Is my h100i AIO mounted incorrectly?

[jake765111]

I recently purchased a H100i and my CPU temperature is much higher than the coolant. 
 

I am running a 5700x with a overclock, pulling about 120W. 

AIO’s pump is running at max speed. 
 

My temps spike up to 160f (71c) but the AIO’s coolant stays under 100f. (37c)
 

I did make sure to tighten down the Aio pretty good. Is it possible it’s too tight?

 

thanks for your suggestions and advice!

[Hinjima]

1 minute ago, jake765111 said:

I recently purchased a H100i and my CPU temperature is much higher than the coolant. 
 

I am running a 5700x with a overclock, pulling about 120W. 

AIO’s pump is running at max speed. 
 

My temps spike up to 160f but the AIO’s coolant stays under 100f. 
 

I did make sure to tighten down the Aio pretty good. Is it possible it’s too tight?

 

thanks for your suggestions and advice!

please use celsius when talking about computer temperatures, its the standard.

[jake765111]

2 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

please use celsius when talking about computer temperatures, its the standard.

Updated.

[Hinjima]

8 minutes ago, jake765111 said:

Updated.

71c is still pretty good temp even with that AIO, the overclock definitely increases the temps.  Its still way withing spec and safe range so nothing to worry about.  The CPU will always be higher temp than the coolant in short bursts or in general gaming,  there is a heatspreader and the copper block on the pump in the way soaking some heat too. All good here
The lower the coolant temp, the better it will cool the CPU so you want low coolant temps

[BadBadali]

11 minutes ago, jake765111 said:

I recently purchased a H100i and my CPU temperature is much higher than the coolant. 
 

I am running a 5700x with a overclock, pulling about 120W. 

AIO’s pump is running at max speed. 
 

My temps spike up to 160f (71c) but the AIO’s coolant stays under 100f. (37c)
 

I did make sure to tighten down the Aio pretty good. Is it possible it’s too tight?

 

thanks for your suggestions and advice!

I would not say the AIO is too tight. Most of the time the screws or thumb screws will stop once the cooler is tightened enough. You could try remounting the cooler. Check your fans and make sure both are going the same direction. Where is the AIO mounted?

[jake765111]

3 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

71c is still pretty good temp even with that AIO, the overclock definitely increases the temps.  Its still way withing spec and safe range so nothing to worry about.  The CPU will always be higher temp than the coolant in short bursts or in general gaming,  there is a heatspreader and the copper block on the pump in the way soaking some heat too. All good here
The lower the coolant temp, the better it will cool the CPU so you want low coolant temps

Awesome! Thankyou for your response 

[jake765111]

2 minutes ago, BadBadali said:

I would not say the AIO is too tight. Most of the time the screws or thumb screws will stop once the cooler is tightened enough. You could try remounting the cooler. Check your fans and make sure both are going the same direction. Where is the AIO mounted?

That’s good to know that I did not over tighten. The radiator is mounted on the top of my case getting plenty of airflow. 
 

I may try retightening in the future, but as hinjima mentioned, I am within the recommended specs. 
 

Thankyou for your response!

[BadBadali]

18 minutes ago, jake765111 said:

That’s good to know that I did not over tighten. The radiator is mounted on the top of my case getting plenty of airflow. 
 

I may try retightening in the future, but as hinjima mentioned, I am within the recommended specs. 
 

Thankyou for your response!

Everything looks good to me here. May want to peel that sticker off the side panel. I just wanted to make there were no odd things going on. You could run fans speeds a little higher to lower temps, but I would not worry about it. I value silence over 2 degrees difference.

[tkitch]

71c on an Overclocked 5700x is not unreasonable.

 

seems fine.

[Failure 101]

Little higher then i expect but seems fine

[Fl0yd-]

Dumb question, did you peel the plastic sticker from the AIO.

[Whatisthis]

9 hours ago, Fl0yd- said:

Dumb question, did you peel the plastic sticker from the AIO.

It would be hitting throttle temps immediately. His temps are what you would expect, nothing wrong with the system. The coolant will always be substantially cooler than the cpu.

[NorKris]

71c at 120w is high. But is it doable, sure