CPU overheating

Alasdair · November 10, 2018

Okay, so i don't really know what it is that I'm doing with this kind of stuff, which is why i am now here asking you guys about how to fix this.

Basically, the issue that i am having is that the temperatures on each of the CPU cores are way too high ( talking like idling i'm at 54-58 C on the cores, and under load the system is basically being pinned at 100, which definitely isn't good), my system specs are as follows:

ASus maximus gene 8

32gb DDR4 hyperx ram

gtx 1070 evga FTW

i7-6700k ( it is at stock, with a base speed of 4 GHz, however it seems to be pinned at 4.2GHz, even when not under load, and from looking at CPUZ, is at 1.375v, which i don't think the voltage on the cpu should be that high considering the situation)

finally the cooler i am using is the enermax liqmax 2 240s liquid cooler AIO.

This has been an issue for a while now that has been very irritating, but i just haven't had the time to do anything about it till now.

If it helps, i have not overclocked the system since i built it a few years ago, but as such, don't really know how to navigate the system bios that well.

I don't really know what to do about this, so if anyone has any ideas on what to do to fix it, that would be much appreciated.

I really just want to make it so that the computer isn't quite as loud as it currently is, and i want to make it run significantly cooler, since i am worried about the life span/ condition of the CPU from it running this hot for a long period of time.

The only thing that i could really think of is maybe to get a new cooler, since this one is like 3 years old at this point, but it is a good cooler and is still an liquid cooler, so surely it should be fine, and i have already tried reapplying the thermal compound to the CPU, but that did not seem to do anything really to the temps, so i don't this that was or still is the issue with it.

Anyway any help with the issue is much appreciated,

Thanks.

Skiiwee29 · November 10, 2018

Based on those temps, it seems 1 of 3 things.

A) Pump is dead - Does the pump output any type of vibrations, RPM readings in software, etc?

B) Bad mounting of the cooler - likely not the case since you have reapplied paste previously.

C) Cooler not plugged in properly and not producing enough flow as a result.

Alasdair · November 10, 2018

5 minutes ago, Skiiwee29 said:

Based on those temps, it seems 1 of 3 things.

A) Pump is dead - Does the pump output any type of vibrations, RPM readings in software, etc?

B) Bad mounting of the cooler - likely not the case since you have reapplied paste previously.

C) Cooler not plugged in properly and not producing enough flow as a result.

i dont think that the pump is dead, i know that the enermax pump is supposed to be very quiet for as pump, but from feeling the tubing and the block, i can feel some vibrations, which makes me feel that is is actually okay, though the flow rate thing might be a problem, since i would have thought it would ramp up when the CPU got to that high a temperature and high a load the system would detect it and ramp the fan speeds up, including the pump speed.

But i did just plug it into the CPU fan header, which is what i think was recommended that i do with the AIO (though i can't quite remember fully) so i don't think the issue is that it isn't plugged in properly.

is the voltages and the clock speed of the CPU not an issue? like i dont think it should be running at those speeds and those voltages on idle.

Origami Cactus · November 10, 2018

15 minutes ago, Alasdair said:

is the voltages and the clock speed of the CPU not an issue? like i dont think it should be running at those speeds and those voltages on idle.

Go to the bios and change the voltage from "auto" to 1.2V and see if that helps at all.