i5 4690k overheating

[pwuest2]

I just bought a 4690k and i have a Seidon 120v CLC cooler. Im running a stress test to see if its stable out of the box and its at 74 degrees celcious at 3.7 Ghz on 1.025 V. Why is it so hot? I had a G3258 that was overclocked to 4.2 Ghz at i think like 1.23 V and ran at 70 degrees celcious on full load in prime 95. Any reason its so hot?

 

Edit : I just looked away and its back down to 58-62 degrees celcious on all 4 cores. But get to like 66 or 67 then come back down to 60. Why are they flucuating so heavy?

[asusfan]

i not heard of that cooler before, did you use good thermal compound?

how did you overclock it? use software or direct into the bios settings?

[Faceman]

I just bought a 4690k and i have a Seidon 120v CLC cooler. Im running a stress test to see if its stable out of the box and its at 74 degrees celcious at 3.7 Ghz on 1.025 V. Why is it so hot? I had a G3258 that was overclocked to 4.2 Ghz at i think like 1.23 V and ran at 70 degrees celcious on full load in prime 95. Any reason its so hot?

 

Edit : I just looked away and its back down to 58-62 degrees celcious on all 4 cores. But get to like 66 or 67 then come back down to 60. Why are they flucuating so heavy?

What are you using to stress test? Prime95?  Is voltage set to manual, or adaptive?  It NEEDS to be set to manual otherwise you run the risk of damaging your CPU through overvolting and overheating.

 

The Seidon 120V is nothing special, its basically on the level of a Cooler Master 212 EVO.

 

You can't really compare the G3258 to the i5 because the i5 has double the cores, so it causes a lot more heat.  The G3258 will inherently run cooler.

 

Prime95 fluctuates temperatures.  The test alternates different size of computations, so the CPU will be pushed accordingly, you can see as much as a 15C change between tests on the same run.  Also, there is going to be as much as a 10C disparity between cores on the same CPU.

[pwuest2]

What are you using to stress test? Prime95?  Is voltage set to manual, or adaptive?  It NEEDS to be set to manual otherwise you run the risk of damaging your CPU through overvolting and overheating.

 

The Seidon 120V is nothing special, its basically on the level of a Cooler Master 212 EVO.

 

You can't really compare the G3258 to the i5 because the i5 has double the cores, so it causes a lot more heat.  The G3258 will inherently run cooler.

 

Prime95 fluctuates temperatures.  The test alternates different size of computations, so the CPU will be pushed accordingly, you can see as much as a 15C change between tests on the same run.  Also, there is going to be as much as a 10C disparity between cores on the same CPU.

I did it all manually in the bios. It was set to default everything like i just installed the motherboard. Now i just overclocked to 4.0 Ghz and 1.1 V. Did it all manually and ran prime 95. It was at high 60's then shot up to 84. So is stopped the test. I used the thermal paste it came with, im ordering new thermal paste later today, probably some arctic silver stuff.

[Faceman]

I did it all manually in the bios. It was set to default everything like i just installed the motherboard. Now i just overclocked to 4.0 Ghz and 1.1 V. Did it all manually and ran prime 95. It was at high 60's then shot up to 84. So is stopped the test. I used the thermal paste it came with, im ordering new thermal paste later today, probably some arctic silver stuff.

Arctic Silver isn't good TIM.  And TIM isn't the problem.  It is P95.  You need to set your voltage to manual, not adaptive before stress testing.

 

Those temperatures are normal for P95, an i5, and Seidon 120V.

[SkulD]

I just bought a 4690k and i have a Seidon 120v CLC cooler. Im running a stress test to see if its stable out of the box and its at 74 degrees celcious at 3.7 Ghz on 1.025 V. Why is it so hot? I had a G3258 that was overclocked to 4.2 Ghz at i think like 1.23 V and ran at 70 degrees celcious on full load in prime 95. Any reason its so hot?

Edit : I just looked away and its back down to 58-62 degrees celcious on all 4 cores. But get to like 66 or 67 then come back down to 60. Why are they flucuating so heavy?

Hi i have that cooler and the problem it has is that it doesnt make enough contac with the cpu, so i used some of these

http://www.easy.cl/EASYFO_IMGS/img/productos/grande/387692.jpg

I dont know their name in english sorry

But you have to use 1 on each corner between the retention bracket and the nut bolt, to increase tightness, its works fine after that.

I can send you a picture if you want later, im at work right now

[Analog]

The problem is that you are stress testing with Prime95 when you really shouldn't. It can damage your processor permanently or cause expedited degradation of the silicone. Only stress test with  Aida64 or Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, both are free and safe for your chip. Also that cooler is not really that good, it is not optimized for high-performance and overclocking so you shouldn't be expecting miracle temperatures. The Pentium 3258 has only 2 cores, while the new i5 has 4 so it is normal that your temps will be higher now. Finally don't get Arctic Silver thermal compound, instead buy MX-4 or IC Diamond, those are the best ones out there before going into one of the more expensive exotic solutions.