i recently bought the 8700k (and the Asus maximus X Hero), and i went with air cooling with the Noctua NH-D15. i am still getting the PC set up, so all i was doing was installing Steam, and it was "extracting package", then all the sudden, i heard this loud clicking, and it was freaking me out. it stopped shortly after it started. so i restarted, and went into the Q-Fan setting, set all the fans to 100%, and i did not hear the clicking noise again, like i thought i would. I also should say that i tested this when i first got things up and running as well, and heard no clicking then. it sounded like the fan was hitting the metal fins of the heatsink. do you think that because when i run the fans at 100% in Q-Fan and the CPU is at a lower temperature, that might be the difference? the CPU was somewhere around 76 degrees for those couple of seconds when steam was "extracting Package", so maybe because it was actually warm, that could cause the fans to spin differently or something? any ideas what else could cause that clicking noise?
i also must say that i am a beginner here to this stuff. i have read quite a bit though, and i know the 8700k runs a bit hotter than other CPUs, but that is why i bought the NH-D15.
i also should mention, that out of the box, the 8700k is jumping to 4721 Mhz, at VCORE of 0.696V (VID voltage shows a max of 1.401V after a restart), and i have not done anything as far as overclocking is concerned. i understand that these jumps are for power management savings, and i know that i could shut this off, but i wanted to see if anyone thinks something is peculiar in this instance. it is idling around 30-32 degrees with nothing running but HWMonitor, CPU-Z, and Core Temp. but it definitely jumps around a bit. i was going to try and do some beginner overclocking, but i am ALWAYS nervous i am going to ruin this very costly purchase, so i always wimp out and not mess with anything. i haven't even tried playing any games or anything yet on this thing, just getting everything set up how i want it still.
Thanks for the input!!
i also must say that i am a beginner here to this stuff. i have read quite a bit though, and i know the 8700k runs a bit hotter than other CPUs, but that is why i bought the NH-D15.
i also should mention, that out of the box, the 8700k is jumping to 4721 Mhz, at VCORE of 0.696V (VID voltage shows a max of 1.401V after a restart), and i have not done anything as far as overclocking is concerned. i understand that these jumps are for power management savings, and i know that i could shut this off, but i wanted to see if anyone thinks something is peculiar in this instance. it is idling around 30-32 degrees with nothing running but HWMonitor, CPU-Z, and Core Temp. but it definitely jumps around a bit. i was going to try and do some beginner overclocking, but i am ALWAYS nervous i am going to ruin this very costly purchase, so i always wimp out and not mess with anything. i haven't even tried playing any games or anything yet on this thing, just getting everything set up how i want it still.
Thanks for the input!!