Extremely High CPU Temps!

[xfreddy]

Hey, I currently own an Intel Core i7-3770k at stock settings with a stock cooler. I run in with two GTX 980's in SLI and therefore i wondered why i was dropping down to 100ish fps in CS:GO while getting closer to 200 in BF1 Ultra. I started investigating and noticed that my temps were extremely high, like 100c high. Any way to lower my temps? I dont have any OC but I do have the stock cooler on. Please help!

[MoraisGT]

Does you computer have a lot of dust?

Have you changed the thermal place recently?

How is the airflow inside the case? 2 980's kick off quite a lot of heat.

 

Consider investing 20-30$ on a proper cooler.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Get a better cooler? A hyper 212 is like 30 bucks.

 

 

If you don't want to swap coolers, you can reseat the stock cooler and get new thermal paste and clean it.

[MoonlightSylv]

Try reapplying thermal paste.

[Praesi]

-Custom Cooler.

-Better Airflow.

[DunePilot]

Hyper 212 EVO, or Cryorig H7 (H7 comes with free paste and is excellent).

The cheaper route, blow out the system and put some new paste on. If the heatsink is full of dust it won't be dissipating much heat, stock coolers are pretty sub-par to begin with. 

[xfreddy]

Took off the cooler, cleaned it with some alcohol shit that someone recommended in a youtube video and reapplied thermal paste like 15 mintutes ago. Still getting these temps....

[jools]

is it summertime where you are, move north

[xfreddy]

Live in Norway, like 8 degrees outside and 18 in my room.

[Jasun]

Is the cooler seated properly? Also, there is no need to buy an after market cooler because he's running at stock speeds. 

[xfreddy]

Just now, Jasun said:

Is the cooler seated properly? Also, there is no need to buy an after market cooler because he's running at stock speeds. 

It is perfectly in place.

[Jasun]

What thermal paste are you using?

 

[jools]

ok sorry for the humour, but whats hot 100c. run cpu-z and gpu-z and tell me what part is 100c.

[Jasun]

Just now, jools said:

ok sorry for the humour, but whats hot 100c. run cpu-z and gpu-z and tell me what part is 100c.

he said CPU

[xfreddy]

1 minute ago, Jasun said:

What thermal paste are you using?

 

 this one

[xfreddy]

2 minutes ago, jools said:

ok sorry for the humour, but whats hot 100c. run cpu-z and gpu-z and tell me what part is 100c.

The cores are hot

[Jasun]

I can't seem to see that image...

[jools]

ok tx, any new apps /progs loaded .... some viruses can uses a lot of cpu resources and cause heat

[xfreddy]

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZpwAAOSwiLdV~PdT/s-l300.jpg

[jools]

check task managers and see if anything new running

[jools]

place outside window. drop 10c..bad humour

[johnny5c]

16 minutes ago, xfreddy said:

The cores are hot

Go into the BIOS and make all the voltage settings are on auto, also what temperature monitoring program are you using?

[xfreddy]

Just now, johnny5c said:

Go into the BIOS and make all the voltage settings are on auto, also what temperature monitoring program are you using?

I was in my bios yesterday, saw my voltages seemed waaaaay too high even though i reset them? What are the recommended voltage settings using this cpu?

[johnny5c]

1 minute ago, xfreddy said:

I was in my bios yesterday, saw my voltages seemed waaaaay too high even though i reset them? What are the recommended voltage settings using this cpu?

For the stock speed that CPU should be somewhere around 1.1-1.2V.

[DunePilot]

3 minutes ago, xfreddy said:

I was in my bios yesterday, saw my voltages seemed waaaaay too high even though i reset them? What are the recommended voltage settings using this cpu?

You can check voltage by putting it under load with Cinebench and monitoring it with CPU-z.

 

You can backup your current BIOS settings by making a profile and saving it, then reset to optimized defaults and save that to another one and save and quit that will put everything back to stock. If you buy a $30 cooler you can look up some overclocking guides and get some more performance out of it.