92mm liquid cooling temps

[Osiris Fox]

Hello everyone. So I just built myself a new build in the InWin 901 Mini-ITX case and it really is gorgeous. However, one major flaw in the case is the lack of air flow. With only a 92mm rear exhaust and a 120mm intake, it can make things challenging for enthusiasts. 

I knew I wanted to water cool my CPU at bare minimum but the AIO 92mm options on the market really suck... So I built a custom closed water loop using the Swiftech Apogee ii CPU block / pump, a Black Ice 92mm rad which is 54mm thick (Pretty chunky for the size), and a 92mm Noctua redux (static pressure version) pushing the air through the rad (120 mm Noctua redux AF fan pulling air in the front of the case).... and my temps were less than great after an hour of Prime95. My max temp actually hit 89C. 

I'm running an i7-4790k @ stock / turbo boost enabled... I understand it's a high end processor for only a 92mm rad, but I thought the extra thickness and pressure fan would have yielded better results... What do you guys think? Is this temp probably normal given all my circumstances or is something off here?

Thank you to anyone reading and posting 

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[AGGELOS_970]

Nice build you have there!

 

Anyways... You should really care in real world scenarios temps. Prime95 isn't that of real world scenario.. It's basically to see if your OC is stable.

See what max temps you are getting in the most demanding application you are going to use.

 

Oh and what's with the 850W PSU???

[Osiris Fox]

Nice build you have there!

 

Anyways... You should really care in real world scenarios temps. Prime95 isn't that of real world scenario.. It's basically to see if your OC is stable.

See what max temps you are getting in the most demanding application you are going to use.

 

Oh and what's with the 850W PSU???

Thanks, and the PSU is there because the build isn't quite done. I'm waiting for Nvidia to release their new GPUs (hopefully soon) and plan on throwing in whatever is the step up from the Titan. I hear their is going to be a 6gig and 12gig model of their next GPU, I'll prob go for the 6. We'll see what happens though. 

[AGGELOS_970]

Thanks, and the PSU is there because the build isn't quite done. I'm waiting for Nvidia to release their new GPUs (hopefully soon) and plan on throwing in whatever is the step up from the Titan. I hear their is going to be a 6gig and 12gig model of their next GPU, I'll prob go for the 6. We'll see what happens though. 

 

Make sure you get the blower reference cooler or else you're f*cked in there.

Also on In Win's website I see that there is support for a 120mm radiator. Check the pics.

[Osiris Fox]

Make sure you get the blower reference cooler or else you're f*cked in there.

Also on In Win's website I see that there is support for a 120mm radiator. Check the pics.

 

Oh yea, I know a 120 is possible but I would never do it with this case... You pay the premium for a sleek, all glass build and having a tumor of a rad on the outside of it... just doesn't feel right to me. It's why I went the extra mile and used a dremel to remove a portion of the fan mount so I could mount the rad internally. Reminds me of the Sega Gensis days, plopping a 32x and a Sega CD on it. Gang raped by ugly peripherals... x_x

[AGGELOS_970]

Oh yea, I know a 120 is possible but I would never do it with this case... You pay the premium for a sleek, all glass build and having a tumor of a rad on the outside of it... just doesn't feel right to me. Reminds me of the Sega Gensis days, plopping a 32x and a Sega CD on it. Gang raped by ugly peripherals... x_x

 

Yeah I know it looks kind of bad... but I can't think of something else to improve your temps.

Just make sure to get a GPU with the reference design cooler and you will probably be fine in real world applications.