Billy1981 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Hi i have a quick question are these Normal temps for an idle system,the reason im asking is because, i thought with a water cooler my cpu temps would be much lower..thanks http://i43.tinypic.com/t82j43.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Are you overclocking any? What are your load temps like? Water cooling in general doesn't do much for idle temps. It's acts pretty much like an air cooler in the meaning that you can't get much lower than ambient temps. What are your ambient temps like? Load up Prime 95 and let it run for about 15 mins or so and see what your load temps are like. That will be a much better gauge of how well the cooler is working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryman Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Idle temps look fine... But what is ambient temp? The h80i looks a little hot for idle.. And peanutz is right water cooling doesn't do much for idle temps over air cooling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 the only thing i did is put it to asus optimal mode in the bios.i dont know if this is considered OC temps outside now are like 27 C so in my room probably around 22-25C maybe even a bit higher i ran prime 95 for like maybe 5 min temps gone up to 80C and stayed there till i got a bsod,which i almost shat my pants when it happened ,but thank god nothing bad happened, i have also set the h80i fans as intake like corsair suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I would remove and reseat the cooling block with fresh thermal paste and see if your results are any different. If not then I would have it replaced. It's definitely not doing it's job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 http://i40.tinypic.com/2qvy49f.jpg here is a quick look at my pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 what thermal paste do u suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snik Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Arctic silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryman Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 arctic silver 5 or MX (arctic silver brand) really any would work though...just make sure its not corrosive also unless you wanna use some kind of special alcohol cleaner i would get some arctic silver cleaning stuff but it would be an extra 10 dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOODedAssault Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Could be the cpu. Hope its just the mount, but I've seen some ivy bridge CPU with really bad contact between the cores and the IHS. Very seldom but it happens. Likely the mount tho. Arctic silver is trash. Anything that has cure time of 200 hours and is electrically conductive is not worth touching when u have great products like mx4 or chill factor 3 out there. Noctua stuff is really good to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 so what exactly do i look for when i reseat the cooliing block? What temps etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmecca1975 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hello make sure the are no parts of the motherboard such as capsasitors which the CPU block could be sitting on. I used mx4 on mine and put a little blob in middle of CPU place block on and hold it down with one hand so it does not slip and is kept level and tighten up the bolts I did mine in a cross pattern to keep it level. And also have your pc flat on its back so it keeps level. Mine idle temp is 38 to 39 with 4.2 overclock ambient is about 23 hope this helps with prime 95 hits about 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmecca1975 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Mine is the h100i but gives you and idea what to look for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmecca1975 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Also try your h80 fans as blowing out of the case might lower temps a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 ok so i checked to see if the paste was on the cpu correctly, and when i lifted the block only half of the cpu was covered in paste,the right side...so i put the block right back on and tightened the screws on the left tighter seems like temps went down by a couple degrees, i also noticed in my bios that turbo mode is enabled and runing at this freq 3812.30 MHZ ,does it seem ok to u guys now. PICS http://i39.tinypic.com/2wg8yrn.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/rireoz.jpg Prime 95 for 5 min + http://i44.tinypic.com/iemhkm.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmecca1975 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Did you put new thermal compound on after you removed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Did you put new thermal compound on after you removed it no i saw the paste on half the cpu and i put it back and made the screws tighter,so that the rest of the preapplied paste could touch the cpu,should i try new paste (arctic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmecca1975 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Once you remove it you should always clean off old paste and put new or it won't work properly you can get air bubbles trapped in there or uneven compound also try your fans blowing out off the case its how I have mine it could lower internal temp and cool things down more worth a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryman Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Ya I'd go with mx-4 like the other guy said but if you want silver that works too both works fine but the silver does have alot of small bad things about it and isn't really any better You need to put new thermal compound every time you take off the block... And make sure you clean the old stuff off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Once you remove it you should always clean off old paste and put new or it won't work properly you can get air bubbles trapped in there or uneven compound also try your fans blowing out off the case its how I have mine it could lower internal temp and cool things down more worth a try Im waiting for arctic silver 5 to come in the mail and i will change,im also gonna change the fans to make them exhaust and see if that does anything better to the temps,i will play around with it a bit and see what happens,worse comes to worse ill sent it back for a new one. what do you think the pump Temp should be,is it bad from what u see in the pic i posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryman Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I don't think anythings wrong with the pump your temps aren't THAT bad... Remember not to put too much thermal paste on about a half a pea size is plenty Temps will be extremely high if you put too much on Also the silver does have a curing time so expect 5-8C cooler over the next 2 weeks or so after you apply it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmecca1975 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Pump looks fine temps could be a little better I think. Silver 5 I think that one that takes some time to settle in also don't know if iam thinking of the right one but is that the one that can cause shorts because it contains something in it I think its bits of silver so be very careful not to use to much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryman Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Yes it contains silver and is very messy so be careful... And it does take a while it has a 200 hour cure time so prob 2-3 weeks until temps will be perfect It is VERY easy to use too much remember half a pea size is about all you need... If you put even just a little too much on temps will be over 10C hotter I had 82C full load small FFT stock after 1 week of curing time (barely cured) but after I reput it on and tested it right away I got 77C... Then I tried about 3 more times and I finally got 72C... So ya less is more... To a point :) and just put a dot in the middle... It'll spread itself with the pressure of the heat sink... DO NOT spread it with your finger it'll mess up the compound and your temps could be really high And each time I re applyed I put less and less on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy1981 Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Ok guys so i reseated my block and applied the new thermal paste arctic silver 5 and temps dropped 10 + degrees ran prime 95 small fft for about 10 mins and temps were not going past 65 degrees celcius on quiet mode, should i expect to see more temp drops over the next couple days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryman Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 just a few degrees C as it cures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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