- Nov 1, 2014
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My original build was in a Cooler Master HAF XB, the weird giant LAN case that I somehow thought would be nice to have. Long story short, it was garbage so I bought a Define r5 from Fractal Design. Rebuilt about 2 weeks back, everything is functioning as intended, but my overall CPU temps are a lot higher than they used to be. Idles were around 40° before the switch, now they're up to 47-50°, in games it's usually in the 60s, I did a stress test today with IBT and it was nearing 100° after only a few minutes, before it stayed in the 80s.
Before anyone says it, I am in Southern California and it has been hot as hell lately. This could just be the higher ambient tempuratures, but I don't know how that would account for gaming and stress test temps being so much higher than they were before. On my old case, the motherboard sat flat and now it's upright. I didn't change the heat sink or anything when I rebuilt, is it possible that going from the old position to the new one somehow messed things up with the cooler? I don't just mean in movement itself, but can the thermal compound setting when the motherboard is horizontal be messed up by being reset upright(if that makes any sense at all)?
Any input is welcome, thanks bunches in advanced.
Before anyone says it, I am in Southern California and it has been hot as hell lately. This could just be the higher ambient tempuratures, but I don't know how that would account for gaming and stress test temps being so much higher than they were before. On my old case, the motherboard sat flat and now it's upright. I didn't change the heat sink or anything when I rebuilt, is it possible that going from the old position to the new one somehow messed things up with the cooler? I don't just mean in movement itself, but can the thermal compound setting when the motherboard is horizontal be messed up by being reset upright(if that makes any sense at all)?
Any input is welcome, thanks bunches in advanced.
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