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Hey guys, I finally built my computer! And with a H100i in push-pull on my 4670K, from what I can tell from browsing online, I'm getting amazing temperatures. I'm getting 25-29C idle. With the case closed. And I haven't even put any case fans in yet! Are these good idle temperatures? I'm new to building computers, so tell me. Did I win the silicon lottery? 

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Silicon lottery really refers to OC capability.

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what are your clock speeds? That's the best way of telling if you've won the "Silicon Lottery"

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what are your clock speeds? That's the best way of telling if you've won the "Silicon Lottery"

It's at 3.7GHz (Can't find my thumb drive so I'm waiting for my dad to come home to let me use his thumb drive to install windows, then I can get Prime95 and Afterburner and all the other stuff :P)

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I idle around that

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Having a properly functioning CPU isn't what I'd call winning the silicon lottery. Overclock it and see how far you can get, then we can tell.

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See how far of a stable clock you can get and look at the results  :lol:

 

I hope for starters it will be an aftermarket cooler, to handle them high temps. Anything around the range of a 1.3v 4.2-.4.4GHz overclock would be considered a good chip  :D

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Having a properly functioning CPU isn't what I'd call winning the silicon lottery. Overclock it and see how far you can get, then we can tell.

I saw online that 40C is a good idle temp with H100i and 4670k, so I freaked out :D

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See how far of a stable clock you can get and look at the results  :lol:

 

I hope for starters it will be an aftermarket cooler, to handle them high temps. Anything around the range of a 1.3v 4.2-.4.4GHz overclock would be considered a good chip  :D

Don't I need a stress testing program? I can't get windows without a USB stick and my dad has the only one at work atm, so I have to wait. Is there another way to stress test?

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Well, no. What you're descibing has nothing to do with the 'silicon lottery' and frankly isn't even that outstanding. Idle temps mean absolutely nothing and depend on your ambient temperature more than anything else.

 

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Well, no. What you're descibing has nothing to do with the 'silicon lottery' and frankly isn't even that outstanding. Idle temps mean absolutely nothing and depend on your ambient temperature more than anything else.

 

(Sorry if I burst your bubble)

I just freaked out because people online are saying that 40C is good idle :P I hope I did win though :D

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Don't I need a stress testing program? I can't get windows without a USB stick and my dad has the only one at work atm, so I have to wait. Is there another way to stress test?

 

Nah, you will have to wait to get the OS installed. Then run Prime95 for a good 30 mins to see how the temps are. For a stable clock anything between 12 hours to 24 hours (recommended) to determine that the CPU can handle the overclock and voltages 24/7  :lol:

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this

 Idle temps mean absolutely nothing 

 

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 Prime95 for a good 30 mins to see how the temps are

no P95 for Haswell. IBT, Aida64, or OCCT. 

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See how far of a stable clock you can get and look at the results  :lol:

 

I hope for starters it will be an aftermarket cooler, to handle them high temps. Anything around the range of a 1.3v 4.2-.4.4GHz overclock would be considered a good chip  :D

OP mentions he has a h100i :)

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OP mentions he has a h100i

lolol of course. i skipped that part as i skimmed  :lol:

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Hey guys, I finally built my computer! And with a H100i in push-pull on my 4670K, from what I can tell from browsing online, I'm getting amazing temperatures. I'm getting 25-29C idle. With the case closed. And I haven't even put any case fans in yet! Are these good idle temperatures? I'm new to building computers, so tell me. Did I win the silicon lottery? 

I idle at that temperature with my 8320 and a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO

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