- Jan 2, 2017
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Conveniently, there's sticky threads on the CPU forums to read. Inconveniently, I keep getting an "uh oh something went wrong" error trying to visit the CPU forums as of writing the beginning of the thread. But I'm computer inept to know I probably wouldn't figure out much from those. My sincerest apologies if I'm posting something redundant (which I probably am 🙁 ).
I've noticed recently that, for reasons beyond me, the temperature of my CPU is increasing up to 80/90°C for little to no reason. I could merely open Firefox, or Winamp, or on some few occassions, do nothing at all, and it'll spike up there. In fact, as of this writing, the lowest the temperature has gone to while idling is 63°C.
Here are my computer specs that I think are pertinent:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K
CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Nepton 240M CPU Liquid Cooling System
CASE: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150
MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1
POWER SUPPLY: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX
I dunno what else I'd have to list, nothing else seems important. Until the time I noticed the heat being so high, I would frequently check using Speccy to ensure nothing was getting too hot. There's also a big fan on top of the case to help out presumably everything (CPU, video card, etc.), on top of the aforementioned Nepton 240M CPU Liquid Cooling System. Everything was pretty regularized; nothing went above the 60s even when playing something rather resource-heavy.
The computer has been dusted off rather strongly less than a week ago. And when informed it could be my CPU cooler's heatsink (before realizing, as a liquid cooling system, it has no heatsink per se), I even put more effort in dusting those parts off. I'll admit the only thing neither I nor my supposedly computer-savvy brother didn't try was removing the CPU cooler and replacing the thermal paste, since the latter figured that couldn't be it since the computer is barely two years old. Searching around these very forums led me to a consensus that thermal paste needs no replacing ever unless the cooler's removed and needs to be put back.
I'm going to include two screenshots of CPUID HWMonitor. To be honest, I'm slightly confused by the listings. I see everything in that list except the Intel Core i7 4790K itself has a "Fans" tab. And one of the fans under the motherboard, listed here as FANIN0 (once it shows up; I should note sometimes when I boot up HWMonitor, that particular fan takes a while before showing up) spends half the time having 0 RPM. I've read on another thread on these forums, specifically this one, that it would be normal... if it was because the idle temperature was low enough to warrant the inactivity (if I understood correctly, anyway).
I'm mostly really confused as to what the issue is or how to even pinpoint it. I would deeply appreciate some guidance/assistance/help, pretty please.
I've noticed recently that, for reasons beyond me, the temperature of my CPU is increasing up to 80/90°C for little to no reason. I could merely open Firefox, or Winamp, or on some few occassions, do nothing at all, and it'll spike up there. In fact, as of this writing, the lowest the temperature has gone to while idling is 63°C.
Here are my computer specs that I think are pertinent:
CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K
CPU COOLER: Cooler Master Nepton 240M CPU Liquid Cooling System
CASE: Cooler Master HAF XB EVO ATX Desktop Case
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150
MEMORY: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
VIDEO CARD: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1
POWER SUPPLY: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX
I dunno what else I'd have to list, nothing else seems important. Until the time I noticed the heat being so high, I would frequently check using Speccy to ensure nothing was getting too hot. There's also a big fan on top of the case to help out presumably everything (CPU, video card, etc.), on top of the aforementioned Nepton 240M CPU Liquid Cooling System. Everything was pretty regularized; nothing went above the 60s even when playing something rather resource-heavy.
The computer has been dusted off rather strongly less than a week ago. And when informed it could be my CPU cooler's heatsink (before realizing, as a liquid cooling system, it has no heatsink per se), I even put more effort in dusting those parts off. I'll admit the only thing neither I nor my supposedly computer-savvy brother didn't try was removing the CPU cooler and replacing the thermal paste, since the latter figured that couldn't be it since the computer is barely two years old. Searching around these very forums led me to a consensus that thermal paste needs no replacing ever unless the cooler's removed and needs to be put back.
I'm going to include two screenshots of CPUID HWMonitor. To be honest, I'm slightly confused by the listings. I see everything in that list except the Intel Core i7 4790K itself has a "Fans" tab. And one of the fans under the motherboard, listed here as FANIN0 (once it shows up; I should note sometimes when I boot up HWMonitor, that particular fan takes a while before showing up) spends half the time having 0 RPM. I've read on another thread on these forums, specifically this one, that it would be normal... if it was because the idle temperature was low enough to warrant the inactivity (if I understood correctly, anyway).
I'm mostly really confused as to what the issue is or how to even pinpoint it. I would deeply appreciate some guidance/assistance/help, pretty please.
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