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i7 4770k + H80i = 40°C on Idle?

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I have my i7 4770k hooked up with H80i, I'm just wondering if the idle temps should be at around 40? I sometimes see its dipping on 94-97 on some certain heavy graphic frames.

 

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I have also already re seated the H80i, currently waiting for the MX-2 to come. If the temperature doesnt improve, does that mean I have a defective H80i?

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The temperature sounds about right. Why are you expecting lower temps? Unless you have a 10C ambient temperature, 40C for 4770K is quite normal. I doubt that you will achieve better cooling no matter what, unless of course you have like a quad radiator cooling just the processor. Anyways, that MX-2 isn't going to help either. If anything, I would definitely chose the MX-4 if I was trying to shave a couple of degrees off. 

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The temperature sounds about right. Why are you expecting lower temps? Unless you have a 10C ambient temperature, 40C for 4770K is quite normal. I doubt that you will achieve better cooling no matter what, unless of course you have like a quad radiator cooling just the processor. Anyways, that MX-2 isn't going to help either. If anything, I would definitely chose the MX-4 if I was trying to shave a couple of degrees off. 

Thank you, the reason why I asked is because I saw a post from tomshardware that the same processor and cooler have reached 20C on idle. It would probably be because of their ambient temperature.

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Thank you, the reason why I asked is because I saw a post from tomshardware that the same processor and cooler have reached 20C on idle. It would probably be because of their ambient temperature.

 

Unless the guy who tested it lives on the North Pole and his ambient temperature is -10C, that 20C of idle is impossible to be achieved. Your processor cannot be cooler than your idle temp, it just can't (within reason of course, like LN2 or some other kind of exotic cooling). 

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Yup. Idle temps looks good. My H100i has idle of about 31°C and thats on push pull. 

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I have my i7 4770k hooked up with H80i, I'm just wondering if the idle temps should be at around 40? I sometimes see its dipping on 94-97 on some certain heavy graphic frames.

 

I have also already re seated the H80i, currently waiting for the MX-2 to come. If the temperature doesnt improve, does that mean I have a defective H80i?

 

what is your ambient temperature?, cuz my cpu temps are 38C-44C and has stock cooler, my ambient temps are like 32C - 26C (the low temps are when air conditioner is on, and the high ones are when is off)

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I have also already re seated the H80i, currently waiting for the MX-2 to come. If the temperature doesnt improve, does that mean I have a defective H80i?

 

Look at your mainboard temp, it's at 33C. Your idle being ~5C higher than that is completely normal. My 4770K is actually idling hotter than yours with a H100i, but my ambients are terrible here. Stupid Texan summer.


 

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I'm getting around 31ºc on idle with my 4670k with stock fan :unsure:

 

Ambient is around 23ºc

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What is your ambient temperature? I know you can't compare AMD to Intel but my AMD is at 4.5Ghz and I'm getting 25 on idle with the h80i 

 

i just measured mine. my ambient temperature is 26C. 

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What is your ambient temperature? I know you can't compare AMD to Intel but my AMD is at 4.5Ghz and I'm getting 25 on idle with the h80i 

 

i just measured mine. my ambient temperature is 26C.

You can't have your cpu cooler than your ambient unless it's under ln2. Also, amd temp sensors are notoriously inaccurate.

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You can't have your cpu cooler than your ambient unless it's under ln2. Also, amd temp sensors are notoriously inaccurate.

 

indeed, thats impossible, with a realy badass aircooling, which is alot better then the H80i, my FX8350 idles arround 31C

 

But offcourse this is offtopic.

 

40C is normal for intel at stock. H80i is just a midrange cooler.

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With my Water 2.0 performer I get about 21-22 at idle on my 4770k. I do not know my ambient temperature but it is a little cool.

 

 

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With my Water 2.0 performer I get about 21-22 at idle on my 4770k. I do not know my ambient temperature but it is a little cool.

 

so your ambient temp is arround 15C then? thats abit cold to me...

 

you probably mean your package temps?

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so your ambient temp is arround 15C then? thats abit cold to me...

 

you probably mean your package temps?

No, I would say that my ambient is around 15C, maybe 16C. I also have my side panel off.

 

 

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No, I would say that my ambient is around 15C, maybe 16C. I also have my side panel off.

 

Gaming with jacket on then? My ambient is around 23C (max being 27C) and 4770K with U14S is 37C idle and around 40C with really light load. Idle temps don't really matter that much. My old cpu was idling around 45C with aftermarket cooler (U9B).

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No, I would say that my ambient is around 15C, maybe 16C. I also have my side panel off.

Thats quite cold..

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My 4770k is at 28-32c idle 40-44c under load, amb temp is 24c and this is with an air cooler (Coolermaster V8 GTS)

I had the H80i on a 3770k witch idle'd at 35c

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TBH I would say it's a little bit on the warm side. Thing about the corsair hyrdro series is their thermal compound is so thin that not all of the cold plate might be in contact with the lid. 

 

When I put my H60 2013 on this is what I found. About a 3rd wasn't in contact because the backplate never added enough pressure or I never screwed it on tight enough. 

 

How I resolved this was, firstly pushing the coldplate against the CPU and moving it a mm or two left to right to smoosh it into the compound better, then I added rubber rings to the back plate for extra pressure. This made the max load temps drop like 20c. Can't remember idle temps. 

 

Playing games I'm actually in the 50's celcius at 4.6 OC.

 

Just noticed your max temps, those are way too high. Make sure all your screws are tightened, and also make sure your thermal monitor or cool n quiet or whatever throttles your PC underload is off in BIOS, also make sure your fan speeds are max, especially the fan speed header that the pump is connected to. But all in all I would buy some thermal compound of your own and reapply the cold plate to the CPU, and really thighten those screws up, especially the stand offs from the back plate, those need to have all the threading on the screw used up, no slack. Use pincing/needle nosed pliers to tighten them if you don't have the special screw driver that looks like a socket wrench tool piece.

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on stock clocks, you can expect the CPU idle temperature to be 6-10° higher

than ambient (room temperature) temperature. fan speed does play a lot in

temperatures. the slower (less noise) the warmer the CPU temps get.

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It is 29 C here, and it will be around 32 C here for the rest of the summer -_- Might get a better cooler.

 

I get 40 C on idle with my Hyper 212 Evo with stock fan.

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Gaming with jacket on then? My ambient is around 23C (max being 27C) and 4770K with U14S is 37C idle and around 40C with really light load. Idle temps don't really matter that much. My old cpu was idling around 45C with aftermarket cooler (U9B).

 

 

Thats quite cold..

Yes I know my basement does not have a heater and is very cold. But lets keep this on topic helping this guy.

 

 

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I have an MX-2 coming its way to my house. Hopefully it'll do something better. Unfortunately we currently don't have a device to measure room temperatures at the moment lol.

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rough guess with the aid of the ac/heat thermostat gets close. even a fish tank

thermometer on the desk can be cheap, easy to find and not obtrusive to look at.

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