4400+ Risky Temps?

[imported_ank]

4400+ with Zalman 7700cnps. (AS5)

I have the Vcore set to 1.48, but the motherboard and the monitoring software read it between 1.42-1.45. Not sure whether they're reading it low.

227 (2-2-2-5-1T) x 11 = 2.5GHZ

Idle Temps are fine in the low 40s. Dual Prime Torture Test small FFT though shows incredibly high temps. Temps so high that it worries me. Under long-term torture, the load temps show 63-64C. Is this just the nature of dual Prime or is something actually wrong here? Maybe I installed the heatsink badly or something. The air coming out of the power supply exhaust is reasonably hot. For reference, the case is a thermaltake Xaser III with 4 Vantec Tornados running at low speeds and 3 thermaltake Silent Fans at full speed. The 7700 is at full speed.

Any ideas? Is it installed badly? Is it actually receiving more voltage than I think and that's the reason for the temps? At these voltages it shouldn't read this high. Is dual prime just a crazy torture test and shows higher temps?

The cabling in the case is a bit bad, so airflow probably isn't great, but its not terrible either.

Help.

 

[theMan]

yeah, thats way too hot. you could damage it if you run it that high. try resinstalling the cooler.

 

[ElTorrente]

Take the side panel off your case, and see what that does to the temperature.

If it drops significantly, you may simply need a bit more ventilation in your case- specifically, fan(s) exhausting the hot air.

 

[imported_ank]

Okay. will try that. However, when I stop Dual Prime, the temp drops back to 40-41 in under 30 seconds, so that seems to suggest that the ventilation is okay.

 

[imported_ank]

Maybe the mobo is misreporting. The heatsink is only lukewarm to the touch. I stuck a temp sensor to the heatsink and it reads 33C.

Is there any chance that my heatsink is so poorly seated that there is no thermal connection?? It certianly looks snug.

 

[Hacp]

What mobo again?

 

[imported_ank]

DFI nf4 SLI-DR