GFX Failure

[Megageth]

Ya I have the Q9550 and I assume the temp thresholds are the same. ie Intel specs 71.4C as max recommended. My hottest core occasionally spikes at 72 when I have overclocked AND left it running Prime95 for an hour.

May be that your CPU is not seated correctly. Take if off, check the thermal paste and reseat. Only if your 2nd attempt also yields similar results would I buy another cooling solution.

[Megageth]

By the way, who assembled your rig?

[Paul]

Jarrod, so it is safe to assume he new what he was doing so the setup shouldn't be a problem, unless he made a mistake with changing nappies

[J_Th4ng]

TBH, I did have a few problems seating the CPU fan, but didn't really have the time to reseat it. Stu, it would definitely be worth checking that out.

[Stu]

when you Run Prime95, does it immediately start to put pressure on the CPU?

if not then I think my PC was idling? Will check the seating I know Jarrod did struggle slightly it wasn't an easy job at that. perhaps it bumped loose in transit.

Added to check list.

[J_Th4ng]

When you click to start a run on Prime95, it immediately puts all four cores under 100% load. You should have RealTemp running first, then fire up Prime95, and monitor temps. They will steadily increase for a while and then top out. 5 minutes should be a good start.

[Stu]

ok then those temps are at 100% load they started at 45 - 50 prior to running Prime95

[SlipperyDuck]

Don't confuse Launching Prime95 the application, with Starting a Prime95 Stress run..... If you were getting those temps with Prime95 just being launched and not RUN as yet, then your CPU cooler is barely making contact with the processor.

[SlipperyDuck]

oops- didnt read your last post

[J_Th4ng]

Okay, that's not too bad then. Should be lower, even with stock cooling, but will still be manageable. Remember that no game will stress the CPU as much as Prime95 does.

Also, if you add a couple more fans for airflow in the case, the CPU temp will drop.

On to the GPU then...