i7-6700k question about core temps

[ChriffeR]

Hello, I purchased a Z170 ASRock Extreme4 And a i7-6700k yesterday, and I'm using a coolermaster hyper 212 evo, with antec diamond thermal paste. My idle temps are amazing, 20c-22c.. But for some odd reason when I'm gaming/streaming It seems my second core is usually around 10c-20c hotter than the others. Then finally the other cores catch up within 5-7c of the 2nd core, is this just the way my computer is utilizing my cores? stock speeds.

 

[chris987]

are you running with igp? thats a very new cpu , ensure you have updated your monitoring software or try another one? what are the max temps you are getting? ensure 212 evo is evenly tightened onto cpu.

 

[ChriffeR]

What's IGP? Since I'm not sure I'm going to assume I am? The Evo is fine. Max temps I get are around 56c-62c

 

[chris987]

igp (intergrated graphics processor) . it may contribute to increasing core temps. also to core temp deviation. however i've never seen such high temp deviation between cores . i've witnessed 10c but never 20c . your temps though are good

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1800828/intel-temperature-guide.html

 

[ChriffeR]

OH Igpu, yeah... No I'm most defiantly not using it.

 

[ChriffeR]

It was my thermal paste, I removed the 212 and it was so thick and tough it hardly spreaded at all. I changed it up, and now i'm seeing temps closer within each other, - 51-59-50-52

 

[chris987]

It was my thermal paste, I removed the 212 and it was so thick and tough it hardly spreaded at all. I changed it up, and now i'm seeing temps closer within each other, - 51-59-50-52

a pea size of thermal paste is enough. below 10c deviation is very good. you've done it correcly now.!

 

[ChriffeR]

Well, I had applied it fine before haha, I've been doing this over 10 years. It's just the thermal I had used before was hard as a rock. Anywho, I added a top exhaust fan, and my temps are now as - 58/61/52/57... This is with a air cooler, can't wait for my H110, haven't had water cooling since the first Corsair Hydro series!