The processor appears to be overheating significantly.
The processor appears to be overheating significantly.
Recently, the CPU temperature display on my motherboard shows it's at around 49°C when idle, with minimal activity. When I run a benchmark for my GPU, it reaches the low 70s. With a water cooler installed, this seems unusually high. To note, both the water cooler and CPU are approximately five years old and recently cleaned; airflow isn't the problem.
John2090073: This is also a good read for how to apply thermal paste if your interested. Here's a video if you're not into reading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2MEAnZ3swQ Anyway what's your opinion on my cpu temperature being in the upper 40s when only at 3% activity? That seem high for any processor on a water cooler or do some processors just run hot?
John2090073: that article is just pure bull shit.
There really is a point about too much paste, and most of their tips lead to that!
But it does have one positive side: the "Mister Scrooge" photo actually matches how my paste looked, and I use it for both the CPU and heatsink.
I agree that there is a such thing as to much paste. However the article is still a good read for people that are wanting an "understanding" as to how to apply thermal paste
John2090073 :
I agree that there is a such thing as to much paste. However the article is still a good read for people that are wanting an "understanding" as to how to apply thermal paste
I agree that there is such a thing as too much and the video I posted said so too. However if you believe their testing was at all accurate then you'd have to concede that too much thermal paste could not negatively impact heat transfer (it could not make the cpu run hotter) because they applied the maximum amount of thermal paste that can fit between the heat sink and the processor when securely fastened down. Since even if you applied 10 times more than recommended or just twice as much as recommended once it is securely fastened down any excess thermal paste would be pushed out of the sides (which as they mentioned is a danger since it can possibly short out your processor). Anywho I applied the paste liberally and none of came pooring over the sides (I applied about the size of a pea in the center). Yet my 3770k processor seems to be totally unwilling to go any higher than stock clock speeds without increasing its heat output significantly. If I lock it at 4.0 ghz it will run in the mid 40s °C (room temp is about 21°C) and when it's stock it stays low to mid 30s while sitting at the desktop at minimum load. Also when I'm at 4.0 ghz it will get up into the mid 70s just from logging into windows before dropping slowly to 40s whereas if I run stock it only gets up to mid/high 50s logging in. Any ideas wth is going on? This seems like it shouldn't be happening with adequate cooling which I believe my computer has.
John2090073 acknowledges the issue of excessive paste but finds the article still valuable for those seeking clarity on thermal paste application. He notes that if testing was accurate, too much paste shouldn’t harm heat transfer since it would be fully contained between the heat sink and processor. He describes applying paste generously, staying within a pea-sized amount in the center, and observes his 3770k processor maintaining stable performance without overheating. He also mentions temperature changes at different clock speeds and asks for further insights into possible causes.