Quote Originally Posted by phsinc1 View Post
@BLunT

3.8ghz 200x19 @ 1.200v is really not bad, it should do 4.0ghz 191x21 @ 1.26v like your old chip
Hi mate,

Yeah I know that those voltages are really good, this is why I don't understand why I am experiencing these huge differences in temps between this chip and my previous one.

I mean surely if I am pushing less voltage through this chip, it should actually run cooler than my previous one right?

I have tested up to 1.355v Vcore and 1.4v QPI for 4GHz, but when I ran LinX the temps hit 100c on the hottest core, so I stopped testing immediately.

And I have tried running 4GHz using the same voltages as my last chip, but it doesn't even manage a single pass of LinX before it gives me a BSOD with Stopcode: 0x00000101.

When I tested it with 1.355v Vcore, it done 2 passes before I manually shut it down because of the temps.

It must be the IHS on the chip that is warped, because I have tested 3 different coolers on it, 1 of which was the cooler that I used for my last chip, and the temps were still ridiculously high.

As you can see from those pics above my last chip @ stock idled at 34c on the hottest core, but this new one idles @ 50c, 16c of a difference, that is not normal.

Also, I have tried reseating the coolers loads of time, and reapplying AS5 to, infact, I had half a tube of AS5 when this chip arrived, I now have none left because of the amount of times I have reapplied it to see if it was due to there not being enough/to much TIM.

Anyway, as I said, I will be getting another chip pretty soon, so I am hoping I get a decent one this time.

If I didn't care about my warranty, I would just lap this chip to make the IHS nice and level, as I am pretty sure this chip has an uneven IHS, when I look at it closely, it actually looks like it is concaved, and whenever I remove my coolers, there is a line across the IHS about 1cm wide that doesn't have any TIM on it, this happens everytime I have removed my coolers, I tried spreading out the TIM so it was nice and even, and then I also put another little blob in the center before fitting the cooler, but this didn't have any effect whatsoever.

I also tried putting a washer underneath the mounting bracket so that there was more pressure on the heatsink, and this knocked a measly 2c off the temps, which wasn't worth my time tbh.