Did I get screwed with my purchase of an overclocked i7-3770k with its high temps? (while running... - Page 2

Thank you all for the feedback so far!

To answer some questions you guys have left... running Prime95 and Intel Burn Test for a few minutes... I see the max temperatures reached are about 5-10 degrees Celsius less than what I see with LinX. Either way, it doesn't really matter to me, because if one programs reaches a higher temp -- then I will focus my eyes on that program. LinX was also the program left on the desktop by the seller to check the "computer overclocking". Oddly enough, the programs left by them to check the hardware temperatures were too outdated to show the processor temperatures! Makes you wonder...

A lot of you guys have suggested to decrease the voltage, learn OCing, and/or lower the overclock to around 4.2ghz. My issue is that overclocking was default on this system (as in the system was listed as an overclocked computer and you had to check if you wanted it non-oc'd) and I purchased this system for that VERY REASON. No disrespect to you guys, but I simply don't have time to learn how to overclock, and if I did, I would have built this system myself.

In fact, if I had asked not to overclock it, I would have saved $69, and I also would have went to Costco to buy a similar system. And as I said before, I went with the default cpu cooling and case options by the seller of this system. I will check tomorrow to see if the H80 liquid cooling didn't become loose during shipping, but from what I remember, I highly doubt it.

Overall, I have 30 days to return this system, and I really want a full refund at this point. However, looking at their terms and conditions, I will have to prove this is a hardware issue or face a 15% restocking fee on a $2,000+ system. And the crappy part is their refunding doesn't even cover the shipping costs. Any tips (besides building a computer myself next time)?

IMO, if the system can't be properly cooled at 100% processing, then my investment is slowly wasting away as the life of the processor exponentially decreases. At this point, I can just see them asking me to re-seat the liquid cooling or bringing the overclocking down, which again defeats my intent of purchasing this machine to begin with.
Edited by newocer - 5/26/12 at 1:12am

The more I think about this, the more I am considering the option of just lowering the vcore and keeping the system. How would I go about doing this?

And what about lowering the PLL voltage (as some have said)? What is the difference between PLL and Vcore voltages? I guess I got to learn... as always, I appreciate the help you guys.