i7-2600 Overheating

by dEzIrE • 23 Jul 2011, 23:26 • Journals
So i bought me a new mobo with a intel i7-2600 yesterday and installed it.
been checking the temperature today and in both speedfan and everest it keeps hovering around 83 degrees, even when idle.

i already took the fan control in the bios off so it would be on full speed, also already added thermal paste and ive tried to switch one power plug back and forth but it didnt help at all and i have no clue what to do now.

anyone knows?
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Hybr1d 24 Jul 2011, 00:30
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Henk 24 Jul 2011, 03:22
this!!! (arctic silver 5)
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belto 24 Jul 2011, 11:52
Arctic Cooling MX-4 is better !

image: tempac
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speci 24 Jul 2011, 17:25
I prefer Ceramique tbh
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squalli 24 Jul 2011, 00:32
Put some thermal grease between the cpu and cooler
image: 800px-Thermal_greases

oh and your cpu cooler isnt touching the cpu at all I think, wouldnt be that kinda of temperatures otherwise
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dEzIrE 24 Jul 2011, 00:44
did the paste, dunno for sure about the cooler, i do know its locked pretty tight into the mobo, but i dont know if its touvhing the cpu that good tbh, the cooling paste didnt spread that wel now i think about it, ill check that tomorow again
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abs1 24 Jul 2011, 00:32
is your cpu cooler installed properly?
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dEzIrE 24 Jul 2011, 00:43
ohya forgot to write down that i also added soem cooling paste, i dont know about the cooler, how do i check whether its properly installed?
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zaNc 24 Jul 2011, 10:34
if its same cooler as i5 2500k, make sure its tight, it shouldnt move/shake at all even if u try to pull it off gently
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dEzIrE 24 Jul 2011, 10:36
it isnt
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zaNc 24 Jul 2011, 10:39
e. ah yea its the bigger one, dunno then sorry :/
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FiLuS 24 Jul 2011, 00:46
I assume that your cooler is either not installed properly or is damaged. You can either try to clean it, apply new thermal paste and put it on cpu rly tight.
But, if I was you, I would be considering buying some non-reference coolers. For example I could not imagine making PC withought having good cooler on it (highly efficient even on low rpms and dead silent even on high load), namely Noctua C12P or U14, depending on cpu and settings (I used C12P in my old PC because it offers good way of cooling NB).
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baq 24 Jul 2011, 01:43
I had same problem with my i5 2300 the box cooler wasn't in contact with cpu. When i have shake it a bit on mobo some how it help out, but afterwards when i have oc'd my cpu it still had like 70 C after 5 min with prime95 so I needed to buy a better cheap cooler (Zalman CNPS10X Performa) and now i got like 52 C max @ 3.5 ghz in stress
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mAus 24 Jul 2011, 01:45
what squall said, ur paste
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dEzIrE 24 Jul 2011, 10:35
i have ._.
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strN 24 Jul 2011, 11:30
Check if there is a foil on the CPU & remove it
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speci 24 Jul 2011, 01:52
You might have also applied to much paste, which can actually cause issues, if you over apply it
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squalli 24 Jul 2011, 15:26
the more the better i've heard 8l
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speci 24 Jul 2011, 17:27
*shrug* A thin layer, just barely covering the surface has worked well enough for me, rather not experiment to much with it tbh :P
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squalli 24 Jul 2011, 17:28
Well if you put too much, it will spill anyway so guess you can't rly put too much!
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MYSTIFY 24 Jul 2011, 14:03
You should buy another cpu cooler. I also had these temps with Intel boxed cooler, then I´ve bought the Scythe Mugen Rev 2 and overclocked my CPU ( i7 950) to 3,9 Ghz and got 39 ° C when Idle and ~ 70 ° C at max with prime95 test. When Im playing games on max Resolution and stuff it doesnt get higher then 45 ° C.
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