Everything was fine up until yesterday.
The 8700k is overclocked to just 4.4GHz, with Noctua NH-D15S, and with 3 Silent Wing 3 system fans in a Define Mini C case. The utilization in this graph for the last 10 minutes was always below 20%, yet the temp was between 55 and 65c.
I don't think this is normal. To get those temps with all fans running at 100%, it's also noisy, despite Silent Wing 3 fans supposedly being the most quiet ones. I even got the Silent Wing 3 140mm fan for the CPU cooler.
Maybe I should reapply the thermal paste or something, maybe it got air bubbles the last time?
Is this normal?
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Re: Is this normal?
I'd retest temperatures with no overclocking first of all, then check for dust, bad fans, reversed airflow, and then the actual seating of the cooler. I know of a system that ran with the stock intel cooler, but one of the 4 pins holding it in place was broken and it didn't really hold it tight enough, but just barely enough for it to function. On no load it got 40-45 celsius, and it got 80+ degrees on a load test after 30 seconds, probably would have reached higher. The owner didn't think anything was wrong, just thought he needed a new computer because it was throttling/slow.
Re: Is this normal?
That's not helpful at all, I was quite meticulous when installing everything, rechecking everything multiple times..
Re: Is this normal?
As you said yourself: It worked well directly after installation.Tilltech wrote:That's not helpful at all, I was quite meticulous ...
Question is what has happened after that...
* Broken CPU fan?
* New software or firmware with a bug that reports faulty temps?
* Some other mechanical failure?
* Some other electrical component failure?
Re: Is this normal?
So, 60C temp for under 20% CPU utilization is definitely not normal?
It could be that I applied too much thermal paste... could that be the culprit?
It could be that I applied too much thermal paste... could that be the culprit?
Re: Is this normal?
MSI have an enhanced options on the bios, check if yours is enable, usually its more a turbo overclock of all cores, but in most cases the voltages are higher than needed to garantee the overclock in all cpus, this tends to give higher temps.
I would re seat the cooler, to see if it helps.
I would dilied the cpu if you plan to overclock and want lower temps.
I would re seat the cooler, to see if it helps.
I would dilied the cpu if you plan to overclock and want lower temps.