CPU TEMPS

[jackjayatherton]

Hi just finished building a pc for my brother. It's running a 3770k on a maximus v extreme, with 8gb of ram, at stock levels

 

At idle the cores seem to be averaging 45degrees, which seems quite a lot, but as soon as I start running the Prime95 Stress test the temps shoot up to 105degrees!

 

Anyone know what might cause these, the thermal paste is arctic silver 5.  Is this just due to a bad chip or due to other factors?

[helping]

How much paste did you cover that thing in? Reseat your cooler.

 

 

you mean celsius right? And it's highly unlikely that it's because of a defective chip.

[Dr3nz4r]

Probably too much Thermal Paste, Try reapplying? if u used a stock heatsink with preapplied Thermal Paste, you may picked up a defective chip?

What is the stock voltage on your chip? maybe there is some issue

[Hirad123]

You never said what cooler you were using. And your idle temps don't really matter don't worry about those. As for your load temps if you are using the stock cooler then that's probably why. Just don't run prime or IBT or anything on a stock cooler. What are your gaming temps.

[jackjayatherton]

Probably too much Thermal Paste, Try reapplying? if u used a stock heatsink with preapplied Thermal Paste, you may picked up a defective chip?

What is the stock voltage on your chip? maybe there is some issue

Voltage is nearing 1volt, and i took extra precautions to apply the right amount of thermal paste D:, will have a look at the paste, woull putting on a stock cooler with preapplied thermal paste onto a cpu with theremal paste cause thos?

[fishymamba]

Voltage is nearing 1volt, and i took extra precautions to apply the right amount of thermal paste D:, will have a look at the paste, woull putting on a stock cooler with preapplied thermal paste onto a cpu with theremal paste cause thos?

 

Hello! The stock cooler should not cause temperatures that high. Follow these videos to see if you put the cooler/thermal paste on correctly:

 

Thermal paste: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQgZX-4W0o

 

Intel Cooler:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQgZX-4W0o

 

If you follow these correctly the CPU temperatures should fall down to acceptable levels.

Maybe try it a few different times to make sure. Also check to see if all the pins on the stock cooler are straight, if installed improperly they can get bent and cause a bad contact between the CPU and heatsink.

 

If the temperatures remain high, I suggest that you contact Intel for a replacement CPU or contact your retailer.

You can contact Intel from the following link, just enter your region, product, and problem. http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/contactsupport

 

 

-fishymamba

Intel Response Squad

[jackjayatherton]

I won't bother taking out the cpu and reapplying paste etc. as I'm adding my loop soon

[Alex780]

the stock Intel cooler is crap. I had about the same temps when using it on my 4670k. Also take your ambient temperature into consideration.

[Str_Mape]

That's a little worrying my flatmates 3570 (non k) hits maybe 75 with the Intel burnin software using the stock cooler.

[Bloodyvalley]

Don't make it go over 100C, because at 105C it will start to throttle and damage the CPU. I'm surprised it still works.