CPU High Temperature

[playsdawid]

So today I cleaned up my PC heatsink and fans and I get 50 C on idle and 80 C on load.. My CPU (I7-7700k) is non-oc. Cooler that I'm using is FSP Windale 6. I cleaned cpu with alcohol and applied thermal paste again.. Before cleaning I was getting 40 C on idle and 70 C on load. I think my CPU cooler is just bad or I didn't mount it properly?

 

[Mohd Mamat]

So today I cleaned up my PC heatsink and fans and I get 50 C on idle and 80 C on load.. My CPU (I7-7700k) is non-oc. Cooler that I'm using is FSP Windale 6. I cleaned cpu with alcohol and applied thermal paste again.. Before cleaning I was getting 40 C on idle and 70 C on load. I think my CPU cooler is just bad or I didn't mount it properly?

Probably, the cooler wasnt seated properly. Recheck your screws and mounting pressure, and also check the thermal paste spread.

 

[nobspls]

Even 40C on idle seems 7-10C higher than it should be. I got a 7700K with the Artic Freezer i32 with the fan replaced by a Cougar CF-V12HPB. And unless I am runnng the prime95 AVX test, my load temps are around 61C. And I am doing all this in a mini-itx build see:

And even when I did overclocking tests to 5.0 Ghz under the prime95 AVX stress load, I am only getting up to 78C see:

But I run this setup on stock clock, because I want things quiet.