i7-7700 stuck at 4ghz turbo idling at 90+C

[Bunny]

So im not running anything and my cpu usage is at 5ish percent but its running at 4ghz and running way too hot even with water cooling. anything i can do to get it to clock down and lose some of the heat?

[DevaVictrix]

Is the voltage correct? Click speed doesn’t always mean more heat. My 6700 idles at 4.4ghz and 40c.

[DevaVictrix]

I’ve just noticed the ‘water cooling’ part… is it working right?

[Supafly]

Use HWMonitor or something to check the speed of the pump. If it's failing it could be struggling to pump the fluid round meaning it's not being cooled effectively

[Bunny]

its a corsair h60 aio water cooler and the fan is spinning as it should. base clock for the cpu is 3.6ghz but i rarely see it actually drop below 4ghz

[A&A]

Does C states work?

[Bunny]

Origineel geplaatst door A&A:

Does C states work?

what is that?

[_I_]

h60 is too small for any oc

[Bunny]

Origineel geplaatst door _I_:

h60 is too small for any oc

its not a 7700k any oc thats happening is entirely out of my control

[Snow]

Origineel geplaatst door Bunny:

Origineel geplaatst door _I_:

h60 is too small for any oc

its not a 7700k any oc thats happening is entirely out of my control

Enable 'balanced' power plan. Also, try undervolting.

[Adam Beckett]

1. Turn off your PC
2. Disassemble all your components
3. Re-assemble your PC without the water-cooler (regular fan).
4. Plug in an USB-thumbdrive Linux-Live-Distro OS and check your thermals and voltages.
5. If everything checks out, re-attach your water-cooler and re-check again.

These are the 'only' reliable options, I can think of to make sure that you find what is wrong with your PC.

Good luck.

[Bunny]

I just undervolted slightly using throttle stop and now cpu is idling at base clock speed of 3.6ghz and a much cooler 36c. TYSM for the help

[Heretic]

Origineel geplaatst door Bunny:

I just undervolted slightly using throttle stop and now cpu is idling at base clock speed of 3.6ghz and a much cooler 36c. TYSM for the help

This shouldn't be required. I would look at motherboard/bios.

[Snow]

Origineel geplaatst door Bug:

Origineel geplaatst door Bunny:

I just undervolted slightly using throttle stop and now cpu is idling at base clock speed of 3.6ghz and a much cooler 36c. TYSM for the help

This shouldn't be required. I would look at motherboard/bios.

I mean, 90° vs 36°. I don't think there's a need for any more tinkering. Of course, ideally it should idle at 800MHz, but this won't make much difference.

[Hugh J nuss]

You sure you don't have a virus or something using your resources?

[A&A]

Origineel geplaatst door Bunny:

Origineel geplaatst door A&A:

Does C states work?

what is that?

Power saving states like if you don't use the cpu too much it is down clocking under the base clock