Thursday, May 4th 2017
![Intel](https://tpucdn.com/images/news/intel-v1721205152158.png)
Temperature Spikes Reported on Intel's Core i7-7700, i7-7700K Processors
Reports around the web (and posts on Intel's forums) speak in hushed, strained and horrified voices at how some users with Intel's Core i7-7700 processors are seeing strangely random temperature spikes on their processors, which prompts their cooling solutions to spin to the rescue. The report only mentions Intel's 7700 (non-K) processor; though it would seem this issue is more prone to happen with the K version of the processor, according to Intel's forums.
Apparently, some users are seeing temperature spikes that reach as high as as high as 90°C (out of a recommended 100ºC.) Some users even go as far as admitting to have replaced Intel's fabled TIM, and running the CPU under a water cooling solution, only to find those temperature spikes still happening - and their cooling solutions rev up in response. "My own chip suffers from it, (without any overclocking) which is quite an annoyance," a user wrote. "This despite a delid modification and a proper water loop, resulting in the fans ramping up and down very frequently, and the temperature appearing to frequently spike near the danger zone." Intel, naturally, deployed a sanitized response, saying that "the reported behavior of the 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700K Processor, showing momentary temperature changes from the idle temperature, is normal while completing a task (like opening a browser or an application or a program)." Business talk all the way, but to be honest, we don't even know if there is a real problem here, though there are so pretty interesting OCCT graphs being posted on the forum page. What do you say? Any of our users have seen similar issues?
Sources:
Communities @ Intel, The Register
Apparently, some users are seeing temperature spikes that reach as high as as high as 90°C (out of a recommended 100ºC.) Some users even go as far as admitting to have replaced Intel's fabled TIM, and running the CPU under a water cooling solution, only to find those temperature spikes still happening - and their cooling solutions rev up in response. "My own chip suffers from it, (without any overclocking) which is quite an annoyance," a user wrote. "This despite a delid modification and a proper water loop, resulting in the fans ramping up and down very frequently, and the temperature appearing to frequently spike near the danger zone." Intel, naturally, deployed a sanitized response, saying that "the reported behavior of the 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700K Processor, showing momentary temperature changes from the idle temperature, is normal while completing a task (like opening a browser or an application or a program)." Business talk all the way, but to be honest, we don't even know if there is a real problem here, though there are so pretty interesting OCCT graphs being posted on the forum page. What do you say? Any of our users have seen similar issues?
138 Comments on Temperature Spikes Reported on Intel's Core i7-7700, i7-7700K Processors
Lastly, there are numerous reports that Ryzen is better at preventing lag and hiccups noticed on Intel setups.
The motherboard manufacturers are trying to squeeze extra performance out of their boards in order to differentiate themselves from their competition and it's causing some erratic CPU behavior.
@fullinfusion
@newtekie1
@Raevenlord
Coming from an i7 920 to a 950 D0 now to this is almost like night and day. The difference in gaming smoothness and performance across the board in all aspects, which are, but not limited to: Microstutters (is that a thing anymore with Skaylake/Kaby lake Architecture? Not with this my EVGA 980 Ti SC Reference card +160 on the core with an extra little +36 , or 38 to 42, but no higher because you don't need to red-line her all the time (but Fans at 90% constant is also fine, as long as you don't get throttling and mind fan noise/use headphones. with 1515-20's being the absolute lottery cards (80 ASIC score), (this Maxwell card doesn't like the voltage being put to the limit it does not do anything but give false hope along with stuttering core clocks/unstable). (Also top core clock does not necessarily mean highest FPS). (Also overclocking memory does nothing in terms of performance, it could actually hinder your max core clock and provide unnecessary heat)
I go to my cousins house and watch his 5820k rig with 980 SLI destroy games like BF1, Doom, GTA, Overwatch, but in terms of single card games like PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS this system is wayy more smoother I find as opposed to his 5820k @ 4.5 ghz. Don't get me wrong, incredible system for many years to come, but Kaby Lake certainly is an incredible specimen and I love the architecture and what it brings for what I want (I'm an ex pro gamer haha :p) . Get this, 1.26 volts and im at 4.52 ghz. How incredible is that? 1.29 V it goes up automatically sometimes when it is working hard, but she doesn't get very hot under my Corsair h100i andd Antec Twelve Hundred. Delidding? Why would I even need to do that? Sure I can autotune this baby on my Maximus Formula and it will hit 5 ghz at around 1.3 volts, but its just a novelty and a number at this point in my opinion and unnecessary.
This Chip is a beast I wouldn't sweat the random temp spikes, I stressed mine in AIDA64 for hours it never want above 79'C AVG and that was at 4.5 Ghz not even 1.3 volts so.. This Kaby Lake is a baby In my honest opinion, love it, even though I paid a lot for the colourful motherboard haha :p although I plan to try out Optane and some nvme SSD drives
I want to be that guy who says Intel is milking their consumers yaddayadda but I dont see beast quad cores becoming extinct any time soon (within 5 years at least). This thing plows through games and it was hugely bottlenecked by my old Nehalem (I was lowering settings thinking it was the GPU, now I run everything maxed)
Wouldn't worry about the temperature reading though, run it through AIDA64 for a couple hours to make sure your average is 80 or under preferably, But I am sure you can keep your system with under 90'c ,But I wouldn't do it personally.
tl;dr - I might delid it but it doesn't even hit 60'c in hard gaming, but it is an incredible small chip Hats off to the Intel team for this quad core beast.., Any chip will increasingly rise in temp under hard stress to a certain point incrementally, but I don't see any flaw with Kaby Lake thus far, I love it.
I have tested several motherboards with several 7700K's and I found out that my GB mobo was overvolting the cpu on default (VID would reach close to 1.38) compared to other vendors (+0.15v).
Of course it might be a bios version issue but would be cool if we would have the full picture (will have to check more of the comments to see if I missed smth).
Personally, I had no problems when proper voltages were applied.
www.pcgamer.com/intels-tells-core-i7-7700k-owners-to-stop-overclocking-to-avoid-high-temps/?utm_content=buffer04344&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer-maxpcfb
Just for instance o_O
FYI: You can blow Intel-powered broadband modems off the 'net with a 'trivial' packet stream
UPDATE2 Low Bandwidth DoS Attack Can Hammer Virgin Media SuperHub 3
As for this particular issue, there's not much to go by atm but then again no one looked for the missing 0.5GB either until someone blew the lid off Nvidia's lie :rolleyes:
If it is NOT a sensor, and I do see others also say this temp spiking also shows a vCore spike, this behaviour will rapidly decrease the lifespan of this CPU. I'd be very interested in seeing the vCore graph of these runs.
FWIW I have néver seen this temperature spiking on my Intel CPU, even when running Linpack/AVX, and also using OCCT graphs to monitor it.
Could this be a bad batch?
All we have is a half assed article which doesnt really explain a damn thing. Sensationalist without a proper explanation..
If you're actually convinced that 240hz gaming has any use whatsoever for any other game, you're completely deluded. 240hz is marketing for the full 100 %.
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Shit man, I was on the fence of whether or not I would go Ryzen and this just made my decision easier. F**k off Intel.