i7-2600 Temps Way Too Hot

[clue09]

I just built a new computer with an i7-2600 CPU (not 2600k - I don't really want to OC yet) and I'm reading idle temps of around 50-60ºC. When I game/put stress on my CPU, I'm reading temps of 80-90ºC. From what I'm reading around here and on the internet, these temps are WAY too high.

I thought i was applying my thermal paste wrong and have reapplied it to my setup 4 times now following the advice of various sites with no change in temps. I've checked the airflow around my mobo and everything seems to be okay. I've also tried tightening down my heatsink to make sure its coming in contact with the CPU completely, but that doesn't seem to be helping the problem...

Is there something I'm doing wrong here? Should I try changing my thermal paste? Should I go back to the stock Intel heatsink? Any advice/input would be appreciated!

I'm using a Coolermaster 212 Plus with Arctic Silver on an Asus Maximus Gene-Z mobo.

**EDIT: Would it be possible that my CPU is defective?

 

[dma0991]

Those temps are quite high. It is very likely that you have not mounted it properly(although you say you did). If you're assembling everything in the case, I suggest that you remove your motherboard from the case and test it outside. That way you can have a better view of what is wrong.

It has been a while since I assembled the Hyper212+ and may have forgotten but you could check as well if you have removed the clear sticker that is placed on the base of the heatsink.

 

[jvroig]

If you use the stock cooler, and temps are still that high (or higher, probably), then maybe something is wrong with the CPU or you are just not mounting it properly.

If you use the stock cooler and temps are lower and more "normal", then you just did not mount the hyper 212+ properly.

So all you can do now to help you analyze the problem and find a solution is try out the stock heatsink. I know that's a pain, since the Hyper 212+ uses a different mounting bracket, but such is the trials of enthusiasts.

Good luck, and welcome to the forums

 

[Crap Daddy]

Try different temp reading programs. Is your BCLK set at default 100MHz? Try and put back the Intel stock and see if it's better. Anyway don't understand why do you need an afternarket cooler if you don't overclock.

 

[jvroig]

Try different temp reading programs

Right, this is also a great idea. You can also see if the temp readings you get from Windows more or less jives with what you can see from your BIOS.

 

[MadScientist]

With that heat sink you should be getting idle temps of ~30C. Either you didn't mount it correctly, apply the TIM correctly, have poor air flow in your case, or your ambient temp is 100F.

Try reapplying your AS5 using this method, first fill in the spaces between the mounting base and the heat pipes: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=5

Use Core Temp to monitor temps. http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

 

[clue09]

Okay so I installed the Intel stock heatsink...and my idle temps are now at 35-40ºC and load temps top out around 60-70ºC. I didn't apply any thermal paste (I just used the stock Intel paste already on the heatsink).

I guess this corroborates that something went wrong with the mounting of my coolermaster, but I can't figure out what the problem was. I followed this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq_xbxsm7Q) to install the heatsink and then followed these videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MJUuU58vE & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gx6c62D7I&annotation_id=annotation_331548&feature=iv) when I reseated my CPU and applied new thermal paste.

I'm still trying to figure out what the heck I was doing wrong with my coolermaster. I'm thinking that my AS5 might have been bad (?) or my 212 Plus might have been faulty. There's a chance that I might have applied my thermal paste incorrectly, but I doubt that because I reapplied it 4 times following 4 different methods with no improvement in temperature.

 

[eelw]

When you remove the heatsink, how is the thermal paste spread? Evenly or not?

 

[clue09]

A couple of the methods I tried yielded paste spreads that were pretty uneven, but I found that the most recent method I used before I took the coolermaster off (using a card to spread the paste on the CPU) gave me a pretty even spread.

 

[God Mode]

How hot is your pc room?

 

[jvroig]

Since you don't overclock at all, the fastest, easiest, and most convenient solution is to stop bothering with your CM Hyper 212+ and just stick with the stock cooler since it works as expected.

Your alternative of course is to spend time trying to figure out how you screwed up the CM Hyper 212+ installation, and that's no fun. Like an earlier poster said, you could start with the very easy, obvious ones, like making sure the clear plastic at the base has been removed. Then maybe you can see if it wobbles significantly upon mounting. Then maybe try using a different TIM. You have not mentioned it directly, but maybe see that the fan on it is indeed working as advertised. Lots of things here, all too time consuming.

So the best advice for you, since you don't overclock, is just stick with the stock heatsink, and enjoy your blazing fast i7-2600

 

[BonzaiDuck]

As the previous poster said, if you're not planning to overclock anything -- stick with the stock cooler.

As for the Hyper 212. I have to admit a possibiity -- which I've never seen before nor imagined after having purchased and used some ten or more heatpipe coolers. It is possible that the joints where the pipes meet the heatsink base are defective.

It is also possible that an error occurred in manufacture -- for instance: the pipes must contain a small amount of fluid. If they weren't sealed properly, or someone on the assembly-line was smoking pot, whatever needed to get done . . . might not have got done. Can't say for sure.

Maybe you should at least RMA the cooler for an exchange.

 

[mmaestro]

A heatpipe defect was where I was going thinking about this, too. It just seems unlikely to me that there's a mounting problem with the 212 if it's been taken off and remounted a couple of times. Similarly, if there was a problem with the paste spread, I'd expect the OP to have noticed at the time he removed it. He'll have had to clean the paste off, after all.

 

[coffeejunkee]

I followed this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq_xbxsm7Q) to install the heatsink and then followed these videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MJUuU58vE & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gx6c62D7I&annotation_id=annotation_331548&feature=iv) when I reseated my CPU and applied new thermal paste.

I like how they conveniently skip the thermal paste-applying part in the first video. The last video shows the best way of applying thermal paste, but only for non-HDT coolers. The link from MadScientist shows the correct way of applying tp on a HDT cooler.

Because apart from defective heatpipes, incorrect appliance of thermalpaste is the only thing I can think of. Or maybe there's a problem with the bracket which prevents the cooler from being fitted tight enough.

Stockcooler might be good enough for non-overclock but it's still noisy under load.

 

[GLeeM]

Then maybe you can see if it wobbles significantly upon mounting

1. If the surface is not flat it will wobble and not make enough contact to pass the heat.
2. Or it lost it's "magic" fluid
3. If it has two fans are they both blowing in same direction.