Alright so recently got a Corsair H100i Water Cooler for Christmas, and upon first installing it I used the vertical line method. When I booted up the computer I ran HWMonitor for temps of the cpu as well as used the corsair link software. Both programs were reading the same stats which were about 40 Celsius at 30% load, apparently the idle percentage at the time. Then during prime95 testing for about 30-45 minutes it was reaching temps of 70 Celsius. This was all done at the stock setting of cpu. 3.4 GHz that would turbo itself to 3.8 GHz. Prime95 was running the cpu at 3.6. So out of curiosity I pushed the cpu to 4.0 GHz and left the voltage the same. After 15 minutes of Prime95 it was around 80 Celsius. I then stopped reset the cpu settings and shut the computer down for the night. This morning I decided to reinstall the Water Cooler to see if that was my problem. Upon reinstalling I used the dot method and got a little better idling temps. They run at 33 Celsius at 0-4% load. But when I ran Prime95 again at stock cpu with the two stock fans running 2000rpm in push configuration I once again ran into my problem. Stock temps were maxing at 74 Celsius after 15 minutes of testing and staying consistent at 70 Celsius.
Like mentioned briefly above. The setup is a push configuration with their stock SP fans running at 2000 rpm. Then a 200mm intake fan for chasis and 120mm exhaust fan for chasis. Tubing at pump is kinda warm, not by any means hot, and i have reseated the Water Cooler once already. The only thing I can think of is that I need to get two more fans for push-pull maybe, and/or when installing the backplate with the double sided screws (whatever they are called i forget) it was loose but now that it is all together it is solid and firm.
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. I am aiming for between a 4.2 and 4.5 overclock as I have seen many people achieve this with my setup.
Like mentioned briefly above. The setup is a push configuration with their stock SP fans running at 2000 rpm. Then a 200mm intake fan for chasis and 120mm exhaust fan for chasis. Tubing at pump is kinda warm, not by any means hot, and i have reseated the Water Cooler once already. The only thing I can think of is that I need to get two more fans for push-pull maybe, and/or when installing the backplate with the double sided screws (whatever they are called i forget) it was loose but now that it is all together it is solid and firm.
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. I am aiming for between a 4.2 and 4.5 overclock as I have seen many people achieve this with my setup.
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