H100i question

CaptainRAVE

CaptainRAVE

CaptainRAVE

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I just installed this on my 4770k. Idle temperatures are fantastic, anywhere around 32C. The problem is, the temperature jumps real quick and with prime it seems to hit 80C+ very easily before the fans kick in with force. I had a good air cooler on before and it was generally good at slowing down the temperature increase - am I expecting too much? Perhaps I need to reseat the unit?

Edit: Forgot to say, current CPU clock is 4.5Ghz.
 
Well I finally managed to get the link program working. Temps still on the high side - it is interesting that temperatures seem to spike into the 80s before the fans kick in even remotely fast. I guess I need to set a more aggressive profile. What surprises me is that the cpu is hitting 80C, yet the air out of the fans feels cool? Also, the radiator and pipes feel cool - so you would think they aren't drawing much heat. Yet, as soon as load is taken off the cpu, it instantly cools down, so something must be cooling it!
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
Well I finally managed to get the link program working. Temps still on the high side - it is interesting that temperatures seem to spike into the 80s before the fans kick in even remotely fast. I guess I need to set a more aggressive profile. What surprises me is that the cpu is hitting 80C, yet the air out of the fans feels cool? Also, the radiator and pipes feel cool - so you would think they aren't drawing much heat. Yet, as soon as load is taken off the cpu, it instantly cools down, so something must be cooling it!
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Air coming out the rad shouldn't feel particularly warm,at least not until after a sustained period of heavy load.With the way watercooling components works,ramping up fan speeds doesnt have the same impact on temps that it does with air cooling.

With your Vcore + clock speed in prime 80c doesn't seem too unreasonable in all honestly,.AIO's really arnt much better than a decent air cooler with good fans. :/

Best way to get substantially lower temps on haswell is to delid and replace the stock TIM between the Die and Heat spreader :)
 
Well I took it off and I could see that only about 50% of the cpu was in contact with the heatsink. So put it back on, but this time tightened the screws a lot more - was afraid to over tighten the first time. Now getting a peak of 65C-70C with prime which is much more what I was expecting under load. Will tighten the screws a little more tomorrow, clearly it was needed. I am always afraid the cpu will break!
 
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Well I took it off and I could see that only about 50% of the cpu was in contact with the heatsink. So put it back on, but this time tightened the screws a lot more - was afraid to over tighten the first time. Now getting a peak of 65C with prime which is much more what I was expecting under load. Will tighten the screws a little more tomorrow, clearly it was needed. I am always afraid the cpu will break!
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That's good to hear! More what i was expecting to see!
 
And in a heartbeat, the screw snapped...doh! Didn't even seem tight on that corner, was actually pretty loose. Now I am stuffed :(

Will see if I can get a replacement or something I guess. Any ideas?

Might enquire in the shop where I bought it.
 
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I'd contact the corsair rep or send them an email and see if they can send you some more out?

With my H55 i had the plastic backplate stripped so i had to hold the stops with a pair of pliers to tighten it.
 
Have sent them an email, hopefully they can send a couple out. Irritating since that is pretty much out of action now until I can get a replacement. Should have left it alone! Oh well, hindsight is a wonderful thing I guess.
 
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Approved 1 minute after I put in the support ticket. Let's see how long it takes them to get this sent out :)

There must have been a defect in the metal, it shouldn't have broken that easily.
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Yeah, they accept the ticket but you'll never actually get the part :p

Not definitely not, How is the build quality otherwise?
 
Other than the dodgy screw, the rest of the setup is fantastic. Especially those temperatures I briefly got when it was working well. Who wants a bet I never get it that good again :p

They better sent me out a bag of screws and not just one...I don't want the same to happen again!
 
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