For some reason my CPU runs hotter with the side of the case off
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That's what is surposed to happen if you have your fans setup as a 'wind tunnel'.
My workstation cpu (E6550) jumps 10c at load and my gpu (GTX260) jumps 20c with the side off.
If you temps drop, you either have.
1) to many fans (noisey)
2) fans working againest each other
3) a poor internal case design
My workstation cpu (E6550) jumps 10c at load and my gpu (GTX260) jumps 20c with the side off.
If you temps drop, you either have.
1) to many fans (noisey)
2) fans working againest each other
3) a poor internal case design
Oddly enough though, I do have 2). I have three fans intaking slowly at the front, one outtaking quickly at the top, and one (dual fan setup + radiator) intaking quickly at the rear - so I would've thought there'd be positive pressure inside the case working against the radiator fans. However, good to know it's apparently working as it should anyway 
I've had to dial back 5% on the folding though :/
I've had to dial back 5% on the folding though :/
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just spotted the temps 100c ! - but don't get how the cores can be 90+ but the cpu 77...
Is that will the case side on or off, btw.
you will have an out via the psu and gpu fans as well to add to the mix.
is it just the i7 that's watercooled?
Is that will the case side on or off, btw.
you will have an out via the psu and gpu fans as well to add to the mix.
is it just the i7 that's watercooled?
Depending how the PSU is mounted it may be a closed loop. In my server system the PSU draws air from under the case and fires it out the back. In my main system the PSU pulls air in from the rear of the case and fires it out of the top.
Just the i7 - well it's the H50 (currently setting up leaktesting my new WC kit )
The CPU temp I'd take with a pinch of salt, I don't really know for sure that that's what it is and it may need adjusting up by ~15ºC anyway. True, I'd forgotten about the PSU and graphics; I have no cards that directly exhaust out the back, although there are a couple of expansion slots open.
)The CPU temp I'd take with a pinch of salt, I don't really know for sure that that's what it is and it may need adjusting up by ~15ºC anyway. True, I'd forgotten about the PSU and graphics; I have no cards that directly exhaust out the back, although there are a couple of expansion slots open.
Coretemp gives the same temps within a degree as SpeedFan, I calibrated SpeedFan against CoreTemp 
i.e. Core 0 on CoreTemp = Core 0 on SpeedFan, Core 1 on CoreTemp = Core 2 on SpeedFan, etc (as SpeedFan shows each virtual core whereas CoreTemp only shows physical cores)
Thanks for the reassurance Mattus.
i.e. Core 0 on CoreTemp = Core 0 on SpeedFan, Core 1 on CoreTemp = Core 2 on SpeedFan, etc (as SpeedFan shows each virtual core whereas CoreTemp only shows physical cores)Thanks for the reassurance Mattus.