i7 4790k Temps

[Flyingfish]

Hello .

I recently got aid64 for temperature testing . My max temps on my i7 4790k is 74°c . Also playing fallout 4 give me a max temp of 58 °c.

I have an coolermaster seidon 120+
Liquid cooler ..


Is this normal. Or is the cpu cooler on his way out. Since its not that good cpu cooler .

My specs are
I7 4790k non oc
Asus z97 ranger
Gtx 980 HOF edition
16 gb 1899 kingston fury ram
650 thermaltake tough power

Nzxt phantom 540
1x200mm fan in front
2x200mm fans on top
Cpu radiator 120 mm at the back
1x140 mm on the side
1x140 at the bottom excluding the powesupply fan .

 

[jonathan1683]

seems a little high. I saw my temps around 40-50c in black ops 3. I can check it out a little more in prime when i get home. i have the same cpu and cooler.

 

[The_Tester]

My max temps on my i7 4790k is 74°c . Also playing fallout 4 give me a max temp of 58 °c.

I would say no for that size/type cooler. I would need to know more about the specific airflow set up in that case (where is it going in and how is it going out besides a stock setup). From looking at the case I can only guess that you are venting the CPU heat source either out the back or top along with a good amount of graphics card heat.

What are the temps with the CPU loaded and the GPU in standby / idle? Also is there any overclocking going on?

 

[Flyingfish]

The airflow is
200 mm infront pulls air into the case .
2x200 mm ontop pulls hot air out of the case
120 mm of the cpu cooler puls air out at the back
140 mm on bottom pulld cold air in the case
140 mm in the side pulls cold air in when the cpu reaches 40 °c

No overclocking
The card is pretty cold reaching a max tem of 63 at the most

 

[jonathan1683]

25 c idle
50-54 prime95 full load

make sure to use the thermal paste that came with it.

 

[Flyingfish]

I did clean the raidator a few days back maby the waterblock shifted . Wil buy some new paste today . And see if it works . What the specs of your system Jonathan ?

 

[jonathan1683]

same cpu and cooler as you. GTX 660 SLI 32GB trident z87 extreme 6 asrock Samsung Evo 850 Pro. This CPU is a monster playing black ops 3 my dual 660s still at 100% load and my cpu is at like 30%

 

[Flyingfish]

Ok hopefully its only thermal paste .

 

[The_Tester]

Has it recently maintained a higher temp than what you are used to seeing? Or is this the first time you have really monitored the temps? I was hoping to hear more about fan speed or amount of air going through it (which fans are slow-med-fast etc...) but I got what I need for the CPU part. Since you are going to be fiddling with the cooling anyway, it may be worth trying to reverse the CPU radiator fan direction. This is so it will suck into the case (blow through radiator) and vent out the top. You definitely have enough fan up top to do it with. That way case temps never really interact with the CPU cooling and you basically eliminate any graphics card related heat. You may need to play with fan modes/setting to get it balanced. Depending on what fans and how fast they are running my overall temps can shift +/-10C from how I normally have it while things are loaded.

Now knowing that the water block/pump may have moved around it might explain an air gap being introduced. That is, if a temp jump was noticed after cleaning the radiator.

 

[Flyingfish]

The tester ..

The temp increase was after the cleaning of the radiator with the waterblock still on the cpu itself.

 

[The_Tester]

The temp increase was after the cleaning of the radiator with the waterblock still on the cpu itself.

Yep I would say you're possibly going to answer your own question. Continue just like you originally thought and redo the thermal paste. The block may have lifted slightly during the cleaning. If the temps are still the same after, lay the case flat then sit it back up a few times (either side). Also try tilting it back/forward if you can. Moving around the radiator may have relocated an air bubble (watch that you don't pull out power cords and the like). When I first set up my H105 I would keep hearing this little "squirt" sound every now and then. I tilted the case on it's side while running and heard a lot of little "squirts' then nothing. It hasn't done it since.

 

[Flyingfish]

I will try that . Do you think adding another 120 mm fan will help ..

If the cpu cooler is bad . What will you recommend . ?

 

[The_Tester]

Another fan to make it a push/pull setup would not hurt to try if you have another 120mm laying around. The only liquid cooling I have direct personal experience with is the corsair h105, but i've seen and been a part of a lot of builds.

If you plan to use the included fan with closed loop liquid cooling, I would try to avoid high speed fans (like only has a minimum speed of 1000 RPM). Similar to the Corsair ones with the gray looking fans (H60, H75, H105 "one I use", H100i). The higher speed fans develop nice pressure and airflow but are LOUD AS CRAP when they spin up. Look more for fans that have a "turbine" look and a lower minimum/adjustable speed to them as they tend to develop more air pressure for the same given operating speed and noise level. If noise is not much of a bother then ignore that bit of advice.

Taking custom stuff i've seen out of the mix, I know several people that have used the Corsair H50 and H55 as a 120mm setup. There is also a plethora of air coolers. I used to have a ZALMAN (forgot exact model) on my old computer that worked quite well as long as it got good cool air to it. Won't work in my current setup due to clearance. Pretty much anything from Noctua will not disappoint as long as it fits the setup.

looked like this
http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=277

If you conclude that your current cooling solution is bad/going bad, I would say anything that will fit the case and has a lot of positive reviews is good. I do favor your current stated setup, but with the difference that the radiator fan sucks air into the case instead of blowing out as before mentioned.

 

[Flyingfish]

Thanks for the reply . When buying a new cpu cooler it would be liquid . Have a cooler master x6 as well but dont like the idea of covering my motherboard i like the liquid coolers because the board is visible. Ill go for a corsair if a new cooler is needed .

This is my rig . http://imageshack.com/a/img903/6384/Qomo30.jpg

 

[The_Tester]

hmmm if not done so already [strike]when you apply the thermal paste[/strike], try to reposition the radiator so that the tubes are on the bottom. Or so that the tubes are not the highest point in the loop. Can't say for sure now, but leaning more towards air bubbles/gaps in the loop at this point. If not i'm sure you can recoup some money from it if nothing gets the temps back to what you saw before.

Mine is not ideally oriented (little choice in this setup) but at least any air bubbles are not likely to get stuck in the tubes/entry exit fittings.

 

[Flyingfish]

Awesome setup . I did everything like you said still 72 °c but my core voltage are 1.345 v . I thinks thats the problem

 

[Flyingfish]

When the cpu turbos to 4399 the core voltage is 1345 v it always was 1.120

 

[Flyingfish]

Right I found the problem . In short its asus .

In long
I saw n few threads where people with i7 4790k are getting a very high core clock of 1.299
Roughly around 1.300 v al with asus boards .This explains the high temperatures when pushing the cpu to the limits with aida64 .

I did a bios update the same time I cleaned the radiator. This explains the mishap .

Still with the help my cpu temperatures at 4.4 1.345v is 67°c
Gaming in fallout 4 battlefield 4 crysis 3 al around the 45 50°c

Thanks for all the help .