So I just re-applied thermal paste thrice now. Made sure it's a pea sized dot in the middle like I always do.
I am using the Noctua D15 with both fans in place, blowing upwards. I have 1 140MM fan and 2x 120MM fans. I would have 2 more 120MM fans on the side but they will not fit with the Noctua. So I have decent airflow and there is an intake fan so there will not be a vacuum.
My idle temps are at a steady 32-34C but using the small FFTs I have reached a max temp of 85C after about a half hour, so I shut it down in case it gets any hotter. On blend it gets to 80C after about 15 minutes.
I am not overclocking at all. Everything is stock speeds including the Ram even though it is 2800MHz, it is only running at 2133MHz. Is there something that I am missing, do I have a bad CPU? I just received it 2 days ago so if I need to I can return it. I know for sure I have a proper spread, I have applied it a few times to check the spread before I even turned it on and did re-apply a few more times because of high temps.
If it helps here are my specs:
ASUS X99 Deluxe/U3.1 Mobo
32GB Ripjaws4 DDR4 @ 2800MHz
Intel 5820k
Noctua NH-D15
Rosewill CHALLENGER Case
The 120MM fan in front on the bottom is the intake, the 140MM on top is pulling the air coming from the heatsink which both fans blowing toward. The 120MM fan in the back on top is also blowing outward. I don't think I need to get a watercooler for stock speeds... the Noctua should be plenty good enough even with a few hundred MHz overclocked.
Any Suggestions?
I am using the Noctua D15 with both fans in place, blowing upwards. I have 1 140MM fan and 2x 120MM fans. I would have 2 more 120MM fans on the side but they will not fit with the Noctua. So I have decent airflow and there is an intake fan so there will not be a vacuum.
My idle temps are at a steady 32-34C but using the small FFTs I have reached a max temp of 85C after about a half hour, so I shut it down in case it gets any hotter. On blend it gets to 80C after about 15 minutes.
I am not overclocking at all. Everything is stock speeds including the Ram even though it is 2800MHz, it is only running at 2133MHz. Is there something that I am missing, do I have a bad CPU? I just received it 2 days ago so if I need to I can return it. I know for sure I have a proper spread, I have applied it a few times to check the spread before I even turned it on and did re-apply a few more times because of high temps.
If it helps here are my specs:
ASUS X99 Deluxe/U3.1 Mobo
32GB Ripjaws4 DDR4 @ 2800MHz
Intel 5820k
Noctua NH-D15
Rosewill CHALLENGER Case
The 120MM fan in front on the bottom is the intake, the 140MM on top is pulling the air coming from the heatsink which both fans blowing toward. The 120MM fan in the back on top is also blowing outward. I don't think I need to get a watercooler for stock speeds... the Noctua should be plenty good enough even with a few hundred MHz overclocked.
Any Suggestions?
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