Should I return my E8400?

[ChrisLTD]

This afternoon I installed an E8400 and I had a ton of trouble properly securing the stock heat sink and fan (as I read about in reviews on Newegg).

When I booted up the computer the first 3 times without the heatsink properly seated, the BIOS was reporting temps in 120C range. Each time I turned off the computer within seconds of getting into the BIOS and reading the temps. I eventually got everything secured properly and now the processor runs a bit hot but in the normal range.

Do you think I did lasting damage to the processor by having it at that temperature even for a short period?

 

[Rick James]

Reseat the heatsink and do it in a X pattern. Its not seated properly.

 

[ChrisLTD]

Just ran some P95 tests... 45C at Idle... 70C at full load after 20 minutes.

 

[Zap]

Hello ChrisLTD, and welcome to Anandtech Forums.

Originally posted by: ChrisLTD
Just ran some P95 tests... 45C at Idle... 70C at full load after 20 minutes.

That seems fine for the stock E8400 heatsink.

 

[imported_wired247]

the cpu will not be damaged by getting too hot, but if you overvolted it that's a different story.

 

[rarebear]

70º is kind of hot for not over clocked..

Get a good plan on reseating the HS
Take your time no rush
Do it one time right and your done

 

[ChrisLTD]

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[ChrisLTD]

Originally posted by: wired247
the cpu will not be damaged by getting too hot, but if you overvolted it that's a different story.

It was overclocked by only a half step, and I turned that off immediately.

Glad to hear that I probably didn't damage it with the heat. I noticed the vcore was shutdown according to the bios and I guess that's the thermal protection kicking in?

Originally posted by: Zap
Hello ChrisLTD, and welcome to Anandtech Forums.

Thanks!

Originally posted by: rarebear
70º is kind of hot for not over clocked..

Get a good plan on reseating the HS
Take your time no rush
Do it one time right and your done

I'm gonna pick up some overpriced parts from BestBuy today and see what I can do.

 

[ChrisLTD]

Got <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835106102">this fan/heatsink</a> from BestBuy along with some Silver grease.

Now it idles at 33C and hovers around 55C at full load.

If I can just get 2-3 solid years out of this setup, I'll be happy.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Originally posted by: ChrisLTD
Got <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16835106102">this fan/heatsink</a> from BestBuy along with some Silver grease.

Now it idles at 33C and hovers around 55C at full load.

If I can just get 2-3 solid years out of this setup, I'll be happy.

I'm not a great fan of the Tt V-1, even if it made "Kickass 9" in Maximum PC Magazine. But it's as good as a lot of heatpipe coolers that have acceptable performance. And much, much better than the stock HS.

I think that V-1 has a copper base. It would be interesting to see how your temperatures improve if you grind off the nickel-plate of the CPU's IHS. Also, if you're loading it with PRIME95, you might try LinPack for a couple iterations to see how it heats up.

The Wolfdale CPUs have a bad reputation for defective core temperature sensors, and your most reliable option is to measure the thermal performance from the TCase sensor (used for the BIOS monitor) with a utility like HWMonitor or Everest Ultimate.

 

[ChrisLTD]

Originally posted by: BonzaiDuck
I'm not a great fan of the Tt V-1, even if it made "Kickass 9" in Maximum PC Magazine. But it's as good as a lot of heatpipe coolers that have acceptable performance. And much, much better than the stock HS.

I think that V-1 has a copper base. It would be interesting to see how your temperatures improve if you grind off the nickel-plate of the CPU's IHS. Also, if you're loading it with PRIME95, you might try LinPack for a couple iterations to see how it heats up.

The Wolfdale CPUs have a bad reputation for defective core temperature sensors, and your most reliable option is to measure the thermal performance from the TCase sensor (used for the BIOS monitor) with a utility like HWMonitor or Everest Ultimate.

The Tt V-1 wouldn't be my top choice either, but it was the best available from local stores. I took your suggestion and tried the IntelBurnTest/LinPack tests. It drove the temperature up about 5 degrees (to a high of 62C) over what I was getting during the Prime95 tests. I've been checking temps with HWMonitor and RealTemp.