high cpu temps

[Splashzed]

Hi guys,

i have an i7-4790k on an asrock z97 extreme4 board with the stock cooler ( )

About half an hour ago my computer crashed while watching a youtube video, i had several chrome tabs opened but nothing else.

I built the computer about a month ago, i didn't worry about it too much but i decided to run a stress test.

I downloaded prime95 and they said to run it for about 6-12 hours but after 2 minutes i had it on my cpu went to 99° celsius...

What should i do? Should i just let it destroy my cpu?

Something else i noticed was that it was only using 4 of 8 GB of ram but since it's a stress test shouldn't it use it to the fullest?

Thanks in advance,

bye!

 

EDIT 02/24/2015:

All right the hyper 212 evo came in today, i ran aida64 for about 5 hours and the cpu never went higher than 67 °C, i am impressed, it's an excellent cooler!

[snert98]

first dont use prime 95 download aida64

 

@Splashzed

[Virgule]

Hi guys,

i have an i7-4790k on an asrock z97 extreme4 board with the stock cooler ( )

About half an hour ago my computer crashed while watching a youtube video, i had several chrome tabs opened but nothing else.

I built the computer about a month ago, i didn't worry about it too much but i decided to run a stress test.

I downloaded prime95 and they said to run it for about 6-12 hours but after 2 minutes i had it on my cpu went to 99° celsius...

What should i do? Should i just let it destroy my cpu?

Something else i noticed was that it was only using 4 of 8 GB of ram but since it's a stress test shouldn't it use it to the fullest?

Thanks in advance,

bye!

 

99 oC is too much. You're in the danger zone. Unexpected shutdown can be explained by CPU temps climbing too high. I never used stock coolers but I guess their lack of performance don't account for temps that high. Have you checked if the cooler is seated properly ? Have you used aftermarket thermal paste ? If so, how did you proceed in applying it ?

[Splashzed]

first dont use prime 95 download aida64

 

@Splashzed

I used aida64 and it got to 98° celsius, i ran the cpu, fpu, cache and system memory test together. It says that it detected overheating...what should i do?

 

99 oC is too much. You're in the danger zone. Unexpected shutdown can be explained by CPU temps climbing too high. I never used stock coolers but I guess their lack of performance don't account for temps that high. Have you checked if the cooler is seated properly ? Have you used aftermarket thermal paste ? If so, how did you proceed in applying it ?

It didn't shutdown, it just crashed i mean it wouldn't do anything, i had to restart it..i didn't check if it's seated properly but when i do normal tasks it just gets to max 32° celsius so i think it's seated properly...i didn't use aftermarket thermal paste...

[Splashzed]

Should i just get an aftermarket cooler? If yes then which one is the one that has the best price/performance ratio?

[Nikolithebear]

Should i just get an aftermarket cooler? If yes then which one is the one that has the best price/performance ratio?

 

Yes go get an aftermarket, CM 212 is the go to replacement. 

[Splashzed]

Yes go get an aftermarket, CM 212 is the go to replacement. 

Thanks! I'll get the 212 evo and see if it gets better

[IP man]

Never run prime95 with stockfan lol :lol:

[Splashzed]

All right the hyper 212 evo came in today, i ran aida64 for about 5 hours and the cpu never went higher than 67 °C, i am impressed it's an excellent cooler!