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Yeah. The standoffs and bracket were fine but I cleaned up the pump and CPU thoroughly and reapplied a layer of thermal paste and upon restart the changes were drastic. I'm now around 25° on idle, and running the same 3D test, it never went above 50°. My sanity is now restored! Thanks for the input!

So there's definitely something wrong. I've installed windows and LINK and I get those results: - idle in quiet: around 40° - simply playing a youtube video: around 75° https://i.imgur.com/mDV7tdz.png - doing some 3D (photogrammetry) that's fairly CPU intensive, it instantly shoots to 100° and stays there. Even after stopping it barely goes back down to ~70° https://i.imgur.com/xJ72Ovi.png I've just tried the exact same 3D procedure with my previous computer (a 6y old i7-3820 with a noctua fan) and the CPU temp rarely went above 40°... https://i.imgur.com/FJJFSG4.png What am I missing there? Should I try to remove then reapply some thermal paste + the pump? Thanks in advance!

Hey, I just made my first water cooled build and I'm a bit worried about the CPU temperature on idle. config: Cooler: H115i pro installed on top, in pull configuration CPU: i7-8700K MB: Asus Z390-E gaming Ram: 2x32GB Case: Define R66 Front: 2 intake fans Back: 1 Exhaust (room temp around 20°) I haven't installed any IOS yet so I can't stress test it, but just checking the BIOS, the CPU runs at around 50-54° and I feel like it's already way high. I applied a normal amount of thermal paste and the pump should be installed properly. Again, I'm pretty noobish, so I'll take any info! Thanks!