What are nice temps for cpu/gpu at idle?

Adam123

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Im playing with my new fan controller and trying to find the balance between temperature and noise...

what would be desirable/acceptable temps for cpu / gpu when doing the whole tinterweb browsing / movie watching?

Currently got my front fan off... my middle, rear and cpu fans at 50%/ 650rpm / 6.0v which gives me temps of around 50C across cpu / gpu.

not OC'd atm.
 
Ive got a FT02b so have got the standard 3 x 180mm bottom fans (intake) and 2 x GT 1850's on my cpu cooler (exhaust). I could try making the cpu fans intake to get cooler air from outside of the case, but then i dont have an exhaust fan and i dont think the lian li fan alone will be enough...

The plan with the lian li drive bay cooler is to push or suck air over my aquaero (and its new heatsink that will be fitted at the same time) which keeps over heating and should also effect my 'bottom' gpu as its always 5-10 degrees hotter. I'll have to experiment with intake/exhaust.

I looked into the pastes n found lower temps on the pk-1, if its poor then i can always try another brand lol, its fairly inexpensive imo.

I'll be sure to post back any findings as it may help someone else :-)....
 
hopefully the PK-1 paste, aquaero heatsink and a few other bits and pieces should arrive tomorrow. so after they get installed i should be able to post amazing temps ha.

what case do u have Wazz? and does ur 920 take air from inside or outside of the case?
 
i didnt realise u can attach 140mm fans to the 920... cool.

nice airflow set up

i can run prime for 30 mins n get about 65*C max
 
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durrr, i forgot the 650D can take a few fans lol

my liquid temp when idling (33*C) is higher than yours at full load (32.6*C) ha...

I have high hopes for my new TIM and other cooling things...

What TIM are u using?

just set 920 fans to 1200rpm and case fans to 50% (about 700rpm)... lets see how mine fairs after an hour of large FFT...
 
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Im using Aquasuite to control my cpu fans, not ChillControl, but I have set them manually to 1200rpm (8v) and all 3 case fans to 700rpm (6v).

These will roughly be the temp / fan speed settings that i will use when i set aquasuite to control everything by its self as its still fairly quiet :-) - i will be fine tuning it more once my order from post #14 and the aquaero heatsink arrives.

I read somewhere that the IC Diamond TIM was quite abrasive, so overlooked it...

been running large fft now for 45 mins now and max core temps are 56/60/64/58, gfx cards idling at 43 and 52.
 
Thanks, still a work in progress tho.

So Ran prime for just over an hour and here is what i got...



I wonder what difference the PK-1 will make over the standard 920 TIM.
 
added the Lian Li front cooler today and the Aquaero 5 heatsink...



I dont know how i feel about the fact that it stick outs... I'll have to see if i bang it with my chair lol...

and the Aquaero Heatsink



It hiding in the corner:




and general case shot

 
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