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While GPU isn't quite idling, it's not being stressed either, sitting in the low 50s range. Yeah, the radiator is top-mounted. I want to believe my fans are pushing air out, but I can't really tell by feel and the more I read about fan directions on this thing the more confused I get. Turning the AC on obviously improves temps somewhat but coolant temp is still in the mid-high 30s. Perhaps the GPU semi-idling with it's fans mostly off has an effect on this?

Hello, I got this cooler a while ago together with the new cpu and while the temps always seemed a bit on the high side, I didn't pay much attentiont to it since I heard the 9900k is a bit on the spicy side. But as summer rolls in and in the middle of an early heatwave, I'm hitting 90c+ temps on 50% cpu load. Something is fishy here. To keep temps lower than 80, I need to keep the case open with a fan blowing air at it. Coolant temps (as reported by icue) are reaching mid 40s with the case closed, mid-high 30s with the case open and fan blowing. Room temperature should be around 30ish. To summarise, when not using the goold old 'fan blowing at pc' trick coolant is in the 40s and cpu in the 80s, when using it coolant in the mid 30s and cpu in the mid 60s. Do I need to start fiddling with the contact of the cooler or it's normal and it's just too hot in my ****hole?