i7 9700k & i9 9900k Cooling

Only 2x 140mm on the H115i. And yeah I felt that having the radiator in front mount and getting cooler CPU temps and slightly higher temps for everything else was the best option, especially at 5.0Ghz across all cores.

From what I've seen from others, and experienced first hand, so far the ZOTAC 2080 has great cooling on its own anyway.
Also a bit better peace of mind having the radiator not sitting above all the expensive gear.

Even then, I'm still undecided how I want to mount it tomorrow.
My bad, H150 is 360mm and H115 is 280mm
I prefer radiators as exhaust, especially when other components are air cooled.

Leaks in CLCs are almost always pump/waterblock not radiator, meaning if you ever do have a leak it will leak on GPU .. unless you lay your case on it's side so leak won't get onto components. ;) Honestly there are few leak issues. Most problems are low coolant/pump failures. Trend seems to be component temp / coolant temp related .. the higher the temp to shorter the life expectancy with failures being 18month to 2 years on high heat CPUs.
 
I just added another 2 x 140mm Corsair ML pro fans to my H115i Platinum.

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4 x 140 ML Pro and 3 x 120mm Gentle Typhoons :D

So 4x Fans (push/ Pull) small FFT running all at 450 rpm silent mode.

Knocked off around 4c :D Running prime small FFT :eek::p

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How much louder now / what is dB level increase with 4c lower temp now vs what they were before? What was dB level before?
 
How much louder / what is dB level with 4c lower temp vs before?

I have the Fans connected to the H115i via a splitter...I'm getting twice as much airfllow at the same RPM..

Noise is the same...

Idle temps

I cue reports two fans but there are 4 on a splitter so they both spin at the same rate

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Load temps

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The extra Airflow has also dropped the 1080ti temps down both at load and and idle. Was sitting at about 60c idle...Now its 52 c
 
That CPU does run hot. :eek:

Even with all that water cooling and additional fans it still runs hotter than my 2700X boosting to 4.5Ghz.
 
My 6700k was hotter...and 65c is not hot lol

I meant relative to the amount of cooling you’re using.

Heard the 9900K was a hot chip, just didn’t realise how hot.

EDIT: Nice CB score below. Could only get 1950 multi out of my 2700X @ 4.25 all core OC.
 
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Radiator Fans wher at 460 rpm so silent mode...I cant stand noise...I'll do a run with fans on 1500 rpm and report back
Something is off, it's hot for the Vcore and it's not calling super high VID's so I doubt it's the chip. Other than Vcore try squeezing the SA and IO voltages down as far as you can. 1v range for 4.7 all cores.

Does it throttle instantly with AVX Prime, or crash hard? Or level out after a bit? What does it report for power used? Not interested in stability, just power the MB is reporting through SVID.
 
Something is off, it's hot for the Vcore and it's not calling super high VID's so I doubt it's the chip. Other than Vcore try squeezing the SA and IO voltages down as far as you can. 1v range for 4.7 all cores.

Does it throttle instantly with AVX Prime, or crash hard? Or level out after a bit? What does it report for power used? Not interested in stability, just power the MB is reporting through SVID.

Ditched that Asrock software :mad:

Vcore is 1.232 pulling 150w

Is this what you were after? :)

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I have the Fans connected to the H115i via a splitter...I'm getting twice as much airfllow at the same RPM..
Stacking fans with no resistance does not change amount of airflow. All stacking fans is increase fans' static pressure rating .. so if fans have low pressure ratings and are being used in highly restrictive conditions (like CLC radiators) the added resistance to ariflow will increase airflow through radiator.

But I seriously doubt it your airflow is doubled.


Noise is the same...
Assuming you fans are like the ones everyone else is using your radiator fan noise level is now about 5-6dB(A) louder than it was before at same RPM.
Using 4x fans instead of 2x fans increases the noise level. So if your 2x fans were making 28dB(A) each the resulting level is 32dB(A). You added 2x more fans (2x2 fans) and that will increase the total noise level up to 34dBA. As it take about 3dB for most people to hear a change in sound level, you should be able to hear and increase in the overal noise your system is making.


The extra Airflow has also dropped the 1080ti temps down both at load and and idle. Was sitting at about 60c idle...Now its 52 c
That makes sense because increased case airflow often lowers component temps by moving their heated air out without it mixing and heated the air going to their coolers.
 
Stacking fans with no resistance does not change amount of airflow. All stacking fans is increase fans' static pressure rating .. so if fans have low pressure ratings and are being used in highly restrictive conditions (like CLC radiators) the added resistance to ariflow will increase airflow through radiator.

Assuming you fans are like the ones everyone else is using your radiator fan noise level is now about 5-6dB(A) louder than it was before at same RPM.
Using 4x fans instead of 2x fans increases the noise level. So if your 2x fans were making 28dB(A) each the resulting level is 32dB(A). You added 2x more fans (2x2 fans) and that will increase the total noise level up to 34dBA. As it take about 3dB for most people to hear a change in sound level, you should be able to hear and increase in the overal noise your system is making.

That makes sense because increased case airflow often lowers component temps by moving their heated air out without it mixing and heated the air going to their coolers.

But you said in your opening sentence I dont have increased airflow? Even though I can physically feel it with my hand...Noise with the extra two running at is negligible having unplugged them and plugged them back in. They are running at 460 rpm
 
Its difficult to compare system temps, all the variables. So to say a chip is 'hot' on the basis of that is bit much. Get a feel for the power used, which is far more important than Vcore anyway. You're not pushing memory or the cache. Maybe get the power down a bit by lowering the other voltages a notch. That'll lower temps, not that they're near throttling. Just curious why it needs so much VCore, VID's look ok.
 
Its difficult to compare system temps, all the variables. So to say a chip is 'hot' on the basis of that is bit much. Get a feel for the power used, which is far more important than Vcore anyway. You're not pushing memory or the cache. Maybe get the power down a bit by lowering the other voltages a notch. That'll lower temps, not that they're near throttling. Just curious why it needs so much VCore, VID's look ok.


I'm done tweaking this Asrock mobo...I basically (wanting to play some games) Went into Bios, Loaded default settings ..... and loaded XMP profile. and it booted at 4.7ghz... I cheaped it up at £166 based on reviews..yes it overclocked to 5ghz and booted but no amount of vcore would let it run a bench.Getting the Hero tomorrow, :)

I'll test that and is crappy 4 phase VRM lol

My last mobo was an Asus and the mobo before that and the mobo before that...
 
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That's down to Asus marketing not talking to their design. Attempts to win a VRM phase count war, when they should have just called it a redesign. There's efficiency gains from using power stages with integrated drivers compared to discrete driver + FETs. Using doublers for PWM isn't 'true' 8 phases either, hasn't been for generations. Its all nonsense. There's nothing wrong with the Hero's VRM. Its ripple is fine, transient response is excellent and its bloody stable. Efficiency puts it at 20W heat loss at 250A. Comparable to the Aorus Master, which I've also had and sent back. The Hero clocked better and its damn sight easier to use.
 
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