2500k - are these temps ok?

spixel · Apr 19, 2012, 05:51 PM

Just finished putting together my new pc. Had a bit of trouble installing the cooler ( coolermsater tx3 ) It was like solving a very difficult puzzle

I am wondering if this difference in temperature is normal?

Kreij · Apr 19, 2012, 05:59 PM

Looks good to me. Intel processors are know for weird variations from the sensors at idle.
Put it under load to bring it up a little and see if they even out. Mine does that.

spixel · Apr 19, 2012, 06:05 PM

Running prime 95 now and temps have stabilized at 51/53/50/50

When I was installing the cooler I had to take it off multiple times as I couldn't get the push pins in properly and the thermal paste only seemed to be covering the top half the cpu. I guess they are ok though?

Kreij · Apr 19, 2012, 06:10 PM

Yup. Looks good.
Mine at idle are 18,23,25,43 lol
They even out under load and then go back to their goofy idle readings.

Crap Daddy · Apr 19, 2012, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spixel

Running prime 95 now and temps have stabilized at 51/53/50/50

When I was installing the cooler I had to take it off multiple times as I couldn't get the push pins in properly and the thermal paste only seemed to be covering the top half the cpu. I guess they are ok though?

This is at 4.2 GHz?

spixel · Apr 19, 2012, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Crap Daddy

This is at 4.2 GHz?

Yep just gave it a quick overclock, never overclocked a sandybridge processor before. Changed multiplier to 42. Haven't figured out how the voltage works on this motherboard yet, if I leave it auto it goes to 1.3v under load so I set the offset to -0.06 and its around 1.26v. Not sure if this is the correct way to do it but seems to work

spixel · Apr 19, 2012, 10:28 PM

Here's a screenshot of some quick benchmarks I just did. Heaven was run with cpu and gpu's at stock. Super pi + IBT was at 4.2ghz.

St.Alia-Of-The-Knife · Apr 19, 2012, 10:34 PM

i remember when i had my phenom ii stock HSF installation messup: turned out that the lever thing wasnt pressed down yet my temperatures were normal??
hadnt noticed it for a month or so

spixel · Apr 19, 2012, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by St.Alia-Of-The-Knife

i remember when i had my phenom ii stock HSF installation messup: turned out that the lever thing wasnt pressed down yet my temperatures were normal??
hadnt noticed it for a month or so

I see you have a tx3 also. Are you meant to rotate the push pins in the direction of the arrow after pushing them in?

spixel · Apr 19, 2012, 11:06 PM

Heaven benchmark with same settings as this review to compare sli 570 to gtx 680 + 7970,
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1887/10/
A bit faster it seems but is probably using more power. Highest total power consumption during the benchmark was 500w from the wall.

DisplayandReplay · Apr 20, 2012, 08:13 AM

The temperature looks good actually.No problem at all. :-)

Jetster · Apr 20, 2012, 08:19 AM

The TX3 is a peace of cake to install. Try the 212+ now theres a puzzle. your temps are fine

The intel push pins are an odd thing. The arrows are to remove them.

heky · Apr 20, 2012, 12:16 PM

And noone noticed that he is using a 550W power supply, powering 2x gtx570s, an overclocked i5 2500K and 8gb of ram. Dont you think you are pushing it with that? Sure, it is Corsair, but i still think you are walking on the edge here.

Necrofire · Apr 20, 2012, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heky

And noone noticed that he is using a 550W power supply, powering 2x gtx570s, an overclocked i5 2500K and 8gb of ram. Dont you think you are pushing it with that? Sure, it is Corsair, but i still think you are walking on the edge here.

Well, he says that highest he saw was 500W from the wall.
Counting efficiency, he's way below the 550W rating.

If his system was pulling 650W from the wall, then there'd be room for concern, as he'd almost be at 100% load

Crap Daddy · Apr 20, 2012, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heky

And noone noticed that he is using a 550W power supply, powering 2x gtx570s, an overclocked i5 2500K and 8gb of ram. Dont you think you are pushing it with that? Sure, it is Corsair, but i still think you are walking on the edge here.

Good point but the topic of this thread was temps for OCed 2500K. This makes me wonder if my TX650 can take another 570 (not that I have the cash...)

lyndonguitar · Apr 20, 2012, 02:21 PM

oh my god upgrade your Power Supply or else..

Slizzo · Apr 20, 2012, 05:34 PM

Powersupply is going to die a fiery death. I ran a 4870X2 with a Q9550 on a COrsair 620W, but that wasn't recommended. Upgraded to an 800W to cover myself better.

Necrofire · Apr 20, 2012, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slizzo

Powersupply is going to die a fiery death. I ran a 4870X2 with a Q9550 on a COrsair 620W, but that wasn't recommended. Upgraded to an 800W to cover myself better.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lyndonguitar

oh my god upgrade your Power Supply or else..

Quote:

Originally Posted by spixel

Highest total power consumption during the benchmark was 500w from the wall.

OneMoar · Apr 21, 2012, 06:17 AM

lOl 550 powering Two 570's yea... thats gonna last about a month

Jetster · Apr 21, 2012, 06:20 AM

I say let it ride....Let us know how the PSU works out. I'm curious now

OneMoar · Apr 21, 2012, 06:30 AM

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story2&reid=62
tested output is 556WATS(real output) might be ok just don't cry if it explodes and kills all your hardware

lyndonguitar · Apr 21, 2012, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetster

I say let it ride....Let us know how the PSU works out. I'm curious now

Yes, Might be a good time for experiment lol.

OneMoar · Apr 21, 2012, 06:50 AM

also I would love to know how the OP could have ANY trouble installing a TX3 it uses PUSH pins ffs

spixel · Apr 21, 2012, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneMoar

also I would love to know how the OP could have ANY trouble installing a TX3 it uses PUSH pins ffs

I thought I had to turn the push pins in the direction of the arrow, the instructions are probably the worst I've seen. There is literally one diagram which is useless and don't get me started on installing the 2 metal fan clips. I checked some reviews of the cooler and even most reviewers managed to install them wrong.

I'm changing the psu to a 750w but the 550w is fine for temporary use. Even if it managed to use 550w from the wall that would actually only be 467 with 85 percent efficiency. Don't see anything wrong with using 467w on this power supply.

spixel · Apr 21, 2012, 09:31 PM

3d mark vantage results

http://3dmark.com/3dmv/4037818

power usage was 380w to 470w (320-408 taking 85% efficiency into account)on the gpu tests, 150-200 on the cpu.

idle power consumption is just under 100w

Apr 19, 2012, 05:51 PM	#1
spixel Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 294 (0.14/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	2500k - are these temps ok? Just finished putting together my new pc. Had a bit of trouble installing the cooler ( coolermsater tx3 ) It was like solving a very difficult puzzle I am wondering if this difference in temperature is normal?

Processor:	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz
Motherboard:	Asrock z77 Extreme4
Memory:	8GB Corsair LP 1600mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte gtx570 + Evga gtx570 HD
Hard Disk:	Corsair Force GT 120gb
Optical Drive:	Samsung Lightscribe dvd-rw
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 931bw
Case:	Cooler Master Cosmos S
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	Corsair vx550
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Apr 19, 2012, 05:59 PM	#2
Kreij Hardcore Monkey Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheeseland (Wisconsin, USA) Posts: 12,107 (5.28/day) Thanks: 591 Thanked 5,488 Times in 2,932 Posts System Specs	Looks good to me. Intel processors are know for weird variations from the sensors at idle. Put it under load to bring it up a little and see if they even out. Mine does that. __________________ Cloud (noun, singular): A dynamic arrangement of multiple potential single points of failure, with a user at one end and their data at the other. Get more tech news on a wide variety of topics at NextPowerUp

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Apr 19, 2012, 06:05 PM	#3
spixel Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 294 (0.14/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Running prime 95 now and temps have stabilized at 51/53/50/50 When I was installing the cooler I had to take it off multiple times as I couldn't get the push pins in properly and the thermal paste only seemed to be covering the top half the cpu. I guess they are ok though?

Apr 19, 2012, 06:10 PM	#4
Kreij Hardcore Monkey Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheeseland (Wisconsin, USA) Posts: 12,107 (5.28/day) Thanks: 591 Thanked 5,488 Times in 2,932 Posts System Specs	Yup. Looks good. Mine at idle are 18,23,25,43 lol They even out under load and then go back to their goofy idle readings. __________________ Cloud (noun, singular): A dynamic arrangement of multiple potential single points of failure, with a user at one end and their data at the other. Get more tech news on a wide variety of topics at NextPowerUp

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Apr 19, 2012, 10:28 PM	#7
spixel Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 294 (0.14/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Here's a screenshot of some quick benchmarks I just did. Heaven was run with cpu and gpu's at stock. Super pi + IBT was at 4.2ghz.

Apr 19, 2012, 10:34 PM	#8
St.Alia-Of-The-Knife Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 191 (0.24/day) Thanks: 25 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts System Specs	i remember when i had my phenom ii stock HSF installation messup: turned out that the lever thing wasnt pressed down yet my temperatures were normal?? hadnt noticed it for a month or so __________________

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Apr 19, 2012, 11:06 PM	#10
spixel Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 294 (0.14/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Heaven benchmark with same settings as this review to compare sli 570 to gtx 680 + 7970, http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1887/10/ A bit faster it seems but is probably using more power. Highest total power consumption during the benchmark was 500w from the wall.

Apr 20, 2012, 08:13 AM	#11
DisplayandReplay Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The temperature looks good actually.No problem at all. :-)

Apr 20, 2012, 08:19 AM	#12
Jetster Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,848 (2.34/day) Thanks: 922 Thanked 849 Times in 623 Posts System Specs	The TX3 is a peace of cake to install. Try the 212+ now theres a puzzle. your temps are fine The intel push pins are an odd thing. The arrows are to remove them.

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Apr 20, 2012, 12:16 PM	#13
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.65/day) Thanks: 888 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	And noone noticed that he is using a 550W power supply, powering 2x gtx570s, an overclocked i5 2500K and 8gb of ram. Dont you think you are pushing it with that? Sure, it is Corsair, but i still think you are walking on the edge here.

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Apr 20, 2012, 05:34 PM	#17
Slizzo Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 238 (0.36/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 42 Times in 39 Posts System Specs	Powersupply is going to die a fiery death. I ran a 4870X2 with a Q9550 on a COrsair 620W, but that wasn't recommended. Upgraded to an 800W to cover myself better.

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Apr 21, 2012, 06:17 AM	#19
OneMoar Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,256 (1.99/day) Thanks: 87 Thanked 420 Times in 360 Posts System Specs	lOl 550 powering Two 570's yea... thats gonna last about a month __________________ I am not here to be nice, I am not here to be polite BUT I am here to help ...

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Apr 21, 2012, 06:20 AM	#20
Jetster Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,848 (2.34/day) Thanks: 922 Thanked 849 Times in 623 Posts System Specs	I say let it ride....Let us know how the PSU works out. I'm curious now

Apr 21, 2012, 06:30 AM	#21
OneMoar Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,256 (1.99/day) Thanks: 87 Thanked 420 Times in 360 Posts System Specs	http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story2&reid=62 tested output is 556WATS(real output) might be ok just don't cry if it explodes and kills all your hardware __________________ I am not here to be nice, I am not here to be polite BUT I am here to help ...

Apr 21, 2012, 06:50 AM	#23
OneMoar Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,256 (1.99/day) Thanks: 87 Thanked 420 Times in 360 Posts System Specs	also I would love to know how the OP could have ANY trouble installing a TX3 it uses PUSH pins ffs __________________ I am not here to be nice, I am not here to be polite BUT I am here to help ...

Apr 21, 2012, 09:31 PM	#25
spixel Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 294 (0.14/day) Thanks: 27 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	3d mark vantage results http://3dmark.com/3dmv/4037818 power usage was 380w to 470w (320-408 taking 85% efficiency into account)on the gpu tests, 150-200 on the cpu. idle power consumption is just under 100w

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