My Enermax ETS-T40-BK is not cooling?

[TheSilentHorker]

I have been trying to overclock my FX 8300 recently on my Enermax ETS-T40-BK in push-pull but have had really high load temperatures. At 4GHz and 1.26v I get a load in P95 of around 60C with it still going up little by little. It idles at 32C. I applied Ceramique 2 as my thermal paste, using the single dot method. I know I applied it right. At complete stock settings my CPU doesn't break 38C with the same test. Someone I know has an 8320 with a CM Hyper 212 and is hitting 4.5GHz with load temps of 51C non push-pull. The Enermax one I have performs better when looking at reviews. This cooler should be able to handle what i'm giving it no problem, so what's the deal? Is my chip really just awful? Here are my specs:

CPU: FX 8300
MOBO: ASUS M5A99FX R2.0
COOLER: Enermax ETS-T40-BK
RAM: G. Skill RipjawsX 8GB 2133MHz DDR3
PSU: Rosewill Capstone 750M
GPU: Sapphire Toxic R9 280X
CASE: NZXT Source 530
SSD: Kingston 120GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

2 fans on the heatsink doesn't improve performance.

 

[Calculatron]

What is your ambient temperature? Do you have good case airflow? Some form of deficiency would explain this.

Also, 4.0ghz with 1.26volts is kind of a high voltage - do you really need that much to obtain stability?

 

[TheSilentHorker]

2 fans on the heatsink doesn't improve performance.

One fan on my heatsink makes it 1C-2C warmer at the max temp in P95. As far as airflow goes, I have 7 120mm fans in my case. Three on top as exhaust, one in rear as exhaust, one intake in the bottom, and two intake in the front. Could this possibly be "too much" airflow? I know the voltage for my CPU at 4GHz is stable, maybe it is more than enough to keep it there and I will refine it later today but even so I thought I would be able to hit just below 1.4v and be okay for load temperatures. My ambient temperature is around 20C.

 

[TheSilentHorker]

My issue was that my socket temps were too high, and I realized this was caused by having my back panel of my case on and almost no airflow over the back of the motherboard. I ghetto rigged a fan to blow over the back of the socket and now at 1.3v and 4.3GHz I get a max socket temp of 64C and a max core temp of 61C. I know this voltage is stable and I will start going down one bump at a time until I reach the minimum required voltage for a stable overclock. I might have to drill a hole into my back side panel to keep the fan there permanently.... Is there any other way to cool down socket temperatures?