Hey all,
I'm having an issue with my i7-4790k overheating. I have a CM Hyper 212 EVO that I've used for the past 5 or 6 years of me having my build, and recently it's been getting too hot, specifically cores 0 and 1 (first two cores). It could be as small as a game installer running that could cause my temps to be high.
On idle, my temps hover around 34C-42C, which I feel like is too high, especially for an aftermarket cooler. I initially diagnosed it as thermal compound gone bad, as I hadn't replaced it in at least 5 years, however, I replaced it along with putting in a new Noctua fan as the original fan died (I had it replaced with a case fan, and I was thinking that could have also been the problem), yet it still hits TJ max temps on the first two cores.
The place where I first noticed this issue was when I began playing the new Star Wars game, as I noticed my PC was bluescreening/crashing an awful lot whenever I played the game. I would get WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT errors, which I heard are related to the CPU and RAM, but I did a memtest on my RAM for a whole day and it turned out to be fine. Replacing the compound and the fan didn't help. I'm at a loss here, as I feel like cooling wise I've done everything I can. I've updated drivers, I've reduced my USB hardware down to just a keyboard and mouse, yet my PC still crashes every now and then. Can someone help?
I'm having an issue with my i7-4790k overheating. I have a CM Hyper 212 EVO that I've used for the past 5 or 6 years of me having my build, and recently it's been getting too hot, specifically cores 0 and 1 (first two cores). It could be as small as a game installer running that could cause my temps to be high.
On idle, my temps hover around 34C-42C, which I feel like is too high, especially for an aftermarket cooler. I initially diagnosed it as thermal compound gone bad, as I hadn't replaced it in at least 5 years, however, I replaced it along with putting in a new Noctua fan as the original fan died (I had it replaced with a case fan, and I was thinking that could have also been the problem), yet it still hits TJ max temps on the first two cores.
The place where I first noticed this issue was when I began playing the new Star Wars game, as I noticed my PC was bluescreening/crashing an awful lot whenever I played the game. I would get WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT errors, which I heard are related to the CPU and RAM, but I did a memtest on my RAM for a whole day and it turned out to be fine. Replacing the compound and the fan didn't help. I'm at a loss here, as I feel like cooling wise I've done everything I can. I've updated drivers, I've reduced my USB hardware down to just a keyboard and mouse, yet my PC still crashes every now and then. Can someone help?