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i7 5930K low temps

dno101

dno101

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Hi - just finished my first custom build. using above chip it idles at about 25-27 degrees and hits about 35 degrees whilst playing rise of tomb raider on max settings on 2K screen. These seem low to me. I am using msi afterburner to monitor in-game temps. I am new to all this and am just learning how to tune my system (as per my other thread on pump speeds). I have a custom loop with 360 rad, cpu only.

Am I missing something?

thanks.
 
Sounds about right, I use a H105 (240 rad think) and temps are about 25-30c idle and games 40-50c. Handbrake takes the temp to 55-60c but it hits 100% load. I have the fans set to 600-1000rpm.
 
thanks for the reply - which leads me to my next question......just ordered waterblock for my gpu. how would I control the temps/fans/pump to keep the gpu cool if the cpu never goes over mid 30's ?? all the headers are linked to cpu temp?

thanks. sorry if noob q
 
If your CPU never goes above ~35C adding the GPU will only increase it by a few degrees in my experience, the loop will have a temperature equilibrium where it will happily sit. I rarely have either CPU or GPU above 45C. I wouldn't worry about having to try and control it for your GPU, because the water through the whole loop will be the same temperature (negligible difference anyway) just monitoring CPU will be fine.

EDIT: Also please never apologise for asking a question!
 
As Kylevdm hints, the heat capacity of the fluid also has an effect. The fluid will warm up over time which you'll see in the sensor values as a long-term increase and reduction depending on the component load. The more liquid in the loop the slower this drift is.

The temperature it equilibrates at depends on the load (CPU and GPU) power, and the heat exchanger (size of radiators, flow rate of fans, etc.).

Basically you can probably forget about variable fan speeds, it's not (IME) something to worry about with WC.
 
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