H105 temps

[melk]

I'm wondering if I messed something up? or did not tighten down the cpu block enough?

Temps with the H105 installed are 50-55c while gaming... which is literally where it sat with the stock Intel HSF (ok, more like 55-58) so it is better... but... should I be expecting lower temps? I only hand tightened the cpu block, are you supposed to really crank it down? CPU is a i3 4330 Dual-Core + HT, 3.5 ghz

 

[melk]

Nothing?

 

[Bluesun311]

The pins should be tightened until they full stop. The h105 should be a lot cooler than the stock HSF. Most likely the seating/paste is to blame but if you are sure that you installed the unit correctly you may just have a haswell chip with a particularly badly installed heat spreader. This seems common enough. They definitely vary in quality since Intel stopped using solder. All haswells suck in this way but some are really bad.

 

[melk]

Thanks. Yeah it certainly is a few degrees cooler at gaming load, so not a total wash. Just thought I might be seeing consistent <50 temps. No big deal in the end i guess. I just hand tightened them, so I'll take a screwdriver to it and see if they want to go any further safely. Will probably re-do the thermal compound at some point as well.