Hello,
During gaming (Rainbow 6, BFV, Division 2 for example) and the Prime95 thermal testing described in the Tom's Hardware Intel Temperature Guide, my 9700K averages temps of 75C and spikes to 80C on the package without any overclock (except for XMP on RAM).
I already posed this question on the cooling thread, and they seemed to think these temps are normal. Is it really possible that I can't overclock at all with such a high-airflow case at 100% fan speed and a 240mm AIO? Even just increasing to a 4.7GHz all core overclock puts the temps over 81C.
Other thoughts: I bought my Enermax AIO new, but on a discount because it was a few years old. I suspect the cooler is under-performing. Does this sound like an appropriate explanation? Perhaps the inside is corroded?
I'm very open to your opinions and I'll try suggested tests. Below are my rig details. Thanks!
During gaming (Rainbow 6, BFV, Division 2 for example) and the Prime95 thermal testing described in the Tom's Hardware Intel Temperature Guide, my 9700K averages temps of 75C and spikes to 80C on the package without any overclock (except for XMP on RAM).
I already posed this question on the cooling thread, and they seemed to think these temps are normal. Is it really possible that I can't overclock at all with such a high-airflow case at 100% fan speed and a 240mm AIO? Even just increasing to a 4.7GHz all core overclock puts the temps over 81C.
Other thoughts: I bought my Enermax AIO new, but on a discount because it was a few years old. I suspect the cooler is under-performing. Does this sound like an appropriate explanation? Perhaps the inside is corroded?
I'm very open to your opinions and I'll try suggested tests. Below are my rig details. Thanks!
CPU | 9700K |
Cooler and thermal paste | Enermax 240mm AIO and fresh Kryonaut applied 1 week ago |
Core Speed | Stock (reaches advertised boosts) |
Core Voltage at Load | approx 1.26v with spikes up to 1.312v |
Load test software and Temperature Software | Prime95 Small FFT with all AVX disabled and HW Monitor |
Case | Cooler Master H500 with all fan slots filled and aggressive fan curve |
Load and Idle Core Temps | 35C and 75C with spikes to 80C |
Memory | Corsair Vengeance 3200MHz 16GB |
Motherboard and GPU | ASRock Z370 Extreme4 and GTX 1070ti MSI Duke |
Ambient temperature | 22C |