- May 3, 2012
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Finally got around to assembling my 3770k system, and notice the CPU seems to be running too hot while idle (while sitting in the bios).
I am seeing temps of ~47c on average, with jumps up to 51c, and this is strictly in the bios (have not installed an OS yet).
The temperatures seem independent of the CPU fan speed (stay the same whether at 600 or 1800rpm).
Heatsink is a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo, and the TIM is MX4.
I am going to try with the stock heatsink to see if the results are similar. Could this just be a bad CPU, or would a poorly attached heatsink (too little / too much thermal compound) account for such a high idle temperature (immediately from boot).
When installing the CPU I noticed that the top part of it was slightly scuffed near the edges, at the time I assumed that might just be normal, but now I am not so sure.
CPU is at stock settings.
I am seeing temps of ~47c on average, with jumps up to 51c, and this is strictly in the bios (have not installed an OS yet).
The temperatures seem independent of the CPU fan speed (stay the same whether at 600 or 1800rpm).
Heatsink is a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo, and the TIM is MX4.
I am going to try with the stock heatsink to see if the results are similar. Could this just be a bad CPU, or would a poorly attached heatsink (too little / too much thermal compound) account for such a high idle temperature (immediately from boot).
When installing the CPU I noticed that the top part of it was slightly scuffed near the edges, at the time I assumed that might just be normal, but now I am not so sure.
CPU is at stock settings.
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