Overheating i5-4670k?

[ndowens]

I have a gigabyte z97x-sli,  i5-4670k stock, asus r9-280 gpu. xfx 600w pro core PSU, adata 2x4gb ram

 

I built this PC myself, the first time I put the cpu and cooler together I was getting temps that would jump up pretty fast and it 90c or a little more once. So I ended up cleaning the cpu and reapplying the thermal paste(ceramique 2). This time it is better, the highest I seen it go with prime95 was 81C after a few minutes. It did not look like it was going to go past that when I stopped it(I let it fluctuate a bit before I exited it.

 

P.S. The case is a Corsair 230t, which has 2 intake fans and 1 rear exhaust fan. I plan to get a hyper 212 evo for it sometime soon, but I want to play SWTOR for a while until I can get one.

[helping]

use (LINPACK) OCCT, IBT, or Aida64

[PokémonTrainerFour]

81C is a bit high, but you shouldn't see any throttling at that point.

[ndowens]

How safe is it. At idle I get between 30-40c. Seems like these Haswells get pretty darn hot.

[aricleather]

I have my 4690k on stock and idle at 32-35c and at load usually reach low 80s. It seems normal, compared to mine. I literally have a Hyper 212 Evo sitting on my desk at home but I'm away for the week

[ndowens]

Ah thank you. I was thinking it was about normal.

[Faceman]

Before stress testing set voltage to MANUAL, not adaptive.  That should decrease the temperatures if you haven't done that already.  Use manual voltage when stress testing, adaptive when doing anything else.

[ndowens]

Yeah I did stress testing to see if it would be okay to play games on it, so I wouldn't worry about overheating, at least maybe not