This guys got a problem with his cooling. My 14700K idles about 10 degrees C above ambient.
Skill issue
Great update!
After letting the thermal paste settle, updating the drivers and configuring the memory settings correctly, the temperatures look much better.
Idling at 70 - 80 degrees now instead of 80 - 90.
Thank you for all the help!
You have not fixed anything. Your cooler isn’t mounted properly or you’re using a cooler that is inadequate for this chip.
If this is something that has happened before with an AMD chip at idle then you need to look up how to install a CPU cooler properly.
Your CPU will run terrible if that’s your idle temps nevermind load temps.
… did you forget to remove the sticker on your heatsink?
Dell did that to me once, and it had some thicc paste under it lol.
Shouldn’t air cool a 14700k good luck.
That is almost certainly a mounting/cooler issue. The new Intel chips absolutely run way too hot, but not even close to your numbers op.
User error
That’s a cooling problem. Bad contact or dead AIO.
I’m using an air cooler with the fans set to 0RPM.
What’s odd is that if I turn the fans on, the temps stay the same. I don’t understand why the fans don’t seem to do anything to cool the CPU.
I’m not sure if the CPU is throttling. Does the i7-14700k have a Watt limit of 125 TDP or max power limit of 254W?
I see both numbers reported on the spec sheet.
If I have better cooling, would the W number in CoreTemp go up to 125W or 254W? I’ve seen other threads where this CPU uses around 80W for gaming and it’s enough. But if it gets pushed to the limit, will the max be 125W or 254W?
youve done something wrong when building, that is not normal
Check the underside of your cooler’s block to make sure you took the plastic off before you installed it.
Skill issue
User error
Between CPU and cooler surface should be thermal paste, not plastic sticker
lol no…your CPU AIO/cooler sucks big time.
Try a contact frame maybe? It’s unusual