GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 This is my system specs: Core i7 920 @ 2.66Ghz D0 revision Corsair XMS3 PC 1600 Triple Channel Ram ASRock X58 Extreme Motherboard EVGA GTX 580 Sunbeam PSU 750W ATX12V 2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply Cooler Master HAF 922 No overclocking at all and my basement is about 68 degrees. Why am i getting 41c idle temps on stock clocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gremlingswe Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 what is it in load?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiousclive Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 gremlingswe is correct it is the load temps that are important. Also 41 deg idle is not bad. Have you checked that the H80 radiator fans are blowing air into the case not blowing case temps through radiator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 68 degrees in the basement?? and 41c idle temps. If so, your H80 is working fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsec Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Do you have the CPU power saving options enabled, like Speed Step and C-States? I would check your pump mounting, particularly the thermal paste "fingerprint", meaning how well the pump's bottom plate is contacting the CPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mi2andrew Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 is your fan connected to the 4 pin power connector? Technically with the h80 you don't need to plug the 3 pin connector to the motherboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 gremlingswe is correct it is the load temps that are important. Also 41 deg idle is not bad. Have you checked that the H80 radiator fans are blowing air into the case not blowing case temps through radiator. I have the Radiator mounted on the inside rear with a push/pull pointing the air out the back of the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 is your fan connected to the 4 pin power connector? Technically with the h80 you don't need to plug the 3 pin connector to the motherboard. The fans are plugged into the water pump where the directions say to plug them into. I have the waterpump connected to the CPU fan on the motherboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Do you have the CPU power saving options enabled, like Speed Step and C-States? I would check your pump mounting, particularly the thermal paste "fingerprint", meaning how well the pump's bottom plate is contacting the CPU. Speed Step is enabled and idles my CPU at 1574Mhz. I don't know about the C-States, should they be enabled if they are not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 gremlingswe is correct it is the load temps that are important. Also 41 deg idle is not bad. Have you checked that the H80 radiator fans are blowing air into the case not blowing case temps through radiator. I am seeing other people having 30c-35c idles. I am getting the same idle temps that i was getting with the Cooler Master V8. This should work better with idles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I have the Radiator mounted on the inside rear with a push/pull pointing the air out the back of the case You'll get a better idle temp pulling cool air into the rad from the outside of the case. Also, some air coolers may have a slightly better idle temp than some water due to the mass of the air cooler. But, your load temps should be much better than most any air cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 You'll get a better idle temp pulling cool air into the rad from the outside of the case. Also, some air coolers may have a slightly better idle temp than some water due to the mass of the air cooler. But, your load temps should be much better than most any air cooler. Ok ill turn the fans around and pull the air into the case through the radiator and see if that changes things. The room the PC is in is about 20c, so i should not be getting 41c+ idles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Where/how are you measuring this 41C? Keep in mind a few things when you are trying to compare your system to others. Your ambient temp may be different. If you have a different MOBO or even the same MOBO with a different BIOS version, you can show different temps from others. If you are measuring your temps with a monitoring utility, they may very well be wrong. If you use a different utility than others, you can't necessarily compare results. Etc, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Where/how are you measuring this 41C? Keep in mind a few things when you are trying to compare your system to others. Your ambient temp may be different. If you have a different MOBO or even the same MOBO with a different BIOS version, you can show different temps from others. If you are measuring your temps with a monitoring utility, they may very well be wrong. If you use a different utility than others, you can't necessarily compare results. Etc, etc, etc. I listed the parts in my PC in my original Post. I am using Speedfan to monitor my temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Check your idle temps in your BIOS and compare it to SpeedFan. Be sure that you have the most recent version of SpeedFan and that it is compatible with your chipset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 Check your idle temps in your BIOS and compare it to SpeedFan. Be sure that you have the most recent version of SpeedFan and that it is compatible with your chipset. BIOS says 41-42c. I am really really upset right now as my V8 is working just as good as this H80. What else can be wrong, i know its not seated wrong. I reseated and used arctic silver 5 thermal compound 3 times etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 You've still not listed your load temps nor have you stated if you get better results with the H80 as an intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 No the intake method is giving me the same results. And i will post you a screenshot of the temps using prime95 for 30 seconds. http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n591/Fearsyn/Capture.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 And i will post you a screenshot of the temps using prime95 for 30 seconds. 30 min would be better. Compare them with each cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 30 min would be better. Compare them with each cooler. And the Corsair fans are really loud on medium speed setting on the water block. My V8 was almost silent compared to this. Plain and simple this product isn't doing what its supposed to do. Its going back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Rotate the H80 to 90 degrees. Saw motherboard pictures and there are capacitors that can prevent the block from touching the CPU. Which means higher temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekAssassin Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Rotate the H80 to 90 degrees. Saw motherboard pictures and there are capacitors that can prevent the block from touching the CPU. Which means higher temps. IF i rotate it, it barely touches the CPU. Tried every which way and the best way is when the corsair is upright where to can read it when the tower is standing, meaning the text on the block goes from left to right as normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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