10700k Overheating

[guntera384]

I run a 10700k at stock with an noctua nh-d15 with the low noise adapter. Although the cooler should be plenty I instantly hit 100 Degrees in Cinebench and average 70 in gaming. Peeks in gaming go up to 93 Degrees. Should I reapply my thermal paste or try re mounting my Cooler or maybe undervolt my CPU? Thanks in advance

[curiousmind34]

Just now, guntera384 said:

I run a 10700k at stock with an noctua nh-d15 with the low noise adapter. Although the cooler should be plenty I instantly hit 100 Degrees in Cinebench and average 70 in gaming. Peeks in gaming go up to 93 Degrees. Should I reapply my thermal paste or try re mounting my Cooler or maybe undervolt my CPU? Thanks in advance

That’s odd. The nhd-15 should be more than enough. How are the fans oriented on the cpu cooler and your case, and which case are you using?

[Fasauceome]

Does your case have good aiflow? Do you live in a very hot part of the world?

[guntera384]

I'm using a lian li lancool 2 mesh sop airflow shouldn't be a problem. You can see the fan orientation down below.

[guntera384]

Fasauceome

 

No it's currently about 0 C outside and I have a lian li lancool 2 mesh.

[RAS_3885]

I'd start by re-mounting the cooler (and applying new thermal paste).

[guntera384]

Ok I'll try tomorrow. Thanks for the quick reply.

[curiousmind34]

2 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

I'd start by re-mounting the cooler (and applying new thermal paste).

Tip: watch a youtube video of applying thermal paste (but not the verge pc lol) on roughly how much thermal paste you need.

[unclewebb]

Your screenshot shows your CPU is using a fixed voltage. This voltage is based on your CPU using the 52 multiplier. Either run a fixed max CPU speed or run an offset voltage. 

 

What motherboard model do you have? Some boards really feed lots of excess voltage to the CPU.

 

Here is how to do a -75 mV offset undervolt on an Asus board.

 

[guntera384]

I don't think coverage is the problem as I manually spread it out over the IHS and every bit is covered.

 

[guntera384]

I have a msi z490 gaming edge wifi motherboard

[unclewebb]

In HWiNFO, keep scrolling down. See if you can find a VCore voltage. The actual voltage going  to the CPU is sky high. That is why your power consumption looks more like a 10 core CPU and is why your CPU is running so hot.

 

Here is a good example of why you need to be careful when the BIOS is set to default voltage.

 

 

[Mateyyy]

Disable MCE in your motherboard's BIOS, or revert any manual overclocking you might've done. Your 10700K hitting 5.2GHz and pulling upwards of 220W is clearly not stock behaviour.

 

Also, I'd suggest using HWiNFO64 as opposed to HWMonitor. It tends to give out much more accurate readings in general.

[unclewebb]

Here is an example of actual voltage needed at 4900 MHz while fully loaded running Cinebench.

A 10850K is definitely not a silicon lottery winner. A 10700K should need similar voltage.

 

 

Running the 52 multiplier when lightly loaded is fine. You just don't want the CPU to use the same voltage at 52X as it runs at full load and 49X. That is why fixed voltage should be avoided when running a CPU like this.

[guntera384]

Mateey

Yeah I looked it up and 5.2 defenetly isn't stock behaviour but I haven't changed anything in the bios (exept XMP and Fan curve) and don't really know why it's clocked that high. I'll try using the adaptive Voltage in the intel extreme tuning utility and check if that helps with my temps.

 

 

 

[guntera384]

Quick update

 

I've now rerun cinebench and "only" hit 96 C max and ~85 degrees  on average with a multicore run. The highest frequency was also just 4.8 ghz. I haven't done anything but I think the issue just resolved itself.

Thanks for your suggestions 

Quick side question: Do you think I should undervolt it anyway? I never really use my CPU for extended loads exept gaming so normally just hit 70 C.

[The 18th Fret]

Hello

 

I recently upgraded my aging PC and replaced a few components such as mobo, CPU, ram, etc. I decided to go for the 10700K as well and even though I have a 280mm AIO cooler attached to it,  when running Cinebench R15, the CPU reached a max of 91C, which I was very surprised about, but the average was around 77-80C during benching. It just spiked up for a second to 91C.

 

Gaming is my main focus though, not benching, and during gaming CPU temps hover around 55-60 which is excellent in my book for a powerful CPU that is known to run hot.

 

I don't think it's a good idea to run the 10700K without liquid cooling. They're so easy to apply that you really should get a 240mm or 280mm AIO cooler, I wouldn't go for a single fan, definitely get a double fan that fits your case. I also have the CPU overclocked to 5.1ghz so I'm sure the temps the would be even better if I ran it stock but I don't buy a $300ish K CPU and $150 AIO cooler to run it at stock.