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High temps when using Folding@Home

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Hi guys. I am trying to run Folding@Home but realized I am running into some high temps... I have a Ryzen 2700X and a RTX2070. The CPU has a Corsair H80i v2 and the graphics card is just air cooled. I thought it would be no problem but quickly realized my CPU temps where hitting 86 C at only 40% usage which seems a bit high. There are 2 120mm fans blowing in the front of my case and the Corsair cooler blows out the back. Any ideas what could be wrong? Side note, the plastic part of the cooler where the pipes feed toward the CPU seems to be loose but that might be normal. 

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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folding uses a lot of power to run the simulations. 

 

more power means more heat.

the H80i is also a small aio for the power of the 2700x so temps will be higher

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Just now, Acid Panda said:

folding uses a lot of power to run the simulations. 

 

more power means more heat.

the H80i is also a small aio for the power of the 2700x so temps will be higher

Would you recommend upgrading the cooler then? I looked into the temps more when I noticed that and saw they were pretty high in games too. When the usage was under 20%

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Look at your fan curves in Corsairs program. I have an H80i and it sets the fan speed for water temp and not CPU temp, so check what your water temps are, you might have a bad mount. I have a similar setup to you except I have an overclocked 7700k, at 100% usage I see CPU temps in the high 60's low 70's with two 120mm Noctua fans going full tilt.

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If you're concerned with the temperatures, you can set a package PPT power limit with Ryzen Master.

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18 minutes ago, Theguywhobea said:

Look at your fan curves in Corsairs program. I have an H80i and it sets the fan speed for water temp and not CPU temp, so check what your water temps are, you might have a bad mount. I have a similar setup to you except I have an overclocked 7700k, at 100% usage I see CPU temps in the high 60's low 70's with two 120mm Noctua fans going full tilt.

For whatever reason, the iCUE program usually says 0rpm for my fans even though I can see they are running. Maybe I need to contact Corsair and see what the issue is there. They might not be ramping up when they should. Thanks!

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