Intel i7 920 with H100i

[tenzin]

Hey guys,

I recently bought a H100i for my i7 920 running at stock clock. The fans on my H100i are running at 1900RPM when my computer sits idle and thought I would check the temp. After checking, the temp on RealTemp, it reports CPU temp as 48c +/- but i think thats based of the average temp from the four cores because when I checked in E-Leet, it says CPU is 31c +/- and the Core #0-3 are all around 49c +/- Is that what I am suppose to get? VREG is around 60c. Attached is a screenshot from E-Leet when my computer was idle (Kinda, I did a little visio work for about 30 minutes).

Thanks in advance.

 

[tenzin]

I have the dual fans setup as intake from the top of my Corsair 600T case and there is just 1 fan as exhaust in the rear of the case.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Without overclocking your temperatures are very much what I would expect out of the Intel® Core™ i7-920. Idle temps at ~30°C and under normal load you will see temperatures around 50° to 60°C.

 

[drg889]

Try running a program like Prime95 for a little bit to stress test your CPU and see how your cooler does under high/max load. Also, I would have the fans on the radiator have similar cfm on push/pull (i.e. 2 fans on both sides) for better efficiency.

I've recently been using the H50 on my i7-920 with a small OC to 3.0GHz, and i idle at 33-35C, and using prime95, max load at 60-70C.

 

[enterprise-psi]

Hey all, sorry for the thread necromancy, but i am curious. I own a i7 920 , and with a coolermaster air cooler, (forgot which one) i have idle ~40C and under load (Lightwave render all cores @ 100% perma) I never get above 72C

I wanted to buy a H100i but if i am gonna get the same aprox, results why bother. Right?

 

[RobCrezz]

Hey all, sorry for the thread necromancy, but i am curious. I own a i7 920 , and with a coolermaster air cooler, (forgot which one) i have idle ~40C and under load (Lightwave render all cores @ 100% perma) I never get above 72C

I wanted to buy a H100i but if i am gonna get the same aprox, results why bother. Right?

Idle temps dont change all that much with higher end coolers, but load temps will be lower.

 

[enterprise-psi]

But is it worth paying 100 euros, for what, like 10C lower? Or will it be even lower? I am asking because my cpu is at least perma 100% on average 3, or 4 days, rendering. SO if i where to purchase the h100i, and even overclock the cpu @ 4GHz, what temperatures should i expect?

 

[RobCrezz]

But is it worth paying 100 euros, for what, like 10C lower? Or will it be even lower? I am asking because my cpu is at least perma 100% on average 3, or 4 days, rendering. SO if i where to purchase the h100i, and even overclock the cpu @ 4GHz, what temperatures should i expect?

Prob not worth it no. Theres diminishing returns on coolers past the 30-40 euro mark. I got one mainly because I could run a great overclock with the fans running very slowly and quietly and also because i liked the look of it in my windowed case.

 

[enterprise-psi]

Thanks for the reply. BTW i remembered my cooler : N520
Out of the box, both fans pull air away from the cooler. That made it reach ~80C which i though is ok, because with stock cooler i would reach 99C!!!

Once i realized that both fans pulled, i turned one of them to push, and now i get max temp ~ 71C (room temp 26C)

 

[RobCrezz]

On my H105 with the fans running around 900rpm, it maxes around 60ish, 20'c ambient, running 4.7Ghz

 

[enterprise-psi]

Well it's not the same cpu, but still that 's kinda awesome