High temps under Low Load :S

[Pixelicious]

Hey, recently my temps have started spiking above the 50's and sometimes even 60's under about 12% load.

 

I run an Asus Strix z270h with an Intel 6700k and a Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3. Is there any reason to why this has been happening.

 

ps. I have tried re-mounted the Cooler and tried in a different case with no change in the results -.-

 

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[flibberdipper]

Silly basic questions:

1. Is it actually properly mounted?

2. Good enough TIM application?

3. Remove the plastic off the base of the cooler?

[Pixelicious]

Mandatory questions lol:

1. Yes double checked it recently

2. Had to remounted it using the Pea method so I should believe so

3. 100% yes

 

The temps were not like this before it's only happened recently 

[ZestyJalapeno]

Do you only really have 3 fans? And 1.3-1.39 Vcore is very high for a stock clock. Maybe some sort of OC utility has done something.

[Pixelicious]

Just now, Dogeystyle said:

Do you only really have 3 fans? And 1.36 Vcore is very high for a stock clock. Maybe some sort of OC utility has done something.

No, I have 2 140 Corsair AF Quiet Edition (Which are running on one header), Stock 120 exhaust then stock Be Quiet Silent Wing on the Cooler. I do have Ai Suite installed could that maybe be putting my voltages a little to high, it has an automatic overclock of 4.2ghz using the turbo boost which is on by defualt but even with it off the temps are the same strangely. Should I change the voltage manually or would that kill the 4.2ghz clock?

[flibberdipper]

9 minutes ago, Dogeystyle said:

Do you only really have 3 fans? And 1.3-1.39 Vcore is very high for a stock clock. Maybe some sort of OC utility has done something.

Y'know I just noticed that and while somewhat unlikely that it's the issue, it's certainly something the OP should take a peek at.

[Pixelicious]

Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

Y'know I just noticed that and while somewhat unlikely that it's the issue, it's certainly something the OP should take a peek at.

Post above might explain something?

[flibberdipper]

3 minutes ago, Pixelicious said:

Post above might explain something?

That's still stupid high for 4.2 unless your chip is garbage. Voltage that high could probably push you around 4.6-4.7 if I had to take a guess.

[Pixelicious]

Just now, tmcclelland455 said:

That's still stupid high for 4.2 unless your chip is garbage. Voltage that high could probably push you around 4.6-4.7 if I had to take a guess.

Yeah that's what I thought but I don't dare push the chip I was tempted to ring Intel about it but wanted to check on here if anyone knew of anything, do you recommend I just tune the voltage down to something less? Maybe 1.25v?

 

[flibberdipper]

2 minutes ago, Pixelicious said:

Yeah that's what I thought but I don't dare push the chip I was tempted to ring Intel about it but wanted to check on here if anyone knew of anything, do you recommend I just tune the voltage down to something less? Maybe 1.25v?

 

Yep, just keep dropping it until it starts to get bitchy. Personally I'd aim for something like 1.2v or thereabouts, but I don't really have any IRL experience with Skylake, just lots of reading up on it, so that voltage may or may not be realistic.

[ZestyJalapeno]

1 minute ago, Pixelicious said:

Yeah that's what I thought but I don't dare push the chip I was tempted to ring Intel about it but wanted to check on here if anyone knew of anything, do you recommend I just tune the voltage down to something less? Maybe 1.25v?

 

Stock is supposed to be 1.2V, motherboards put it higher than that just to make sure all chips work on their board. Undervolt it to 1.3 Max and see if it makes a difference, then lower to maybe 1.29 and so on and so on whilst running something like Furmark at every increment to make sure it's stable.

[Pixelicious]

3 minutes ago, Dogeystyle said:

Stock is supposed to be 1.2V, motherboards put it higher than that just to make sure all chips work on their board. Undervolt it to 1.3 Max and see if it makes a difference, then lower to maybe 1.29 and so on and so on whilst running something like Furmark at every increment to make sure it's stable.

Yeah I'll give that ago if nothing changes I'll just give Intel a call as it may be a dud chip lol. Thank you everyone for the advice

[ZestyJalapeno]

3 minutes ago, Pixelicious said:

Yeah I'll give that ago if nothing changes I'll just give Intel a call as it may be a dud chip lol. Thank you everyone for the advice

Whatever you do don't tell them that you're messing around in the BIOS, I think that's cause for a voided warranty