Hello all,
Today I installed a Dark Rock 3 Pro in my system, which was a feat of strength in itself. The thing is so massive that I can't even tell if the heat sink is making contact with the CPU.
In the BIOS the CPU reads 32c, this doesn't seem right because the ambient temperature is around 29c. I didn't take that for granted so I used RealTemp for an OS reading of 35c.
This is where I think the problem is - when I reach my fingers around to the heatpipes directly above the CPU they are cold, not room temp but actually Cold. I can't feel any heat anywhere on the fins either.
I then run Prime95 for 40 mins the cpu peaked at 68c with an average of 60c. (still no heat at all from heatpipes)
My case is all Air-cooled - 9 x 120mm - 2 x 140mm, but surely this kind of passive cooling could not cool a 3770k without contact to the cooler right ?
The screws on the back-plate are as tight as I would like to go, anymore and I fear I'll tear some silicone. Anyone have a clue what I should do here ?
Today I installed a Dark Rock 3 Pro in my system, which was a feat of strength in itself. The thing is so massive that I can't even tell if the heat sink is making contact with the CPU.
In the BIOS the CPU reads 32c, this doesn't seem right because the ambient temperature is around 29c. I didn't take that for granted so I used RealTemp for an OS reading of 35c.
This is where I think the problem is - when I reach my fingers around to the heatpipes directly above the CPU they are cold, not room temp but actually Cold. I can't feel any heat anywhere on the fins either.
I then run Prime95 for 40 mins the cpu peaked at 68c with an average of 60c. (still no heat at all from heatpipes)
My case is all Air-cooled - 9 x 120mm - 2 x 140mm, but surely this kind of passive cooling could not cool a 3770k without contact to the cooler right ?
The screws on the back-plate are as tight as I would like to go, anymore and I fear I'll tear some silicone. Anyone have a clue what I should do here ?
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