Antech kuhler 620 issues

[envymert]

I recently installed my Antec 620, I have it set up push/pull and my CPU temps I feel are way to high. It idles around 33-40C but gaming/CPU intensive things it may heat up to 50-55. I have it Oced to 4.5 Gigs would that be why my idle temps are so high? The only other things I can think of is to try reseating the heatsink, or rotating the radiator.....I installed it with the tubes at the top it helped with the case air flow/temps. But this should not be the cause. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou

 

[saint19]

Hi.

The important temps are the load and not the idel temps. What CPU do you have? What case?

 

[rubix_1011]

Looking at his member config...its an i7 920...running this at 4.5 would get you load temps in the 50's Celsius pretty easily.

Idling at 33-40C is pretty decent...depending on ambient room temps, these temps are about what you should expect from that cooler and the CPU speed.

 

[envymert]

It actually is a new build with a 2500k, my wife is on the 920. Anyway, I tightened the screws as much as I could as well as updating my BIOS. When I run the ASUS Suite utility, I get about 30C at idle and 45-50C at load. I am now pretty impressed and may try to push it further but there isnt any need to ATM. Running one monitor at 1920x1080 eye candy cranked and even in Metro 2033 I achieve 60+ fps with mild overclock on the Sli'd 570's