Intel Core i7 920 running extremely hot!

[Mockingbird]

So I went ahead and took off the heat sink. Underneath there was very little thermal grease (only enough to cover 1/3 off the processor). I wiped off the grease with a paper towel (I don't have anything else) and squeeze a pea size grease onto the center of the processor.

Unfortunately, the pin on the stock heat sink is very lousy and I broke one of them, but everything else is OK.

[Semtex]

Better then was, IMO.

Look for better cooler, something with 120mm fan. :)

[Detection]

That's better, might be worth investing in a decent cooler

[Mockingbird]

Better then was, IMO.

Look for better cooler, something with 120mm fan. :)

That's better, might be worth investing in a decent cooler

Good thinking. I don't know that if I keep removing the heatsink, how many working pins would be left working.

Thanks for all your help!

[Detection]

Good thing about custom coolers, you remove all traces of the stock one and bolt the new one through the board so don't have to worry about pins ;)

[Mockingbird]

Good thing about custom coolers, you remove all traces of the stock one and bolt the new one through the board so don't have to worry about pins ;)

Any recommendation? Note: I don't need a $100 cooler.

[Detection]

Any recommendation? Note: I don't need a $100 cooler.

I'm AMD so don't have any experience with Intel coolers, someone here will no doubt

I have my 965 overclocked to just under 4GHz and have been using the same ?35 cooler for about 3 years, idle 30c~ load <50c~, you don't need to spend a fortune to get decent cooling :)

[Semtex]

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1141450-cpu-fan-too-loud-even-the-second-fan-is-too-loud/page__view__findpost__p__595574920

If will fit in Your case ;)

[spaceelf]

Any recommendation? Note: I don't need a $100 cooler.

I just said the CM Hyper 212 Evo. It's $35 and works beautifully, my CPU temps run around 35-45 now instead of 50-60.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

[MillionVoltss]

On a side note, Its impressive how robust chips are.