Are these temps ok?

steverebo

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Ok, ive got my new rig finished but I'm a bit unsure of my temps.

My new cooling comprises of 1 x 420mm rad and 1 x 280mm rad with 5 noctua nf p14s redux 900rpm in push cooling 2 x gtx970 gaming 4g cards with EK blocks and backplates and an EK supremacy cooling My i7 4790k which is being pumped by an D5 pump with EK CSQ top.

I've got both my gpu's clocked at 1508 core and 8ghz memore and they never go over 55° full load.

My cpu is clocked at 4.5ghz core and 4.4g uncore @ 1.232v and when stressing using OCCT my temps are between 69° and 80°.

Are these temps ok with my cooling?
 
Hmm.. your gpu temps look great. Much better than mine. But your cpu seems higher than I expected.

I have mine oc'd to 4.4ghz but it never goes over 55. Does the extra 100mhz really push temps that high?

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I have 1x 360rad and 1x 240 using all EK fans. Voltage is approx the same give or take a few mV 1.220 I think
 
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That's what I thought, I mounted the block exactly the same way I always do and my loop is hardline so stripping and rE mounting is a nightmare. I've bled the loop for a good few days so I don't think there is any trapped air pockets in the block
 
What are your fan and pump speeds?

Sounds very similar to my loop except I have to really rage volts to get the CPU temp that high, like 1.35v+ I didn't switch my Supremacy to the 2011 plate and if I rebuild that's something I may try, or maybe an EVO top half.

JR
 
o.O not exactly crawling along at all then. The CPU temps are definitely higher than one would expect. If you know the chip well and your confident it's not excessively hot running naturally I think a reseat and inspection might be in order. Maybe try a little more pressure on the block first and see if you can get away with that.

JR
 
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To be fair I didn't pay much attention to this chip till now. At idle it's sitting between 27 and 34 which seems quiet reasonable to me it's just the load temps that seem a bit off.

Does the block orientation make any difference as I've got it mounted with the inlet and outlet horizontal
 
If the flow is the right way around then it shouldn't make any difference. Did all of the air come out of it well?

JR
 
Yeah I think your right I'm gonna have to remove the block which means draining the loop which is such a pain when it's hardline
 
Pull the CPU block off and check the spread of TIM, make sure it covers the majority of the IHS.

Dumb question in this thread, but what does "IHS" mean/stand for?... tried Googling it but only came up with a university and something to do with Jesus :huh:...
 
Integrated Heat Spreader, I think.

Steve: you definitely need to check that block / TIM mount. Those temps sound very high for the setup you have. That's a decent amount of rad space with decent fans, and with the CPU at a reasonable voltage. I think your temps should be MUCH better.
 
So I sat down this morning and drained my loop removed the block and the tim spread was perfect, confused I investigated further and took the EK supremacy apart only to find that the block had been put together incorrectly at the factory with the grooves of the base plate facing against the flow. I flipped it so the grooves follow the flow and re fitted it and filled the loop.

Ive just checked temps and now my cpu is in the 20's Idle and hit a max of 60 degrees at full load. Thats over a 20 degree drop just because of the rotation of the grooves in the water block.
 
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