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3930k temps Sleeping dogs

wam7 said:
As Kaapstad has indicated the CPU heat is not your problem. My CPU hits ~75c under full load but the temps in my case stay relatively cool.

I strongly recommend you change your intake 200mm fan to one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-063-BX&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=2335 or the LED variants in the same range. These move way more air than the standard fans and are also pretty quiet.

Your real problem is case air flow. You don't have enough cooler air coming into your case. You might find that you invest in an AIO CPU cooler and have the same problem manifesting itself.

1. Change the 200mm to the one above.
2. Change the orientation of your cooler so it puts upwards blowing the warm air to the top.
3. Change the rear fan orientation to an intake fan not exhaust.

It's a shame you don't have a side panel fan as I've found it keeps GPU's with your style of heatsink much cooler.
Also what are your ambient temperatures like? I presume your case is not near a radiator? ;)
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1. Was going to buy that fan when I built the pc but it was never in stock.
2. I will give that ago when I have time to take my pc apart again.
3. I will change that tonight

But are there any reviews on this? If it would make a lot of difference I will buy 1 in a month
OcUK Tech Labs Fathom All in One Custom Cooler 240mm
 
You're not running an overclocked CPU so there really is no reason to change the heatsink you have now. If you're dead set on getting an AIO then I suspect it will drop your CPU temps by ~10 though that decrease would probably come with increased fan noise.

There's also not much point in doing 3. without doing 2. first as you'll just have fans blowing air directly at each other.
 
You're probably better off monitoring the GPU temps when playing Sleeping Dogs. For some reason it makes mine run quite hot with maxed out settings (hotter than any other game i play).
 
wam7 said:
You're not running an overclocked CPU so there really is no reason to change the heatsink you have now. If you're dead set on getting an AIO then I suspect it will drop your CPU temps by ~10 though that decrease would probably come with increased fan noise.

There's also not much point in doing 3. without doing 2. first as you'll just have fans blowing air directly at each other.
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Yea I thought as much with the fans, but I would like to overclock in the future so would that AIO cooler be the best bet? plus I plan to get another 290x in 2-3 months time
 
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