Well, just returning to this thread for curiosity sake.
OP didn't say what heatsink he was using. I had even assumed it was a "stock" Intel sink, but no such thing is bundled with a Skylake K processor. The picture tells it all. That sink is totally inadequate for the processor.
Hyper 212 EVO is adequate, and another member had posted an overclock of an i5-6600K to 4.5 Ghz with that cooler. Personally, even for such a clock setting, I'd want something better.
I'll discount any possibility that any thermal damage occurred: the processor is supposed to throttle when it reaches ~ 100C to protect itself. This should be a learning experience for the OP. He seems to have enthusiasm for getting things fixed. So -- welcome to a forum of enthusiasts!
For the 6700K, I still recommend either the ThermalRight LG Macho or the NH-D15, but other coolers may have been released to the market since last year. If you're not going to overclock the CPU, the 212 EVO is still a good choice, but like I said -- that gives you a certain amount of overclocking headroom anyway.
And now I've read EpicSurvivor's last post about the motherboard replacement. This seems to be going in the right direction, hey?
OP didn't say what heatsink he was using. I had even assumed it was a "stock" Intel sink, but no such thing is bundled with a Skylake K processor. The picture tells it all. That sink is totally inadequate for the processor.
Hyper 212 EVO is adequate, and another member had posted an overclock of an i5-6600K to 4.5 Ghz with that cooler. Personally, even for such a clock setting, I'd want something better.
I'll discount any possibility that any thermal damage occurred: the processor is supposed to throttle when it reaches ~ 100C to protect itself. This should be a learning experience for the OP. He seems to have enthusiasm for getting things fixed. So -- welcome to a forum of enthusiasts!
For the 6700K, I still recommend either the ThermalRight LG Macho or the NH-D15, but other coolers may have been released to the market since last year. If you're not going to overclock the CPU, the 212 EVO is still a good choice, but like I said -- that gives you a certain amount of overclocking headroom anyway.
And now I've read EpicSurvivor's last post about the motherboard replacement. This seems to be going in the right direction, hey?