Hot Hot i7 2600K

[meaze]

I was just ripping a movie using DVD Fab and I got a CPU warning of 72 degrees on my i7 2600k. I am using the stock cooler? Is this a problem? Should I try reseating my fan/cooler? I am almost scared to try prime or another CPU intense benchmark. At idle it runs about 36 Degrees

[echrisinger]

Originally Posted by meaze I was just ripping a movie using DVD Fab and I got a CPU warning of 72 degrees on my i7 2600k. I am using the stock cooler? Is this a problem? Should I try reseating my fan/cooler? I am almost scared to try prime or another CPU intense benchmark. At idle it runs about 36 Degrees

Did you A) Use the thermal paste properly B) Attach the CPU cooler properly with the backplate on right C) Attach the power cable properly in the right place
If you're overclocking, this is hardly surprising, if not it is.
If you did those steps right, pick up a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ if you did both of those.

[nickgr5]

72 Celsius Degrees isn't good at all. You should check if the thermal paste was applied correctly or seek a better cooler to replace the stock one (as echrisinger already pointed out). It's better to do that as soon as possible.

[glc]

You need to reseat the cooler. All 4 pins have to be pushed down HARD till they positively click. This must be done with the motherboard removed from the case.

[meaze]

I did not remove the mobo from the case to do this. Maybe thats the prob

[Masaki 7-11]

Stock Intel heatsinks are a joke, I was getting over 60C with stock cooling in my case before I switched cooling and overclocked. Considering you're paying $300, you'd think that you'd get a better quality heatsink.

I found an old heatsink that came with my Pentium D 820 (the least expensive dual core of it's day) and found that it weighed more than twice as much, was a lot thicker, had a better fan and had more copper in the core.

Try to reseat it like glc said, but I wouldn't be too surprised if the temps don't improve much. If they do, you should be good, if not you might want to consider an aftermarket cooler, something like the AC Freezer 7 Pro works well, runs very quiet and should get temps to around 40C during load: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186134

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by Masaki 7-11 Stock Intel heatsinks are a joke, I was getting over 60C with stock cooling in my case before I switched cooling and overclocked. Considering you're paying $300, you'd think that you'd get a better quality heatsink. I found an old heatsink that came with my Pentium D 820 (the least expensive dual core of it's day) and found that it weighed more than twice as much, was a lot thicker, had a better fan and had more copper in the core. Try to reseat it like glc said, but I wouldn't be too surprised if the temps don't improve much. If they do, you should be good, if not you might want to consider an aftermarket cooler, something like the AC Freezer 7 Pro works well, runs very quiet and should get temps to around 40C during load: Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler

Right. The D 820 and the normal 775 cooler = 50c at idle. I wonder if you can find those stock D coolers anymore?

That is a nice cooler as is the Cooler Master Hyper212+

[meaze]

Temps did not change after reseating the cooler. I will indeed be ordering a new one. Thanks for the help

[Masaki 7-11]

Originally Posted by jdeb Right. The D 820 and the normal 775 cooler = 50c at idle. I wonder if you can find those stock D coolers anymore? That is a nice cooler as is the Cooler Master Hyper212+

I actually always had my D 820 at around 60C under full load and around 40C during idle, only problem was that at full load the fan would spin up all the way to 4000+ rpm, sounded like a vacuum cleaner, idle would be around 1500rpm. Considering how hot the pentium d ran (90nm smithfield ones anyway), I think the bundled coolers were actually really good. I actually reused some of the stock coolers for core 2 duo processors and they dropped the temperatures by 10C at load compared to their stock coolers.

[jdeb]

Originally Posted by Masaki 7-11 I actually always had my D 820 at around 60C under full load and around 40C during idle, only problem was that at full load the fan would spin up all the way to 4000+ rpm, sounded like a vacuum cleaner, idle would be around 1500rpm. Considering how hot the pentium d ran (90nm smithfield ones anyway), I think the bundled coolers were actually really good. I actually reused some of the stock coolers for core 2 duo processors and they dropped the temperatures by 10C at load compared to their stock coolers.

Right I wish I could find a couple of those coolers.

[meaze]

Just following up. Installed my hyper 212+ cooler tonight. Idle temps are around 31C and load temps have not gotten above 47C. Thanks for all the advice/help