Seidon 120V i7 4770k high temps

[MisterSkilly]

Hello,

My Seidon 120V has just been replaced, since my old one stopped working.
Now, I have absolutely no experience with anything that is not a GPU or drive, so I don't really know what to do.
My temps are imho too high, as they are around 50c on idle and just The Binding of Isaac Rebirth causes them to go up to mid 80's.
I did just look at my CPU and the thermal compound seems to still cover the CPU as I can't see any metal or intel logo. The thermal compound is slighty grey though.
Someone in another forum told me to post this, so there ya go:

I have very little to no idea what else kind of information you need to help me, so please just ask.

My rig (which, except for the CPU cooler, has stayed the same for 1y):
i7 4770k @ stock w/ Cooler Master Seidon 120V
Gryphon Z87
2x 8GB 1333Mhz RAM
2x GTX 760 2GB
2x 256GB SSD
1000GB HDD
4000GB HDD
Fractal Design Integra R2 750W PSU
Cooler Master Storm Enforcer case

What could cause these high temps? How would I fix them?

TIA
Skilly

 

[holyrage]

22nm cpus like ivy/haswell has a throttle around 100C~

your cpu around stock clocks should run a LOT cooler my H100I idel is 35C on hottest core 55C load on hottest core (depends on room temp)

imo u need to re seat your CPU cooler and apply a new thermal paste

also how and what method did u use to apply ur thermal paste?

also if u pulled of the heatsink than just slapped it back in than well u need to replace the thermal compound coz air ppls just got in

imo if you're not good with thermal paste just get the MX4 it is non conductive and good for a first time

and get 90% alcohol to clean the old thermal paste of the cooler and the CPU

u should watch this it helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ

 

[melonhead]

there are many factors that determine CPU temps. on average, the temps that you are at would be considered to be on the higher end in my opinion.

as holyrage already said, i would start looking at the cooling components, as they may not be seated well/properly, thermal paste not applied well, or other such factors.
if this is one of those heatsinks that uses the pushpin type of connectors to the motherboard, its possible that it is not holding the cpu tightly to the heatsink, which will cause high than normal temps.

 

[MisterSkilly]

22nm cpus like ivy/haswell has a throttle around 100C~

your cpu around stock clocks should run a LOT cooler my H100I idel is 35C on hottest core 55C load on hottest core (depends on room temp)

imo u need to re seat your CPU cooler and apply a new thermal paste

also how and what method did u use to apply ur thermal paste?

also if u pulled of the heatsink than just slapped it back in than well u need to replace the thermal compound coz air ppls just got in

imo if you're not good with thermal paste just get the MX4 it is non conductive and good for a first time

and get 90% alcohol to clean the old thermal paste of the cooler and the CPU

u should watch this it helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNgFNH7zhQ

Oh. You're supposed to reapply thermal paste after the first remove of the heatsink? Well, fuck my technician then. He literally just took the old one off, cleaned it's back so it doesn't make anything dirty, grabbed the new one, removed the plastic film, didn't reapply thermal paste and put it back on.
Also, do you know an easy way to unscrew a screw which is loose in it's hold/hole whatever? Whenever I try to screw one screw of my heatsink off, the other screw on which the screw (well I guess it's not really a screw, rather a little cylinder which you screw on a screw) is screwed on, rotates so I can't screw the cylinder off. Also, I can't really fit any pincers or whatever down there to hold the screw in place, since it's such little place.
Am I screwed? (pun intended)