I recently build a new rig, it all went well and everything. Until i checked the temperatures with Core Temp and NV Monitor. It Idles at 55c from what coreTemp shows and at load around 77c. Keeping in mind that the CPU is not the only thing that is water cooled. the loop includes CPU + 2x 8800 Ultras. The ultras are showing 50C idle both.

My question is my system running way to hot or is this temp okey with 2 GPUs and CPU?

*edit* the cooling kit is the Swiftech Apex Ultra with 2 GPU water blocks and the CPU is OC'd just by hitting the multiplier up once from 10 to 11 so its showing at 2.93GHz

what??? wayyy to hot for wc

what do you think might be the problem? and what should be the Idle / load temps?

We need to know more about what hardware you used to build your rig. Including how you have your loop setup (res->pump->rad->cpu->gpu1->gpu2->res). This way we can try to help you as much as we can.

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The loop is exactly how u posted it res->pump->rad->cpu->gpu1->gpu2->res

get some pics>?

What size/type radiator have you got?

And ambient temp? Check if fitted tightly and what are specs of pump/ is water flowing ect

I expect you are wise enough to have bought a good rad and good pump with good max head? the water might not be flowing

Oh, sorry I just read your edit...


You have full cover blocks or single VGA blocks?

Full cover will be warmer

Adam,

Did you completely burp your system. AKA get all of the bubbles out (even in the rad)?

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For that you'll need a 120.3mm rad and its best to position it before the resevoir.

WC'ing so messy, glad im going with lots of heatsinks instead

Hmm it almost sounds like bad mounting. But I could be wrong. Try removing and reseating the waterblocks (after you clean off the TIM already installed). Also try turning up the fans to thier max to see ifthe temps drop more.

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If you have the MCR220 rad (2 x 120mm fans) then that's way too much heat for that rad to handle. You'll need at least a 3x120 rad with some high flow fans, and possibly consider two separate loops - one for the cpu and one for the GPUs. As someone suggested, reseating the water block might help, but that's still a lot of heat for three blocks.

Is it the Apogee GT or the original Apogee? Did you insert the larger O-ring to bow it? That would cut 2-5C.

Wont need 2 separate loops, costs 2 much too much space and all that.

Upgrade to a 360mm (120.3) Radiator and 60CFM+ fans. Position it BEFORE the reservoir.


So it goes:

Res -> Pump -> CPU -> GPU1 -> GPU2 -> Radiator ->Res

Temps probably wont pass 40.

Agreed, I would try the 360mm rad (my choice would be a PA120.3) before I'd go to a 2nd loop myself. However, I'd configure the loop in this order:

Res-> Pump -> Rad ->CPU ->GPU1 ->GPU2 ->res

That way the water is cooled by the rad just before hitting the water blocks. Either way, the order probably won't make more than a 2C difference.

On the other hand you get a hot resevoir, the idea behind cool water in res is that when it mixes it will further lose heat.