Need better CPU cooler for overclocking I5-4690K without loss of motherboard , DDR3 , GPU cooling

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Need better CPU cooler for overclocking I5-4690K OC to 4.8GHZ

Its temperatures on prime95 can reach as high as 85+ Celsius.
Far to high using current setup. So can not run at full speed until get correct cooling setup.

I currently Have The Following Setup.

1 x Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM

1 x Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler

1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)

1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

1 x OcUK Value OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Red

At The Top There Are

2 x NZXT FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan - 200mm NO LONGER STOCKED.

Equivalent to but with NO LED

2 x NZXT
FS-200 Enthusiast Silent Case Fan, Orange LED - 200mm

Case Specs
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 235mm x 572mm x 543mm
• Materials: Steel, Plastic
• Total Weight: 10.5 kg
• Motherboard Support: ITX, Micro-ATX, ATX, EATX (322x272mm)
• External Connections: 1 x Audio / Mic, 2 x USB 3.0

Cooling
• Front: 2x140mm/ 120mm or 1x200mm, (1 x 200mm included) Unknown CFM 89.5 to 166.2 CFM

• Rear: 1x140mm / 120mm , 1x140mm (included) Unknown CFM 50 TO 83.6 CFM

• Bottom: 2x120mm - none , may need to use if replacing top 1 or 2 200mm Fans.

• Side: 1x140mm - none , may need to use if replacing top 1 or 2 200mm Fans.

• Top: 2x200mm / 140mm or 3x120mm , Fitted: 2x200mm Unknown CFM 89.5 to 166.2 CFM

• Interior: 1x120mm/140mm - none , may need to use if replacing top 1 or 2 200mm Fans. May use to help airflow over GPU and around upwards to DRR3. ??

4 Fans in Use 1 x 140mm Exhale and 3 x 200mm 2 x Exhale , 1 x Intake

Spare Fan Space Interior to cover GPU and possible DDR3 if enough room to angle as GTX970 Long and only 2cm angle room , Bottom Not sure if intake of Air is a good idea due to possible dust intake.

Side only covers Internal Drive bay which already has a good flow from front 200mm fan.

YELLOW BOLD = In Use.

Specification:- Single Fan model.
- Dimension: 95(W) x 55(D) x 136(H) mm
- Base Material: CPU Direct Contact (C.D.C.)
- Fin Material: Aluminum Alloy; Solder-less fins assembly
- Heat-pipe: ƒ³6mm
- Fan Dimension: 92(W) x 92(H) x 25(D) mm
- Voltage Rating: 12V
- Starting Voltage: 7V
- Speed: 1000 ~ 2400 R.P.M.
- Bearing Type: Sleeve Bearing
- Air Flow: 53.02 CFM (Max.)
- Air Pressure: 4.2 mmH2O (Max.)
- Life Expectancy: 40,000 hrs
- Noise Level: 29.8 dBA (Max.)
- Connector: 4 pin with PWM


So please can anyone suggest a good cooling system for the CPU preferable one that will not loose both 200mm fans at top.

I do not know what water cooled CPU Units and Radiators can be used with this unit. I assume it can only be placed at top not bottom of this type of case ??.

Need a CPU cooler that is very efficient as the fan system i have which is good but not good enough. But Also still need good all round cooling which i will loose when radiator put in.


Would display picture of CPU Block which is extremely bulky but cant seem to get pictures in forum since last time i used it.?

NOTE: will be upgrading DDR3 to Full 32GB and using finned heatsink memory.

As it is Now. Intake from front only and exhale from rear of unit and top.

One fan on CPU Heatsink two can be fitted one either side of Bulky Block but don't think that will be enough going by others that tried this.


Unfortunately unable to tell what the case fans CFM are due to not being in stock anymore. CFM quoted highest and lowest seen on NZXT Case Fans.

CPUID = http://valid.x86.fr/3f98ir

PRE_Built by OverclockersUK.
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I5-4690k , Gigabyte Z97X-SLI, Teamgroup 8Gb 2400Mhz, Samsung SSD 256Gb, 2xWestern Digital Blue 1TB, OcUK GTX970, Pioneer BDR-209EBK, EVGA Supernova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold'
 
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What are your temps like in normal use. Prime95 will generate those sort of temps even on high end custom watercooling. It's strongly advised not to use prime or certain other stress programs with haswell/devils canyon chips.
 
normal use temps are as follows
core 1 range 45 to 64
core 2 range 44 to 62
core 3 range 44 to 55
core 4 range 44 to 50
Celsius on normal use of just open and background running but oc still active no other programs except browser background game launchers origin , gog , steam , cyberlink utilities et.

normal day usage.

Temperature range obtained by realtimeGT
 
Don't use the likes of Prime, IBT, OCCT and Linx to stress Haswell. They use AVX coding which absolutely hammers Haswell and if using offset or adaptive voltage can force it to draw a extra 0.1v. Instead use Asus realbench for testing. Even my setup with a pair of window mounted fat 360mm rads see a jump of around 20-25 degrees when using IBT or Prime.

Saying that, your normal temps look high if there are no games running so there is something not right there. Have you tried a remount of the cooler? Do you have the latest bios for your motherboard as the early Z97 versions used too much voltage.

***Edit*** Almost 1.5v vcore is way too high. That's where your problem is plus that is going to hurt your cpu before long. Ideally you need to be around 1.4v or less.
 
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pastymuncher said:
Don't use the likes of Prime, IBT, OCCT and Linx to stress Haswell. They use AVX coding which absolutely hammers Haswell and if using offset or adaptive voltage can force it to draw a extra 0.1v. Instead use Asus realbench for testing. Even my setup with a pair of window mounted fat 360mm rads see a jump of around 20-25 degrees when using IBT or Prime.

Saying that, your normal temps look high if there are no games running so there is something not right there. Have you tried a remount of the cooler? Do you have the latest bios for your motherboard as the early Z97 versions used too much voltage.

***Edit*** Almost 1.5v vcore is way too high. That's where your problem is plus that is going to hurt your cpu before long. Ideally you need to be around 1.4v or less.
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+1 Can't stress this enough!!!

I would manually set the the vCore if you can using a static value or offset.
 
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