i7 Too hot?

Xelene · 17 Sep 2010 at 07:41

So here is the like for like:

Knocked 5-10 degrees off the temps by:

Changing the top fan to an intake, and the H50 to exhaust
Turning of XMP
QPI to 1.12V
Memory multi to 6x
RAM to 1.5V
Timings 7/7/7/20

At higher BCLK speeds I couldn't get the RAM stable at 8x without running it at 1.64V and having the QPI much higher.

So it's better, not great but better.

I was comfortable with the peak temps before - so long as it doesn't break 80C it's fine for me, but the idles were the concern.

Defunkt · 18 Sep 2010 at 02:18

TBH a single 120mm and 80mm intake and a single 120mm exhaust fan isn't exactly proper cooling when you are overclocking.
You would be fine if you chose a case with better cooling most prolly. Something with a couple of 200mm intakes and 200mm and 120mm exhaust.
I'm not keen on cpu cooling that requires you blow the heat into the case either. Any good cooling case you will not need to do this.
If I were you i'd get a case that can take many more fans and just use a fan controller to keep the noise to an acceptable level.
I added an extra 200mm and 120mm fan to my HAF 922 case and managed to keep my idle temps below 40C with a VX cooler @ 4GHz This I put down to having a case that cools very well. If you are gonna overclock on air then you need a decently cooled case.
(BTW my VX cooler only had 1 Noctua fan on it to achieve that)

Orcvader · 18 Sep 2010 at 02:48

Did you connect the H50 pump directly to the PSU?

Xelene · 18 Sep 2010 at 07:49

Defunkt said:
TBH a single 120mm and 80mm intake and a single 120mm exhaust fan isn't exactly proper cooling when you are overclocking.
You would be fine if you chose a case with better cooling most prolly. Something with a couple of 200mm intakes and 200mm and 120mm exhaust.
I'm not keen on cpu cooling that requires you blow the heat into the case either. Any good cooling case you will not need to do this.
If I were you i'd get a case that can take many more fans and just use a fan controller to keep the noise to an acceptable level.
I added an extra 200mm and 120mm fan to my HAF 922 case and managed to keep my idle temps below 40C with a VX cooler @ 4GHz This I put down to having a case that cools very well. If you are gonna overclock on air then you need a decently cooled case.
(BTW my VX cooler only had 1 Noctua fan on it to achieve that)

It's a Fortress, it cools well enough. Got the fan sizes wrong - 2 * 180mm intakes + 1 * 120mm added intake. Having the side off made only marginal difference to temperatures.

Orcvader said:
Did you connect the H50 pump directly to the PSU?

No, i've had it on my fan controller tho and that didn't change anything.