Hot fittings?

[Kevo05s]

So, my fittings gets hot when I'm gaming... why? I read online that the loop temp should stay low, I have plenty of rad space, my components are cool enough, but my fittings become hot and my tubes warm... am I doing something wrong here?

whats in the loop: i7-6700K @4.7GHz 1.38V

                            GTX 1080 G1 Gaming

                            240mm radiator

                            360mm radiator

[Lurick]

Can you define hot? Like too hot to touch or just warm?

They will conduct heat from the loop and the loop temperature shouldn't go above I think 50C to 60C or so. They tubes should be warm, when people say the loop should be cool they mean in the 40C range which will still feel warm/hot to the touch.

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's the liquid's job to carry heat away from components so of course it's going to get warm. Fittings are typically metal, so they pick up heat more than other parts of the loop. 

 

As long as your temperatures are fine, nothing is wrong. The tubing in my loop is warm too. 

[Kevo05s]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Can you define hot? Like too hot to touch or just warm?

They will conduct heat from the loop and the loop temperature shouldn't go above I think 50C to 60C or so. They tubes should be warm, when people say the loop should be cool they mean in the 40C range which will still feel warm/hot to the touch.

like very warm at touch, you wont burn yourself, but Id see it be around 40C for sure

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Kevo05s said:

like very warm at touch, you wont burn yourself, but Id see it be around 40C for sure

That's fine and about expected.

[Kevo05s]

Thank you, wasn't sure! first time I ever noticed it in the 3 years I've liquid cooled!

[Alesek]

6 minutes ago, Kevo05s said:

So, my fittings gets hot when I'm gaming... why? I read online that the loop temp should stay low, I have plenty of rad space, my components are cool enough, but my fittings become hot and my tubes warm... am I doing something wrong here?

whats in the loop: i7-6700K @4.7GHz 1.38V

                            GTX 1080 G1 Gaming

                            240mm radiator

                            360mm radiator

bit unrelated but what are your CPU and GPU temps and fan speeds? I have the same loop with bigger rads and slightly lower voltage so I am just wondering  

[Kevo05s]

1 minute ago, Alesek said:

bit unrelated but what are your CPU and GPU temps and fan speeds? I have the same loop with bigger rads and slightly lower voltage so I am just wondering  

CPU Idle's at 28C, and games between 45C and 55C (depending on the game), reaches 65 in stress testing (maybe 68-70 spikes) and the GPU idles at 32-34C (no idea what I did wrong here to have it idle higher) but games at 45C-50C, depending how long Ive been gaming... (usually at 43-45C but can get to 48-50 after 3+ hours of gaming)
 

All my radiator fans are BitFenix Spectre Pro running at 1260RMP while gaming (their max speed) and 860RPM while idle, just to quiet it down a bit (not that it's noizy anyways)

 

My blocks: Barrow Energy 115x CPU block

                  BitsPower GTX G1 Gaming 1080 special edition block
 

My Rads:   DarkSide 240mm slim and 360mm slim

[Kevo05s]

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[Alesek]

3 minutes ago, Kevo05s said:

CPU Idle's at 28C, and games between 45C and 55C (depending on the game), reaches 65 in stress testing (maybe 68-70 spikes) and the GPU idles at 32-34C (no idea what I did wrong here to have it idle higher) but games at 45C-50C, depending how long Ive been gaming... (usually at 43-45C but can get to 48-50 after 3+ hours of gaming)
 

All my radiator fans are BitFenix Spectre Pro running at 1260RMP while gaming (their max speed) and 860RPM while idle, just to quiet it down a bit (not that it's noizy anyways)

 

My blocks: Barrow Energy 115x CPU block

                  BitsPower GTX G1 Gaming 1080 special edition block
 

My Rads:   DarkSide 240mm slim and 360mm slim

damn, I am jelly. I guess I lost the silicon lottery with my 80+ degrees in stresstesting when I have 360mm and 420mm rad

 

Thanks for the info!!!

[Kevo05s]

4 minutes ago, Alesek said:

damn, I am jelly. I guess I lost the silicon lottery with my 80+ degrees in stresstesting when I have 360mm and 420mm rad

 

Thanks for the info!!!

Maybe not, what kind of block do you have? maybe you could reseat it with more thermal paste? did you open it? (I once opened mine and place the pressure plate the wrong way and it ruined my temps, i didn't realise until months later when I cleaned it up...)

Usually having a lower voltage should mean lower temps...

[Alesek]

1 minute ago, Kevo05s said:

Maybe not, what kind of block do you have? maybe you could reseat it with more thermal paste? did you open it? (I once opened mine and place the pressure plate the wrong way and it ruined my temps, i didn't realise until months later when I cleaned it up...)

I did reseat it multiple times with no improvement at all. I didnt open the block so that should be fine too. I think my only option would be to delid

[Kevo05s]

42 minutes ago, Alesek said:

I did reseat it multiple times with no improvement at all. I didnt open the block so that should be fine too. I think my only option would be to delid

which block are you using?

[Alesek]

2 minutes ago, Kevo05s said:

which block are you using?

EK-Supremacy Evo

[Kevo05s]

1 minute ago, Alesek said:

EK-Supremacy Evo

Very odd, that's a great block...

[Alesek]

3 minutes ago, Kevo05s said:

Very odd, that's a great block...

Exactly. I saw very similar temps with NH-D15... In the end, I gave up on it and I dont have it overclocked just to avoid those temps  I'll delid it when I find some time and hope it will help