I just upgraded my HTPC to an Intel i3 4130 running on a Gigabyte H81 board and decided to give the stock cooler a go, but I am pretty disappointed with the cooler's performance.
My desktop is an i7 4770K running at stock with a Coolermaster Seidon 240M liquid cooler and that idles at ambient (30C average in the Australian summer) and under load from Prime95 or Intel Burn Test it can reach around 65C.
The upgraded HTPC idles just shy of 40C and under load hits the mid 80s after running for 15 minutes or so. The heat sink is hot so I figure I attached it properly as it is transferring heat, however I am suspicious of the pre-applied thermal paste from Intel. It was applied in three strips; I've only ever used the pea drop in the centre and let that spread when fastening the cooler.
I also would have figured a i7 4770K running at 95W (Reported by HWMonitor under load) would pump out much more heat than a i3 4130 running at only 50W (Reported by HWMonitor under load).
I've just moved from an AMD X2 5200+ HTPC and C2Q Q9550 desktop, and I must say while Haswell is many times faster, it seems to run much, much hotter.
Any one else experience this with stock cooling performing so bad? Would third party thermal paste make the Intel cooler perform better or is it a lost cause?
I do have a Scythe Shuriken 100mm low profile cooler from my old AM2+ board which is Socket 115X compatible but I have lost the mounts for it for the Intel platform. Would this be a better cooler than the stock Intel one?
My desktop is an i7 4770K running at stock with a Coolermaster Seidon 240M liquid cooler and that idles at ambient (30C average in the Australian summer) and under load from Prime95 or Intel Burn Test it can reach around 65C.
The upgraded HTPC idles just shy of 40C and under load hits the mid 80s after running for 15 minutes or so. The heat sink is hot so I figure I attached it properly as it is transferring heat, however I am suspicious of the pre-applied thermal paste from Intel. It was applied in three strips; I've only ever used the pea drop in the centre and let that spread when fastening the cooler.
I also would have figured a i7 4770K running at 95W (Reported by HWMonitor under load) would pump out much more heat than a i3 4130 running at only 50W (Reported by HWMonitor under load).
I've just moved from an AMD X2 5200+ HTPC and C2Q Q9550 desktop, and I must say while Haswell is many times faster, it seems to run much, much hotter.
Any one else experience this with stock cooling performing so bad? Would third party thermal paste make the Intel cooler perform better or is it a lost cause?
I do have a Scythe Shuriken 100mm low profile cooler from my old AM2+ board which is Socket 115X compatible but I have lost the mounts for it for the Intel platform. Would this be a better cooler than the stock Intel one?