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What did you do to get your temps under control?

3:11AM atm & no LM left. I'll order some tomorrow & relid when it arrives & let you know what happens

Yeah it doesn't, thanks for that. Oh well, still I never had these temps on this overclock; before now everything was peachy. Gonna have to take a look under the hood I think. I've read about some cases where people's RAM sticks were causing temps to spike on individual cores, something about a memory controller in the CPU or something.. Also in another case, the guy replaced his PSU and it fixed the problem. It's so strange... Why can't things just be simple. Ugh, so many things that could be wrong. #isolationtesting #suchislife

Not sure, I read somewhere yesterday that it did. I'll check now to satisfy my curiosity.

I've had to dial back my overclock to 5.1ghz offer:1 just to keep my system stable. Very frustrating not knowing what has caused this change in performance.

Okay. Idle temps are more than fine, all 6 cores idle between 24-28 degrees Celsius, though as soon as I hit it with a chunky AVX workload like Cinebench R15 core 3 temps spike out of contr & my PC has a fit.

Thanks for the reply. I've been scouring the web & YouTube for answers for days.. I will let you know what happens when I relid with LM again.

My i7 8700k is delidded with LM & has been comfortably running on 5.2 GHz 1.38v with temps of up to 65 degrees Celsius benching a score of 1670 on Cinebench R15 for a little over a year now. I did a random temp test using realtemp & Coretemp recently (after watching a de8auer YouTube video) while running Cinebench R15 & my core 3 temp spiked to 100 degrees while all other cores remained at 65 and lower & my pc locked up and I had to force shutdown. Then I restarted & ran it again & the same thing. I suspected maybe it was the thermal paste, so I cleaned it up, reapplied paste & reseated, but still exactly the same temps. The 100 degrees Celsius spike on core 3 happens instantly as soon as I hit Run on cinebench, before the fans have a chance to increase RPM, so I'm guessing it's the temp inside the package heating up so darn fast. So after that I then bought a new cooler, Noctua NH-D15. No change in temps across the board. My cooling us more than adequate, though for some reason all of a sudden my core 3 has decided to run extremely hot. Like 30+ degrees hotter than the other cores. I updated my bios to the latest version & no change occurs. I tried tinkering with my overclock & I discovered that the more volts I give the vcore the higher the temps on core 3 become, but the rest stay the same... Why does it seem like my core 3 is receiving more volts than the other 5 cores? Is it possible for the LM to shift position on the die underneath the IHS? I believe LM doesn't degrade within 1 year... Do sensors become faulty randomly? Does the TIM degrade over time? If no other solution comes to mind, I will delid & relid again & replace new LM to the die, though if that doesn't work I am absolutely beyond ideas... Any thoughts? I'm running: Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 rev 1.0 i7 8700k G.skill Trident Z 3600mhz 2x8gb (dual channel) Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium PSU Noctua NH-D15

My i7 8700k is delidded with LM & has been comfortably running on 5.2 GHz 1.38v with temps of up to 65 degrees Celsius benching a score of 1670 on Cinebench R15 for a little over a year now. I did a random temp test using realtemp & Coretemp recently (after watching a de8auer YouTube video) while running Cinebench R15 & my core 3 temp spiked to 100 degrees while all other cores remained at 65 and lower & my pc locked up and I had to force shutdown. Then I restarted & ran it again & the same thing. I suspected maybe it was the thermal paste, so I cleaned it up, reapplied paste & reseated, but still exactly the same temps. The 100 degrees Celsius spike on core 3 happens instantly as soon as I hit Run on cinebench, before the fans have a chance to increase RPM, so I'm guessing it's the temp inside the package heating up so darn fast. So after that I then bought a new cooler, Noctua NH-D15. No change in temps across the board. My cooling us more than adequate, though for some reason all of a sudden my core 3 has decided to run extremely hot. Like 30+ degrees hotter than the other cores. I updated my bios to the latest version & no change occurs. I tried tinkering with my overclock & I discovered that the more volts I give the vcore the higher the temps on core 3 become, but the rest stay the same... Why does it seem like my core 3 is receiving more volts than the other 5 cores? Is it possible for the LM to shift position on the die underneath the IHS? I believe LM doesn't degrade within 1 year... Do sensors become faulty randomly? Does the TIM degrade over time? If no other solution comes to mind, I will delid & relid again & replace new LM to the die, though if that doesn't work I am absolutely beyond ideas... Any thoughts? I'm running: Gigabyte Aorus Z370 Gaming 7 rev 1.0 i7 8700k G.skill Trident Z 3600mhz 2x8gb (dual channel) Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium PSU Noctua NH-D15

Will an m.2 expansion card in RAID0 config run faster in PCI/eX16 (where I'd normally put graphics card) than in PCIeX16(running at PCIeX8) ?

@Crunchy Dragon My motherboard of choice only has 1 M.2 NVMe socket. I have a few questions if I may. 1. Will this (Asus Hyper M.2 X16 Card Expansion) work with my Choice of CPU & Motherboard to setup a fully functional RAID0 with 2 X Samsung 960 Evo NVMe M.2 SSD? 2. Does X370 chipset support Asus Hyper M.2 X16 Card Expansion Nv Me M.2? 3. Is there support for my Ryzen CPU? Basically, with my chosen hardware config', will the RAID0 work?

Thanks guys

Hi I'm building a PC & I'd like to know what y'all think and if I could choose better parts etc. I will be using the PC for multiboxing Diablo 3 X 4 accounts/game clients. Some competitive Overwatch and Starcraft 2. What I'll be using it for basic YouTube viewing, possible game streaming (once I learn how to do that). What I want out of a PC is fast and reliable stability. I can't stand waiting for stuff to load & I really, really, really hate lagg. I am extremely impatient & competitive. I'm not too bothered about noise so much. I would like to try out custom loop water cooling and CPU/GPU/RAM overclocking. 1. Budget & Location $2,500 - $3,000 Victoria, Australia 2. Aim Multiboxing 4 X Diablo 3 game clients, *See above. 3. Monitors 1-2 4. Peripherals Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, Windows 10 Pro 64Bit I don't currently own a PC CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X370-F GAMING ATX Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 2 x 8GB DDR4-3200 Storage: 2 X Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 RAID0 GPU: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB ROG STRIX Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower PSU: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Fully-Modular ATX Monitor: Asus - MG248QR 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Any & all help & suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!