Idle Temp Spikes

[Hillage]

Hey guys, today I upgraded my 4790k up to a 6700k. The only hardware I changed was the CPU, Mobo and Ram. At idle I sit at roughly 30 however I get seemingly random temp spikes. According to the graphs in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, this temp spike is not matching up with CPU voltage or utilization. This spike goes from around 30 up to 45ish. 

 

Another instance I'd like to add is that opening up Skype while idle brings the temperature up to 60 degrees, but only for a split second, just long enough for the fans to spin up.

 

Intel XTU benchmark and stress tests run normal, as well as The Division on max settings. Temp does not reach over ~65 degrees.

 

Hardware:

Intel 6700k

Asus Z170-A

Corsair Plat (CMD16GX4M2B3200C16) 16g (2x8)

EVGA 980ti hybrid

Thermaltake 850w

Samsung 950pro m.2

Samsung 850evo

2x misc HDD

H110i GT (280) AIO

 

BIOS is updated to latest, drivers are installed. This was NOT a fresh Windows install, should I fresh install?

Cooler was reseated with new thermal paste. First application looked well spread and not overdone/not enough.

 

Anything I may be forgetting? I'll keep an eye out.

[Jer45]

2 minutes ago, Hillage said:

Hey guys, today I upgraded my 4790k up to a 6700k. The only hardware I changed was the CPU, Mobo and Ram. At idle I sit at roughly 30 however I get seemingly random temp spikes. According to the graphs in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, this temp spike is not matching up with CPU voltage or utilization. This spike goes from around 30 up to 45ish. 

 

Another instance I'd like to add is that opening up Skype while idle brings the temperature up to 60 degrees, but only for a split second, just long enough for the fans to spin up.

 

Intel XTU benchmark and stress tests run normal, as well as The Division on max settings. Temp does not reach over ~65 degrees.

 

Hardware:

 

try cleaning your cooler and reappling thermal paste otherwise try you might have to go a little bit extreme and try delidding

[Hillage]

Just now, Jer45 said:

try cleaning your cooler and reappling thermal paste otherwise try you might have to go a little bit extreme and try delidding

Sorry, you beat me to it. I was updating my post because I accidentally posted before finished typing.

 

I have already reseated with new thermal paste, the first application looked perfectly normal as well.

[Jer45]

1 minute ago, Hillage said:

Sorry, you beat me to it. I was updating my post because I accidentally posted before finished typing.

 

I have already reseated with new thermal paste, the first application looked perfectly normal as well.

well if you have the extreme balls you could try delidding, in this video one of their chips had this sort of problem 

, can you rma it tho?

[Hillage]

Just now, Jer45 said:

well if you have the extreme balls you could try delidding, in this video one of their chips had this sort of problem 

, can you rma it tho?

I'm not quite sold that it's the chip. I'll wait for a bit and see if there are other responses. I'm familiar with delidding and will keep it in mind though for sure and will look into RMA.

[Jer45]

Just now, Hillage said:

I'm not quite sold that it's the chip. I'll wait for a bit and see if there are other responses. I'm familiar with delidding and will keep it in mind though for sure and will look into RMA.

i wouldnt worry about it, as long as the temps are safe, i would monitor them periodically

[colinreay]

I believe that Intel CPU's are designed in a way where temperatures can spike up and down very rapidly as compared to something like AMD chips where they ramp up in temperature steadily. Maybe it's part of Intel Speedstep, where Skype somehow causes the processor to ramp up for a split second? As long as your peaking at 60s-70, you should be fine, that is a substantial amount less than the thermal throttling point on Skylake.

[WebPlayz]

19 minutes ago, Hillage said:

Hey guys, today I upgraded my 4790k up to a 6700k. The only hardware I changed was the CPU, Mobo and Ram. At idle I sit at roughly 30 however I get seemingly random temp spikes. According to the graphs in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, this temp spike is not matching up with CPU voltage or utilization. This spike goes from around 30 up to 45ish. 

 

Another instance I'd like to add is that opening up Skype while idle brings the temperature up to 60 degrees, but only for a split second, just long enough for the fans to spin up.

 

Intel XTU benchmark and stress tests run normal, as well as The Division on max settings. Temp does not reach over ~65 degrees.

 

Hardware:

Intel 6700k

Asus Z170-A

Corsair Plat (CMD16GX4M2B3200C16) 16g (2x8)

EVGA 980ti hybrid

Thermaltake 850w

Samsung 950pro m.2

Samsung 850evo

2x misc HDD

 

BIOS is updated to latest, drivers are installed. This was NOT a fresh Windows install, should I fresh install?

Cooler was reseated with new thermal paste. First application looked well spread and not overdone/not enough.

 

Anything I may be forgetting? I'll keep an eye out.

is it the stock cooler and is the fan spining?

[Hillage]

3 minutes ago, Killstreak said:

is it the stock cooler and is the fan spining?

Oops! H110i GT AIO. Pump is hooked up to CPU fan, rad fans are hooked to splitter that comes from the pump. Chassis fans are hooked up to their proper headers.

[WebPlayz]

1 minute ago, Hillage said:

Oops! H110i GT AIO. Pump is hooked up to CPU fan, rad fans are hooked to splitter that comes from the pump. Chassis fans are hooked up to their proper headers.

0-0 wow. Can u try and see if you can hear the pump working correctly you could have a failing pump.

[Hillage]

1 minute ago, Killstreak said:

0-0 wow. Can u try and see if you can hear the pump working correctly you could have a failing pump.

I don't hear any odd sounds. This pump has been in use with the 4790k and is only a few months old. In fact, it was working fine yesterday, and this morning. Under decent load gaming yesterday, not that that is unusual.

[WebPlayz]

Just now, Hillage said:

I don't hear any odd sounds. This pump has been in use with the 4790k and is only a few months old. In fact, it was working fine yesterday, and this morning. Under decent load gaming yesterday, not that that is unusual.

huh... Is the voltage all good go in to the bios and do optmise load defaults. see if that helps.

[Hillage]

2 minutes ago, Killstreak said:

huh... Is the voltage all good go in to the bios and do optmise load defaults. see if that helps.

BIOS says 1.28, Intel XTU says 1.19-1.22 idle. XTU stress test says max voltage was 1.23. Only thing I have changed in the bios is boot order.

[WebPlayz]

2 minutes ago, Hillage said:

BIOS says 1.28, Intel XTU says 1.19-1.22 idle. XTU stress test says max voltage was 1.23. Only thing I have changed in the bios is boot order.

you could have a bad cpu

[TrifectaIII]

Those temps sound completely normal. All that really matters is max temperature achieved under load. Temp spikes to temps that are still in the safe zone are totally normal.