Thomseeen

As I have said, the CPU is delidded... I already experienced that drop while it was still air-cooled. I have changed the voltages since. I'm down to 1.325 for 5.1GHz now. LLC is 5 or 6 if I remember correctly. The question is, should it be lower? cause that could mean, that I maybe should refresh the liquid metal (it's around 10 months old now)... Yea, I used the right inlet and outlet port. EK monoblock

Well, I can't get it to be stable (mainly tested with Prime in self-check) at a lower voltage. 1.35 still throws errors but well, I might should just go after overall system stability and not prime. And well, the CPU IS delided so I was unsure... I mean, just gaming the GPU sets in at around 60°C after a while while the CPU jumps around 75..85°C. Isn't that too hot? Even with 1.35V and 5GHz... and an idle temp of around 45°C also feels too hot... That's what I'm looking at while gaming. CPU and CPU OPT are my rad-fans and AIO-Pump is the D5

So I finished my first custom loop a week back. Looks awesome and for the GPU temps it also feels awesome. The CPU temps on the other side seem a bit too high to me, but before I go through the hassle of checking my CPU-delid and reapplying the CPU-block I wanted to ask, whether someone with a little more experience can confirm, that those temps are to high or maybe point me to another thing that might be wrong (maybe I'm just wrong). My setup: Fractal Define R6 EK Full Cover Block on my ASUS ROG Strix Z370 and on my delidded 8700k running at 5GHz with 1.35V EK Full Cover on my EVGA 2080Ti One slim and one normal 360 rad with 3 Noctua Chromax fans each EK-XRES 140 Rev Pump-Res combo Soft tubing... Loop order: 1. Pump 2. GPU 3. CPU/Full Cover 4. Top Rad pushing air out 5. Front Rad pulling air in Water temp is measured with a simple cleaned thermometer placed inside the reservoir as I missed to place a thermometer inline as i built that loop. Right in- and outlet directions are all cared for... At a room temp of ~22°C benchmarking (Valley Benchmark) the GPU heats up the water to ~42°C which makes the 2080Ti settle in at 55°C and the CPU at 58..68°C which seems fine to me (fans at 500rpm, pump 3000rpm). The max. heat torture test in Prime95 heats up the water to "only" 31°C after 15min while the CPU is at ~95°C with the fans and pump on fullspeed (1500rpm and 4800rpm). This worries me a bit as the low temperature of the water but the high CPU temperature indicates to me, that the contact of the CPU-block might be bad?! It's my first loop so I'm not sure what to expect and whether CPU-blocks are overall "less efficient" than GPU-blocks. I just wonder, why the loop can dissipate the +300W of the GPU and keep it at 55°C while the CPU's ~200W can't be dissipated that effectively as it reaches above 90°C. Sure, the CPU surface is quiet a bit smaller... but that much?! Idle the temps are around 33°C at the GPU, ~45° CPU (but quiet jumpy between 40..50°C) with the water at 30°C. Thanks for any help