- Nov 9, 2013
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Hello,
I currently own a Fractal Design Kelvin S36 liquid cooler.
My motherboard is an Asus Maximus VII hero.
I've been facing a lot of heating issues lately; a few months back, it was so bad that I had to refill the tank for the cooler, but it still manages to overheat every now and again with no overclock. *note I have tried reapplying thermal paste and I keep my rig mostly dust free, but to my understanding the problem is most likely from the cooler but it could also be from my cpu.
When I first built my PC, I was able to run the CPU overclocked at 4.5Ghz but overtime I had to reset to defaults and now, every 2 months or so, it overheats and I have to wobble the hell out of the cooler to get rid of air bubbles and get it working.
Now, on a good day, I get 35 degrees Celsius for idle; gaming and graphic design/ rending varies but usually tops at 80, however, the good days are few.
So here is what I'm looking for:
- Preferably lets me overclock to 4.5
- Lower than 28db noise levels (current one is around this and I dont want anything louder)
- Price is not a problem
- Either closed loop liquid or air cooled.
After reading a bit here, here's the list of the things I came up with:
1- Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
2- Cryorig H7 & H5 & R1
3- Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
I am open to more suggestions and just want the best thing possible, do note that Noctua coolers do not fit my rig as dimension-wise they are too big.
P.S. I've heard that bios settings might be affecting my cpu heat, but I am a noobie at working with the bios and I've only set them to "optimized defaults", so I am not sure if there might be a problem there and would appreciate someone helping me figure that out.
I currently own a Fractal Design Kelvin S36 liquid cooler.
My motherboard is an Asus Maximus VII hero.
I've been facing a lot of heating issues lately; a few months back, it was so bad that I had to refill the tank for the cooler, but it still manages to overheat every now and again with no overclock. *note I have tried reapplying thermal paste and I keep my rig mostly dust free, but to my understanding the problem is most likely from the cooler but it could also be from my cpu.
When I first built my PC, I was able to run the CPU overclocked at 4.5Ghz but overtime I had to reset to defaults and now, every 2 months or so, it overheats and I have to wobble the hell out of the cooler to get rid of air bubbles and get it working.
Now, on a good day, I get 35 degrees Celsius for idle; gaming and graphic design/ rending varies but usually tops at 80, however, the good days are few.
So here is what I'm looking for:
- Preferably lets me overclock to 4.5
- Lower than 28db noise levels (current one is around this and I dont want anything louder)
- Price is not a problem
- Either closed loop liquid or air cooled.
After reading a bit here, here's the list of the things I came up with:
1- Arctic Liquid Freezer 360
2- Cryorig H7 & H5 & R1
3- Be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
I am open to more suggestions and just want the best thing possible, do note that Noctua coolers do not fit my rig as dimension-wise they are too big.
P.S. I've heard that bios settings might be affecting my cpu heat, but I am a noobie at working with the bios and I've only set them to "optimized defaults", so I am not sure if there might be a problem there and would appreciate someone helping me figure that out.
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