- Jun 3, 2014
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I just bought my corsair carbide 300r and a h100i gtx and have installed it with a small amount of mx-4 compound, and to be honest, after upgrading from a 212 evo I'm kind of disappointed with the temperatures I'm getting. My 4670k at 4.4GHZ 1.261v used to run hot and get to the mid 80's with the 212, but never throttle or crash under load of realbench stress test, but now, with the new liquid cooler, the temps get to 70'c still. The pump is in performance mode and I'm using the stock fans in push pull (fans spin in either direction). The fans are way too loud when they rev up and honestly, I'm not so sure these temps are acceptable for the £100 cooler as opposed to the £30 212.
Forgot to mention that my idle temps are in the mid 30's to 40's
Am I doing something wrong? without spending any money how would I decrease my temps? I want to push the chip further!
I consider the case to have good ventilation with 2 intakes on the front and one on the top in the rad, and 2 exhausts, one in the back and another in the rad.
It's kind of annoying to think I paid £100 for something that has only knocked 10'c off of my temps, and I honestly don't think i need a 4.4 overclock in the first place. Now I think about it, the money should have been put toward an i7 and bringing it to those clocks; but this isn't a post about my buyers remorse....
Admittedly this thing is quiet when running the fans slow, but it doesn't cool well enough right now, with a custom fan profile keeping everything at a reasonable level of noise. I was really expecting somewhere around the 55-60 mark to be honest.
Forgot to mention that my idle temps are in the mid 30's to 40's
Am I doing something wrong? without spending any money how would I decrease my temps? I want to push the chip further!
I consider the case to have good ventilation with 2 intakes on the front and one on the top in the rad, and 2 exhausts, one in the back and another in the rad.
It's kind of annoying to think I paid £100 for something that has only knocked 10'c off of my temps, and I honestly don't think i need a 4.4 overclock in the first place. Now I think about it, the money should have been put toward an i7 and bringing it to those clocks; but this isn't a post about my buyers remorse....
Admittedly this thing is quiet when running the fans slow, but it doesn't cool well enough right now, with a custom fan profile keeping everything at a reasonable level of noise. I was really expecting somewhere around the 55-60 mark to be honest.
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