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I7 @ 50 C when Idle - 70 when running BF3 (With liquid cooling)

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  • CPUs
  • Battlefield
  • Water Cooling
  • Intel i7
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September 29, 2011 10:44:26 PM

My Thermaltake Level 10 GT LCS is running hot with core temps on my i7 idling at 50 degrees celsius, and when running BF3, up to 75 degrees celsius. The case comes with the Bigwater 850gt cooling system which is hooked up to my cpu. I'm not using a heatsink.

Don't know why its so hot, any suggestions?

Full Specs:

i7 2600k sandy bridge
Diamond ATI 6870
16 GB DDR3
2 TB HDD
Windows 7 64 bit

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a c 96 à CPUs
September 29, 2011 10:58:20 PM

is the fan plugged in??? if the fans are all working, remove the waterblock from the cpu, clean any old thermalpaste from it, apply new thermal paste, and re-seat the block.
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a c 127 à CPUs
September 30, 2011 1:53:21 AM

Is it just a CPU waterblock or is it also running through the GPU?

If just CPU, then as said reseat the CPU water block and make sure you have decent TIM on it and its seated properly. And check the fans on the radiator.
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September 30, 2011 2:35:37 AM

Alright fixed, thanks guys.
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October 10, 2011 12:08:06 PM

Best answer selected by FrostEel.
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