Liquid Cooled Q9450 hitting 67c temps? Please help!!

I have a Q9450 on an Asus p5n-d mobo OC'ed to 3.2ghz from 2.66ghz.

My voltage is 1.22, and I use a thermaltake bigwater 760i liquid cooling kit with artic silver 5.

With full cpu load (prime95) i sit at 65c-67c, and idle is 50-52c. Something is very wrong with this picture if others can hit under 40c with full load on aircoolers. I was under the impression that liquid = win. What am I doing wrong here?

FYI non-OC'ed at stock speeds and 1.16 volts, my temps are 40c on idle and 55-60c with full load.

Additionally, i'm using positive pressure in my case (just incase your wondering)

Thanks for all your help guys!

yes, I pulled is off completely, cleaned the cpu, put on new artic silver 5 and re-seated the kit. I made sure that the pressure on all 4 sides of the cpu were even.

Now, I am using realtemp to read my temps and I have heard that nothing can properly read a Q9450 on the P5N-D, but i'm still worried.

The only thing that comes to mind is that the bigwater sucks and there goes $120 down the drain. But I really hope that's not the case.

Here is a link to the kit I use.

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Prod [...] 60&ID=1616

Yeah ThermalTake LC kits aren't the best.

water cooling is good for getting heat off the cpu, but if you cant get the heat out of the water, the whole system is just going to heat up.

Like the blackknight cpu cooler, just not aluminum? Or is it just wishful thinking?

^ Go for the CCF
its only $24

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835207004

then either return your bigwater or sell it on ebay
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_t [...] Categories

Thanks for the suggestions. I have heard good things about the CCF because of the direct contact heat pipes, but how does it compare this the zermtherm full copper heatsink that's got full copper contact?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835887002

Is there anything better than the CCF? I'm looking to keep my temps below 50c at full load with an OC'ed Q9450 at 1.22 volts.

Not sure how the big water cooler is designed, Is there a chance you can ad another Rad to the loop? Sure for a decent Rad you will be looking at 60-100 dollars, but at least might have a decent water cooling loop. When I went water cooling I skipped the kits, and spent around $350 dollars at the Den and other stores. My Phenom II 940 @ 3.6ghz on 1.39 volts Idles at 29C and load is never more then 45C

Good luck with what ever you decide to go with

I think you guys are right, in that the rad is too small and the product as a whole is just not up to par. I should have gone custom.

Still, in picking an air cpu cooler, I do like overshocked suggestion of the CCF.

^
HSH For The Win!

And the CCF if you dont want to make a HSH.

LOL.

Or just add your own rad into the loop to start with. That makes a massive difference.

I agree he should either sell it or send it back for his money. And if he wants water cooling he can buy a better kit or get different parts for it.

Yeah your right, I think the kit he has, sorry to say is junk. If your going to go water cooling, do it right, it my be expensive to do it right, around $350 bucks, but it can be transfered to your next rig, and the next..... so on and so forth. My rig is staying right at 32C on the cpu and 30C on the motherboard. I am loving it.

What coolant are you using?
The fans on the Rad spinning up properly at mid high's rpm? Balanced?

TRUE 120 Copper is a full 2kg chuck of copper and currently the best air cooler you can get on the market. The only problem is that its too heavy and requires 3rd party retention support (maybe a fishing line holding the tip of it around the top of the case)

Wow, now that is some serious air cooling!!!

Yeah you can't always refer to benchmarks by "other" people. They give a outline and view of what the products will be like, but nothing is the same, including setup, cpu, overclock and case/cable management in the case. Fair enough Xbitlabs test their shows that the IFX is best when they tested, but it would be a different story on my test bench and or in my case. Here where I am, the TRUE is best for its value, best bang for buck and its performance.