i7 3770 - Are these temps normal?

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Astralogic

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Hi, I'm running an i7 3770 on an Asus P8H77 board, I have good cooling in my case (full atx), a large 240 fan on the side, two 120 extraction fans on top, one intake at the front and one intake at the back, both 120. My video card barely ever goes above 60 degrees which is a 7850 that is OC somewhat.

My temps can rise up to 80 on my CPU, I'm using the Akasa K32 CPU cooler.

It just seems really hot to me...

Thanks
Astralogic
 
Ivybridge and Haswell are both quite warm. What are you using to load your CPU?
 
Just looked up that heatsink, it is all aluminum so I can't say that I really expect it to perform all that well. The stock heatsink might actually perform better believe it or not.
 
Does anyone have the Akasa K32? I bought it because I figured it would be better than the stock cooler.
 
Astralogic said:
Does anyone have the Akasa K32? I bought it because I figured it would be better than the stock cooler.
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my cousing had that cooler on a C2Q Q9550.. fast review?. crappy cooler, its the same or even worse than stock 775 cooler due to aluminion Core... i would not buy for any 115X chip anything less than a CM Hyper 212 or N512 for small cases.
 
you want cpu -> copper -> aluminum fins for maximum transfer of heat.
Always want greater density of medium to lower density of medium and nature will work for you.
The core will be hotter than the copper and copper has a lower transfer state on conductivity for heat than aluminum. Aluminum by itself is just not going to pull enough of the heat as copper would but it will pull it off the copper into the air of your case than copper fins would. If you want to see someone smile find a college profession who teaches thermodynamics and ask them to explain it to you.
 
Basically copper is very conductive, so it's able to absorb a lot of the heat from the CPU, but it doesn't dissipate heat very well. It's why you always see aluminum fins, and why aluminum foil cools off so fast when you pull it out of the oven. If the heatsink was solid copper, your CPU would overheat in a heartbeat. The fins increase surface area, but you want direct copper contact to your CPU.
 
Cmustang87 said:
If the heatsink was solid copper, your CPU would overheat in a heartbeat.
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