Ok so this is completely ridiculous and has me baffled. Now I'm not going to claim to be an expert at building water cooling loops but I have done it before without any problems. I've been lazy the past few years and just did closed loop builds, but now I wanted to integrate my gtx 680's in the mix later and so I decided to do my own custom loop with just the basics. So I picked out all my parts which are the following:
(All koolance parts)
CPU Water Block: 380i
Radiator: dual 120mm thick 30fpi
Res: TNK-501 bay Res
Pump: PMP-500
Tubing: 5/8OD x 1/2ID and all compression fittings
Alright so looking at the specs I thought that this would completely annihilate heat. But as it turns out it does not. I actually filled the resevoir once powered it on for a few seconds then filled it again and then turned it on again and checked the temps while I waited for the air to bleed so I could fill it more. While that was happening the temps were staying at about 27c and 50c with prime95 running.
Well I finished filling up the radiator thinking "man my temperatures are going to rock now that this is filled up", and to my utter dismay I'm now idling at around 34c to 50c and prime95 is putting me up to 92c. Just a quick note the ambient room temperature is about 24-26c. I also delid'ed my cpu and changed out the TIM and with the h100i I was using before I had temps around 75c max in prime95.
Here are some pictures of my setup.
I've checked and there's only tiny bubbles in the tubing that I wouldn't think would make a difference and I've gone to such extremes as turning the thing 90 degree in every direction to try and get any trapped air out of it. Also the fans I'm using are high static pressure fans but the radiator nor cpu block are really seeming to heat up so much, the pump is though. So if anyone can tell me what I've done wrong or why my temps are horrible I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
(All koolance parts)
CPU Water Block: 380i
Radiator: dual 120mm thick 30fpi
Res: TNK-501 bay Res
Pump: PMP-500
Tubing: 5/8OD x 1/2ID and all compression fittings
Alright so looking at the specs I thought that this would completely annihilate heat. But as it turns out it does not. I actually filled the resevoir once powered it on for a few seconds then filled it again and then turned it on again and checked the temps while I waited for the air to bleed so I could fill it more. While that was happening the temps were staying at about 27c and 50c with prime95 running.
Well I finished filling up the radiator thinking "man my temperatures are going to rock now that this is filled up", and to my utter dismay I'm now idling at around 34c to 50c and prime95 is putting me up to 92c. Just a quick note the ambient room temperature is about 24-26c. I also delid'ed my cpu and changed out the TIM and with the h100i I was using before I had temps around 75c max in prime95.
Here are some pictures of my setup.
I've checked and there's only tiny bubbles in the tubing that I wouldn't think would make a difference and I've gone to such extremes as turning the thing 90 degree in every direction to try and get any trapped air out of it. Also the fans I'm using are high static pressure fans but the radiator nor cpu block are really seeming to heat up so much, the pump is though. So if anyone can tell me what I've done wrong or why my temps are horrible I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
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