FilthyPhill Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Hello all, I had a few questions about my new H70 and temps I am seeing so far. I have my H70 setup in a push pull config with very nice noiseblocker fans. Idle temps are usually in the low 40c range and full load are between 60-65c on stock clocks and voltages. Ambient temps are usually between 70-80F . My questions is, I saw these same temps with my old E8600 clocked at 4.0GHZ with a TRUE in push pull with Noctua FP-12's. is the I7 950 a hotter running chip? or should I being seeing temps lower then this on stock clocks and voltages? Possibly I am doing something wrong, Air is being exhusted out the back and not into the case. I see the corsair recommends the H70 to exhaust into the case. I also noticed the pump is running about 700 RPM, should it be running faster then this? possibly the fan header I am using on my mob is not supply enough power to it? Also I noticed ambient temps have a huge impact on my CPU temps, one night it got into the low 60F range and temps dropped 5+C idel and load. Possibly its an airflow issue, but this I would be very surprised of I am moving alot of air in my case. I am new to I7 all together and this type of cooler so I am not really sure what type of temps I should be seeing, I was hoping for lower idle and loads temps I have to be honest. I have not even started to OC yet, but seeing the temps I have now, I am not sure I want to even try and 65C on full load is as hot as I want to go... Any help or information would be appreciated, if there is any more info I can provide please let me know. Thanks, Filthy~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlawlessSoul Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Both chips have max temps of around 100C. I've personally pushed my 920 as far as 95C with no problems. Don't forget that without an independent temperature monitor, comparing two different sensors on different chips and motherboards can give rather inaccurate results. If you're at 65C on full load, I'd say try overclocking it and take it slowly - give it another temperature test again at 3.6Ghz and see how much it has gone up. I now run a 920@4.2Ghz which maxes out at a little over 80C. Quieter fans are also not going to offer the perfect cooling. If you get the chance, try the stock H70 fans in push/pull and see if they offer a better idle/max at stock. Ignore the noise while testing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkolbo Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Hello all, My questions is, I saw these same temps with my old E8600 clocked at 4.0GHZ with a TRUE in push pull with Noctua FP-12's. is the I7 950 a hotter running chip? or should I being seeing temps lower then this on stock clocks and voltages? Possibly I am doing something wrong, Air is being exhusted out the back and not into the case. I see the corsair recommends the H70 to exhaust into the case. I also noticed the pump is running about 700 RPM, should it be running faster then this? Filthy~ Yes the 950 outputs more heat. The memory controller is on the chip as well. Exhaust or intake will depend on the airflow in your case. Intake will produce lower temps, provided you have enough exhaust to move the air incoming from the H70. You will have to try them to see which brings you better results. A pump RPM of 700 is not good. You should be running at 1400RPM. Either power directly from the PS or use a PWR header, or make sure that you have the header it is on running at wide open. You idle temps are high. You should be running in the 30's or lower. The pump speed will certainly impact this. The temps are safe, but I suspect the pump RPM are messing with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilthyPhill Posted October 7, 2010 Author Share Posted October 7, 2010 Thank you for the information guys, I double checked the Pump rpm last night and it is running at 1430 RPM, so that sounds to be correct. For some reason last time I checked it was only around 700. I thinking reversing the fans should help, the only thing I am not comfortable with is my AX1200 sits directly above my H70, so any hot air being blow into the case from the rad is going to get sucked right into the AX1200. Possibly I did not get a good stick with the TIM when I first installed it, so I think I will pull it out, revserse the air flow, possibly add a third fan outside on the case to blow air in and reapply some fresh MX2. I'll update with results when I get some time to do this Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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