50C idle, 100C load

[Furystrike]

So I just put a new Core2 Quad Q9300 in my p43 DS3L. Its running great, but I'm having temperature issues with the stock HSF

@stock speed
Idle: 50C
Load: 90-95C, approaches 100 before I shut down Prime95 (Tm is 100).

Whats up with this? I've reapplied the heatsink several times, tried different thermal compounds to no avail. I am concerned that maybe the HSF is sitting on the CPU uneven: When I push the 4 pins into the motherboard, the first one makes an audible locking noise, then the other two make less of a noise, while the last one won't snap regardless of how hard I push.

Thoughts?

 

[sirmonkey1985]

if you cant get all the pins in then its probably time to replace the heatsink..

 

[FireBean]

Yup, replace that sucker =)

 

[Crucible1001]

Get a HSF that does not use pins, but screws in to a backplate.

 

[Furystrike]

For anyone who comes across this, I ended up putting a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus HSF on it. This one has a backplate that it screws into, so i know its on pretty solid. Idle temps ~50C, load 70 using CoreTemp.

Oddly, bios reports my idle @ 30. Also, at load, my cores are all uneven temperatures, ranging from 68-72. Who knows...maybe the IHS is on poorly.

Temps are still high, but its stable with a 25% overclock @ 3.1ghz, so i'm going to just let it go.

 

[Kuromizu]

Yeah, I just put a Hyper 212 on my 1055t and I've had it as low as 14 degrees. I think I max out around 32. That's way too hot for that cooler. still, at least your max is much lower.

You could always try lapping the thing. I've never actually done that myself, but I hear it can make solid improvements in temperature.

I don't want to offend you at all since you sound like you know what you're doing, but you could try different methods of applying the thermal paste. You know, and make sure it's been cleaned off thoroughly and all. That kind of stuff made a several degree difference for my brother.

 

[Furystrike]

I don't want to offend you at all since you sound like you know what you're doing, but you could try different methods of applying the thermal paste. You know, and make sure it's been cleaned off thoroughly and all. That kind of stuff made a several degree difference for my brother.

Well this isn't my first build, and I've never had an issue mounting a HSF in the past. Regardless, i thought the same as you, maybe I was doing something wrong. I've applied two different kinds of pastes using several different methods with no luck. At this point, I'm convinced that my IHS is on poorly or that the Bios temperature is actually correct and coretemp is reporting high.

Either way, this thing just needs to get me through my Sandy Bridge build

 

[cyclone3d]

For anyone who comes across this, I ended up putting a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus HSF on it. This one has a backplate that it screws into, so i know its on pretty solid. Idle temps ~50C, load 70 using CoreTemp.

Oddly, bios reports my idle @ 30. Also, at load, my cores are all uneven temperatures, ranging from 68-72. Who knows...maybe the IHS is on poorly.

Temps are still high, but its stable with a 25% overclock @ 3.1ghz, so i'm going to just let it go.

It is normal for the cores to be different temps. Your 4c spread is not bad at all.

As for Coretemp reporting high temps... it could be a BIOS bug. Do you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard?

Did you manually set all the voltages when you overclocked? If not, some of the voltages are probably way too high.

 

[EvilViking]

50c is too hot. How are you applying your thermal grease? Are you using the pea method or spreading it flat? Try the pea method, it insures a more even spread and lower temps. Evenly tighten the hsf screws while slightly twisting the hsf on the processor. I stop when the hsf is still able to move but just before its too tight to stop moving completely. Lol. Hard to explain. My over clocked idle temps are 30c and 55c full load after hours.