The new cooler isn't improving the temperatures. Delid?
The new cooler isn't improving the temperatures. Delid?
Hey guys. My core i7-4770K is still performing well after two years, and it’s been a solid chip. Recently, I’ve been working more on After Effects and video animation, so I decided to overclock it. It really helped—reaching around 4.8Ghz—and render times dropped by about an hour. But when I checked the temperatures, they were around 100°C at load. I then switched back to stock clocks with a better cooler, which brought the temps down to about 90°C. Now I’m wondering if replacing the internal thermal paste or doing a delid would improve things further.
don't worry, it might not go well and then what? you probably want to buy another cpu. your h100i cooler could be having a faulty pump or the temperatures you're seeing aren't accurate. when you check the 100c, does your pc slow down or restart itself? what voltage do you need for a 4.8ghz processor? please make sure it's not more than 1.35v, i'm going to cry.
Have you modified the VCORE and VCCIN settings? If not, begin there.
I've experimented with voltage and multipliers; it looks like the optimal voltage is around 1.32v before temperatures rise too much.
Does that seem typical? I thought a $100 investment in cooling would significantly affect temps, but the changes are minor, so I might revert to my $20 cooler master.
The most plausible explanation appears to be thermal compound between die and heat spreader, not something more severe upstream.
Does this make sense, or am I overestimating the issue?
The 1.32V (VCORE, probably?) is quite high; could it be that you're increasing the frequency through the BIOS? My concern is that the VCORE might be leading to a rise in temperature.