i7 3770k at 4.2ghz reaching 96c when HEVC encoding??!! should i change thermal paste??

[dipharoh]

Hello guys,

my rig are

intel core i7 3770k at 4.2ghz

antec kuhler 920

evga gtx 680 2gb

asus vs247 24 'inch 60hz

2 * 4 gb corsair vengeance

azrock z77 extreme 3

seasonic 850 watt bronze

cooler master haf x full tower

120 gb kingstone ssd

1 tb western digital hdd

 

when HEVC encoding my cpu temps reach 96c, sure i set my antec kuhler 920 fan settings to extreme gets noticably noisy

idle temps are 35c maximum

i haven't changed thermal paste ever since i bought and installed my antec kuhler 4 years ago

are those temps normal? what are the normal temps when HEVC encoding??

should i change my thermal paste??

thanks in advance

[kelvinhall05]

It's a 120mm AIO that isn't from the best of brands, cooling an overclocked i7. It's going to get hot.

[Verrierr]

Thermal paste should techniaclly be changed every half a year, so doing that after 4 years of usage will definitely help a bit, but it's probably going to run rather hot still.

[done12many2]

3 minutes ago, Verrierr said:

Thermal paste should techniaclly be changed every half a year

 

Which technical manual did this information come from?

[TVwazhere]

Please format original text for Dark mode users. I thought your post was blank for a second

[DocSwag]

Could be that the TIM between the die and the IHS isn't that good, and a delid could solve the problem. This was a relatively common issue with Ivy Bridge and Haswell (not Haswell Refresh) and the only way to solve it would be a delid, which is a bit complicated and if done incorrectly could brick your CPU. You could try switching the thermal paste out but if the temps are still bad that's probably why.  

[dipharoh]

thanks to all of you

i know about deliding but i don't like the idea

could someone please if he knows tell me the normal temps when stressing the cpu like when video encoding??

[DocSwag]

Just now, dipharoh said:

thanks to all of you

i know about deliding but i don't like the idea

could someone please if he knows tell me the normal temps when stressing the cpu like when video encoding??

I can't say for sure, but if I'd take a guess I'd say with a full AIO and a 3770k at 4.2 ghz it should be in the 70s.

[done12many2]

5 minutes ago, dipharoh said:

thanks to all of you

i know about deliding but i don't like the idea

could someone please if he knows tell me the normal temps when stressing the cpu like when video encoding??

 

No, it's not "normal", but many factors play into your CPU temps.

 

What is you ambient room temp? 

 

If you are in a warm room combined with the fact that you're using such a small AIO, yes you can definitely get temps in the 90s when encoding videos.  I wouldn't want my CPU operating under those conditions during long encoding runs.  That's coming from a guy who doesn't mind beating the shit out of a CPU every now and then.

[Verrierr]

1 hour ago, done12many2 said:

 

Which technical manual did this information come from?

It's just a figure of speech. Besides the lifetime of a paste depends on the make so it's just a guideline. I don't change mine nearly as often.

[done12many2]

17 minutes ago, Verrierr said:

It's just a figure of speech. 

 

I had a strong feeling that you weren't being literal.  I just like to clarify those things for those less experienced who may be reading this stuff.  They see "technically" and "every half year" and you'll have inexperienced guys ripping off CPU cooler every 6 months when they may not need to.

 

21 minutes ago, Verrierr said:

Besides the lifetime of a paste depends on the make so it's just a guideline. I don't change mine nearly as often.

 

Agreed.  Make, operating environment and application to name a few.

[Verrierr]

3 minutes ago, done12many2 said:

They see "technically"

Perhaps the unforunate choice of words derives from the fact that I'm not a native english speaker and in my first language "technically" more often than not is used with a sarcastic vibe.