Recent content by gswartz

I just built a new desktop with a i7 4790k processor for the sole purpose of 3d rendering. I was rendering a scene and monitoring the cpu with realtemp. It stayed around 98-100C the entire time it rendered which was about 8 minutes. I'm afraid to have it run that close to the max heat for so...

I was planning on building a new system with the i7-4790K. A coworker told me that this processor does NOT need thermal compound like other processors. I've been trying to google some information on it but I'm not finding a specific yes/no answer. Of course I don't want to throw almost $350...