Running an i7-4770k on stock cooler

>Running an i7-4770k on stock cooler
>Temps been like this for at least a year

>mfw AMD can't even beat Intel in the space heater market

1- The temps dont matter, the TDP does as far as space heaters go
2- That looks shooped. The fan controller in my PC crashed and turned off my CPU fans. I walked in on it in a similar situation and temps and it had underclocked itself to ~1ghz.

A photo of my monitor showing the speccy (how else would I prove it isn't shopped?)

nevermind i was a retard and was only looking at the bus speed parts rather than the core speed parts

You obviously didn't install the cooler correctly

you either failed to install the stock cooler
put a sticker on the cpu
didnt install the thermal paste
or your sensors are fucked

It's not really possible to install an Intel stock cooler incorrectly. It'd just fall off if you didn't push the pins in all the way.

or more likely the fan died/isnt plugged in

Is it not screwed on?

You can read the fan speed so it must be plugged in

The fan is definitely working (I can hear it from halfway across the house)

The stock cooler comes with thermal paste applied but I built my PC almost 3 years ago and have never touched the cooler since installing it

Why didn't you fix it in those 3 years?

It was working fine when I built it. This issue has been getting gradually worse over the last ~6 months

why have you done nothing when it is clearly under clocking itself

Intel stock coolers use plastic pins that push through the holes in the motherboard. There are no screws.

>almost 3 years ago and have never touched the cooler since

Time for a clean up ,repaste and buying new cpu cooler?

Is it six months or at least a year? make up your mind

I was considering taking this as the opportunity to purchase a decent big air cooler or liquid cooler that would be a bit more future proof as well as allowing some overclocking headroom.

you still have to turn the knobs to the right

pretty sure that is to remove it. you just push down the tabs to install it

No cooler will be enough when you don't install them correctly

This: In the OP I was memeing about my situation but since you two are being (more) serious I decided to actually take the opportunity to provide more accurate information about it

aaaa i hate those fuckers

im using simple spartan 3 pro by silentiumpc
man srsly its about 20$, change that stock cooler

mine idles at 30° on stock cooler, wtf op