Are my Haswell temps okay?

[PresidentSwag]

Hello everyone, I'm just looking for some confirmation to see if my haswell temperatures are okay.

I have the i7 4770k at stock clock (3.5 - 3.9 turbo)
My cooler is the Thermaltake Water Performer 2.0

When playing bf3, the max I have seen is 57 celcius

After running AIDA64 for a bit, these were my results
Core #0 Max - 55 Celsius
Core #1 Max - 58 Celsius
Core #2 Max - 58 Celsius
Core #3 Max - 51 Celsius

Is the difference between Core #2 and Core #3 okay?


System Setup
Processor : Intel Core i7 4770k
Cooling: Thermaltake Performer 2.0
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
SSD : Ocz 120GB Vertex 4
Hard Drive: 1TB Barracuda
Video Card: Asus GTX 770
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: Razer Deathadder
Headset: Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Omega
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PLUS
Power Supply: XFX PRO750W
Computer Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit

 

[DavidRappl]

Hello everyone, I'm just looking for some confirmation to see if my haswell temperatures are okay.

I have the i7 4770k at stock clock (3.5 - 3.9 turbo)
My cooler is the Thermaltake Water Performer 2.0

When playing bf3, the max I have seen is 57 celcius

After running AIDA64 for a bit, these were my results
Core #0 Max - 55 Celsius
Core #1 Max - 58 Celsius
Core #2 Max - 58 Celsius
Core #3 Max - 51 Celsius

Is the difference between Core #2 and Core #3 okay?


System Setup
Processor : Intel Core i7 4770k
Cooling: Thermaltake Performer 2.0
Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
SSD : Ocz 120GB Vertex 4
Hard Drive: 1TB Barracuda
Video Card: Asus GTX 770
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: Razer Deathadder
Headset: Sound Blaster Tactic 3D Omega
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PLUS
Power Supply: XFX PRO750W
Computer Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit

Yes, that is normal. Some cores get used more than others, and heatpipe is not always applied evenly. I have a difference of around 8-12 degrees between some of the cores.

 

[RetiredChief]

Temps look fine, but should also state what your Room (ambient temp is).
Max temp before throttling occurs is approx 100C.

Since you have a "K" CPU, I'm guessing you are planning on OCing.
Try to keep temps below 70 C, Upto mid 70's is acceptable but I prefer to keep temps below 70.
I generally run Prime 95 to verify stability for OC and it gives a good indication of Max temps. Prime 95 will heat up cpu more than a game will.

 

[PresidentSwag]

Thanks for the answers. I idle in the high 20s low 30s.
I will overclock later in the future when I feel I need to, for now everything is working fine

 

[fjaesbog]

It's not bad. It's pretty normal to reach 57c while playing such high demanding games. What are the idle temps?
I overclocked my CPU to 4.4ghz from 3.6, and when under full stress 'prime95' it reaches 57c. When playing bf3 its around 45-50.
Cooler Master hyper 212 evo is a really good bang for the buck. Also Arctic silver 5 paste really lowers temps aswell.

 

[RetiredChief]

Forgot to add - Difference between core
5 C typical sightly more is accestable. Two causes.
1) Slight difference in uniformity of Thermal paste.
2) Quite often an app may stress one core more than another.

This can be checked using Prime 95. Prime 95 should stress cores more evenly.