Heat problems with H100i

[EpicDiehard]

I just installed a new H100i in my case yesterday, replacing my 212 Hyper Evo. I wanted to try for a bit of a better overclock on my i7 3770k. I took note of my previous temperatures, 32 at idle and around 50 while gaming, to compare to my new temps. I am now idling around 40 degrees and getting 55 at load with the H100i, having yet to increase the overclock. My question is, what could be causing this increase in temperature with the new, better H100i? I applied my thermal compound appropriately to the CPU, and had no problems with installation, but I can't seem to think of why my temperatures would be so much higher than my previous cooler. Any chance that it is just a bad cooler?

[nokturrduk84]

hmm... 40 at idle isn't good, but it also depends on what speed are you overclocking your cpu.

[Prokart2000]

possible rma but you could try putting rubber on the mounts to make it tighter maybe?

[drewtcjones]

My h100i keeps my 4670k @4.4 @1.1V around 35 at idle and like 50 on load. I'm not much help in telling if you have a bad cooler but am trying to give you an idea of what temps might/should be.

Edit: there are sp120s on the rad if that makes any difference

[Cubit481]

My h100i keeps my 4670k @4.4 @1.1V around 35 at idle and like 50 on load. I'm not much help in telling if you have a bad cooler but am trying to give you an idea of what temps might/should be. Edit: there are sp120s on the rad if that makes any difference

thats bcoz thats a really good chip giving 4.4 at 1.1v...

[Raudi_]

I have a Kraken x60 and my idle temps are 28C and 50ish under a load but i have a small overclock 

[lani100]

I just installed a new H100i in my case yesterday, replacing my 212 Hyper Evo. I wanted to try for a bit of a better overclock on my i7 3770k. I took note of my previous temperatures, 32 at idle and around 50 while gaming, to compare to my new temps. I am now idling around 40 degrees and getting 55 at load with the H100i, having yet to increase the overclock. My question is, what could be causing this increase in temperature with the new, better H100i? I applied my thermal compound appropriately to the CPU, and had no problems with installation, but I can't seem to think of why my temperatures would be so much higher than my previous cooler. Any chance that it is just a bad cooler?

Re-apply the cooler and check the thermal paste.

Make sure the fan header that is connected to the pump is set to 100%

[Fred Castellum]

Don't forget to take into account room ambient temperatures 

[othertomperson]

Your load temperature's not too bad. What's the ambient temperature? What's your clock speed and voltage? What sort of fan profile are you using?

[EpicDiehard]

The overclock has remained the same as with the 212 Hyper, 4.0 Ghz. I don't know why the temperatures would go up by 10 degrees on just changing coolers, especially going to water.

[drewtcjones]

thats bcoz thats a really good chip giving 4.4 at 1.1v...

ohh lol

[Bagmup]

The overclock has remained the same as with the 212 Hyper, 4.0 Ghz. I don't know why the temperatures would go up by 10 degrees on just changing coolers, especially going to water.

 

Biggest misconception is that going to water will drastically drop your temps, and on a gpu that's true, but not on cpus'. Especially with an AIO.

[Ericde95]

Seems relatively high. My idle (3570k @ 4.2Ghz, H100 not the i version) is around 34*C average, with one core always being around 37 or so. I would re-apply paste, re-install, and see what happens. Maybe its a bad "set." 

 

Also, make sure you take off the plastic that is covering the copper heatsink  :lol:  :lol:

[Steemax]

I have a 4770k from a bad batch it seems, I can't go any lower than 1.370v at 4.4ghz, despite this it idles at 22c and hits 61c on average during gaming, ofcourse it goes all the way to 77c when running Prime95 though... this is with the older H100 though.

[EpicDiehard]

Biggest misconception is that going to water will drastically drop your temps, and on a gpu that's true, but not on cpus'. Especially with an AIO.

 

I wasn't expecting a massive drop, but at least a few degrees lower, rather than several degrees higher.

[Ericde95]

I wasn't expecting a massive drop, but at least a few degrees lower, rather than several degrees higher.

Absolutely. You should be at least equal. Since you're higher, I am assuming it is installed incorrectly/not making full contact, or your unit is faulty. Either way, goodluck!