i7 950 + H100 temps

Alz_D · 18 Mar 2012 at 15:00

Your original temps do seem a bit high for that cooler. I had a 950 @ 4.00Ghz with a CoolIT ALC 240 (which is very similair to the H100) and they weren't anywhere near that high. I agree with everyone who has said that it is better to OC in the bios. Lower volts = cooler temps. It can be a scary place at first but if you take the time to learn and listen to the advice given out in these forums it will quickly become less daunting

ilovetechno · 18 Mar 2012 at 17:10

My temps @ stock with IntelBurnTestv2

Prime95

I think the problem is with the 2 x gtx480 sandwich together that close, they produce a lot of heat that rises to the h100 rad making my cpu temps higher.

atm i have on my 600T 6 fans:

1 front intake 200mm bitfenix spectre pro
1 rear exhaust 120mm bitfenix spectre pro
2 x 120mm stock corsair in the h100 intake
1 x 200mm corsair exhaust on side panel
1 x 120mm zalman ZM-SF3 120mm White Shark Fin Blade Fan intake

Still temps are as high as that!

idle temps @ 33-38c

jamesfreddie · 18 Mar 2012 at 18:03

You could fit one of the GTX 480's in the last slot giving them some space to breath.

wazza300 · 18 Mar 2012 at 18:11

sell the two 480's and buy a single 7970? then it will run cooler,plus you could just have a poor voltage hogging chip? idk,some run hot with low volts and some run cool with high volts,its just the luck of the draw

ilovetechno · 18 Mar 2012 at 18:26

jamesfreddie said:
You could fit one of the GTX 480's in the last slot giving them some space to breath.

Tried that but card hits the case power connectors + the hdd cage.

Alz_D · 18 Mar 2012 at 23:03

Have you tried re-seating the block on your cpu?

ilovetechno · 19 Mar 2012 at 20:04

Alz_D said:
Have you tried re-seating the block on your cpu?

No I haven`t! will try it tomorow.

Anyways had a read tru that oc guide and I think got it stable @ 3.8ghz but with temps @ idle 39-45c @ load 64-70c (intelburntest) @ 1.293v.

From that guide i left all ram setting auto. I will post a link with video showing all settings in bios.(my heart races evrytime i play with bios lol)

Im still playing with lowering the voltage but i think its a great inprovement from temps with preset oc that reach 80c+ under load.

Again thanks everyone for tips and ideas , without you guys i would never try this.

setter · 19 Mar 2012 at 20:13

I dont think it's the cards, as theyre reference cooled, theyre exhausting most of the heat out the pci bracket covers. I had two sli rigs, the one in sig and another i7 930 with sli 460's. The lower clocked 930 ran hotter, due to the gpu's in it being non reference cooled, theese dumped the heat into the case. Whereas my higher clocked 920 with reference cooled cards ran much lower.

ilovetechno · 19 Mar 2012 at 20:45

setter said:
I dont think it's the cards, as theyre reference cooled, theyre exhausting most of the heat out the pci bracket covers. I had two sli rigs, the one in sig and another i7 930 with sli 460's. The lower clocked 930 ran hotter, due to the gpu's in it being non reference cooled, theese dumped the heat into the case. Whereas my higher clocked 920 with reference cooled cards ran much lower.

Thing is I am now running only one card and temps are better.Because they were that close together a lot of heat was produced and idle temps were higher than normal,because they couldn`t breathe.

Quick question bios shows 3.6ghz , cpu-z 3.8ghz ?

ilovetechno · 20 Mar 2012 at 08:06

No matter how much i oc, speed allways differs from bios to cpu-z, this normal?
atm on bios shows 3.85ghz @ 1.25v / cpu-z 4.0ghz @ 1.27v