Overclock - Corsair A50 Cool to Touch?

[dfedders]

I've been trying to overclock my 2500k. I have a Corsair A50 HSF on it, but it does not get hot even at 100% load. I've tried touching the heatpipes and the heatsink portion. It gets a little warm, but thats it. I've tried re-attaching it, and even turning it 90 degrees and attaching differently. I'm pretty sure its touching the CPU, and I've used some thermal compound on it.

Can anyone verify if their A50 or A70 gets hot at all?

My temps under IntelBurnTest get up to 73c, but having some stability issues at 4.4Ghz.

Thanks

 

[dfedders]

I guess its working. I unplugged the fan from it and it got quite hot. I guess that giant fan really moves the heat out of there quickly.

 

[ErickMaga]

The heat generated from the CPU is not entirely transfered to the HSF, the materials just dont have a great heat conductivity, it they had the hsf would get really hot, and with the aid of the fan, it sounds about right, the HSF just stays warm to the touch while the cpu burns beneath it. xD