Hight temps on test bench

nitram1962

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That was no stress test that was just general use, its on a test bench as i am going to water cool it later but why do the temps climb so high when just using it normally the odd video and web searches.
 

nitram1962

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Like i said i was running a video and a bit of browsing but nothing much, i only noticed it by chance as i was shocked it was so high for little usage, and i know the haswell cpu's don't like to get to hot.
I have opened both task manager and hw monitor now and usage is very low but not sure why it climbs so high seemingly on its own.
 
just for general testing, run Prime95 v26.6, (there are various explanations in a ton of threads here on Tom's on why that version, and not one later - run it, the small FFT test for 10 or so minutes - before starting, in CPUID clear the max readings in CPUID by going to "VIEW" on top menu bar and selecting "clear min/max", and see what you get for max temps

but something was definitely running in the background earlier as 79 watts is pretty much full current draw
 

nitram1962

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I think i found the cause, i have a screensaver which is the matrix and when that is running i think that could be it.