8700k Temperature jumping randomly

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Zaih

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I have an 8700k CPU. Iv'e had it since January of this year. And im just noticing the temps will jump from 109 F all the way to 117 F and so on. It does this even while the PC is idle. Is this normal? Thanks.
 
If you're overclocking, you might want to play with the voltage. Like trim the voltage down a bit. What cooler are you using?

If you have automatic overclocking on, then that too could be the issue.
 
Okay. I haven't overclocked anything and how can I tell if its automatic overclocking? Also, I am using the Hyper 212 evo by cooler master.
 
I figured out that when idle it idles around 97 F. But when I open like Google Chrome for example it will jump to 136 F then back down to like 97 - 111 F. Nothing else is using my CPU.
Also, I have Ai overclock tweaker set to "Auto" on my asus mobo. Does that matter?
 
Have you considered unmounting cooler, cleaning the cpu lid, re-apply a quality paste and re-install the cooler?

If temps are still sketchy, I'd try a more robust air cooler, or one of the many AIO liquid blocks out there! I'm running a Dark Rock Pro 3 on mine, and its been superb for almost 1.5 years now

I run 4.8 cpu, ram oc'ed to 3200 14-14-14-34, and slight gpu boost and dont get the temps your seeing.
 
Gotcha, and the temps going all over the place is the effect of that correct? Should I turn it off then or should I just leave it on?
 
Laquer Head said:
Have you considered unmounting cooler, cleaning the cpu lid, re-apply a quality paste and re-install the cooler?

If temps are still sketchy, I'd try a more robust air cooler, or one of the many AIO liquid blocks out there! I'm running a Dark Rock Pro 3 on mine, and its been superb for almost 1.5 years now

I run 4.8 cpu, ram oc'ed to 3200 14-14-14-34, and slight gpu boost and dont get the temps your seeing.
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yeah I have thought about getting one of those water coolers but this has always done the job. And yes I have re-applied arctic silver 7 and re-seated the cooler and its the same.
 
I think you're probably alright. As long as it stays under 70-75oC at full load I'd just ignore the idle temp jumpiness
 
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