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i5 4690k idle temps are high.

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  • Swiftech
  • CPUs
  • Intel i5
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October 16, 2014 11:04:45 AM

Hello,

I have a Swiftech H220 that is cooling my i5 4690k and right now my idle temps are extremely high, they have been wandering around 40 Celcius with a low of 29 C and a high of 56 C. They are usually in the high 20's low 30's when idle.

I am currently running my H220 at 100% load because I might have to RMA it since it was making a strange noise when under 25% load, the support at Swiftech told me to add some dish soap in the loop and keep it running for 2 hours at 100%. So I started that and then my idle temps went up. I was just wondering if the soap caused this somehow or is something else wrong?

Also, if anyone has some water cooling experience, do I have to bleed out the loop afterwards and put new coolant in?


Thank you for any help!

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October 16, 2014 11:23:05 AM

The soap can cause bubbles and that will cause temps to go up.
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October 16, 2014 11:52:57 AM

ahnilated said:
The soap can cause bubbles and that will cause temps to go up.


Ah, that does make sense, I was worried I might have done something wrong when putting it back together so I am happy that this is not the case.

Thank you for the help :) 
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