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rcflier500   10-12-2009 at 05:21:26 AM

Hi all.
I just finished installing my water cooling system and wondered if my cpu temps are fine

q8200 oc'ed to 3.0ghz
2 ATI HD5850's oc'ed 690/1088

idle temps

cpu: cores 37c-39c
gpu: 31c

Prime 95 and video stress test

cpu: no more than 50c
gpu no more than 35c

I know the gpu temps are great but i dont feel comfortable with the cpu temps. running a koolance cpu-340 with 3/8" tubing and a swiftech 360 radiator and a 500L pump

thanks

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ulysses35   10-12-2009 at 05:44:38 PM

CPU temps are perfectly ok.... water cooling is often judged how effective it is wrongly.

Water cooling a PC (CPU or GPU) is not about massive temperature drops but how effectively the cooling loop can sustain a lower temperature even when heavily loaded.

I know some people with air cooled Q8200's that get similar temps as you in idle but dont get anywhere near as close loaded.

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rcflier500   10-13-2009 at 12:53:32 AM

Also, my motherboard in making my core voltage 1.55v that seems way too high.

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yannifb   10-13-2009 at 02:41:31 AM

rcflier500 wrote :

Also, my motherboard in making my core voltage 1.55v that seems way too high.



1.55 is definitely too high, drop it down to the minimum required voltage for that cpu at that clock, and you should see very large temp. decreases.

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werxen   10-13-2009 at 05:22:36 AM

50 is still high for good water cooling.... just my opinion.

------------------------------ E8500 oc'd 4.5 @ 1.44 vcore with 92mm Zalman
ATI 4850 oc'd 680/1158 with aftermarket Zalman
Asus P5Q Pro mobo
2 gigs 800 Corsair ram @ 4-4-4-12
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rcflier500   10-13-2009 at 06:13:57 AM

yannifb wrote :

1.55 is definitely too high, drop it down to the minimum required voltage for that cpu at that clock, and you should see very large temp. decreases.



thanks, dropped the voltages down to 1.26 and the temps dropped to 47c max for core 1. max for 2,3,4 are 43c.

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yannifb   10-13-2009 at 11:44:09 PM

rcflier500 wrote :

thanks, dropped the voltages down to 1.26 and the temps dropped to 47c max for core 1. max for 2,3,4 are 43c.



Thats why i love undervolting :D

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