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Normal cooling performance for a Respire T40?

Bubbleawsome

Bubbleawsome

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Hello all, I just can't seem to get this right. I've got my 4670k at a forced 1.25v now (I know, I know. MSI's G41 doesn't seem to have offset and adaptive screws up my OC) and I ran it at 100% for over 12 hours in F@H. I come back and it is at around 72c.
That is ok by itself, but the heatsink was cool. I've got it's 120mm fan running at 90%, but I think it should have been warm.
Is this a character of haswell or it it just not doing its job? I don't think I will be delidding but I could mount with more force or reapply thermal paste. I did pretty well though. (Using MX-4)

TIA
 
Let me see if I can explain how this works using a common analogy. A match is a very hot single small point of heat. Think of this as your CPU. A heatsink is a much larger entity that disburses heat over a larger area, think of this as a space heater. A match is much hotter than a space heater, but the space heater can put off much more heat. Your CPU core is quite small and also quite hot, but it is displacing that heat into the much larger area of your Heatsink and with proper airflow it will remain cool to the touch.
 
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