H60 temps on i7 920

[steven467]

I recently purchased a Corsair H60 for my i7 920 and am wondering if my temps are about right. My 920 is Oced to 3.6ghz and vcore at 1.15 stable. Im getting around 37 at idle and 59-62 load. Im only wondering because i see people saying they get in the 20's with this cooler. Im using dual fans on it with a fan>>>rad>>>fan>> set up sucking in air. Two 140mm's up top to exhaust. Thanks in advance.

 

[rubix_1011]

Those temps are fairly normal, but temps are depending on ambient room temperature and it depends on what you are using to monitor idle/load temps- this can sometimes be inaccurate depending on software used.

Moving this to the watercooling forum.

 

[boiler1990]

I can't imagine people are getting 20C with an H60 unless their ambient temps are that low and they're measuring their temps at idle with a stock CPU.

Your temps are definitely normal for any good air/LCS cooler.

 

[rubix_1011]

20 C = 68 F, so maybe they had a drafty room? Either way, we see a lot of folks that come in saying 'I saw so and so hit such and such temp, why can't I?'

1) Depends on ambient air temperature. Air and normal watercooling can never go below ambient room temperature, period. If your room is 25 C ambient, the very best your cooler could do is keep a component cooled to 25 C (and likely only at idle).

2) Depends on what is used for temp monitoring...some are better than others, not all are accurate.

 

[steven467]

Thanks for the info, im now at 4.0ghz @ 1.28v; idle about 40C and load 68 so im pretty happy with it. Im sure i would be getting better temps with a sandybridge.

 

[steven467]

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