new build, hi temps

[Spacetoast31]

This i a subject of interest for a lot of people with so many dofferent answers, im hoping that i can get some light shed on my situation

OK, so here's the deal... I bought myself a hefty amount of parts last week, finally got my new case, the next h440 (airflow is amazing). I'm running the 3570k at stock with a temporary cooler (CM n520) just until the rest of my water parts are purchased. I haven't gotten my ssd in yet so I'm not running an OS, just in bios. My question is, since this is my first higher end CPU in a while, since coming from my C2D. But my bios idle temp is between 46 and 50, and I just feel like that's kind of a little high for a bios temp.

Would you say this temp is an average for air cooling for the 3570, Yes or no? And this is all stock speeds...

 

[Deathhorse]

i would say idle for usual is about 10c less. I would say reseat the cpu and change the paste or reapply it maybe u have a bubble.

 

[RnRollie]

yes, idle between 45-50 is a bit high, should be around 30°... but... maybe your room temp is + 35°C ??

However... as above.. check your mount/tim.

Interesting info: "idle" in BIOS will actually be "hotter" as when idling in an OS; because the OS will manage a slew of power saving features a lot better as the BIOS; resulting in lower "idle" temps.

That said... (idle/load) temps are near meaningless without reference Ambient Temp.

 

[Spacetoast31]

I reseated last night and got the same results, Id say, that 67°f is the rough avg of where the computer is. I'm going to try again tonight if no better results after my OS is on.

 

[Mandrake4565]

Your best bet is to download Hwmonitor, Cpu-Z and Prime 95. Open HWmonitor and then run Prime 95 blend for 20 minutes. If the temps go above 80-85 stop the test, then post a screen shot of HWmonitor and the following tabs in Cpu-Z, Cpu, Spd and memory. It will give a look under the hood, so to speak.
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[RnRollie]

I'm pretty sure it comes down to "idle" in BIOS being "hotter".

 

[Spacetoast31]

Here are my results, i think after the last reseat, and reapplication of the thermal paste, after the settle in period, it got a lot better.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

BIOS idle is useless. Get it into the OS and run HWMonitor.

 

[EarthDog]

Most BIOS' seem to have some kind of load while in them so judging off of that is not a good idea, nor is any idle temperatures. It is the LOAD temperature that matters.

Depending on the bios and CPU/overclocking, the bios can be 10-20C+ hotter than idle in windows...

 

[Spacetoast31]

This was after 20 minutes on p95 blend test. Maxed around the 60s so i m not all that worried anymore. Now that I know I have some headway for some heat, its time to OC.