Paganister Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) I recently bought a Cooler Master 212 Hyper Plus for my CPU because I was getting around 80C under stock speeds on the stock cooler and thought that was rather high. A few days ago I overclocked to 3.8ghz, and every time I seem to get ~80C + running Prime95 after 20 minutes, which seems to be unusual because I have been reading around and people seem to get less than this at around or more than this voltage. A few people said it's probably the limit of this cooler but I'm sure I've seen people get ~70C. I'm just wondering if this is normal or not, or whether I haven't put thermal paste or sat the heatsink properly. I just used the thermal paste provided with it (the two line method for best spread, and filled in the copper pipe gaps with a credit card). I have a Nine Hundred Two case, which means it has good case ventilation, and using a P7P55D Evo mobo. Here's a screenshot: And I get around 37-40C idle. Any suggestions here? I have bought 2 Yate Loon fans to put on the heatsink which should come in a few days but I don't think that is the issue. Edited February 15, 2011 by Paganister Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) I recently bought a Cooler Master 212 Hyper Plus for my CPU because I was getting around 80C under stock speeds on the stock cooler and thought that was rather high. A few days ago I overclocked to 3.8ghz, and every time I seem to get ~80C + running Prime95 after 20 minutes, which seems to be unusual because I have been reading around and people seem to get less than this at around or more than this voltage. A few people said it's probably the limit of this cooler but I'm sure I've seen people get ~70C. I'm just wondering if this is normal or not, or whether I haven't put thermal paste or sat the heatsink properly. I just used the thermal paste provided with it (the two line method for best spread, and filled in the copper pipe gaps with a credit card). I have a Nine Hundred Two case, which means it has good case ventilation, and using a P7P55D Evo mobo. Here's a screenshot: And I get around 37-40C idle. Any suggestions here? I have bought 2 Yate Loon fans to put on the heatsink which should come in a few days but I don't think that is the issue. prime95 is pretty intense program but what is your cpu voltage i had the hyper 212 plus and temps were a problem for me as well make sure the heat sink screws are tightened evenly and that it is level i switched to the coolit ECO on my i7 870 oced to 3.8 and it idles at 35c and 70c load Edited February 15, 2011 by jdm_freek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Case cooling also affects CPU temps. They just might have better case cooling with their Hyper 212+'s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganister Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) vCore is 1.31 and vtt is 1.26, so pretty low in comparison to some, which is why I'm thinking something is up. I went into the case earlier and made sure all screws are at their tightest on the bracket, so I don't think that's an issue. I even tried turning all my case fans to max and it made like 1C difference (case sounds like it's shifting a LOT of air - louder than the CPU fan itself). But I'll see what these Yate Loon fan combos do first before I consider re-applying thermal paste and resitting the whole thing. Edited February 15, 2011 by Paganister Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 ditch the cooler for something better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganister Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 ditch the cooler for something better What would you recommend for a decent price? I bought the Hyper 212 Plus for its best bang for your buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 have you tried different thermal paste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganister Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) have you tried different thermal paste Nope I haven't... didn't think about that. I used the paste provided, which maybe not very good. What pastes do you recommend? Edit: I quickly read some stuff and ordered Arctic Cooling MX-2... seems good enough! Edited February 15, 2011 by Paganister Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 i would defiantly change thermal paste id go with Arctic Silver the paste they provide is sub par at best. my advice change paste give it a day or two cure and your temps should drop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganister Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Okay cheers man. With better paste and an extra fan it should improve hopefully. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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