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April 30, 2014 5:44:37 PM

I recently built a system with a Xeon E3 1245 v3 (4770 equivalent) processor. My motherboard is a Gigabyte H87M-D3H. I was running on stock Intel cooler but temperatures were reaching 95-97C while playing Crysis 3. I read a lot about what might be the cause and concluded that maybe I didn't seat it well enough. Since I didn't have ready access to good thermal paste, I bought a Cooler Master DP6-EDSA cooler which has a slightly larger heat sink than the stock cooler and thermal paste pre-applied. This time I'm confident that the cooler installation is perfect. Yet, I'm seeing temperatures of 82 to 85 or 87 while stress testing on prime95 in blend mode, Intel Burn Test on standard and Intel Diagnostic Test and the CPU usage is 100%. But while gaming, in Crysis 3 and BF4 the temperatures are reaching or just crossing 90C with only about 50% CPU usage.
I was actually under the impression that stock cooler would be sufficient for Intel without overclock. I feel the temperatures are way too high.
My case is a Cooler Master K350 and the Hyper 212 evo is 1 cm taller than the recommended maximum height for my cabinet. I looked into TX3 but am not able to get hold of one right now from what I have access to. The airflow in my case should be pretty good as I used up all the fan slots (4 fans in all) and set them up with 120mm CM Silent fans according to the airflow diagram of the case. Can someone please solve my problem. This is getting too frustrating. Thanks in advance. :) 

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April 30, 2014 5:48:54 PM

Cooler Master DP6-EDSA

is a very standard cooler. it probably cant even support your CPUs TDP well.
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April 30, 2014 5:57:15 PM

babachicken said:
Cooler Master DP6-EDSA

is a very standard cooler. it probably cant even support your CPUs TDP well.


I understand that it is a standard cooler, but it is at least as good as the stock cooler i believe(?) It is rated for up to 95W TDP processors(not that that has any weight here). Thanks.
Problem is the stock cooler should have been sufficient for non overclock usage. And why am I getting lower temperatures in stress tests with 100% usage than in games with 50% usage?. I really hope I can get to the end of this -_- One of the chief reasons I chose Intel over a 8350 was that i wouldn't need a separate cooler. Anyway that doesn't matter now

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April 30, 2014 5:59:07 PM

what program are you using to monitor temnps
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April 30, 2014 6:02:51 PM

Any chance that the CPU fan controler on the motherboard is not working like it should? Is the CPU fan spinning like crazy? R you 100% the cooler is seating right on the CPU (Ive used the twist procedure for my CPU coolers. That is to push down on the cooler when they are seated and firmly screwed in and twist it ever so slightly left and right so the thermal paste should spred more and the cooler would be more likely to be touching the CPU)....
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April 30, 2014 6:06:43 PM

babachicken said:
what program are you using to monitor temnps

RealTemp and CoreTemp. Both show same readings.
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April 30, 2014 6:09:45 PM

IcemanIceer said:
Any chance that the CPU fan controler on the motherboard is not working like it should? Is the CPU fan spinning like crazy? R you 100% the cooler is seating right on the CPU (Ive used the twist procedure for my CPU coolers. That is to push down on the cooler when they are seated and firmly screwed in and twist it ever so slightly left and right so the thermal paste should spred more and the cooler would be more likely to be touching the CPU)....

The stock cooler responded properly to load. The cooler master cooler I'm using now is a 3 pin one and hence is at full speed at all times. Because of that I actually had my idle temps drop to 37-38 from 41-45 before. Also I'm sure that this time everything is properly seated and the contact is good.

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April 30, 2014 6:10:20 PM

what does coretemp say the tj max for the cpu is
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April 30, 2014 6:14:21 PM

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what does coretemp say the tj max for the cpu is

100C

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April 30, 2014 6:16:02 PM

then you should be safe really.

i dont see why you should not be expecting those temps with such a wimpy cooler.
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April 30, 2014 6:25:07 PM

What gpu do you have, where does it vent, and what is your case fan setup?
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April 30, 2014 6:25:51 PM

babachicken said:
then you should be safe really.

i dont see why you should not be expecting those temps with such a wimpy cooler.

Even if it is reaching 95-97C? :-O I mean is it safe for longer use? Anyway what options do I have to achieve safer/more normal temperatures? As i said Hyper 212 evo is 1cm taller and may touch the side panel and TX3 is not available where I'm right now. I wont have access to Thermalright True Spirit 120M. The maximum I want to spend would be the price of a 212 evo. (rant: I was under the impression from opinions around the web that the stock cooler is sufficient to have comfortable temps on non overclocking CPUs).

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April 30, 2014 6:28:22 PM

artikle said:
babachicken said:
then you should be safe really.

i dont see why you should not be expecting those temps with such a wimpy cooler.

Even if it is reaching 95-97C? :-O I mean is it safe for longer use? Anyway what options do I have to achieve safer/more normal temperatures? As i said Hyper 212 evo is 1cm taller and may touch the side panel and TX3 is not available where I'm right now. I wont have access to Thermalright True Spirit 120M. The maximum I want to spend would be the price of a 212 evo. (rant: I was under the impression from opinions around the web that the stock cooler is sufficient to have comfortable temps on non overclocking CPUs).



well how is your case ventilation?
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April 30, 2014 6:29:22 PM

Karadjgne said:
What gpu do you have, where does it vent, and what is your case fan setup?

I have a Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC. It has 3 fans and vents from the top i suppose, so into the case rather than out. The GPU temps never cross 72-75C even at extreme gaming. I hope those temps are fine. And the fans- I have inlet fans on the front, side and bottom and an outlet fan at the back and a heat vent on the top(without a fan)
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April 30, 2014 6:30:51 PM

babachicken said:
artikle said:
babachicken said:
then you should be safe really.

i dont see why you should not be expecting those temps with such a wimpy cooler.

Even if it is reaching 95-97C? :-O I mean is it safe for longer use? Anyway what options do I have to achieve safer/more normal temperatures? As i said Hyper 212 evo is 1cm taller and may touch the side panel and TX3 is not available where I'm right now. I wont have access to Thermalright True Spirit 120M. The maximum I want to spend would be the price of a 212 evo. (rant: I was under the impression from opinions around the web that the stock cooler is sufficient to have comfortable temps on non overclocking CPUs).



well how is your case ventilation?

It should be well enough I suppose. I have inlet fans on the front, side and bottom and an outlet fan at the back and a heat vent on the top(without a fan). All are 120mm CM Silent fans.

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April 30, 2014 6:32:03 PM

and what case do you have
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April 30, 2014 6:33:52 PM

babachicken said:
and what case do you have

As stated in the OP, a Cooler Master K350.
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April 30, 2014 7:47:47 PM

Ooooof! r9 290's run warm. Running that gpu in your case is probably running up the ambient temps massively. No wonder the cpu is reaching such high temps. You're trying to cool a hot cpu with air that's probably in the 60-70*C range. It doesn't have a chance. That heat from the gpu needs to go and 1 120mm rear fan and a semi-useless vent isn't helping. You need to see if you can slap a fan on that vent. Take your bottom inlet and retask it as exhaust up top, even if you have to tap 4 new holes to mount the fan. Then see what your cpu temps run at.

I've personally removed the expansion slot covers on a friends case and used that hole as a fan exhaust for his over-sized gpu. Its a little more of an extreme case mod but what the hey.. I'm currently using a circular saw slide ruler as a gpu support hah.
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April 30, 2014 7:55:26 PM

artikle said:
I recently built a system with a Xeon E3 1245 v3 (4770 equivalent) processor. My motherboard is a Gigabyte H87M-D3H. I was running on stock Intel cooler but temperatures were reaching 95-97C while playing Crysis 3. I read a lot about what might be the cause and concluded that maybe I didn't seat it well enough. Since I didn't have ready access to good thermal paste, I bought a Cooler Master DP6-EDSA cooler which has a slightly larger heat sink than the stock cooler and thermal paste pre-applied. This time I'm confident that the cooler installation is perfect. Yet, I'm seeing temperatures of 82 to 85 or 87 while stress testing on prime95 in blend mode, Intel Burn Test on standard and Intel Diagnostic Test and the CPU usage is 100%. But while gaming, in Crysis 3 and BF4 the temperatures are reaching or just crossing 90C with only about 50% CPU usage.
I was actually under the impression that stock cooler would be sufficient for Intel without overclock. I feel the temperatures are way too high.
My case is a Cooler Master K350 and the Hyper 212 evo is 1 cm taller than the recommended maximum height for my cabinet. I looked into TX3 but am not able to get hold of one right now from what I have access to. The airflow in my case should be pretty good as I used up all the fan slots (4 fans in all) and set them up with 120mm CM Silent fans according to the airflow diagram of the case. Can someone please solve my problem. This is getting too frustrating. Thanks in advance. :) 


Hello, The biggest question here is, are you expieriencing system instability? laggy system? random shutdowns? , when your temps reach over 80C ?
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April 30, 2014 8:00:34 PM

Jason Hutchinson said:
artikle said:
I recently built a system with a Xeon E3 1245 v3 (4770 equivalent) processor. My motherboard is a Gigabyte H87M-D3H. I was running on stock Intel cooler but temperatures were reaching 95-97C while playing Crysis 3. I read a lot about what might be the cause and concluded that maybe I didn't seat it well enough. Since I didn't have ready access to good thermal paste, I bought a Cooler Master DP6-EDSA cooler which has a slightly larger heat sink than the stock cooler and thermal paste pre-applied. This time I'm confident that the cooler installation is perfect. Yet, I'm seeing temperatures of 82 to 85 or 87 while stress testing on prime95 in blend mode, Intel Burn Test on standard and Intel Diagnostic Test and the CPU usage is 100%. But while gaming, in Crysis 3 and BF4 the temperatures are reaching or just crossing 90C with only about 50% CPU usage.
I was actually under the impression that stock cooler would be sufficient for Intel without overclock. I feel the temperatures are way too high.
My case is a Cooler Master K350 and the Hyper 212 evo is 1 cm taller than the recommended maximum height for my cabinet. I looked into TX3 but am not able to get hold of one right now from what I have access to. The airflow in my case should be pretty good as I used up all the fan slots (4 fans in all) and set them up with 120mm CM Silent fans according to the airflow diagram of the case. Can someone please solve my problem. This is getting too frustrating. Thanks in advance. :) 


Hello, The biggest question here is, are you expieriencing system instability? laggy system? random shutdowns? , when your temps reach over 80C ?


Nothing that I have noticed. Except maybe Crysis 3 drops some frames in peak gameplay sometimes with explosions and all but i think it is because of the game itself rather than the temperature. No shutdowns.

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April 30, 2014 8:27:56 PM

You said CM Silent fans, you don't happen to remember exactly what model do you?
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May 1, 2014 12:39:34 AM

artikle said:
Jason Hutchinson said:
artikle said:
I recently built a system with a Xeon E3 1245 v3 (4770 equivalent) processor. My motherboard is a Gigabyte H87M-D3H. I was running on stock Intel cooler but temperatures were reaching 95-97C while playing Crysis 3. I read a lot about what might be the cause and concluded that maybe I didn't seat it well enough. Since I didn't have ready access to good thermal paste, I bought a Cooler Master DP6-EDSA cooler which has a slightly larger heat sink than the stock cooler and thermal paste pre-applied. This time I'm confident that the cooler installation is perfect. Yet, I'm seeing temperatures of 82 to 85 or 87 while stress testing on prime95 in blend mode, Intel Burn Test on standard and Intel Diagnostic Test and the CPU usage is 100%. But while gaming, in Crysis 3 and BF4 the temperatures are reaching or just crossing 90C with only about 50% CPU usage.
I was actually under the impression that stock cooler would be sufficient for Intel without overclock. I feel the temperatures are way too high.
My case is a Cooler Master K350 and the Hyper 212 evo is 1 cm taller than the recommended maximum height for my cabinet. I looked into TX3 but am not able to get hold of one right now from what I have access to. The airflow in my case should be pretty good as I used up all the fan slots (4 fans in all) and set them up with 120mm CM Silent fans according to the airflow diagram of the case. Can someone please solve my problem. This is getting too frustrating. Thanks in advance. :) 


Hello, The biggest question here is, are you expieriencing system instability? laggy system? random shutdowns? , when your temps reach over 80C ?


Nothing that I have noticed. Except maybe Crysis 3 drops some frames in peak gameplay sometimes with explosions and all but i think it is because of the game itself rather than the temperature. No shutdowns.



probably bad temp sensors,, touch your heatsink while system is underload to feel if its actually that hot, if its 80C then heatsink would be very hot, if its cold that could mean the heatsink doesnt have enough force on te CPU to conduct the heat, if its just warm then I doubt its 80C, your system would have done a thermal shutdown (if you have it set in your BIOS to shutdown at a certain temp) so if your not experiencing shutdows I also belive thermal sensors are bad with that reading
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May 1, 2014 4:21:20 AM

Karadjgne said:
Ooooof! r9 290's run warm. Running that gpu in your case is probably running up the ambient temps massively. No wonder the cpu is reaching such high temps. You're trying to cool a hot cpu with air that's probably in the 60-70*C range. It doesn't have a chance. That heat from the gpu needs to go and 1 120mm rear fan and a semi-useless vent isn't helping. You need to see if you can slap a fan on that vent. Take your bottom inlet and retask it as exhaust up top, even if you have to tap 4 new holes to mount the fan. Then see what your cpu temps run at.

I've personally removed the expansion slot covers on a friends case and used that hole as a fan exhaust for his over-sized gpu. Its a little more of an extreme case mod but what the hey.. I'm currently using a circular saw slide ruler as a gpu support hah.

Removing the side panel doesn't seem to do much regarding the temps either :-/ Anyway, the fans I'm using are these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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May 1, 2014 4:21:20 AM

Karadjgne said:
Ooooof! r9 290's run warm. Running that gpu in your case is probably running up the ambient temps massively. No wonder the cpu is reaching such high temps. You're trying to cool a hot cpu with air that's probably in the 60-70*C range. It doesn't have a chance. That heat from the gpu needs to go and 1 120mm rear fan and a semi-useless vent isn't helping. You need to see if you can slap a fan on that vent. Take your bottom inlet and retask it as exhaust up top, even if you have to tap 4 new holes to mount the fan. Then see what your cpu temps run at.

I've personally removed the expansion slot covers on a friends case and used that hole as a fan exhaust for his over-sized gpu. Its a little more of an extreme case mod but what the hey.. I'm currently using a circular saw slide ruler as a gpu support hah.

Removing the side panel doesn't seem to do much regarding the temps either :-/ Anyway, the fans I'm using are these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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May 1, 2014 5:09:24 PM

Ok, couple things. There was thermal paste on the cooler? And the cooler was secured correctly? And if pre-applied paste, the plastic was removed? If you-applied, was it done correctly? Is the cooler seated and tightened correctly?

While I agree there could be the possibility of a bad sensor, I'm struggling with the idea that realtemp/coretemp would have all bad sensor readings. It's a good idea suggested to physically verify the tower temp.

When you removed the side panel, did you run a game and recheck the temps? Did you try using a fan blowing directly into the case (small box fan ora small desk fan)?
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May 1, 2014 5:16:15 PM

get a new cooler or just some new thermal paste :)  ive got a h80i im gettin 50C playing titanfall maxed out 60fps
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May 1, 2014 7:08:39 PM

artikle said:
Karadjgne said:
Ooooof! r9 290's run warm. Running that gpu in your case is probably running up the ambient temps massively. No wonder the cpu is reaching such high temps. You're trying to cool a hot cpu with air that's probably in the 60-70*C range. It doesn't have a chance. That heat from the gpu needs to go and 1 120mm rear fan and a semi-useless vent isn't helping. You need to see if you can slap a fan on that vent. Take your bottom inlet and retask it as exhaust up top, even if you have to tap 4 new holes to mount the fan. Then see what your cpu temps run at.

I've personally removed the expansion slot covers on a friends case and used that hole as a fan exhaust for his over-sized gpu. Its a little more of an extreme case mod but what the hey.. I'm currently using a circular saw slide ruler as a gpu support hah.

Removing the side panel doesn't seem to do much regarding the temps either :-/ Anyway, the fans I'm using are these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


Like I said, touch the heatsink on your CPU... if its cold then the heat isnt being conducted correctly,, if it burns you,, you have a heat problem.. if its just warm and the inside of your PC feels cool, while these high temps are being read, then its most likely bad temp sensors and Karadjne, if the MOBO's sensors are bad then all monitors will give a false reading
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May 1, 2014 8:56:46 PM

Oh. I was under the impression that realtemp/coretemp got their temp readings from the actual CPU cores, not from the motherboard sensors.
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May 2, 2014 12:48:03 AM

Karadjgne said:
Oh. I was under the impression that realtemp/coretemp got their temp readings from the actual CPU cores, not from the motherboard sensors.


but the core temps mix with the mobo temp and thats what gives the false reading, your not wrong but also not right, I want to see a temp reading with HWMonitor
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May 4, 2014 1:14:16 AM

I tried everything and was finally fed up, said screw this and went and got a CM Seidon 120m liquid cooler. Temps dont cross 70 even in extreme stress tests and at 66C while gaming. Idle temps are still at 40 though.

Anyway im using the fan to suck in air from outside onto the radiator so the case gets hot air. Due to this my gpu temps have gone up to 82 though i have 2 intake fans. Im using the side fwn as exhaust. What do i do?
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May 4, 2014 5:40:29 AM

^ noice
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May 4, 2014 5:41:27 AM

use the side fan as intake, not exhaust then.
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May 4, 2014 6:38:29 AM

Then I would not have any fan doing exhaust except the fanless vent at the top.
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May 4, 2014 8:59:04 AM

it should always be like this

back and top = exhaust
front, sides, bottom = intake

heat rises while cold settles
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May 4, 2014 11:28:19 AM

Honestly I'd mount the seidon to rear exhaust, mount a fan up top in that vent slot, or vice-versa, and use front/lower as intakes. If you feel you need to, use the side panel as intake also, blowing on the gpu.

My h-55 is top mounted, so does double duty, CPU cooler and exhaust. I also have another 120mm I use as top exhaust that is shut down till case temps reach 40*C, I idle with a 3750k @4.3 and 16Gb 1600 OC @2133 10-11-10-30-1T @30-32*Cand even my heaviest gaming with ultra max grass/water only gets my 660ti to 63, CPU to 57. I have no rear exhaust at all, since I have dual top exhaust and good temps.

If you need to use your seidon for intake, do it from either front or bottom mount. You need exhaust badly. If you can get the air moving in your case, all your temps will drop.
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May 5, 2014 7:10:34 PM

According to CoolerMaster, your CPU cooler has a design TDP of 73 Watts
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=...

According to Intel, your processor has a TDP of 84 watts.
http://ark.intel.com/products/75462

I would call that a problem when running the CPU at 100% with the above cpu cooler.

Then, as others point out, you are running a power hungry GPU so you have heat piling on heat.

I would say the problem has been identified.
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May 6, 2014 2:39:12 AM

I agree with Karadjgne... exahusting heat is way more important than intaking cold air. All cooling components are based on dissipation so you need to worry about getting hot air out from your case. Having more fans intaking than exahust could even compromise cooling. Swap that bottom fan and place it on top, exahusting...

Running your system above 85º all the time is not good, specially in the long term.
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May 6, 2014 3:10:04 AM

Yep I agree. I wouldn't want my cpu over 70C except for a Prime 95 type test.

And a $30 cooler won't fix it. You need to reduce Vcore and run it cool now or you won't have a working cpu for much longer.
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May 6, 2014 3:15:17 AM

Casing ventilation plays a hard factor on temps, so does proper cleanup of processor before reseating a heatsink.

Front fans for intake. Side for intake. Back fans for extraction. Bottom fans for intake. Top fans can be used 1-1 if you are not going for large radiator watercooling.

By the way, it doesn't matter what you try to do with a stock cooler. They will never be able to cool down anything like crysis 3 or prime95.

Also you made a mistake taking a xeon instead of and i series. The thermal design is over 70degrees in case, so it shouldnt be weird that you run over 80 with stock cooler. The figures that are shown on paper and the real figures are never the same. I run my 1090T with normal CPU fan speed only 2 case fans and in crysis 3 my CPU never goes above 67 with a cheap zalman cooler. On specs they may put 73 degrees temp in case for an i7 but actually it is lot less.

So well you bought a watercooling probably you couldve saved much just getting a good air cooler and good thermal paste. My guess is you didn't clean your CPU properly before reapplying, and the paste had poor efficiency, maybe cure time too.

In most cases it is the case where people don't clean up the heatsink and cpu properly they end up with 10-20 degrees addition temps.
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May 6, 2014 6:29:33 PM

It's your processor the exon e3 is a very good processor therefore it overheats easier some of the exon processor's are notorious for running very hot it won't overheat though.
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May 6, 2014 6:37:56 PM

Well, people say I'm too "brutally honest", but your first mistake was not getting the AMD 8350 that you considered. I use the 4-core version, and that kind of horsepower that cheap is like a miracle from god. Only fools or rich people buy Intel and I am neither.

Your second mistake was to see your CPU at 95ºC (near your TDP) and fail to shut it down immediately. Thermal design power isn't the fence at the edge of the playground; it's the ridge at edge of the volcano. Don't approach anywhere near it or you're playing with fire.

I can't imagine why you made your third mistake: throwing money away on an Intel chip and a barely-better-than-stock DP6 conventional heat sink, but figuring that watercooling is too expensive.

You're already stuck with the overpriced, hot Intel chip. Don't let it go to waste by melting it. Even a crappy $100 prebuilt, one-fan watercooling gizmo will lower your temps WAY below what you get with the dinky Cooler Master DP6.

The only REAL way to cool a gaming CPU is thermoelectrically, with a righteous-asskick watercooling system, like the one I'm building now. It uses a 420-watt(!) 24v TEC (Peltier), half-inch tubing, a heavy-duty pump, and three radiators. It is expandable to 6 radiators if I put a second pump in the circuit.

Right now I'm running the TEC at 12 V and it keeps my CPU below ambient at idle, but my goal (when the cooling sys is completed) is to go below 0ºC at load. That's right, frozen solid during Prime95. The math says I can do it, too.

That will happen when I up the TEC voltage to 24v with the new 24V PS I just got today, though I may have to double the radiators too. I've already waterproofed my MB and CPU with rubber "conformal coating" to deal with condensation. The board is angled so water runs onto a sponge in a dish on the floor

Pix at Guru3D when I finish it, hopefully tonight, if I can get my grad school work out of the way and tear myself away from the fascinating stuff on Tom's hardware site. ☺

The strange thing is, the only game I play is second life, since "real" games involve killing people. I just like hacking my sys for performance. It's like a 1950's greaser tuning his car all day even though the only actual driving he does is to the beer and auto parts stores.

Good luck dude,

faye kane ♀ girl brain
sexiest astrophysicist you'll ever see naked
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May 9, 2014 8:47:40 AM

LoL... this site is even funny xD
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August 20, 2014 9:42:31 PM

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Well, people say I'm too "brutally honest", but your first mistake was not getting the AMD 8350 that you considered. I use the 4-core version, and that kind of horsepower that cheap is like a miracle from god. Only fools or rich people buy Intel and I am neither.

Your second mistake was to see your CPU at 95ºC (near your TDP) and fail to shut it down immediately. Thermal design power isn't the fence at the edge of the playground; it's the ridge at edge of the volcano. Don't approach anywhere near it or you're playing with fire.

I can't imagine why you made your third mistake: throwing money away on an Intel chip and a barely-better-than-stock DP6 conventional heat sink, but figuring that watercooling is too expensive.

You're already stuck with the overpriced, hot Intel chip. Don't let it go to waste by melting it. Even a crappy $100 prebuilt, one-fan watercooling gizmo will lower your temps WAY below what you get with the dinky Cooler Master DP6.

The only REAL way to cool a gaming CPU is thermoelectrically, with a righteous-asskick watercooling system, like the one I'm building now. It uses a 420-watt(!) 24v TEC (Peltier), half-inch tubing, a heavy-duty pump, and three radiators. It is expandable to 6 radiators if I put a second pump in the circuit.

Right now I'm running the TEC at 12 V and it keeps my CPU below ambient at idle, but my goal (when the cooling sys is completed) is to go below 0ºC at load. That's right, frozen solid during Prime95. The math says I can do it, too.

That will happen when I up the TEC voltage to 24v with the new 24V PS I just got today, though I may have to double the radiators too. I've already waterproofed my MB and CPU with rubber "conformal coating" to deal with condensation. The board is angled so water runs onto a sponge in a dish on the floor

Pix at Guru3D when I finish it, hopefully tonight, if I can get my grad school work out of the way and tear myself away from the fascinating stuff on Tom's hardware site. ☺

The strange thing is, the only game I play is second life, since "real" games involve killing people. I just like hacking my sys for performance. It's like a 1950's greaser tuning his car all day even though the only actual driving he does is to the beer and auto parts stores.

Good luck dude,

faye kane ♀ girl brain
sexiest astrophysicist you'll ever see naked


dont 4get to post some pics of the rig and bench when done :D 
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