HELP! i7 920 Idles @ 60degC And Shoots Past 85degC Just Surfing

[muskyx1]

So I finally pulled the triggered on an i7-920 system with P6T MB and OCZ 3G1600LV6GK 6GB PC3-12800. I haven't really tested it yet because it's idling at 60 degrees C and if I even perform minor tasks it jumps up to 85degC. However, if I push down lightly on the stock fan, the temperature begins to drop. As I hold it, it goes down to around 34 degC.

I've tried tightening those plastic retainers and re-positioning the fan to see if it's incorrectly seated several times, but it doesn't improves the cooling unless I push down on the heat sink.

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Tempered81]

poor contact between IHS & HSF base.

reseat it

 

[yh125d]

Reseat it again, make sure you're not using the right amount of thermal paste

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: yh125d
Reseat it again, make sure you're using the right amount of thermal paste

fixed.

 

[Liet]

A big BLECH to Intel's stock heatsink plastic pushpins... I finally bought an ASUS cooler with backplate and spring-tension screws after a horrible stock cooler fiasco, and couldn't be happier. I'd recommend and aftermarket cooler for everyone, not even because they're easier to mount (and re-mount after CPU upgrades), but because the stock cooler pins are so horrible.