Hello, I have this cooling dilemma I need to assess with my Core i3-4370 CPU. I apologize if I have mixed anything up.
Since I got the Cooler Master GeminII S524 Ver.2 cooler, I noticed that the idle temperatures were significantly warmer than my stock cooler: it was as low as 30 - 35 degrees Celsius (stock cooler could pull around 28 - 32 degrees Celsius minimum). My big problem is, is that the core temperatures (including the package temperatures) were just as high as how well my stock cooler could do it, which is over 60 degrees Celsius, and peaks at 65. I expect to have at least a ten degree difference (the temperature range I'm aiming for is 50 - 55 degrees Celsius max); the processor's TCase is 66.4 degrees Celsius. Since it has the Cooler Master Silencio fan, which is less noisier under load, but at the expense of less airflow, to which should I purchase: a high static pressure fan, or a fan optimized for more airflow? I am thinking of getting one from Corsair with LED lights on it (or I can get one without the LED lights).
Also, another potential contributor is likely the thermal compound, as I was forced to use the one that came with the cooler, since my brother's thermal compound was not readily available at the time. I do not want to purchase the Arctic Silver 5 and find out the thermal compound is not the problem, and I do not want to purchase the fan, yet, and find out airflow isn't the issue, either. So, please tell me: is it the fan that's the problem, or is the thermal compound the problem? Or both? If neither, then I'd have to return it for a refund and get a better one, but I don't want the Hyper 212 EVO, since it's too high profile and doesn't work very well with my RAM sticks since they have high profile heatsinks.
Since I got the Cooler Master GeminII S524 Ver.2 cooler, I noticed that the idle temperatures were significantly warmer than my stock cooler: it was as low as 30 - 35 degrees Celsius (stock cooler could pull around 28 - 32 degrees Celsius minimum). My big problem is, is that the core temperatures (including the package temperatures) were just as high as how well my stock cooler could do it, which is over 60 degrees Celsius, and peaks at 65. I expect to have at least a ten degree difference (the temperature range I'm aiming for is 50 - 55 degrees Celsius max); the processor's TCase is 66.4 degrees Celsius. Since it has the Cooler Master Silencio fan, which is less noisier under load, but at the expense of less airflow, to which should I purchase: a high static pressure fan, or a fan optimized for more airflow? I am thinking of getting one from Corsair with LED lights on it (or I can get one without the LED lights).
Also, another potential contributor is likely the thermal compound, as I was forced to use the one that came with the cooler, since my brother's thermal compound was not readily available at the time. I do not want to purchase the Arctic Silver 5 and find out the thermal compound is not the problem, and I do not want to purchase the fan, yet, and find out airflow isn't the issue, either. So, please tell me: is it the fan that's the problem, or is the thermal compound the problem? Or both? If neither, then I'd have to return it for a refund and get a better one, but I don't want the Hyper 212 EVO, since it's too high profile and doesn't work very well with my RAM sticks since they have high profile heatsinks.