Andreixd1 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 hello, a few months ago I bought an AiO h115i elite cappelix, cooling a 5600x processor. after some time, I notice that the temperatures of the liquid in it jump above 45 degrees when I play demanding games. it is mounted on top, as seen in the pictures, pushing air into the radiator. the idea is that this only happens when I'm playing, when I run a stress test only on the processor it doesn't go up like that. what can i do? I used the thermal paste that came stock put on the pump, the fans are set to 100% when the processor goes over 55 degrees, sometimes reaching 70-75 degrees, having a 4000x case with 3 fans in front which are also set to way, and one behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeDoyen Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 when you play games, the GPU turns your case into a fancy oven, and all that hot air exhausts... through the radiator, heating up the water even if the CPU isn't doing much. Usually it's best to install the AIO on the front pulling cold air in, or if it's up top, you can flip the fans to push fresh air into the case (but then keep an eye on the GPU temps, see if it doesn't make them worse). Also, it's better to let the AIO fans be controlled by the water temperature rather than the CPU temperature. It will be less noisy and more efficient. The fans don't cool off the CPU directly, but the water, and the water take a long time to store enough heat to need cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreizd1 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Well, what should I do in such a way to benefit me both aesthetically and to cool the processor well? I noticed that the liquid in the cooler reaches 45 degrees after an hour of intensive gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreizd1 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/14/2023 at 2:49 PM, LeDoyen said: when you play games, the GPU turns your case into a fancy oven, and all that hot air exhausts... through the radiator, heating up the water even if the CPU isn't doing much. Usually it's best to install the AIO on the front pulling cold air in, or if it's up top, you can flip the fans to push fresh air into the case (but then keep an eye on the GPU temps, see if it doesn't make them worse). Also, it's better to let the AIO fans be controlled by the water temperature rather than the CPU temperature. It will be less noisy and more efficient. The fans don't cool off the CPU directly, but the water, and the water take a long time to store enough heat to need cooling. Well, what should I do in such a way to benefit me both aesthetically and to cool the processor well? I noticed that the liquid in the cooler reaches 45 degrees after an hour of intensive gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Corsair Notepad Posted February 28 Corsair Employees Share Posted February 28 You can try to put the radiator in the front of the case to help improve CPU temps in order to use cooler fresh air from outside the case to cool the CPU. But based on all information there is no problem with your cooler and the temperatures you are experiencing aren't of any concern. Your CPU hitting 55-75C under load is well within safe operating parameters for the CPU, and no way near its TJMax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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