CPU running insanely hot

[peackeeper92]

Hi i just bought a new i7 7700k cpu and finally got everything working except for the fact that the temperature and voltage was a bit high running at 1.3 volts just in Google Chrome and reaching 92 degrees celsius just browsing the Web after about 20 minutes i look in open hardware monitor again and The temp is at 112 degrees at 0.7 volts basically not doing anything so i got scared of it frying and turned it off. I use an aftermarket fan that is recommended for an i7 so im wondering what is making it run that hot?

 

[Mohan_27]

Hello,

Make sure the CPU fan is spinning when the system is active, ensure its in the correct socket 'cpu fan'.
Also ensure theres a good amount of thermal paste on the CPU, if there isnt any, something like this can happen.

 

[Chad_40]

I would definitely reseat the heat sink and reapply the thermal paste, i have always used the pea sized method with great results. I also think you may be getting wrong reads on temps or perhaps looking at Fahrenheit instead of Celsius. I have a 7700k idle its at around 30 c which is around 90 f. I have had an AIO pump quit working and at 100c i was basically unable to use the pc because of thermal throttling, so im assuming if you were hitting a true 112 c your pc would be unusable or would just shut itself down.