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Bought A New CPU Cooler, Not Happy With Results

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Okay, I recently bought a Noctua nh-D15 cpu cooler for my i5 3570k. I Installed the cooler, and I'm only getting a couple degree differences from the stock cooler.

I use CUPID for my temps.

 

Stock: Idle 38-40c Prime95 63-65c

 

Noctua: Idle 36-38c Prime 95 57-62c 

 

I mean it is an improvement, but for $100 I was expecting to overclock to 4.2Ghz. Perhaps I put the thermal paste on wrong?

Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

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don't use p95

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Okay, I recently bought a Noctua nh-D15 cpu cooler for my i5 3570k. I Installed the cooler, and I'm only getting a couple degree differences from the stock cooler.

I use CUPID for my temps.

 

Stock: Idle 38-40c Prime95 63-65c

 

Noctua: Idle 36-38c Prime 95 57-62c 

 

I mean it is an improvement, but for $100 I was expecting to overclock to 4.2Ghz. Perhaps I put the thermal paste on wrong?

Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

My experience with the i5 3570K was under water (Corsair H110), and I could barely keep the temps under 80c at a 4.3Ghz overclock. The 3###K series are just garbage when it comes to thermals and Overclocks.

Now that's not to say that someone couldn't get a better chip and have a 4.4Ghz clock on Air, but in general the chips don't go past a 4.2Ghz clock on air or under water due to stability.

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don't use p95

For the same results you could try measuring with a fairly fresh potato

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Termalpaste has to be very thin. To much and Cooling will be bad.

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What's the fan speed? It's quite possible that the D15 is only a couple of degrees below the stock cooler if the latter was running at 4k RPM or more and the D15 at 500rpm or something like that. If the D15 fans already run at speeds above 1000rpm, try re-seating the cooler and using less TIM. You should see at least a 10-15°C drop as compared to the stock cooler.

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Okay, I recently bought a Noctua nh-D15 cpu cooler for my i5 3570k. I Installed the cooler, and I'm only getting a couple degree differences from the stock cooler.

I use CUPID for my temps.

 

Stock: Idle 38-40c Prime95 63-65c

 

Noctua: Idle 36-38c Prime 95 57-62c 

 

I mean it is an improvement, but for $100 I was expecting to overclock to 4.2Ghz. Perhaps I put the thermal paste on wrong?

Any ideas or help would be appreciated. Thanks!

you have to overclock it. it isn't going to overclock itself, because you put a bigger cooler on it. 

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CUPID? You mean CPUID? Which software from them? Its company name for various utilities. HWmonitor would be my wild guess but...

Anyway. Are the settings for multiplier and volts same for both test you've done? I'm surprised how low your max stock temp is. Was expecting higher, something in 70C range. Truth is that you can't go lower than what you are getting on air. And larger coolers get their advantage with higher volts on overclocks. You don't get $100 cooler to run everything stock.

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