Hi there thanks in advance for your time and effort in helping me out.
I will say it as best I can and short and sweet and if I am not clear please let me know.
I bought a new Z370 Motherboard and a new i7 8700k CPU about 1-2 weeks ago. As soon as I finished installing/building my PC with the new components and installing windows from scratch I immediately tested the Temperature of the CPU cores and frequency with MSI afterburner and corsair link through the power supply software and the temperature of the motherboard and I saw that they looked fine (by fine I mean cpu running at 33-36c) and so I did not bother anymore with testing but now I know I should have!, because I cannot actually remember what my cpu temps where on all cores and testing it further by running a youtube video or some basic task to see how the CPU responds in regards to frequency and temperature.
My issue is this, because now I DON'T know and did not record what the normal/first temperatures where while just at 'idle' on desktop or even when it launched a more demanding task, I cant compare or trust what my issue is now to when I first booted up the system fresh. My real issue is that #1. due to an error that appeared on screen 2-4 days ago(I can provide picture), #2. when opened a youtube video, it looked like it was playing in a slower way(the frame rate) and I thought the CPU frequency was at issue or temperature, #3. a CPU load spike in task manager to 100%(doing something that I still don't know if it was good or not, #4. installed a older 180mm/200mm fan to my case again(its old but looks to work fine) which as all this chain of issue began, this 180mm fan was ramping up and down in a way that I had not heard before (the way I set it up in bios and also a new cpu and motherboard, no surprise really)
All of these issues happened in 1 day so I freaked out and I checked CPU temps and this time I saw the cores going from 30c to 50c just like nothing, I'm talking not a slow creeping up but just in fast movements spiking to 50c from 30c and all the while cpu is doing nothing or just light youtube video watching. The 20c spike like nothing from maybe 3 to sometime all the cores doing the same tells me maybe something is wrong, and the bigger issue is that I cant remember what my baseline/fresh temperatures where and how exactly CPU performed in different scenarios since the first windows install to compare if that is normal now or not and it has change and something is wrong.
Since then I have done these things, #1 fresh installed window 10, #2 took motherboard out of case and put on MB box as I thought new air cooler was heavy and pulled away from cpu or cpu cooler was not contacting cpu properly or thermal paste was applied wrong, and now I have motherboard laid horizontally. Doing all these things has shown no change in the way the temperature of the CPU spiked up to and the speed in which it did it and the cores in which it did it on.
I'm so sorry for the story and now I see I could of just asked this simple question and say the 'story is optional'.
My question is: anyone who has a i7 8700k, can you please send me a video or picture/s of how your cpu behaves regarding temperature on the cores when just at the desktop (preferably with nothing unnecessary running in background and also while opening file explorer and other windows apps?.
Or tell me if my temperatures are normal for this chip. I know I have not provided pictures or good evidence of what im saying but I first want to find out if I even have an issue with this CPU or not compared to you guys.
Main point as I have said ALOT: My CPU temps on sometimes 1 or 2 cores or sometime all, rise up by 20 degrees and back down in 1 second or less and it does this while opening file explorer or windows is scanning for viruses or Im watching a youtube video, and YES it does this even while I play a game ( Warface or Apexlegends), is this normal?
GPU temps don't rise this way for me, is it normal for CPUs to do this and specifically with this 8700k? Please let me know what software to test it on, how to test it(to your liking) and should i post pictures/videos/ the softwares file/s as I want to also show you guys what I mean as that is best as I can fail in my explanations.
Thank you all so much, I hope to hear/see from all you 8700k owners and other experienced members.
Have a Great day, Chris.
I will say it as best I can and short and sweet and if I am not clear please let me know.
I bought a new Z370 Motherboard and a new i7 8700k CPU about 1-2 weeks ago. As soon as I finished installing/building my PC with the new components and installing windows from scratch I immediately tested the Temperature of the CPU cores and frequency with MSI afterburner and corsair link through the power supply software and the temperature of the motherboard and I saw that they looked fine (by fine I mean cpu running at 33-36c) and so I did not bother anymore with testing but now I know I should have!, because I cannot actually remember what my cpu temps where on all cores and testing it further by running a youtube video or some basic task to see how the CPU responds in regards to frequency and temperature.
My issue is this, because now I DON'T know and did not record what the normal/first temperatures where while just at 'idle' on desktop or even when it launched a more demanding task, I cant compare or trust what my issue is now to when I first booted up the system fresh. My real issue is that #1. due to an error that appeared on screen 2-4 days ago(I can provide picture), #2. when opened a youtube video, it looked like it was playing in a slower way(the frame rate) and I thought the CPU frequency was at issue or temperature, #3. a CPU load spike in task manager to 100%(doing something that I still don't know if it was good or not, #4. installed a older 180mm/200mm fan to my case again(its old but looks to work fine) which as all this chain of issue began, this 180mm fan was ramping up and down in a way that I had not heard before (the way I set it up in bios and also a new cpu and motherboard, no surprise really)
All of these issues happened in 1 day so I freaked out and I checked CPU temps and this time I saw the cores going from 30c to 50c just like nothing, I'm talking not a slow creeping up but just in fast movements spiking to 50c from 30c and all the while cpu is doing nothing or just light youtube video watching. The 20c spike like nothing from maybe 3 to sometime all the cores doing the same tells me maybe something is wrong, and the bigger issue is that I cant remember what my baseline/fresh temperatures where and how exactly CPU performed in different scenarios since the first windows install to compare if that is normal now or not and it has change and something is wrong.
Since then I have done these things, #1 fresh installed window 10, #2 took motherboard out of case and put on MB box as I thought new air cooler was heavy and pulled away from cpu or cpu cooler was not contacting cpu properly or thermal paste was applied wrong, and now I have motherboard laid horizontally. Doing all these things has shown no change in the way the temperature of the CPU spiked up to and the speed in which it did it and the cores in which it did it on.
I'm so sorry for the story and now I see I could of just asked this simple question and say the 'story is optional'.
My question is: anyone who has a i7 8700k, can you please send me a video or picture/s of how your cpu behaves regarding temperature on the cores when just at the desktop (preferably with nothing unnecessary running in background and also while opening file explorer and other windows apps?.
Or tell me if my temperatures are normal for this chip. I know I have not provided pictures or good evidence of what im saying but I first want to find out if I even have an issue with this CPU or not compared to you guys.
Main point as I have said ALOT: My CPU temps on sometimes 1 or 2 cores or sometime all, rise up by 20 degrees and back down in 1 second or less and it does this while opening file explorer or windows is scanning for viruses or Im watching a youtube video, and YES it does this even while I play a game ( Warface or Apexlegends), is this normal?
GPU temps don't rise this way for me, is it normal for CPUs to do this and specifically with this 8700k? Please let me know what software to test it on, how to test it(to your liking) and should i post pictures/videos/ the softwares file/s as I want to also show you guys what I mean as that is best as I can fail in my explanations.
Thank you all so much, I hope to hear/see from all you 8700k owners and other experienced members.
Have a Great day, Chris.