Hello everyone. I just recently installed a H100i V2 AIO cooler on my i7 9700k. I am running a 5ghz overclock on the chip using the Intel XTU at default V core settings. My room is usually 20-22 degrees C, my idle temps are 32-33 C. Any kind of stress test and my package temp on the cpu goes to 80-85-90-95 in around 5 seconds after starting the load, ending up thermal throttling. I've read it's pretty common to mount these things improperly, so I've checked TWICE and all seems to be fine, I'm getting adequate spread on the thermal compound, and as far as I can tell I'm making good contact with the cold plate and the cpu IHS. In Corsair iCUE I have the pump maxed (says 3000RPM or so) and the fans set to "balanced". What am I doing wrong? This seems like terrible performance for a 280mm AIO.
At the stock turbo frequency 4.7ghz temps go straight to 70C and level off around 75C.
To me this seems like I either have a weak pump or there is a blockage somewhere in the rad. I'm brand new to water-cooling, so I don't have any experience with performance, but this does seem really underwhelming. Not even beating out a Hyper 212 Evo.
According to MSI Afterburner the CPU draws about 190W on the 5ghz overclock and around 125W on stock settings. Can this cooler really not handle 190W of heat dissipation? Frustrated.
Appreciate any insight, thanks.
