So I recently built my own pc with a budget and its been running smoothly so far, very pleased with how well it performs. It's definitely not a super computer and I'm looking for upgrade options in the future but there is still one problem which seems to keep occurring and that's the temps and noise of the system.
So right now I am using the corsair H100i on my CPU and it does a fairly good job of cooling along with the links software that I'm using with it. I have the 2 fans that some with the radiator connected with a y-splitter to the pump and my 2 case fans, one front intake and one rear exhaust, connected with another y-splitter. With links I can control each fan individually and I've set custom curves for each.
What seems to be the problem is the motherboard temps, at idle they are around 45 degrees and under load they can quickly reach the low 70's, these just seem to high for the type of cooling I've got on this. My CPU itself seems okay and idling between 20 and 30 degrees but that also gets very hot under load reaching the 50's pretty quickly. These are all under stock setting in the BIOS, I have set the voltages and frequencies to stock manually so nothing can mess with them and set it all up for overclocking. I was hoping to overclock with this cooler but I don't seem to have much headroom for temperatures, especially on the motherboard. I don't know whether this is just because of the FX series in general or something else is wrong but I was expecting more out of a dual fan radiator like the H100i. I've used Arctic Cooling MX-4 paste using the pea method in the middle which seems to have worked okay but I'm not sure if I should reseat the cooler again. I've read lots of forums on this but haven't see n a definite solution for what I'm working with so any help would be appreciated.
This is my system:
AMD FX 8350 with Arctic Cooling MX-4
ASUS m5a99fx Pro r2.0
H100i on the top fan grill with 2 fans in pull into the case
Nvidia GTX 760
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 2x4GB RAM
Corsair RM 850 PSU
WD 1TB Blue HDD
All of this is in a Corsair 300r case with a windowed side panel (Extra fan mounts on the side panel if needed for more cooling)
So right now I am using the corsair H100i on my CPU and it does a fairly good job of cooling along with the links software that I'm using with it. I have the 2 fans that some with the radiator connected with a y-splitter to the pump and my 2 case fans, one front intake and one rear exhaust, connected with another y-splitter. With links I can control each fan individually and I've set custom curves for each.
What seems to be the problem is the motherboard temps, at idle they are around 45 degrees and under load they can quickly reach the low 70's, these just seem to high for the type of cooling I've got on this. My CPU itself seems okay and idling between 20 and 30 degrees but that also gets very hot under load reaching the 50's pretty quickly. These are all under stock setting in the BIOS, I have set the voltages and frequencies to stock manually so nothing can mess with them and set it all up for overclocking. I was hoping to overclock with this cooler but I don't seem to have much headroom for temperatures, especially on the motherboard. I don't know whether this is just because of the FX series in general or something else is wrong but I was expecting more out of a dual fan radiator like the H100i. I've used Arctic Cooling MX-4 paste using the pea method in the middle which seems to have worked okay but I'm not sure if I should reseat the cooler again. I've read lots of forums on this but haven't see n a definite solution for what I'm working with so any help would be appreciated.
This is my system:
AMD FX 8350 with Arctic Cooling MX-4
ASUS m5a99fx Pro r2.0
H100i on the top fan grill with 2 fans in pull into the case
Nvidia GTX 760
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 2x4GB RAM
Corsair RM 850 PSU
WD 1TB Blue HDD
All of this is in a Corsair 300r case with a windowed side panel (Extra fan mounts on the side panel if needed for more cooling)