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high idle temps with corsair h60

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August 9, 2014 10:38:30 PM

hello

ive recently bought a corsair h60 to cool my i5 4690k. but im having trouble with my idle temps and even worse with my temps under load. im running my i5 at stock speeds and im getting idle temps of almost 50C and load temps with prime 95 of 80C + it keeps going up but i stop prime 95 before it gets any higher. my ambient temps are 23C since my room is air conditioned and m voltage is 1.1157V. i have two intake fans supplying air and my rad as the exhaust so its gets all the fresh air. ive tried re applying the water block 2 or 3 times and putting new thermal paste in but still no improvement. my pump is plugged into a 4 pin cpu fan header from my motherboard.

update: just tried re seating my water block again and when i took it out i saw that there was good contact between my water block and cpu. then i re applied thermal paste and did a prime 95 stress test at sock clocks and it shot up to 100C in about 5 seconds.

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August 9, 2014 11:37:20 PM

have you considered that fact that you may have been applying too much thermal paste to the surface of the CPU?
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August 10, 2014 12:07:13 AM

To begin with the water pump should not be connected to a cpu_fan header. Use a case_fan header. You really don't want PWM management of the pump. Constant voltage and consistent speed is better. A lot of people have experienced grinding or poor operation with cpu header connections.
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August 10, 2014 2:48:50 AM

Nuckles_56 said:
have you considered that fact that you may have been applying too much thermal paste to the surface of the CPU?


yes i have sir, i actually tried different methods of applying them. first with the default thermal paste that came pre applied to the water block. 2nd i re applied a pea sized dot in the middle of the CPU, 3rd time i applied a line, and now this time ive spread it out evenly. all the times where ive taken the water block off the paste seemed to have been spread properly as it has been spread on the cpu evenly with no over flowing.

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August 10, 2014 2:53:13 AM

darkbreeze said:
To begin with the water pump should not be connected to a cpu_fan header. Use a case_fan header. You really don't want PWM management of the pump. Constant voltage and consistent speed is better. A lot of people have experienced grinding or poor operation with cpu header connections.


i will try to set them on the case fan 4 pin connector. does it matter if i turned cpu smart fan off so it will be a steady 12v? ive actually looked in the bios and it says 12.1.. something volts. anything else l should mention ? but ill let u know shortly the results.

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August 10, 2014 2:56:30 AM

update, re applied the water block this time i made sure to apply the thumb screws as slowly and as evenly as possible. >.<

in hopes to get the best possible even contact between the two surfaces. and thankfully i have seen a drop in idle temps as well as load temps at stock clocks using prime 95. it actually takes longer(around 1 to 2 mins) for it to hit around 80C+ rather than almost instantly before, but im still not happy with these temps as it cant even maintain a safe temp at stock clocks with a voltage of around 1.11v
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August 10, 2014 3:20:01 AM

update. switched the water block pump to a case fan header than actually got an increase in temps. highest and fastest ive ever actually gotten during a stress test shooting up to 93C in a matter of seconds at 1.11v.
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August 10, 2014 6:44:18 AM

bump
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August 10, 2014 6:51:41 AM

Are you 100% sure that the pump is actually working as that is now the most likely reason as to why the CPU is getting so hot
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August 10, 2014 7:11:48 AM

Nuckles_56 said:
Are you 100% sure that the pump is actually working as that is now the most likely reason as to why the CPU is getting so hot


yes im sure, because when i plug it in to say the fan header, i go to the bios and look up the corresponding header and the RPM read ~4200. which ive read in other forums is a sign of a working pump. IF i am not mistaken that is
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August 10, 2014 7:22:27 AM

would it also be helpful to say that im using generic thermal compound? would it make a big enough difference if i used something branded ? although i did get the same temps with the pre applied thermal compound that came pre applied to the water block.
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August 10, 2014 7:44:49 AM

afcarla1991 said:
bump


Don't bump your own threads. The H60 is cheap for a reason. That is all I am going to say.
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August 10, 2014 8:15:47 AM

bmacsys said:
afcarla1991 said:
bump


Don't bump your own threads. The H60 is cheap for a reason. That is all I am going to say.


is that against forum policy ?

and thanks but that is of no help at all. cheap isnt an excuse for not work properly...

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August 10, 2014 2:02:35 PM

Can you post a pic of your cooling and fan configurations. I'd like to see exactly how things are arranged in and around the case because you're right, the h60 being cheap is absolutely no reason for not cooling a stock clocked i5. Also, if you could install HWinfo or use whatever you are monitoring with, and post some screenshots of the full sensors window that would be very helpful. (It may take more than one screenshot for full sensors viewing.)
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