To begin so i give enough background to my issue, I live in a desert area with summer temps of 100 or above frequently. Today it was only 85 outside and in my computer room where the ac seems to not be as effective it was near 80. I was in the middle of playing some Civ 5 when i noticed things slowing down in game. I check and my CPU temp was at 201 for an average. I run the h100i with stock fans and i am using the stock thermal paste. Two main questions here should i be worried reaching that temp, and what is a good solution for reducing case temp in hot environments. Should be noted i am running the NZXT h440 with 3 120's in the front and a 140 in the rear.
CPU heat issues with i7 4820k
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jamesriley94
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Have you manually set the CPU voltage or left it at auto?
We have an article here to show you how to do it:
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/cpu_mainboard/how_to_manually_set_and_undervolt_your_cpu_vcore/1
With my 2011 chip, I managed to reduce core temperatures by around 25 degrees C.
I would be concerned with the CPU running that hot yes. If you have already undervolted the chip, then it's more than likely down to an issue with mounting or the cooler itself.
We have an article here to show you how to do it:
http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/cpu_mainboard/how_to_manually_set_and_undervolt_your_cpu_vcore/1
With my 2011 chip, I managed to reduce core temperatures by around 25 degrees C.
I would be concerned with the CPU running that hot yes. If you have already undervolted the chip, then it's more than likely down to an issue with mounting or the cooler itself.
RamboOC
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1.35v for the 4820k is high voltage, that's like 200w on that chip with that voltage. The architecture is completely different compared to your AMD chip
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MacLeod
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Yes I know. I wasn't telling him to set his Vcore to 1.35, I was saying that's what you do in an AMD system, set it to manual and set it lower so it should work for his Intel rig as well.
Well just to be safe i redid the thermal paste and mounted the h100i block again. The rad is sitting at 35c and the cpu at 40. I didn't have a chance to change the voltage before it gave me a cpu heat warning. I am very new to dealing with all this stuff, seeing as this was my first build i did by myself.
The paste I just removed was the stock paste that came applied on the Corsair H100I that was simply a block the size of the CPU. When i reapplied thermal paste to the block after cleaning it with alcohol i followed a video from Linus tech tips. This morning after redoing that i'm sitting at around 37-39 for cpu temp and 32-33 for the H100i. This is easily 7 degrees less than it was. I still need to try lowering the voltage on my cpu but i'm still a bit nervous as i'm learning with baby steps how to do all of this stuff myself.
That is the starting voltage so i have it saved in case i lose the slip of paper by my desk lol.
That is the starting voltage so i have it saved in case i lose the slip of paper by my desk lol.
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I did my best over the last few days to find an answer to the question i'm about to ask but came up with nothing but sublimation so i figured i would ask here. CPUTIN displays a heat reading, what exactly does it display a reading for.
To further elaborate all the info I've been able to glean from searches keep coming back up "don't worry about it they don't mean anything". If this indeed is the case and i don't need to pay attention to the number it would be nice to know why and what exactly it monitors. Not to riff to heavily on a tangent but one issue with getting into doing this on your own is a lack of beginner help. Thank god for this site or i would be up shits creek. Thanks again for all the suggestions and help and putting up with what may come across as newb questions.
To further elaborate all the info I've been able to glean from searches keep coming back up "don't worry about it they don't mean anything". If this indeed is the case and i don't need to pay attention to the number it would be nice to know why and what exactly it monitors. Not to riff to heavily on a tangent but one issue with getting into doing this on your own is a lack of beginner help. Thank god for this site or i would be up shits creek. Thanks again for all the suggestions and help and putting up with what may come across as newb questions.
RamboOC
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Did you try resetting the bios to default and starting from there? the voltage is WAY too high! 1.4v coluld get you 4.8ghz
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No need to google it i had to remove the side door on the motherboard side. This is scary considering i went with the high airflow not quiet series fans from Corsair and put a fan in every spot i could. Its a real shame that its such a beautiful case, yet it cant seem to handle modern chipsets and cards that run hot.
That would be nice the shame is i went with a whole system setup built around this case. If i had gone with another NZXT case the bigger version of this the 660 it would be a totally different PC than what i build. Bigger power supply, Rampage black, different ram but keeping the i74820k.
