New build complete , but cpu temp very high!

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dre2007

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I just completed my build( i7 860, p55m-ud4,mini p180). Everything looks good, but my cpu temp. I ran prime95 and my temps went up to around 88 degrees after just 5 min(around 40 idle), I turned it off, reseated the stock fan/ added as5 and received the same result.I heard all four sides click individually when installing the heatsink! whats wrong here? thanks

One other thing. I have 1600 memory but the mb runs it at 1333. Fails in prime 95 with xmp on.
 
Its hard to say exactly. I have always gone with 2nd party coolers as stock coolers and fans are as cheap as they can get away with. How is the air flow through the case?
 
Are you manually setting the voltages and timings on the ram, and is ther a bios update for the board?
 
I have good cable management. The bios if f3. I think there is an f4 out now. I didnt mess with voltages, everything is stock. Could it be a bad cpu?
 
I would upgrade the BIOS first and confirm proper voltages. Despite being set as default, default might not be picking up the proper settings for your CPS thus the requirement to update. And/Or the setting need to be set manually.
 
I updated the bios, changed the vcore to 1.2 in bios, turned off the turbo feature. Temps still in the the 80s after 5 min. I get errors in prime 95 if i run my ram over 1333.
 
It takes a while for Arctic Silver 5 to "cure" and start lowering temperatures. The online instructions state that it may take up to 200 hours for it to cure completely.

While I doubt that it takes that long, you may need to wait.
 
dre2007 said:
I updated the bios, changed the vcore to 1.2 in bios, turned off the turbo feature. Temps still in the the 80s after 5 min. I get errors in prime 95 if i run my ram over 1333.
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You are most likely overclocking the CPU or something and that is why you are getting errors.
 
Reseated the heatsink, temps only came down a few degrees. I'm running it at 2.8ghz with vcore at 1.15 and I'm still hitting about 80 after some time. Can I lower the vcore more? Bad chip? I get the prime95 error with everything default but xmp on.
 
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