i7 950 overheating on stock frequency :(

[crazy.wingman]

i7 950
Asus P6X58 D-E
corsiar dominator 1600mhz
corsiar TX750w
colllermaster n620 cpu cooler with 2 fans "on"
xfx 9600gt

Hi ppl, my i7 950 is ideling at 42ºC to 45ºC and with turbo on rises to 50ºC to 55ºC immediately. what cud be the reason ?

on stability test in 4-5 mins it goes up to 72ºC on full load

my turbo V software shows
BCLK frequency 134 mhz
CPU voltage 1.22500
DRAM Bus Voltage 1.56V
QPI/DRAM core volt 1.20000

my case cooling is also good with cooler master HAF Advanced tower case
with one 200mm fan sucking in air and one 200mm fan blowing out

whats wrng plz help

 

[ShawnD1]

Working as intended. If the processor is cooler than 60C at full load, it means they spent too much money on the oem heatsink.

70C is fine. My graphics card runs 80-90C all day and it still works after almost 4 years.

 

[Markfw]

First, 72c is not overheating. But most aftermarket coolers are better than stock ones. I can't find that cooler anywhere. Do you have a link to it ? 72c is warm, and not usual for most aftermarket coolers at stock however.

 

[Seero]

It seems the ambient temp is high, assuming your room temp is ... hot, I don't see any problem with the temp. What type of stress test do you use? If it is prime95 and alike, then those temps are fine.

 

[Rifter]

thats not overheating.

My i7 930 idles at 40-45c and loads at around 80c, or more in the summer. Thats overclocked though. it was still hitting 65c loaded stock, thats with a NH-D14 which is a top tier cooler. I dont know how good your heatsink is.

Make sure the heatsink is secured properly and that you did not use to much Thermal compund and you will be fine.

BTW the Tjmax on a 1366 i7 is 100c i believe.

 

[crazy.wingman]

guys its at stock frequency not yet overclocked that to with N620 cpu cooler
My room temp varies frm 24 to 32ºC night and day times an the stress test i used was everest stability test "lol"
if i use intel burntest or prime95 its gonna blowup my chip.
there is sonmething wrng.....

if i overclock it the considerable increase will be of 10-15ºC.
it goes up to 72ºC just in 4 mins of everest stability test tht's a joke

overclocked i7's idle at my temps
i'll chk after applying tx 2 thermal compound.

 

[Meghan54]

I can't find that cooler anywhere. Do you have a link to it ?

Here's Hardware Secrets test of said cooler....(take it for what it's worth):

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Hyper-N620-CPU-Cooler-Review/875/1

 

[OCGuy]

55C is not overheating.

 

[crazy.wingman]

guys, This is real serious now.

i have changed my thermal grease now to Tunig TX 3 n added 2 more 120mm fans to my case but still my cpu idle temp is 42º-45ºc ?

1hr prime 95 stress gets it to 72ºc

overnight test will surely blowup my pc.

 

[crazy.wingman]

guys this is how i have fitted my hyper n620 cpu cooler

is it right ?

 

[SmCaudata]

I would try to increase the air pressure in the case a bit. Make sure the 200 intake is running faster than the exhaust. Intake fans often have to blow across obstructions and such. On top of that your power supply may be exhausting some air depending on how you have it set up. Also, what is your ambient temp? What is your motherboard temp? GPU?

 

[crazy.wingman]

ambient temp in room is 20 to 35ºc, the gpu runs at 51ºc and motherboard at 35ºc,HDD 35ºc.

i'll chech the top exhaust if its sucking the cpu cooler air.

 

[Drsignguy]

Make sure the heatsink is secured properly and that you did not use to much Thermal compund and you will be fine.

To Make sure you have read the posts, I will repeat what has already been said just to make sure.

If you Really want to make sure that your (now tuniq) is touching the cpu, remove it and look at the thermal paste and see what it looks like. If it looks just like you just applied it then your tuniq is not touching the cpu correctly. It should be sticking to the Heatsink as you pull it up. I did have this happen to me and yes I have 3 tuniq's which are pretty damn good if I say so myself.

 

[yottabit]

Other potential factors (if it turns out the HSF is in fact well mounted):

35 deg C ambient temps are pretty high

Check your volts on the CPU and make sure you have C1E/Speedstep enabled.
Lots of boards these days have auto overclocking and other features that can crank up the heat

Make sure all your fans are blowing in the right direction

Your temps do seem high for that cooler, but your cpu is not overheating.

 

[crazy.wingman]

i checked the top exhaust its not the problem, something fishy abt the turbo mode in epu.
when the turbo mode is on in epu the temps get higher otherwise it just idle's around 42-45ºc 24x7.

i checked the voltages its:

my turbo V software shows
BCLK frequency 135 mhz
CPU voltage 1.22500
DRAM Bus Voltage 1.65V
QPI/DRAM core volt 1.37500

this is been shown in turbo v when the epu is in powersaving mode, sure it will increase when the epu is in turbo mode.

guys tell me whats wrong here now ?

 

[crazy.wingman]

my ram is running at 1600mhz shud i downclock it ? or
shud i uninstall the epu engine, turbo v ? i will upload my setup pic asap.

here

few minutes of prime 95 gets these temps

 

[crazy.wingman]

i have applied the tx3 paste evenly with size of rice grain, no changes in temp

tighten the cooler screws

tell me the brackets shown in the prior pic are correct ? or shud they face down ?

 

[crazy.wingman]

 

[Rifter]

i still dont think you get it. ShawnD1, Markfw900, Seero, myself, OCGuy have all told you the same thing. You are not overheating. And most of us own overclocked i7's.

With ambients up to 35c its a miracle you arnt getting over 80c under load. mid 70's is a great temp with ambients that high.

 

[Zap]

guys tell me whats wrong here now ?

This is like worrying that the sky is blue. OMFG it is blue! I mean, seriously, it is BLUE! What's wrong with the sky? It is blue today!

What is wrong is that the sky is falling. Either that or you somehow have been unable to read everyone's posts above telling you that you are NOT having an overheating problem.

Also, is the primary purpose of your system to run Prime95 forever and ever? If not, then don't worry about those temperatures as you likely will never see them under normal use.

 

[Drsignguy]

Today, my 17 2600k hit 67c 70c 70c 68c while folding. And it is still folding.

If you have done everything in your power to make sure all you have done is correct, then there is no need to fret. If you would feel more comfortable with lower temps than that, than air cooling isnt for you, go with H2o.

 

[itsmydamnation]

if you worried about that lucky you dont have my C0 stepping 920. @3.6 without a voltage bumb running 8 thread prime stress test it would get to 93-95C.

i cant remember the name of cooler but not cheap (4 u shaped copper heat pipes). these chips have thermal sensors built in, it willl turn the PC off if it gets to HOT.


also just so you know back in the day my X800XTPE run under load 110 to 117C.

edit: cooler is http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=119&type=feature

 

[Ben90]

Just to make this thread more interesting, here is a picture of something overheating in 23 seconds with a 17*C ambient.

 

[crazy.wingman]

ppl are running ther i7's at 35-38*c on stock cooler

intel C-state tech shud i enable it ?

 

[crazy.wingman]

sum ppl says my hyper N620 is not sufficient for running i7's
I m HBK now