Corsair H60 High Temps?

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Bfrancom

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Hi. I just recently bought a Corsair H60 to go in my NZXT Phantom 630 Case. I set the H60 up as to where it is mounted to the rear exhaust fan, the fan is behind the radiator. I heard most do it like that so I chose it. Problem is, I get very high temps. I am using the included H60 Fan. On my old Hyper 212 Evo Pull Setup w/ 2 Fans, I got around 85c on my 3770k @ around 1.2-1.25v @ 4.5 GHz, Now with the H60 I get around 100-105c, so I had to back down. Currently at +0.100v and get about 90c under load, at 4.5 GHz., Idle around 50c. Is this high, or normal. Anything I could change? The case has 2x200mm fans on top, both pull cold air from my room that is about 70f or 21c. Also has a side 200mm fan and an intake on the front 120mm.
 
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Anything over 100C for a proc is VERY BAD NEWS!!!
Try swapping everything around, the point is to pull as much air as possible through your radiator. Which means all your case fans suck, and your rad fan blows, or vise versa and use your radiator as the intake if you are pulling through too much hot air from within the case. Also refitting the cooler with a fresh application of thermal paste, I'm personally a big fan of the Arctic Silver5 solution. I've heard of some people "buffing" the contact plate of their coolers, but I have no experience with this.
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clayofthe757

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I would say make an attempt to move it away from the processor as much as you can. Mount it at the bottom of the case (just about as far away as you can get) and start over. Putting it near the radiator certainly increased the ambient temperature nearby, which means it's cooling the same system with hotter air.
 
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Anything over 100C for a proc is VERY BAD NEWS!!!
Try swapping everything around, the point is to pull as much air as possible through your radiator. Which means all your case fans suck, and your rad fan blows, or vise versa and use your radiator as the intake if you are pulling through too much hot air from within the case. Also refitting the cooler with a fresh application of thermal paste, I'm personally a big fan of the Arctic Silver5 solution. I've heard of some people "buffing" the contact plate of their coolers, but I have no experience with this.
 
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Try to unkink them as much as possible. It will affect fluid flow, but may or may not actually be hindering performance. How long does it take for your computer to reach these temperatures? If it takes a while, you may need more airflow through the rad, if it heats up pretty quick it's likely a bad contact point, sometimes it's that the thermal paste needs to be replaced, and sometimes it's that there is too much. It could also be that the plate does not have adequate pressure on the cpu. It could also be the pump mechanism not working correctly due to air bubbles. With any liquid cooling setup, mount the radiator on top so that any airbubbles do not get sucked into the water pump. Remember bubbles float upwards. See if you can hear any sort of sloshing sound coming from the unit.
 
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