Escessive CPU Temperatures

[yodelingduck]

I've been getting very high idle temperatures with my computer lately, which I only first built in August.  I thought that this was probably an issue with the thermal grease.  I'm using a Corsair H100i, and the pump seems to be working (I can feel water flowing through the tubes when I touch them) and the fans appear to be working perfectly on the radiator too.  I reapplied some thermal paste, and the idle temperatures decreased from around 55-65 C, to 40-50 C (after the application it will sometimes dip as low as 36).  I feel that the new idle temps of 40-50 C is still very high, especially for water cooling.  What else could be the problem?  I'm not overclocking, the cpu doesn't seem to be getting too much power... I just can't think of what else it might be.

 

Specs: 

Intel 3770k

Asus P8Z77-V

2x Gigabyte GTX 760

Corsair AX750 

Corsair H100i

 

[Drown]

EDIT : Nevermind, misread something

[Bluejay0]

Well can you test load temps? 

[Langdon]

If the radiator and fans are dusty then it will affect the performance of the H100i. Get some compressed air and try to blow out all the dust.

[yodelingduck]

Will test load temps. Back soon.

[Bluejay0]

If the radiator and fans are dusty then it will affect the performance of the H100i. Get some compressed air and try to blow out all the dust.

compressed can damage fins so do low bursts.

[yodelingduck]

So I've been playing battlefield 4 for the last 20 minutes and the cpu temp seems to max at around 70 C at maximum graphic settings.  What confuses me though is that I got a popup on the bottom right of my screen that had a warning symbol and red lettering that said "Warning CPU Temperature 70 C" but my software reported only 55 C.  I'm using speedfan btw.

[Bluejay0]

So I've been playing battlefield 4 for the last 20 minutes and the cpu temp seems to max at around 70 C at maximum graphic settings.  What confuses me though is that I got a popup on the bottom right of my screen that had a warning symbol and red lettering that said "Warning CPU Temperature 70 C" but my software reported only 55 C.  I'm using speedfan btw.

Use RealTemp or CoreTemp to measure the temperature since they are more accurate. Use a stress test software to see real max temp.

[yodelingduck]

I'm using Arctic Silver 5 and it's probably taking some time to break in too.

[yodelingduck]

There seems to be many temperature inconsistencies.  This popup, I don't know if its windows or Intel software or what, but it reports 70 while realtemp reports 60 and speedfan reports 55.

[Bluejay0]

There seems to be many temperature inconsistencies.  This popup, I don't know if its windows or Intel software or what, but it reports 70 while realtemp reports 60 and speedfan reports 55.

 

Use one at a time. There can  be inaccuracies.

[Captain3xtreme]

70c playing battlefield 4 is fine, I doubt many games stress the cpu/gpu more.

[Bluejay0]

70c playing battlefield 4 is fine, I doubt many games stress the cpu/gpu more.

*cough cough* Star Citizen *cough cough* Crysis *cough cough* Solitaire *cough cough*

[yodelingduck]

Upon further inspection, it seems that the core temperatures spike to 90 C while the cpu stays at around 70 C

[yodelingduck]

I just realized this, but only since I've downloaded Battlefield 4 have I been getting high temperatures.  And even still the only game I've tried to play since this started is Battlefield 4.  I highly doubt this, but is there a chance that I'm simply having problems with the beta?  I've turned my pc off because the core temp got to 100C, but I'll test with a different game when I get a chance.

[Analog]

I just realized this, but only since I've downloaded Battlefield 4 have I been getting high temperatures.  And even still the only game I've tried to play since this started is Battlefield 4.  I highly doubt this, but is there a chance that I'm simply having problems with the beta?  I've turned my pc off because the core temp got to 100C, but I'll test with a different game when I get a chance.

 

Download and open CPU-Z. Check at what voltage and clock speed is your processor running. Update the BIOS of your board if you haven't done so. 

[yodelingduck]

Just played Crysis 3, CPU cores bearly reached 65.  wtf?

[yodelingduck]

The core voltage seems to be dynamic and goes from 1.0-1.3.  The core speed seems to go up to 4.4 GHz.  I don't remember doing any overclocking.  Ever.  Perhaps I should just use my handy-dandy asus flashback tool.

[Leonard]

Something is wrong with either your TIM application, the H100i or the CPU itself. The variations in the idle temperatures are far apart. I think you should take off you cooler, remove your CPU and then re-install them but this time use the "Pea method" for applying the TIM in the middle of the IHS and let the cooler spread the TIM, if you have been doing this already then just do it again. When installing the cooler, make sure that it is properly seated in the middle of the CPU over the TIM. Report back what changes(negative or positive) you got. If it is negative then try the stock cooler and see what temperatures you get. If it is worse temperatures than the H100i then you can assess that it is just your CPU's quality.

[Leonard]

The core voltage seems to be dynamic and goes from 1.0-1.3.  The core speed seems to go up to 4.4 GHz.  I don't remember doing any overclocking.  Ever.  Perhaps I should just use my handy-dandy asus flashback tool.

I thought you said you you CPU was stock? Look clear your CMOS and post back what is your temperatures. 

[yodelingduck]

I did really think it was stock.  I don't remember overclocking it, perhaps I did it in my sleep.  But a 4.5 GHz overclock probably explains the high temps.

[Leonard]

I did really think it was stock.  I don't remember overclocking it, perhaps I did it in my sleep.  But a 4.5 GHz overclock probably explains the high temps.

Yes it would, especially at 1.3v. Try using offset voltage to reduce the voltage needed. The voltages is what makes the heat. I have a 3570k with 4.5Ghz @ 1.156v and my temperatures are 57C-59C on load 32C - 36C on idle. I use a custom cooling loop and not those closed loop types.