Help Watercooling Temps Increase :s???

[Silentsnake]

Good morning everyone (that helps )

Well i finally put together my first watercooling loop on my Stacker case yey! and was expecting some amazing temps so that i can OC but not only was i far from good temps, they had also increased over my last cooling heatsink which was the Thermal ULtra 120 extreme

Heres my loop

Res > Pump > Rad > CPU Block

New > used > New> Used

Some Dual Bay Res > Laing Vario pump > TFC Xchanger 120 rad > D-Tek V1 Block

Well my temps went from being on 35'c Oc on ait to them being 43'c on stock watercooled :S??

Any help ideas on how to improve my temps or what may be wrong i would really appreciate it anyones input

thanks all

EDIT: WHAT PARTS ARE NEW AND USED

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Are your max temps the same or higher, or lower?

 

[Toxcity]

A very simple fix is to take the machine outside and blow all the dust out of the radiator.

Either using your own breath or a can of compressed air.

Should cut the temps down a bit as dust is an insulator.

 

[Silentsnake]

Are your max temps the same or higher, or lower?

The temps above are on idle with abit of Surfing and music

The max temps i have had on stock are about the same or + 5'C but when i had it OC to same settings as when on air temp increase was like + 10-20'c

Also i should of added what parts are new and used My Rad is brand new

 

[Silentsnake]

A very simple fix is to take the machine outside and blow all the dust out of the radiator.

Either using your own breath or a can of compressed air.

Should cut the temps down a bit as dust is an insulator.

Not a spec of dust in the rad its brand new

thanks

 

[Luigi]

My guess is the rad cant cope.. get a bigger rad?

 

[Silentsnake]

My guess is the rad cant cope.. get a bigger rad?

wow

does the orientation of the rad matter cos i have it upside down ?

and how fast the pump is pushing the fluid? i have it on max should i slow it down or is that good ?

noob questions

 

[Luigi]

fast is good....

Erm, Im not sure, But i do think upright is better..

 

[Silentsnake]

fast is good....

Erm, Im not sure, But i do think upright is better..

i have the barbs at the top bleed hole at the bottom i was told that this is upside down lool :S

im gnna try stick a fan behind it aswell so a push and pull system hope that helps if not ill change my block to another that i have

if any1 has any ideas or what they would do in my situation please share :worship:

 

[Toxcity]

Thermal paste? What type have you got?

 

[Silentsnake]

Thermal paste? What type have you got?

i am using Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste

 

[Luigi]

Open the cpu block up, It may be full of gunk

 

[Silentsnake]

Open the cpu block up, It may be full of gunk

Yea i done that before i put the loop together was fool of like hair and weird things lool

i might open the bleed hole and see if any air comes out maybe theirs abit stuck

 

[Ham]

i have the barbs at the top bleed hole at the bottom

i might open the bleed hole and see if any air comes out maybe theirs abit stuck

Urm..

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

I would get a bigger rad, a Quad under a 240mm rad is a bit of a strain on the rad IMO.

 

[Silentsnake]

I would get a bigger rad, a Quad under a 240mm rad is a bit of a strain on the rad IMO.

its a 12omm :ban:

 

[Luigi]

I would get a bigger rad, a Quad under a 240mm rad is a bit of a strain on the rad IMO.

lol, a single can handle a quad

But as he rightly said, a dual is more adequate.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Haha I thought that he had a 240mm... Sorry guys I am quite tired.

A Quad on a 120mm rad. is a lot of work.. up it to a 240mm or even 360mm if you want to do the job right

 

[nepas]

i ran my quad on a single at 3ghz for 6 months with no probs.

You DID bleed the system right?

 

[WC Annihilus]

Remount the block? <shrugs>