Ambient Temps

[alexkyriak]

I often read threads where people will quote their ‘idle’ temps. This will be in the context of any sort of setup: air cooled, AIO coolers, full on custom water builds of various size and complexity.

So I guess the ‘success’ of any given idle temperature is down to what the ambient room temperature is actually at.

And therefore it’s logical to conclude that the reporting of a good idle temp has a lot to do with the delta between the Ambient and Idle temps.

I’m running a 12900k at stock, on a three radiator watercooled system. I’m getting an idle of about 28-29 when ambient is at around 24-25. So a delta of 3-4 degrees depending.

From memory of the only other system I’ve owned (4790k also watercooled) I recall this one had a delta of around 2-3.

So I’m trying to figure out A) if my loop isn’t so good this time round (acknowledging I am trying out a more ‘silent’ config with the fans and pump) , B) whether my application of paste to CPU isn’t so good, or C) whether this chip just runs hotter than other CPUs - as I have read in numerous places.

So what’s the accepted theory and how should one approach this ‘analysis’? Cheers guys

 

[alexkyriak]

Thanks guys. Setting up a brand new system in this heat is a foolhardy thing to do! Very hard to get a good judge on the ‘normal’ system running temps, and setting up and assessing OCs is proving difficult when it’s so hot. The water temps whilst wfh have hit 35-37 today. So I’m sitting in the loft and it’s warm up here, ambient 31-32 today, but the pc system is just a big box of heat.

 

[alexkyriak]

On my Aquero I’ve just set up a delta measurement to report the difference between incoming ambient air temperature and the water temperature. It’s actually a really useful stat to have reported to help understand how the system behaves under load conditions and in different ambient conditions. Thanks to the guys in the aquacomputer forum for the tips on how to set it up in aquasuite playground.