I5 2500K overheating

AndreasGuido

Hi guys,

Ive recently been having my CPU overheating. It does it randomly. I can have few hour session on BF3 and other times it would only last about 30 mins. It rockets to like 95 degree. But lets say Skyrim is always fine. Is there any good utility i can use to monitor temp during game/idle state.

I do have stock cooling fan so this might be a problem. Any other suggestions? It is about 8 months old.

---TK--- · 08-04-2012, 22:14 | posts: 14,725 | Location: New Jersey, USA

I would get an after market cooler like this and oc to about 4.5ghz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103099
heat problem vanishes

AndreasGuido · *Last edited by AndreasGuido; 08-04-2012 at 22:31.*

Looks good, yea the only reason i havent oc is co of the stock cooler. Might have to give it a go.

Does that site ship to UK?

crap daddy · 08-04-2012, 22:50 | posts: 746 | Location: close to the edge

You'll find it in UK also.

Xtreme1979 · 08-05-2012, 04:08 | posts: 1,227 | Location: Bay City, MI

If your overheating on the stock cooler it isn't installed right. I have even overclocked 2500K's with the stock cooler and no issues. Check to make sure all the push pins are down, and that it is making proper contact with the integrated heat spreader on your CPU.

BrightCandle · 08-05-2012, 10:50 | posts: 88 | Location: UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xtreme1979

If your overheating on the stock cooler it isn't installed right. I have even overclocked 2500K's with the stock cooler and no issues. Check to make sure all the push pins are down, and that it is making proper contact with the integrated heat spreader on your CPU.

+1 its not fitted correctly. The stock cooler is more than capable of cooling the CPU under full load, Intel wouldn't make it the stock cooler otherwise.

rl66 · 08-05-2012, 11:01 | posts: 332 | Location: France

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndreasGuido

Hi guys,

Ive recently been having my CPU overheating. It does it randomly. I can have few hour session on BF3 and other times it would only last about 30 mins. It rockets to like 95 degree. But lets say Skyrim is always fine. Is there any good utility i can use to monitor temp during game/idle state.

I do have stock cooling fan so this might be a problem. Any other suggestions? It is about 8 months old.

300% yes for a stock cooling problem

whatever your problem is a conception problem of the cooler or a bad fitting... replace it

intel cooler suck

replace it and your computer will thank you

btw don't forget to replace the thermal grease when you will replace your cooler

rl66 · 08-05-2012, 11:06 | posts: 332 | Location: France

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrightCandle

+1 its not fitted correctly. The stock cooler is more than capable of cooling the CPU under full load, Intel wouldn't make it the stock cooler otherwise.

well... don't forget it's a K serie (mean lot of fun lol) at the moment i write intel don't send cooler anymore with K or X CPU package (bulk one not oem of course) anymore in my country... there might be a reason

AndreasGuido · 08-05-2012, 20:08 | posts: 2,253 | Location: Bristol, UK

Sweet thanks for the advice. It looks like its fitted fine, as its been fine for about 6 months. However ive cleaned everything last night and seems like that fixed the problem! Duuh

Anyway might get new cooler anyway.

Brendruis · 08-05-2012, 21:26 | posts: 1,242 | Location: Melbourne, FL

Try http://www.scan.co.uk/ I've heard they are among the best e-tailers in the UK.. no personal experience though cause I'm from USA.

This is the Hyper 212 a very popular/cost effective cooler http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coole...5-1156-1366-am

Cry · 08-06-2012, 06:54 | posts: 555 | Location: UK

Scan, CCL and Ebuyer are the best e-tailers in the UK for general hardware though Scan & CCL both have cheaper next day delivery.

AndreasGuido · 08-06-2012, 09:22 | posts: 2,253 | Location: Bristol, UK

Scan looks good! and few people recommended that cooler. Thanks for your help guys!

Halfmead · 08-22-2012, 19:06 | posts: 44 | Location: Denmark

a little late to answer, glad you worked it out

I just replaced my stock i5-2500k cooler 2 days ago, all of a sudden temps went skyhigh 90-97 degrees when ingame The Secret world. Guess is cooling paste or some such went bad ?
Anyhow, replaced it with Hyper 612S single fan, and boy did that work wonders, i OC'ed straight away after replacing and confirming everything worked. Am now sitting with 3.8 Ghz in game and temps of 45-52 degrees and a barely audible cooler (running with fan speed resistor) in an open cabinet.

What struck me was..you said 8 months, i bought mine in December 2011, so seems 8 months is longevity for stock cooler if you've been unlucky hehe

eclap · 08-23-2012, 00:09 | posts: 18,498 | Location: Hampshire UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndreasGuido

Scan looks good! and few people recommended that cooler. Thanks for your help guys!

yeah, scan are ok, so are ebuyer who I like to use, but that hyper is cheaper on scan so you might as well go for it. I have the CM hyper 212+ which is the model below the Evo and it's great, keeps everything nice and cool.