HELP: CPU Temps High? Also GPU Temps?

[Shadowman]

Water cooled components: 

 

i7 5960x (overclocked to 4.5GHz at 1.29v)

2x Titan X's Sli ( not overclocked yet)

 

Water cooling setup:

 

2x 480mm  Alphacool Radiators

1x 240mm  Alphacool Radiator 

CPU Block:   EK Supremacy Evo (Copper Plexi)

GPU Blocks: EK-FC Titan X Acetal 

RESERVOIR & PUMPS:  Koolance 452x Dual Bay Reservoir Combo 2x EK-D5 Vario Pumps running in series 

TUBING: Primochill  ID: 1/2 OD 3/4

 

In regards to the temps I don't know what i should be expecting because am new to all this water cooling. But with my cpu at 100% load am getting max temp of 83c  with the above overclock and voltage this is with the room temp at 29c yes I know it's very very warm.  :rolleyes:  still think this is very high temp? With my 2 GPU's not overclocked yet  running Unigine Valley benchmark max temp hit was 42c again with room temp at 29c.

[Br3tt96]

Try reseating the cpu cooler... The gpus sound normalish to me because Titan Xs are hot

[W-L]

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Welcome the to Forums!

 

Did you just fill the loop let it bleed out any bubbles from the system it can take a few days for this to occur especially with large rads. 

[Shadowman]

Welcome the to Forums!

 

Did you just fill the loop let it bleed out any bubbles from the system it can take a few days for this to occur especially with large rads. 

 

Thanks W-L, yes I did the best i can to bleed it been like over a week know. 

[W-L]

Thanks W-L, yes I did the best i can to bleed it been like over a week know. 

 

While your idle temps aren't bad you can try remounting it, it's usually the cause of high temps, but also you are running an 8 core with a pretty high overclocked so it can get fairly hot.

[Shadowman]

While your idle temps aren't bad you can try remounting it, it's usually the cause of high temps, but also you are running an 8 core with a pretty high overclocked so it can get fairly hot.

 

Will admit the EK cpu water block is mounted so the holes are actually vertical the normal mount is the holes being horizontal. Reason I did this was I read something online in regards to the orientation of the water block and how it could give better performance however this was for the i7 3960x. Thinking know I might try to mount it the normal way maybe that's also a factor for high temps? 

[W-L]

Will admit the EK cpu water block is mounted so the holes are actually vertical the normal mount is the holes being horizontal. Reason I did this was I read something online in regards to the orientation of the water block and how it could give better performance however this was for the i7 3960x. Thinking know I might try to mount it the normal way maybe that's also a factor for high temps? 

 

The blocks shouldn't mind being sideways since it's a square mount on intel maybe a slight difference due to the orientation of the chip under the heat spreader but it is directional with an input and output port if you run it backward it can affect temps.

[Shadowman]

The blocks shouldn't mind being sideways since it's a square mount on intel maybe a slight difference due to the orientation of the chip under the heat spreader but it is directional with an input and output port if you run it backward it can affect temps.

 

Regular Mount

 

 

 

 Goofy Mount (This is what it was called on the website   )

 

 

 

Am using the "Goofy" mount also you mentioned quote "an input and output port if you run it backward it can affect temps."    

how badly can the temps be affected? i mean are we talking like 10c + ?

[W-L]

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Well from speaking to another user that did accidentally mount their block's input and output the wrong way around it did drop temps around 5-10C. Having it sideways should still give good cooling since the channels the water flow through are still overtop of the chip.

[Shadowman]

Done another test using AIDA64 for 5 hours with CPU Stress, FPU Stress & cache Stress boxes checked. This was done with the cpu voltage at 1.23 (as I started with high voltage and slowly coming down)  same overclock of 4.5GHz with the room temp at 24c the highest one of the cores hit was 73c. Know I don't know if this is a good temp or not I mean the CPU voltage was only 1.23v  plus the room temp was also lower then yesterday which was like 29c 

 

Yesterday: i7 5960x Overclocked to 4.5Ghz at 1.29v Room temp 29c 2 cores hit 83c 

Today:       i7 5960x Same overclock of 4.5Ghz but at 1.23v Room temp 24c 1 core hit 73c

 

WIth the above yes 10c has fallen but the fact is lower cpu voltage & lower room temp has played a part. 

[Skander1345]

Done another test using AIDA64 for 5 hours with CPU Stress, FPU Stress & cache Stress boxes checked. This was done with the cpu voltage at 1.23 (as I started with high voltage and slowly coming down)  same overclock of 4.5GHz with the room temp at 24c the highest one of the cores hit was 73c. Know I don't know if this is a good temp or not I mean the CPU voltage was only 1.23v  plus the room temp was also lower then yesterday which was like 29c 

 

Yesterday: i7 5960x Overclocked to 4.5Ghz at 1.29v Room temp 29c 2 cores hit 83c 

Today:       i7 5960x Same overclock of 4.5Ghz but at 1.23v Room temp 24c 1 core hit 73c

 

WIth the above yes 10c has fallen but the fact is lower cpu voltage & lower room temp has played a part. 

Room temp directly affects cpu temp with a 1:1 ratio.

So you shaved 5c off

[Dango]

It's normal. I use a 420X45mm radiator to test my 5960X. It got to 80C under 1.25V. Try to control other voltage to lower down the core volt. That may help the core temp a little bit.