Help with i7 6700K?

[matt71189]

I have an i7 6700K on an ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming AURA mobo. I have a Cryorig H7 cooler and it idles at 30-40c at stock speeds and under load it goes up to 85c. I saw reviews saying this cooler runs at 15-25c idle and 60-80c at max load while overclocked to 4.5-4.7GHz.

I have tried to overclock to 4.5-4.6GHZ at 1.30-1.35v and Aida64 keeps saying hardware failure stability test stopped. Is this because of temps or something else?

Help?

 

[jacobnestell]

I have an i7 6700K on an ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming AURA mobo. I have a Cryorig H7 cooler and it idles at 30-40c at stock speeds and under load it goes up to 85c. I saw reviews saying this cooler runs at 15-25c idle and 60-80c at max load while overclocked to 4.5-4.7GHz.

I have tried to overclock to 4.5-4.6GHZ at 1.30-1.35v and Aida64 keeps saying hardware failure stability test stopped. Is this because of temps or something else?

Help?

I would try re seating the cooler because it could be improperly seated or not enough thermal compound used also you turned up the voltage and clock speed in the bios correct?

 

[matt71189]

I tried re seating the cooler 4 times and get the same result every time. And for the thermal paste I'm using the Cryorig C7 paste that came with the cooler and I used the recommended line method for Skylake cpus. And yes i tried every voltage from 1.25-1.35v and set the multiplier to 45-46.

Heres a screenshot with Aida64 running at stock speeds:
http://imgur.com/jrFWPDl

 

[jacobnestell]

Have the temps always been this high since you've owned it? Some heatsinks come with a little plastic layer under the contact surface to keep it clean until your ready to put it on the CPU, it is possibly that the little plastic layer is still on it! There is also a problem with windows 10 that only limits one core usage follows these steps to check

Open MSCONFIG
Click boot
Click advanced options
See if the number of processors option is checked and if it is uncheck it and restart!

 

[mcnumpty23]

its not strictly necessary to to torture test your cpu far beyond what it will do in real life use

to me if it doesnt crash doing all the stuff i actually do in every day use thats stable

to me torture testing is like getting in your car and redlining the rpm at 10,000rpm to see if something fails

you wouldnt drive it like that in every day use so whats the point?

only my opinion some people think the whole torture test thing is mandatory if you overclock

 

[jacobnestell]

its not strictly necessary to to torture test your cpu far beyond what it will do in real life use

to me if it doesnt crash doing all the stuff i actually do in every day use thats stable

to me torture testing is like getting in your car and redlining the rpm at 10,000rpm to see if something fails

you wouldnt drive it like that in every day use so whats the point?

only my opinion some people think the whole torture test thing is mandatory if you overclock

I would not compare stress testing a CPU to Redlining a car at 10000 RPM (Most cars limit at 7500 btw only engine i know of that redlines that high are rotary engines) During stress tests there are also fail safe defaults that will turn off the computer automatically to prevent damage. If you would like to compare overclocking to something in the car world it would be far more closer to tuning a vehicle than redlining it until the thing explodes.

 

[matt71189]

Have the temps always been this high since you've owned it? Some heatsinks come with a little plastic layer under the contact surface to keep it clean until your ready to put it on the CPU, it is possibly that the little plastic layer is still on it! There is also a problem with windows 10 that only limits one core usage follows these steps to check

Open MSCONFIG
Click boot
Click advanced options
See if the number of processors option is checked and if it is uncheck it and restart!

Yes the temps have been the same since i installed it earlier today. And i did remove the plastic from the baseplate of the cooler. I checked the number of processors and it was unchecked.

 

[mcnumpty23]

its not strictly necessary to to torture test your cpu far beyond what it will do in real life use

to me if it doesnt crash doing all the stuff i actually do in every day use thats stable

to me torture testing is like getting in your car and redlining the rpm at 10,000rpm to see if something fails

you wouldnt drive it like that in every day use so whats the point?

only my opinion some people think the whole torture test thing is mandatory if you overclock

I would not compare stress testing a CPU to Redlining a car at 10000 RPM (Most cars limit at 7500 btw only engine i know of that redlines that high are rotary engines) During stress tests there are also fail safe defaults that will turn off the computer automatically to prevent damage. If you would like to compare overclocking to something in the car world it would be far more closer to tuning a vehicle than redlining it until the thing explodes.

i have a rx-8 so yeah could redline it at 10k if i was dumb enough to

but you are just nit picking details any way you clearly understood the point was its not necessary to stress test the cpu way

beyond what every day use puts it through

 

[jacobnestell]

Have the temps always been this high since you've owned it? Some heatsinks come with a little plastic layer under the contact surface to keep it clean until your ready to put it on the CPU, it is possibly that the little plastic layer is still on it! There is also a problem with windows 10 that only limits one core usage follows these steps to check

Open MSCONFIG
Click boot
Click advanced options
See if the number of processors option is checked and if it is uncheck it and restart!

Yes the temps have been the same since i installed it earlier today. And i did remove the plastic from the baseplate of the cooler. I checked the number of processors and it was unchecked.

The cooler just might not be up to the task of overclocking that high because 1.3 volts is pretty high, or you might not have the necessary air flow in your case to cool everything off.

 

[matt71189]

Have the temps always been this high since you've owned it? Some heatsinks come with a little plastic layer under the contact surface to keep it clean until your ready to put it on the CPU, it is possibly that the little plastic layer is still on it! There is also a problem with windows 10 that only limits one core usage follows these steps to check

Open MSCONFIG
Click boot
Click advanced options
See if the number of processors option is checked and if it is uncheck it and restart!

Yes the temps have been the same since i installed it earlier today. And i did remove the plastic from the baseplate of the cooler. I checked the number of processors and it was unchecked.

The cooler just might not be up to the task of overclocking that high because 1.3 volts is pretty high, or you might not have the necessary air flow in your case to cool everything off.

Ive seen reviews of others running with this cooler and can easily overclock to 4.7GHz at 1.35v with it? Thats why I chose it over something like a Hyper 212 or Noctua cooler. Plus it was on sale for $29.
Heres a picture of my case so you can maybe judge the airflow? Its a Corsair 400C:
http://imgur.com/a/Os310

 

[jacobnestell]

http://imgur.com/a/U9U99
Is this the way the fans are pushing? Is the fan on the left blowing out or sucking in? And im assuming the fan on the cryorig is pushing air through the metal fins

 

[matt71189]

http://imgur.com/a/U9U99
Is this the way the fans are pushing? Is the fan on the left blowing out or sucking in? And im assuming the fan on the cryorig is pushing air through the metal fins

No, the front 140mm fan is intake and the rear 120mm fan is exhaust.
Like this:
http://imgur.com/Iled7IJ

 

[jacobnestell]

http://imgur.com/a/U9U99
Is this the way the fans are pushing? Is the fan on the left blowing out or sucking in? And im assuming the fan on the cryorig is pushing air through the metal fins

No, the front 140mm fan is intake and the rear 120mm fan is exhaust.
Like this:
http://imgur.com/Iled7IJ

I'm stumped man, sorry I couldn't help you 🙁

 

[mcnumpty23]

test it with the side panel off

if it shows a big drop in temperature then you need another intake fan

 

[matt71189]

test it with the side panel off

if it shows a big drop in temperature then you need another intake fan

I've tested with both the side panel on and off, same results, what does that mean?

 

[mcnumpty23]

test it with the side panel off

if it shows a big drop in temperature then you need another intake fan

I've tested with both the side panel on and off, same results, what does that mean?

if you get same temperature with the side panel off then the case airflow is ok

could be the cpu fan isnt going fast enough could be the cooler isnt quite mounted right

 

[matt71189]

test it with the side panel off

if it shows a big drop in temperature then you need another intake fan

I've tested with both the side panel on and off, same results, what does that mean?

if you get same temperature with the side panel off then the case airflow is ok

could be the cpu fan isnt going fast enough could be the cooler isnt quite mounted right

Im also curious why im getting 1.4v at stock speeds? i thought it was supposed to be 1.2v at stock? and 1.35v is the max safe 24/7 voltage? Do i have a bad chip?
Heres a screenshot of that and fan speeds as well:
http://imgur.com/6sxGxqR

 

[matt71189]

I feel like an idiot lol, I just reset the CMOS and now it seems fine:

http://imgur.com/Unf2V3T

Now to try overclocking, wish me luck 😛

 

[matt71189]

Tried overclocking to 4.6GHz at 1.30v again and now i got this:

http://imgur.com/Wb7D9vz

 

[matt71189]

I also just felt the heat pipes on the cooler and they are ice cold, shouldn't they be warm or hot?

 

[jacobnestell]

I also just felt the heat pipes on the cooler and they are ice cold, shouldn't they be warm or hot?

Yeah they should be hot if the CPU temperature is getting hot.

 

[matt71189]

I also just felt the heat pipes on the cooler and they are ice cold, shouldn't they be warm or hot?

Yeah they should be hot if the CPU temperature is getting hot.

I thought so, the heatpipes on my graphics card get hot under load so I thought the same should be for the cpu. but I have re seated the Cryorig H7 multiple times, i even tried Arctic Silver 5 instead of the paste that came with it.

I played around with it a lil more and got it stable at 4.5GHz at 1.28v but still getting temps in the 80c range which still seems high at that voltage? And it will not run at 4.6GHz at any voltage up to 1.35v it fails the stress test and temps go into the 90c range close to 100c.

 

[jacobnestell]

I also just felt the heat pipes on the cooler and they are ice cold, shouldn't they be warm or hot?

Yeah they should be hot if the CPU temperature is getting hot.

I thought so, the heatpipes on my graphics card get hot under load so I thought the same should be for the cpu. but I have re seated the Cryorig H7 multiple times, i even tried Arctic Silver 5 instead of the paste that came with it.

I played around with it a lil more and got it stable at 4.5GHz at 1.28v but still getting temps in the 80c range which still seems high at that voltage? And it will not run at 4.6GHz at any voltage up to 1.35v it fails the stress test and temps go into the 90c range close to 100c.

You may have just lost the silicone lottery to be honest with you.

 

[matt71189]

I also just felt the heat pipes on the cooler and they are ice cold, shouldn't they be warm or hot?

Yeah they should be hot if the CPU temperature is getting hot.

I thought so, the heatpipes on my graphics card get hot under load so I thought the same should be for the cpu. but I have re seated the Cryorig H7 multiple times, i even tried Arctic Silver 5 instead of the paste that came with it.

I played around with it a lil more and got it stable at 4.5GHz at 1.28v but still getting temps in the 80c range which still seems high at that voltage? And it will not run at 4.6GHz at any voltage up to 1.35v it fails the stress test and temps go into the 90c range close to 100c.

You may have just lost the silicone lottery to be honest with you.

Maybe, but another thing I just tried, I put the stock Intel cooler from my i5 on the i7 and i got the exact same temps as with the Cryorig H7, so is my cooler defective or just not doing something right? Or am i just not seating it right multiple times?

 

[jacobnestell]

I also just felt the heat pipes on the cooler and they are ice cold, shouldn't they be warm or hot?

Yeah they should be hot if the CPU temperature is getting hot.

I thought so, the heatpipes on my graphics card get hot under load so I thought the same should be for the cpu. but I have re seated the Cryorig H7 multiple times, i even tried Arctic Silver 5 instead of the paste that came with it.

I played around with it a lil more and got it stable at 4.5GHz at 1.28v but still getting temps in the 80c range which still seems high at that voltage? And it will not run at 4.6GHz at any voltage up to 1.35v it fails the stress test and temps go into the 90c range close to 100c.

You may have just lost the silicone lottery to be honest with you.

Maybe, but another thing I just tried, I put the stock Intel cooler from my i5 on the i7 and i got the exact same temps as with the Cryorig H7, so is my cooler defective or just not doing something right? Or am i just not seating it right multiple times?

You use the proper amount of thermal paste?