Comparison of Hyper 212 Plus and Phanteks PH-TC14PE performance
Comparison of Hyper 212 Plus and Phanteks PH-TC14PE performance
It’s shutting down around 102ishC as expected, but I believe a better heat sink than the 212 won’t really help much due to the internal heatsink glue problem these chips have. There are many discussions here, and others seem to be dealing with water loops and similar over-clocks. This CPU was previously on a Z87-A board, and the temperatures matched those with the 212+. I’m currently running at 4.3ghz and 1.185v, and my CPU stays under 60°C. My options are either to desolder and try the Phantom again or accept what I have.
If it isn't covered by the warranty, you might be able to return the CPU via RMA. Temperature differences of 5° or more are typical per core, but with the selected coolers those readings are too high. At 4.3 the Hyper212 should be near 70, even with IBT, and at 4.5 the Phanteks PH-TC14PE shouldn't reach such levels.
It seems you're referring to using the AI Suite to overclock your system. If that's the case, please stop and use the BIOS for overclocking instead. Avoid relying on software for overclocking your PC, and refrain from using the AI Suite for this purpose. I understand the Fan Xpert is effective for fan control, but you can install it separately without the AI Suite. Everyone here agrees that something is not right—stop using the AI Suite immediately.
I verified my temperatures with Speccy. Perfect match for speed fan and identical to HW monitors' highest core readings (since HWmonitor shows per-core data). AI Suite is off by a few degrees.
At 3.5ghz I see temps around the 70s on the 212 and around the 80s at 4.0.
Intel doesn’t promise any overclock stability, so RMA isn’t an option.
I only overclock via BIOS, not AI Suite. The only reason I use AI Suite is to monitor vcore, uncore, etc., as I don’t know any other free tools for that.
I have a Crap 4770k (or a very good one since I get 4.3g at under 1.19v, which means a poor internal heatsink).
Looking at forums for the 4770k and AIDA64 temperatures, many people report mid-70s to 80s—about 10–20°C lower than what I experience.
Updated: I exchanged the phantelk and purchased a cryorig H5 Ultimate. It’s not as great as the phantek, but it keeps my PC 9°C cooler and is two-thirds the size. This makes installation easier and allows me to leave it on when I need to swap RAM, unplug SATA and PSU cables. In short, the phantek was faulty.
Unlikely for a heatsink to fail. It's a solid piece of aluminium. When installed properly, the Phanteks heatsink should function passively at standard speeds, maintaining the cpu below 70°C. With correctly oriented fans, the cpu should idle around mid-30s and peak in mid-60s, depending on room temperature. The only other possibility is using a newer prime95 version (above 26.6) that employs avx and other advanced instructions, causing temperatures to exceed normal limits.