Patthecat

No probs not but overclock it anyway because you wasted money on a nice h80i if you don't,

I guess that's normal maybe. But as you can see at stock it's pulling 1.15 ish volts so you definetly can't speed it up and lower the volts. My suggestion is raise it to 1.3, set it to the 4.4-4.5 ish mark you wanted, and lower it until its stable. If temps are good, you're done. If not try the remount, and if that doesn't work you need less volts, so you need to lower the speed and try to lower the voltage further

I suggest remounting it if you have new thermal paste. I mean it could run that hot idk how hot haswell runs, but I dont think it runs hot enough to overheat once you overclock it IF the mounting is correct of the waterblock. Try fixing the voltages and if that doesn't work go for the remount. You will probably want to clean it and stuff if you do remount it

That still seems really high for stock. I'd expect like MAX 48ish with a watercooler. I could be wrong, but with my Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 I get like 50 max at stock speeds on my 2500k, and thats a pretty cheap air cooler

It's happened before and it will happen again

Also what are you're speeds and voltages because 1.1 seems really low, let alone .88. Forget what the guide told you set the speed you want, set the voltage to like 1.3 and then keep decreasing it until it crashes, then boost it until its stable. I dont know a ton about haswell but if its anything like sandy and ivy bridge that's what you do to overclock. If it instantly shuts off when you run prime95 my guess is the voltage is too low. Also, again check out the mounting on that h80 because 59-69 C like you stated for temps at stock speeds is probably worse than the stock cooler.

If you're hitting 69 at stock speeds with an h80i then you screwed up somewhere

Dont you DARE hate on the train case that thing pulls bitches

Quan thank you. I was thinking about the 550 capstone when you told me in another thread. Then I saw the hive and wondered if that was a good deal. But now that you have shown me the 750 capstone I am definitely choosing that. This is definitely more fit for upgrades and has a long enough warranty and lifespan to be used in future builds.

I'm upgrading my powesupply and both of these are on sale right now for 70 dollars each. The question is do I go with the bronze rated Hive-650, or the Gold rated Capstone-550. I know both will power the system in my sig, but I'm wondering if I should get the higher quality capstone with less wattage, or the still-good-but-not-as-much hive which gives me more wattage and more expansion. What do you guys think?

Where's the colby jack dog??? Love me some colby jack

There's tons of people in my school who think apple products kick ass and are worth the money. I have tried to explain to them that while they are extremely aesthetically pleasing the hardware is nothing special. I don't think they care one bit. I have never really encountered many hardcore console fanboys other than people who just think pc gaming makes you a nerd. Keep in mind these are the same kids retaking Algebra I for the third time...

Smoke would look totally badass

68.1% on my 7870xt