Hi guys,
So just the other day received a Liquid Freezer II 360 rev 4 in the hopes of squuezing a bit more juice out of my 3700x before upgrading to the upgraded 5000 series next year.
However, my temps are a lot higher than originally expected, being 50-55c idle and 80-85c running Cinebench R20. Also running Prime95 increases the temps to as high as 95c.
My case is a H500M with the two 200mm intake fans running at 100%, so airflow isn't an issue. I do have a 3080ti that runs hot, but that doesn't explain the benchmark temps as at idle the card sits at 30c.
Were my expectations of ~35c idles and 60-70c load temps misinformed? This is with PBO enabled, however at stock there isn't much difference either just slightly cooler. It's been a while since I installed a cooler, but the paste was spread evenly with a card and the pump was secured hand tight, and then tightened more with a driver after seeing the highs. Last night I decided to start over again and went with a smaller amount of paste (pea size) and use the 3000/5000 series offset Arctic provide on the bracket, this increased the temps by a couple of degrees.
If this is within the specs for the cooler/cpu then I can stop worrying, as gaming temps are ~70c, my worry is that the cpu is downclocking due to the temps and there is more potential in it.
Temps running at 60% fan and pump speed
https://ibb.co/K9mSHkL - R20 temps and clocks
https://ibb.co/LQn2bRv - Idle temps
So just the other day received a Liquid Freezer II 360 rev 4 in the hopes of squuezing a bit more juice out of my 3700x before upgrading to the upgraded 5000 series next year.
However, my temps are a lot higher than originally expected, being 50-55c idle and 80-85c running Cinebench R20. Also running Prime95 increases the temps to as high as 95c.
My case is a H500M with the two 200mm intake fans running at 100%, so airflow isn't an issue. I do have a 3080ti that runs hot, but that doesn't explain the benchmark temps as at idle the card sits at 30c.
Were my expectations of ~35c idles and 60-70c load temps misinformed? This is with PBO enabled, however at stock there isn't much difference either just slightly cooler. It's been a while since I installed a cooler, but the paste was spread evenly with a card and the pump was secured hand tight, and then tightened more with a driver after seeing the highs. Last night I decided to start over again and went with a smaller amount of paste (pea size) and use the 3000/5000 series offset Arctic provide on the bracket, this increased the temps by a couple of degrees.
If this is within the specs for the cooler/cpu then I can stop worrying, as gaming temps are ~70c, my worry is that the cpu is downclocking due to the temps and there is more potential in it.
Temps running at 60% fan and pump speed
https://ibb.co/K9mSHkL - R20 temps and clocks
https://ibb.co/LQn2bRv - Idle temps