Recent content by ss82480

First thing i would check is the voltage to the cpu. Im not too familiar with that processor but i know using the preset oc in the bios on my asus board it kicked my voltages up way higher than needed.

Well I found out the motherboard was auto adjusting my cpu voltage, big no-no. So I set it to stock voltage manually, was able to crank the bclk to 150 so 3.6ghz with same temps. Also ordered some Gentle Typhoons to do work on the radiator.

Well for now I got the temps down to 68c max by simply adding a second fan onto the radiatior. Still waiting on the artic silver to arrive.

Roger that ordering thermal paste, thanks for the quick replies...I will update with the results.

Yeah so I do live in Texas so it is a little warm here, but I keep the house at 75 degrees and ambient temps in the case show to be right at 37c. Just ran Prime 95 for a short load test and got up to 79c temps. At the 3.3ghz I am running stock 1.2v to the CPU.

Yeah I realize this unit is not suppose to compete with a full blown water cooling unit, but I guess after seeing people getting 30-35c idle temps I was starting to wonder what is wrong with mine. The highest I have seen load temps are near 70c, which is fine with me.

Let me start by saying I am a looong time lurker but first time poster. I have been building PC's and doing only mild overclocking since the 90s. I have seen multiple threads about how the i7s run hot. I thought mine wasn't terrible due to running it on the stock cooler. I recently purchased...