sdamaged99
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OK specs below
4960x @ 4.6Ghz (1.35v)
Asus Rampage IV Extreme (BIOS 4901)
360mm Alphacool Monsta Radiator
480mm EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE Radiator
Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15s on all rads
Corsair 900D
Radeon 295X2 Full XSPC Waterblock
EK 4.0 Pump
250mm Tube Res
EK Supreme HF Waterblock (it was a faff to get this mounted on my board but i think it is mounted correctly)
Running Asus RealBench my CPU is hitting 75 degrees, that seems much higher than i expected for what i am assuming is a decent watercooling setup
I've read online other people at similar voltages getting temps in the mid 50s, and thats running Prime95 etc
I think the pump is adequate althought the flow into the tube res is more like a trickle (but i don't know what to expect to be honest as never had a tube res)
Could the pump be the issue? Perhaps not shifting the water quick enough?
Rads get warm, but nothing more than that
On the GPU side, the temps never go above 53 degrees, no matter what i run (Heaven, Crysis 3, Sniper Elite 3, 3dMark etc) which would suggest the issue was more with the CPU and not the loop?
Have i done anything wrong?
I've noticed that i may have some trapped air in my loop. When i turn the PC off, the tube from the processor to the reservoir appears to fill with air (as in there is no liquid)
If i turn the bleed valve on my top rad, i hear a small sss of air releasing. However, if i turn the system on, i can bleed again, and then turn off and bleed again - rinse and repeat
I'm not convinced this is doing anything though as the reservoir goes back to being half full, which i worry may be trapped air
I reset CPU to stock frequency and then ran Prime95 and furmark together for 30 mins to see what kind of temps my watercooling loop could handle, and CPU was hitting 78 degrees (stock @4Ghz) and both GPU cores were hitting 55 degrees
Radiators felt very warm, and the 295X2 was so hot you couldn't touch it
4960x @ 4.6Ghz (1.35v)
Asus Rampage IV Extreme (BIOS 4901)
360mm Alphacool Monsta Radiator
480mm EK Water Blocks EK-CoolStream PE Radiator
Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15s on all rads
Corsair 900D
Radeon 295X2 Full XSPC Waterblock
EK 4.0 Pump
250mm Tube Res
EK Supreme HF Waterblock (it was a faff to get this mounted on my board but i think it is mounted correctly)
Running Asus RealBench my CPU is hitting 75 degrees, that seems much higher than i expected for what i am assuming is a decent watercooling setup
I've read online other people at similar voltages getting temps in the mid 50s, and thats running Prime95 etc
I think the pump is adequate althought the flow into the tube res is more like a trickle (but i don't know what to expect to be honest as never had a tube res)
Could the pump be the issue? Perhaps not shifting the water quick enough?
Rads get warm, but nothing more than that
On the GPU side, the temps never go above 53 degrees, no matter what i run (Heaven, Crysis 3, Sniper Elite 3, 3dMark etc) which would suggest the issue was more with the CPU and not the loop?
Have i done anything wrong?
I've noticed that i may have some trapped air in my loop. When i turn the PC off, the tube from the processor to the reservoir appears to fill with air (as in there is no liquid)
If i turn the bleed valve on my top rad, i hear a small sss of air releasing. However, if i turn the system on, i can bleed again, and then turn off and bleed again - rinse and repeat
I'm not convinced this is doing anything though as the reservoir goes back to being half full, which i worry may be trapped air
I reset CPU to stock frequency and then ran Prime95 and furmark together for 30 mins to see what kind of temps my watercooling loop could handle, and CPU was hitting 78 degrees (stock @4Ghz) and both GPU cores were hitting 55 degrees
Radiators felt very warm, and the 295X2 was so hot you couldn't touch it