Are my load temps too high?

[Smooth Gaston]

System specs:

 

Intel 4790K clocked at 4.4 GHz at 1.200v

 

MSI Z97S Krait Edition

 

Asus GTX 970 Strix

 

4x4 Kingston HyperX DDR3 at 1866

 

EVGA 750 G2 power supply

 

WD Black 750 GB 2.5" Drive (from my old laptop)

 

NZXT 340

 

Corsair H100i

 

 

 

I've had this system for almost a year now, and I just decided to start manually overclocking my cpu.

 

I've been using my motherboards OC genie to overclock so far. It gets me to 4.4 GHz at a little over 1.2v. My idle temps at these settings are usually in the upper 20's with load temps in the upper 80's.

 

Today, I set my cpu to 4.7 GHz at 1.3v, but when I started a stability test with aida64 my temps shot up into the 90's and I got some throttling (idle temps are still in the upper 20's). I stopped the test after about 30 seconds, and aida64 had already recorded a 12% throttle. I have my H100i in the front of my case pulling in cool air (about 18C) with the stock fans set to performance mode. Are these temps normal, and if not what should I expect to be seeing?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

 

 

It's been a few days. I wasn't able to find any thermal paste nearby, so I had to wait until some came in from amazon. The o-ring trick worked liked a charm. I'm now sitting on what seems like a stable overclock of 4.9 Ghz @ 1.288v with my hottest core jumping to 95C during a 2 hour aida64 run. 

Edited November 18, 2015 by Smooth Gaston

[bcredeur97]

hmm I would check your cpu mount.

I believe the H100i is known to lose contact with the CPU

[Smooth Gaston]

hmm I would check your cpu mount.

I believe the H100i is known to lose contact with the CPU

 

I just checked the mount and it seems pretty solid. It doesn't move around at all, and the screws are all tight. I'm planning on remounting it later today when I can get my hands on some thermal paste.

[bcredeur97]

I just checked the mount and it seems pretty solid. It doesn't move around at all, and the screws are all tight. I'm planning on remounting it later today when I can get my hands on some thermal paste.

try this! http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/160851-how-to-fix-corsair-h100i-mount-high-temps/

[Riv]

I actually would think thats normal.... In a video by JayzTwoCents (great tech youtuber) he had a VERY similar set up and overclock and his temperatures where in the upper 90's. To save you the time I think it was a 6700k overclocked to 4.6 or 4.7 at 1.3 Volts with a corsair H110 or H100i. The fact that your idle temperatures are just a few degrees above ambient it tells me that the cooler is doing its job, you just have too much heat coming out of your processor. Before you tear apart your cooling set up maybe adjust your OC to be at a lower voltage/overclock.