Temp problem, is it the case or the heatsink?

[jjolin]

First things first. I know its not the thermal paste. I have put together enough computers to know how to put it on, and besides, i tried reseating the heatsink countless times.

So i jumped from AMD to I7 and the temps seem to be high. i hit 83c at load on a I7 930@3.8ghz with hyperthreading off, and at stock voltage. I bought the cpu off of hardforum, and it came lapped. I have narrowed it down to between the two following choices.

A) My case. It's a Antec 1200 case that i bought within the first few weeks of it's release. I honestly think it's this, because quite frankly, i haven't taken as much care of it as i probably should have.

B) My heatsink. Noctua NH-D14. While taking it off my AMD setup, one of the screws with the springs on it came out of the bracket. Might not seem like a big deal, and i don't know if it is, but the heatsink seemed to go on nicely when i just stuck the screw back in there.

I think it's the case because i recently helped my brother build i i7 920 rig and he got 4 ghz at the same voltage as my cpu, with hyperthreading on, with a hyper 212+ and a HAF 932 case. Same motherboard as mine. I thought i'd see what some of you on here have to say before i decide on what to buy. If i get more votes for the case being at fault, ill either get a Phantom, or wait til the Corsair H100 comes out and stick it in there....if its the heatsink, again, ill probably just get a Corsair H100.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

i really doubt its the case unless you have messed with the fan layout on it. it could be the cpu as well, depending on how good of a job the person did the lapping could make a huge difference in temp. but remember not all cpu's overclock the same and especially with the i7 the differences are pretty drastic. as far as temps go they are definitely much higher then they should be for that overclock, either the stock voltage is wrong or the bios is auto volting the processor due to the overclock and its overcompensating for it. in that case you may want to take a look at cpu-z with the processor stock and overclocked and check the voltages.