OCing brand new cpu.

Tagvor01

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I just bought brand new I5 4690k and installed the Asus Suite 3. I ran Asus Suite 3 and the program suggested I run 5 way optimization which I did and it OC'd my cpu to 4.3 GHZ. I ran BF4 for like 20-30 mins. Then I ran HwInfo and Prime95 to make sure everything was running okay. Once I started Prime 95 I saw cpu temps on HWINFO to 100 degress c had I let it kept running for longer it could have gone higher. This couldn't have annihilated my cpu could it have?
 
Yeah, something is wrong with your heatsink. Did you apply thermal paste?
I'm only hitting 72C in Prime95 after hours of running it.

Try going back to your BIOS before and see what happens.
 


Apparently I hadn't locked the heatsink to the motherboard. Woopsy! Could that have damaged the cpu? Also My cpu is still running at 74 degrees Celsius after 4 mins of prime 95.
 
Definitely could have damaged the CPU. Just monitor your temps.

 
Those are pretty decent temps. There's no reason to return your CPU. Luckily you haven't friend it 😛

 


Awesome! Thank you!