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ok, so right now ive got the Zalman Ultimate liquid pre-filled 120mm loop cooling my fx-6100, with an ASUS M5A99X motherboard. so what im wondering, is with the loop being in push pull, and the rad being right in line with the heatsink to the left of my cpu (im pretty sure is either the mosfets or vrm stuff, on idle the heatsink is hot to the touch, and when touching the side of the rad that is closest to that heat sink, it feels quite warm, could that heatsink be affecting my loop temps?

More info: when i start up my computer after everything has cooled down, my comp runs at 30C, but as soon as that thing heats up, it idles around 45C which is majorly limiting my overclocking headroom since its only rated for 62-65C

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I "could" be - but I wouldn't think by much. Have you cleaned your rad recently? Maybe look at some new rad fans? Also - how is the airflow in the case? You still need to maintain a good airflow to cool things like that mosfet heatsink...

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I "could" be - but I wouldn't think by much. Have you cleaned your rad recently? Maybe look at some new rad fans? Also - how is the airflow in the case? You still need to maintain a good airflow to cool things like that mosfet heatsink...
well, the fan that is in the roof of my case is obnoxiously loud, and i can't make it quite at all, but i have it on my side panel and its silent -.- and my rad has a dustfilter on the fan, and its clean...

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Sorry - where is the rad/fan attached? To the rear and exhausting?

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Sorry - where is the rad/fan attached? To the rear and exhausting?
yeah, its mounted on the back 120, pushing out, its the only spot i can put it with the case i have

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i took the fan on the back side of the rad and mounted it in the roof blowing down, it seems to have helped a bit, might put one of my other fans on pull just to better the performance a bit, but it might reverse the fix....

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Just sounds like you are not getting enough air across that mosfet to cool it... The roof fan blowing down "should" have made your loop temps worse with removing the fan, unless I am understanding it wrong.

You basically need a fan in the front bringing in cool air, and from the side panel, sounds like you have that as well, bringing air in. The top fan should be exhausting and your loop should be in a push/pull config exhausting out the back. Almost sounds like your top fan isn't exhausting enough to cool the mosfet. Maybe replace that one with a better airflow fan to hopefully draw more air across your mosfet...

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Just sounds like you are not getting enough air across that mosfet to cool it... The roof fan blowing down "should" have made your loop temps worse with removing the fan, unless I am understanding it wrong.

You basically need a fan in the front bringing in cool air, and from the side panel, sounds like you have that as well, bringing air in. The top fan should be exhausting and your loop should be in a push/pull config exhausting out the back. Almost sounds like your top fan isn't exhausting enough to cool the mosfet. Maybe replace that one with a better airflow fan to hopefully draw more air across your mosfet...

its a cougar vortex 120mm, there isn't really any better fan

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CPU - 3570K@4.4Ghz | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100 in pull | Motherboard - ASUS P8Z77-V PRO | RAM - G.Skill RipJawX Blue 8GB 2133Mhz | GPU - Gigabyte Windforce X3 HD7970 | SSD - Patriot Pyro SE 120GB | HDD Seagate Barracuda 3TB | PSU - Corsair TX850V2 | Case - Bitfenix Shinobi XL 

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