Worrying temps

almightydutch

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As some of you may know i've been speccing up my new rig and low and behold I managed to get it all done for Xmas eve. Happy boy I was indeed!!!

Well until i started messing but more to that in a bit as you'll need to know spec:

Gene-z, 2500k, 8gb, 128gb SSD is the boring bits but the parts you guys can help me on is: (in this order)
Small Alphacool res, Llang D5 pump, XSPC RX360 rad(3 x Xigmatek 120mm fans), EK Supreme HF Block (Full Nickel) EVGA GTX480 Hydro

Nothing out of the ordinary and using 7/16" tubing. Flushed system then filled with Deionized water, after 2 hours of moving case upside down, on its side, pinching tubes etc I reckon i've got out all air bubbles BUT......

Idling roughly at 35-39 for CPU and GPU but i do have a reasonable ambient temp (must be 25 as the mrs loves the central heating) so not to bothered.

Stressing Intel Burn test on max and running a bench MSI Kombuster the GPU stays nice at 56 degrees i've seen as much as 73 degress on the CPU and this is on stock settings on the board. (I had 81 when using std turbo feature and promptly turned it off) Inline Water Temp read 51.3 degrees

Dont get me wrong, the system kicks ass. Plays BF3 at 1920x1080 on Ultra perfectly at 40fps(even with full MSAA) but the load temps do worry me slightly. I've tried a reseat of the CPU and also another fresh clean/coat of Arctic Silver 5 (used over the EK stuff provided) but with no reduction in temps. I know that having the CPU block orientated with the pipes vertical instead of the usual horizontal way may not be helping but at most that should be a couple of degrees, I've also got a 90 degree connector straight into the CPU block but again surely the combination of those shouldnt mean i'm reaching near the upper limit on stock settings.
It gives me hardly any room for overclocking and worries me that either i'e completely underspecced my rig or something just isnt right. (and yes i've taken off the plastic off the CPU block)

Flow seems to be as good if not better than my old Swiftech CPU block alone as I was worried the CPU and GPU block may be too much for the aging D5 but as per it creates a nice small fountain in the res.
 
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I've seen it at 71 for BF3 which is what made have a good think.

First time I took off the CPU there was maybe a smidge too much AS5, not much though as I hadnt even touched the CPU holder with it. Ok so smaller grain of rice this time.

After an hour or so it was clear things werent any better. Although it did look better on idle at 33-38 but again reaching high 70's quite easily so i knocked it off again.

Right, give a right good clean CPU and CPU block, this time proper smear of AS5 as applied to god knows how many blocks in the past that has never let me down.

Well so far so good, not a massive improvement but another hour or so of Intel burn In on max and MSI kombuster at full DX11 1920x1080 8xmsaa post fx the lot.

Still seeing one of the cores maxing out at 65 and the idle is back to 33-38 but idle was never a massive worry. I'll give BF3 a good go to see what that shows up. Stock settings I had hoped for better though like not really seeing above 50.
 
New CPU Block only. The pump and res are mine from old. The rad and GPU block are 2nd hand. Yes flushed before filling with Deionized water.

BF3 played for roughly 90 mins and 65 tops. Getting better and ambient is high so need to get the mrs out for a day and turn the central heating off.
 
Yes its ok, but since when has OK been any good for std settings. I'm hoping for 4.8+ on this rig but we'll just have to see what it can do. Might have to get another rad for in between CPU and GPU if it doesnt bed in a bit more
 
IMHO If you plan on going 4.8+ you really need to add in another rad to get really low temps, especialy as that 480 will really pump out the heat.

Maybe get an extra Rad and mount it on the Back of your case.
:)
 
temps should still not be that high.

i had a very similar set up. had a extra gtx 480 and a extra 120 rad and temps were not that high at 4.7ghz

what temps does your gpu get while gaming or stress tested
 
Are you absolutely certain you're running it at stock settings, cos there's no way it shouold be that hot. Go into your BIOS and check evrything, you should have a "load optimized defaults" (or similar) option somewhere, load that and then retest.
 
ThePengu1n said:
Are you absolutely certain you're running it at stock settings, cos there's no way it shouold be that hot. Go into your BIOS and check evrything, you should have a "load optimized defaults" (or similar) option somewhere, load that and then retest.
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or clear CMOS :)
 
Sounds like you have air trapped in your loop dude the 90 degree connector on the cpu block is probably making it more difficult to move out the bubbles. I'd check there maybe unscrew the mount and give it a shake.
 
100% running at stock speeds, sadly if i cleared the CMOS my Gene-z board would auto clock it to 3.7 with Turbo so I know 100% as i set multi to 33.

GPU has maxed out at 54 degrees. that was running MSI Kombuster for an hour. If you know anything else that stresses GFX as much let me know.

Now maxing out at 61 degrees after a few hours of BF3 on Ultra.
You could be right about the air trapped inside the CPU block Bluntwrapped, although before moving it to my desk i spent a good couple of hours trying to get all air out by rotating case in all directions whilst the mrs kept hold of the res so it was always highest.

The 90 degree into CPU wont help but sod it, until i can get back up to clockers for some fluid then its gonna stay the way it is as I'm sick of it now. Never before have I had so much heat issues with a new WC loop.
 
Aye, if you can mate I would unscrew the block and move it around a bit. I had a similar problem with my 2700k recently. Unscrewed the block, gave it a shake and watched the trapped air move along the tubing. Made quite a difference to my temps :)
 
Tried taking the block off, well i took the whole loop out bar the gfx card but made sure i could move the block, rad, pump in any direction. I saw no bubbles come through teh system and temps now everything is back together are pretty much the same. yet again over 70 degrees when running IBT and yet again with running kombuster at the same time my GFX card doesnt go above 54 degrees.

the 54 of the GFX is about what i'd expect for the whole loop....banging head against wall now bigtime!!!! Only thing left is to take apart the EK block and see if anythign nasty is inside. I knew i should have had a look before setting up the loop but didnt bother as i've always done it in the past and never once seen anything untoward. Then again I've never used any EK kit before.
 
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