciated. Thanks

 

[Zayzo]

Hello everyone.

 

Today I built my first PC: (Link: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/user/DeadEyeKozi/saved/P4YYcf)

 

When I first booted up, I had my NZXT Kraken X61 Installed with all the drivers installed as well. I opened the CAM Software and at Idle I was getting 75-99 Degrees Celsius. I then took the cooler off my CPU and saw that the thermal paste was not spread out properly. I looked up the avg temperatures for the 4790k at Idle with this cooler and it was around 30 degrees celsius.

 

I then personally thought that the way the thermal paste was spread could not create a 60 degree difference in temps so I wiped off the thermal paste and installed the stock cooler. Currently at idle, on the stock cooler, on Core Temp I am getting 45-65 degrees Celsius. However, on CPU-Z it says my core speed is 1.29ghz. I looked at other peoples results for stock cooling and I saw that they were getting around 40 degrees Celsius idle, but i'm not sure if CPU-Z said 4ghz

 

So I believe that my CPU is thermal throttling, but I do not know what the cause is or how to fix it. Sorry if I haven't provided enough information, If anyone thinks they can help but need additional info, just ask me and Ill add it. I am really worried that these temps will ruin the lifespan of my CPU and as it cost $2800 AUD, it was a big investment. All the parts have warranty but I need to confirm what the problem is before I RMA anything.

 

Once again, this was my first build so I do not know that much about problems like these but I can say that all the components are working correctly. Also, the system appears to be working fine, haven't run a stress test or game on it yet though.

 

Anyway, all help is appreciated. Thanks

Its not even near the throttling threshold. I think its what 90c? lmao

[DeadEyeKozi]

Its not even near the throttling threshold. I think its what 90c? lmao

The Kraken x61 had surpassed 90 degrees C, on the stock cooler at idle the temps are pretty high, but in CPU-Z , it says that each core is running at 1.29GHZ

[Zayzo]

The Kraken x61 had surpassed 90 degrees C, on the stock cooler at idle the temps are pretty high, but in CPU-Z , it says that each core is running at 1.29GHZ

You incorrectly mounted the x61 or had little to no thermal paste.

[JustChilliing]

The Kraken x61 had surpassed 90 degrees C, on the stock cooler at idle the temps are pretty high, but in CPU-Z , it says that each core is running at 1.29GHZ

 

Is that under load or idle?

[Zayzo]

Is that under load or idle?

When I first booted up, I had my NZXT Kraken X61 Installed with all the drivers installed as well. I opened the CAM Software and at Idle I was getting 75-99 Degrees Celsius. I then took the cooler off my CPU and saw that the thermal paste was not spread out properly. I looked up the avg temperatures for the 4790k at Idle with this cooler and it was around 30 degrees celsius.

[DeadEyeKozi]

You incorrectly mounted the x61 or had little to no thermal paste.

I mounted it the same way Luke did in the "Ultimate Distributed PC Build Guide". It didn't look like there was a lot of thermal paste, but can that really cause temps that high?

[Zayzo]

I mounted it the same way Luke did in the "Ultimate Distributed PC Build Guide". It didn't look like there was a lot of thermal paste, but can that really cause temps that high?

You didn't get good pressure. Try again.

[DeadEyeKozi]

You didn't get good pressure. Try again.

Ok, well I'll need to purchase some thermal paste as I used the pre-applied one, but do you think that is the reason?

[Zayzo]

Ok, well I'll need to purchase some thermal paste as I used the pre-applied one, but do you think that is the reason?

Yeah, pretty much every super high temp irregularity with aios is because they were not mounted properly.

[DeadEyeKozi]

Yeah, pretty much every super high temp irregularity with aios is because they were not mounted properly.

Ok, thanks for the help. I'll get the paste and let you know how it's doing

[Purplehazeffc]

Sounds like the plastic protector sheet is still on the cooler