antec Kuhler 620 w/ i7 950 TEMP

[B1GLAND]

Hi I am wondering if anyone with a little more experience with h20 cooling could help me.

I have a Antec kuhler 620 with a i7 950 at stock running at 32c idle
Is this good/bad?
I have a two 120mm fans one each side of the rad in what i understand as pull pull motion, is that the incorrect way?
Is there something i could do to decrease the temperature?

 

[Snortan]

Idle temps don't matter much as long as they are not too high, it's load temps that matter. Use prime95 or OCCT to stress the CPU and see how high the temps will go.
That being said 32c idle is fine.
When you have 1 fan on each side that is called push pull, because one fan pushes the air while the other pulls the same air.

 

[B1GLAND]

thanks, i will give prime95 a go.

 

[Mysterae]

Unless of course you do have your fans as pull pull; that would be a reason for an inefficiency with the cooler.

 

[Mgutierrez33]

Unless of course you do have your fans as pull pull; that would be a reason for an inefficiency with the cooler.

yeah definitely make sure that your fans are both oriented correctly... also, having had (tragic) personal experience with that CPU cooler, I can tell you that you certainly don't want to push your clocks too much with it. It's not a particularly efficient AIO liquid cooler, and dual fans doesn't make a tremendous difference with it.

That being said, 32 C for idle isn't too shabby, assuming your ambient temperatures typically hover around normal room temperature. Your load temps will be the big test with that cooler, however, and knowing the kind of heat that 950s can put off I would monitor it carefully should you decide to attempt ANY sort of overclocking (stock clocks you should be fine).

 

[B1GLAND]

Ok thanks, i have overclocked to 3.68GHz
Idle 40c
Load 66c
Is this high?

 

[Mgutierrez33]

for a first gen i7 that's not too shabby (on that cooler). I PERSONALLY wouldn't try to push it much more with that one but that's just me not liking to climb to 70 C or higher for longevity's sake.