Intel RTS2011LC

[othertomperson]

Hi

 

I'm currently using a two-and-a-bit year old Intel RTS2011LC AIO with a 3960X clocked at 3.9GHz with vcore set to 1.240V and my idle temperature is about 48 Celsius (ΔT=23). That's... not worryingly high, but it feels higher than it ought to be for such a modest overclock. Under load it reaches 80 Celsius. 3.9GHz would be this CPU's Turbo Boost frequency and vcore would be higher left at stock (it'd be about 1.3something), so I was wondering if anyone has experience of this cooler on this CPU and can comment as to whether this is normal or not.

[Wats]

Easy enough, cheapo air coolers are superior to 120x120mm AIO coolers. High end air coolers are close to 120x240mm AIO coolers.

 

You've reached your limit.

 

 

 

After you upgrade, save that cooler for a gpu. Nzxt makes the mount for most cards to be water cooled with AIOs.

[airdeano]

Hi

 

I'm currently using a two-and-a-bit year old Intel RTS2011LC AIO with a 3960X clocked at 3.9GHz with vcore set to 1.240V and my idle temperature is about 48 Celsius (ΔT=23). That's... not worryingly high, but it feels higher than it ought to be for such a modest overclock. Under load it reaches 80 Celsius. 3.9GHz would be this CPU's Turbo Boost frequency and vcore would be higher left at stock (it'd be about 1.3something), so I was wondering if anyone has experience of this cooler on this CPU and can comment as to whether this is normal or not.

 

@1.240v should be close enough to a stock voltage that your idle should be 6°-10° above ambient.

sounds like to me you have a failed/failing pump. load temps should be no more than 60°.

seems the pump and fan(s) are PWM controlled. possible the pump speed got "minimized"?

reflashed UEFI lately?

[othertomperson]

@1.240v should be close enough to a stock voltage that your idle should be 6°-10° above ambient.

sounds like to me you have a failed/failing pump. load temps should be no more than 60°.

seems the pump and fan(s) are PWM controlled. possible the pump speed got "minimized"?

reflashed UEFI lately?

 

That's interesting. I hadn't thought of that, thanks. I'll try putting it straight on the 12V and see what happens. What you said is certainly the case while idle: the fan and pump both join to a single PWM connector on the motherboard so it will reduce the speed of both together. Under load, though, the motherboard is changing the speeds with temperature, and the fan is very audibly reacting to this, so presumably the pump should be too. The high load temperature would then imply the pump isn't working properly?

 

I'll still attach it directly to the psu when I come by a cable, but the implication just from how it is at the moment seems to suggest you're right.

[othertomperson]

Easy enough, cheapo air coolers are superior to 120x120mm AIO coolers. High end air coolers are close to 120x240mm AIO coolers.

 

You've reached your limit.

 

 

 

After you upgrade, save that cooler for a gpu. Nzxt makes the mount for most cards to be water cooled with AIOs.

 

I've seen that. I'd be worried about vrm and ram temps though. Is that not an issue?

[Wats]

I've seen that. I'd be worried about vrm and ram temps though. Is that not an issue?

You can order some cheap aluminum heatsinks from amazon. thermal glue as well. no, you don't really need aftermarket heatsinks for decent memory overclocks. vrm should be fine for high temps, 100-150c, for short periods of time.

 

the hzxt bracket has mounting for a fan...however plan on setting it up for silence rather than high performance.

[othertomperson]

Thanks, but it's moot now. Yesterday I rebuilt my PC in an Air 540 and put my cooler in the roof of that case. The simple act of working against gravity means I now get idle temps of between 60 and 70, occasionally 80 so the pump does indeed seem pretty non-functional.