Need help overlcoking I5-760 w/H50 colling solution.

[louwillsea]

I have tried over and over again to keep this thing cool with this heatsink, and I cannot figure out the best way to properly apply thermal compound. Lowest I have gotten the cores to is 40. Would like to drop it further. have AC set in the house on what normal temps are here in SoCal. Any tips would be much appreciated. Using AS5, tried the bead in the middle of the cpu, the credit card method small amount spread over entire cpu top. What else can I try?

 

[yottabit]

I think you have unrealistic expectations. You are probably applying the thermal paste fine- is that 40 deg C under load? We'll need to know more specifically your temperatures. H50 aren't exactly the best cooler, it's competitive with mid to high end air coolers, so don't expect wonders. Max operating temp for your generation i5 is around 73 deg C Tcase max (reported "CPU" temperature) and higher for individual cores

Also make sure you have C1E/ EIST enabled, if you don't that will probably greatly increase your idle temperature, if 40 deg C is your idle you are talking about

 

[God Mode]

Have you ever seen the temp go lower than 40? In my experience, a lot of Intel cpu temp sensors are stuck on 40c and above.

 

[louwillsea]

Idle temps. At one point with this same combo I had it idling at 34-36 degrees celcius. Re-applied AS5 when I redid my system (blew it out, reapplied AS5 same way as now), it's 10 degrees hotter then before.

 

[cubeless]

use a fan on both sides of the h50 and u get better load temps...

y u worried about idle?

 

[louwillsea]

Not worried, just wondering why my temps jumped so dramatically.

 

[ChrisRey3156]

Hm well your temps will never go below the ambient temperature. If you can get us the ambient temperature then we could see if there was a problem with the way you applied the compound. Idle temps aren't very useful so test the load temps and compare them.

 

[n7]

Stop worrying about idle temps.

Load temps are what matters.
Also, summertime usually = a lot hotter temps unless you've got AC keeping temps the same as winter, at least that's how it is here anyway.