7700k High temps

[superidot]

So in short I cant tell if my problem is my 7700k or my dark rock 3

 

I have gone through a few things including voltage and reseating the heatsink

I did notice my motherboard has a screw that seems to be in the way of the heatsinks backplate making it stick out a bit

 

specs 7700k

           msi z270 gaming m3

[rn8686]

Temps? Kabylake does have major thermal issues (So much so that Intel advises owners not to OC), dont think there is alot you can do other than de-lidding it (Can drops temps up to 30c). 

[superidot]

 

[superidot]

First is idle second is under load these are also all at 4.2 ghz and all the turbo turned off

[porina]

28 minutes ago, superidot said:

So in short I cant tell if my problem is my 7700k or my dark rock 3

 

I have gone through a few things including voltage and reseating the heatsink

I did notice my motherboard has a screw that seems to be in the way of the heatsinks backplate making it stick out a bit

What was the load? If that was Prime95, it seems not reasonable for an air cooler of that size.

 

While I'm not familiar with the mount of that particular cooler mount, most I've experienced on Intel have 3 holes in a triangle on the back, which should line up with the three screws poking on the backplate. Just be careful not to get it the wrong way around so they conflict.

[rn8686]

13 minutes ago, superidot said:

 

50s is fine (Albeit warm for that cooler, hot chip as I said though), can probably get away with a moderate overclock as is (Keep it under 90c). 

[superidot]

3 minutes ago, porina said:

What was the load? If that was Prime95, it seems not reasonable for an air cooler of that size.

 

While I'm not familiar with the mount of that particular cooler mount, most I've experienced on Intel have 3 holes in a triangle on the back, which should line up with the three screws poking on the backplate. Just be careful not to get it the wrong way around so they conflict.

the top is fine and the screws kind of nestle into foam, the 3rd longer one has gone straight through it and I can see a mark on the plastic where it is butting up into it

[porina]

1 minute ago, superidot said:

the top is fine and the screws kind of nestle into foam, the 3rd longer one has gone straight through it and I can see a mark on the plastic where it is butting up into it

A picture might help here. I can't visualise it.

[superidot]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

50s is fine (Albeit warm for that cooler, hot chip as I said though), can probably get away with a moderate overclock as is (Keep it under 90c). 

that was 5 mins under load at 4.2 ghz, also the high was 80c. If I put on the 4.5 stock boost and went a bit longer id hit 90c

[superidot]

6 minutes ago, porina said:

A picture might help here. I can't visualise it.

 

[porina]

3 minutes ago, superidot said:

 

What is it conflicting on? If you align the cutouts to the protrusions on the base plate the 3rd one of the triangle should fall outside I think. 

[superidot]

2 minutes ago, porina said:

What is it conflicting on? If you align the cutouts to the protrusions on the base plate the 3rd one of the triangle should fall outside I think. 

I could take a picutre of how it is currently on, the bottom half of the plate dosnt touch the board. the 3 screws that come out of the motherboard are uneven causing the plate to not be flat.

[porina]

Just now, superidot said:

I could take a picutre of how it is currently on, the bottom half of the plate dosnt touch the board. the 3 screws that come out of the motherboard are uneven causing the plate to not be flat.

Can't be sure without seeing it, I think you might just need to remount the back plate rotated 90 degrees so the mobo screws miss the backplate.

[superidot]

1 minute ago, porina said:

Can't be sure without seeing it, I think you might just need to remount the back plate rotated 90 degrees so the mobo screws miss the backplate.

90 degrees?will the holes line up that way?

[superidot]

31 minutes ago, porina said:

Can't be sure without seeing it, I think you might just need to remount the back plate rotated 90 degrees so the mobo screws miss the backplate.

it did fit much better that way, didnt see anything about that in the manual but i do feel silly. my temps are still getting high but i didnt clean the old paste and apply some new paste yet so i get the feeling this may help. if not im getting a hold of intel. Many thanks