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In my case even with 4 140mm fans + the cpu fan running at 1500 RPM wont keep it cool.

I'm definitely gonna look into this. I have an Asus ROG VII Ranger. Thanks a lot.

I currently have i custom loop where the cpu block is just hanging in the air while testing the stock cooler. I previously had an AMD Phenom ii 1100t x6 with the same water loop that would never pass 55 degrees. The i7 goes upwards 80 degrees under load on the water cooling.

I tested with the stock paste. I first used the system with water cooling and it was not as cool as i would like. I took the water cooling block on and off many times to ensure i got the paste right. Same result every time. I then went on to use the stock cooler cause i knew i would have a good case in an RMA if the stock cooler cannot keep the CPU cool. I used the preapplied thermal paste as it was the first time i put on the stock cooler and it wasn't installed on purchase. (Sorry for not responding quicker)

Fuck. I mess that up all the time. It is 4790 K

Thanks for your input. The point of this post was to see if i should RMA it. It's only running the stock clock. But always runs the boost clock of 4400 mhz when in demanding games or applications.

I am aware i wrote 4970k in title. Meant 4790k Hi. I have had serious temperature issues with my new i7 4790k and have had my new build PC shut down twice. I had it water cooled first which gave me heat problems. Then i changed it to the stock to see if how that would perform. The chip runs as stock clock with the 4400mhz boost during all tests. There are no signs of problems with the chip except the temperature. It performs extremely well in any test i have thrown at it. I have two questions: Are these temps normal/expected for i7 4790k on stock cooler with the preapplied thermal paste:(All temps monitored with HWmonitor) Ambient temperature in room: ~22 degrees C. Idle: ~40 degrees C. Counter Strike global offensive: 80-90 degrees C. BF4 spectating large 64 player battles: 85-95 degrees C. HOT CPU4 diagnostic tool: 95-100 degrees C. I have used other temperature monitors as well to which gave same results. Second question is about when my PC just shuts down. It has done it once after about 1½ hours of counter strike on water cooling and once spectating BF4 on stock cooler. I did not see the temperature just before the crash, but after the crash the PC wont turn on for about 10 minutes. Is the typical when a CPU overheats? It doesn't matter if i switch the power supply off and on again. It wont boot for the next 10 min no matter what I do. I am wondering if manufacturing errors ever happens in regards to a warmer chip than usual? Hope you can help me get my new PC in order. It would also be nice just to hear your experience with the 4790K with regards to temperatures on different coolers. Thanks in advance.

Yes in one loop. It might not be the biggest surface area, but it used to be very efficient with my old AMD chip. I was expecting even better or similar temps with the i7 as intel has a reputation on running cooler.

Hi. I just did an almost full upgrade of my PC. Upgraded CPU, mobo, PSU and memory. I have used the water cooling system with my old system where it worked flawlessly. I am suspecting the CPU has some production issues causing it to run hotter than it should. I have changed nothing in the bios except fan speed to this point. System: Intel i7 4970k (stock clock) Asus ROG Maximis VII Ranger ASUS Matrix R9 290X (only old component, bought about 3 months ago.) 16GB DDR3 1866mhz. Windows 7 64 bit. Custom water system: CPU waterblock: EKWB EK-Supremacy EK water block for the GPU. 1x 140mm and 1x 120mm radiator. Old CPU: AMD Athlon X6 1100T 3.3GHz I am aware that my graphics card is basically the equivalent of a full size radiator. But please keep in mind that i have had the same card with another CPU without heat problems. There are multiple issues. I have done multiple tests on both the water cooler and the stock air cooler that came with the CPU. 1. CPU temperature measurements are spiking oddly. When monitoring temps with real temp or HWmonitor the temperature will be around 30-35 degrees C when idle(water cooling). The temp isn't very stable though. It goes up and down quite a lot. Usually about 5 degrees. Once in while though it spikes upwards 20 degrees C for what seems like a single measurement. Then goes back down to 30 or where it was before, in less than a second. Is it normal that the temperature measurement jumps a lot and unevenly on the cores. My old AMD was very stable in temperature. Each core was only differing 1-3 degrees C. 2. Temperature is very high(too high) My old CPU would never go above 55 degrees. Even on full load. Does the old AMD emit less heat the my new i7? Hot-CPU4: Here the water-cooling runs about 60-70 but spikes above 80 degrees running. On stock cooler it went very quickly to 100C while calculating Pi. I instantly shut it down when temp got that high. Should that ever happen with the stock cooler? CPU fan obv. running at 100% here. Intel burn test: Even with water-cooling it went very quickly above 90 degrees C. I quickly shut it down. I didn't want to torture my CPU with the stock cooler on this one. I also played CS:GO(on water cooling) for about 1,5 hours and the screen just went black. PC wouldn't boot for about 10 min, then came back. I cannot say for sure, but i would assume this was from overheating and the CPU shut off the system. I was monitoring the CPU temp once in a while, while playing but didn't a few minutes before the crash. Last i checked it was around 70 degrees with a recorded maximum of 85 which i assumed was from one of those odd spikes. It might have went about 100 C without me noticing. I have done everything by the book when it comes to installing the water block. Thermal paste amount is about 2 grains of rice and the block was screwed down with a cross pattern. I have followed the instruction for assembling the water block for intel LGA 1150 closely. Do any of you good people have any clue what is wrong here? Does the i7 4970k get incredibly hot? It doesn't seem to have that reputation. Have you heard of any of my issues before? Or is it completely normal it runs this hot? Thank you for reading all of that! Feel free to ask for any additional information. I just want to get my new PC sorted out and figure out if I should return the CPU