4790K temps without overclock

[Ahsan041]

this is my first attempt at overclocking the cpu manually. I am running the aida64 stress test for a couple of minutes only and I noticed that sometimes only the 2 or 3 cores goes to 81 degrees without the overclock. Rest of the time it is around 65-70. Is this normal? If not, should I change the thermal compound? The 360 radiator is in a pull configuration, should I change it to a push configuration? Please help.

[theereal]

this is my first attempt at overclocking the cpu manually. I am running the aida64 stress test for a couple of minutes only and I noticed that sometimes only the 2 or 3 cores goes to 81 degrees without the overclock. Rest of the time it is around 65-70. Is this normal? If not, should I change the thermal compound? The 360 radiator is in a pull configuration, should I change it to a push configuration? Please help.

81 degrees what?

[Br3tt96]

this is my first attempt at overclocking the cpu manually. I am running the aida64 stress test for a couple of minutes only and I noticed that sometimes only the 2 or 3 cores goes to 81 degrees without the overclock. Rest of the time it is around 65-70. Is this normal? If not, should I change the thermal compound? The 360 radiator is in a pull configuration, should I change it to a push configuration? Please help.

That's not accurate. Your cpu block might not be seated properly. Try reinstalling it and see

[Ahsan041]

81 degrees what?

celcius

[Oshino Shinobu]

81 degrees what?

Come on, you really think that on load his CPU is running some cores at 19C? (67F)

 

If you have a 360mm rad, those temps are not normal. Try reseating the CPU block and reapplying the TIM. 

[runit3]

this is my first attempt at overclocking the cpu manually. I am running the aida64 stress test for a couple of minutes only and I noticed that sometimes only the 2 or 3 cores goes to 81 degrees without the overclock. Rest of the time it is around 65-70. Is this normal? If not, should I change the thermal compound? The 360 radiator is in a pull configuration, should I change it to a push configuration? Please help.

Need to know where you voltage is at before anyone can determine if 81C is normal or not.

[Ahsan041]

Come on, you really think that on load his CPU is running some cores at 19C? (67F)

 

If you have a 360mm rad, those temps are not normal. Try reseating the CPU block and reapplying the TIM. 

But it has nothing to do with whether the rad is in push or pull right?

[Ahsan041]

Need to know where you voltage is at before anyone can determine if 81C is normal or not.

before i started anything, i set everything to auto default settings and voltage reading was 1.2 V 

[Oshino Shinobu]

But it has nothing to do with whether the rad is in push or pull right?

No. If it's that hot, switching the direction of the flow won't matter. If anything, it will make a few degrees difference. 

[Ellis_D]

Sadly, this is normal.  The issue with mainstream Intel CPUs is that the TIM between the CPU die and the IHS is terrible compared to the enthusiast Intel CPUs and AMD CPUs (which use solder instead of TIM).  No amount of overkill water cooling will change the fact that the heat just isn't getting out of the die efficiently.  Intel claimed to have fixed this issue with the Devil's Canyon refresh but the heat transfer is still really bad and the actual performs varies greatly depending on the batch and which factory it came from.