Hi Guys,
My hotspot delta is +20C. Is something wrong? My custom water loop cooled MSI 3090 Gaming X Trio GPU (stock clocks and voltage, 100% power limit) hotspot delta is exactly +20C under load running both Furmark and Aida64 at the same time for over 1 hour to be sure of thermal equilibrium. The water pump and all 9 radiator fans (3x140s and 6x120s) are maxed out. See my picture for all temperatures including water temperature. While the PC Corsair7000X case temp is reported at 25C sat on the carpet, the ambient room temp is 27C. Gaming in a 30C room saw the hotspot at 83C. At idle the GPU core temperature matches the water temperature inside of less than 1C. At idle, the hotspot delta is +11 but it grows to +20 as GPU temp approaches 60C and gets wider beyond 60C. I forget what the air cooled hotspot delta was but air cooling gaming had GPU at 60C to 80C and RAM at 80C to 100C, so water cooling has improved the situation.
This is my first ever custom loop water cooled PC based on Corsair's 7000, three radiators (one of 420x30mm, two 360x30mm) reference build except I am using an EK Vector2 block for CPU 13900K and an EK Vector2 3090 Trio active back plate set for the GPU. I have already done a re-seat with a second round new new EK thermal pads. I double checked pad sizes and placement. Followed EK instructions perfectly with the 1mm and 2mm pads for the 3090 (not the 3080). No mistake with the instructions is made. Used EK's 0.6NM torque screw driver to tighten all screws. Covering only what the manual said to cover. I took note that the line of capacitors and 1 or 2 straggler smaller looking "VRM looking" chips remain uncovered but that is what the EK instruction manual indicated and I dared not deviate from it. The reseat made no difference to the hotspot delta, though overall temps came down probably due use my use of the 0.6NM torque screw driver on the second time around.
Some people report smaller hotspot deltas Any thoughts about what might be wrong here?
My hotspot delta is +20C. Is something wrong? My custom water loop cooled MSI 3090 Gaming X Trio GPU (stock clocks and voltage, 100% power limit) hotspot delta is exactly +20C under load running both Furmark and Aida64 at the same time for over 1 hour to be sure of thermal equilibrium. The water pump and all 9 radiator fans (3x140s and 6x120s) are maxed out. See my picture for all temperatures including water temperature. While the PC Corsair7000X case temp is reported at 25C sat on the carpet, the ambient room temp is 27C. Gaming in a 30C room saw the hotspot at 83C. At idle the GPU core temperature matches the water temperature inside of less than 1C. At idle, the hotspot delta is +11 but it grows to +20 as GPU temp approaches 60C and gets wider beyond 60C. I forget what the air cooled hotspot delta was but air cooling gaming had GPU at 60C to 80C and RAM at 80C to 100C, so water cooling has improved the situation.
This is my first ever custom loop water cooled PC based on Corsair's 7000, three radiators (one of 420x30mm, two 360x30mm) reference build except I am using an EK Vector2 block for CPU 13900K and an EK Vector2 3090 Trio active back plate set for the GPU. I have already done a re-seat with a second round new new EK thermal pads. I double checked pad sizes and placement. Followed EK instructions perfectly with the 1mm and 2mm pads for the 3090 (not the 3080). No mistake with the instructions is made. Used EK's 0.6NM torque screw driver to tighten all screws. Covering only what the manual said to cover. I took note that the line of capacitors and 1 or 2 straggler smaller looking "VRM looking" chips remain uncovered but that is what the EK instruction manual indicated and I dared not deviate from it. The reseat made no difference to the hotspot delta, though overall temps came down probably due use my use of the 0.6NM torque screw driver on the second time around.
Some people report smaller hotspot deltas Any thoughts about what might be wrong here?
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