AIO Change

[StealthArsenal]

Hello everyone,

 

I recently built up a secondary rig with an Aorous Gaming 5 motherboard, 7700k cooled with a Cooler Master Master Liquid 240 (note this is not the pro model) in a Cooler Master MasterCase 5 case.  I ended up going with an AIO for this machine as I didn't want to go through the hassle of doing a custom water loop for a machine that isn't being used all the time.  With that said, I have noticed that the 7700k gets rather warm at 4.7ghz (warmer than I thought it should).  Something to the tune of 72-74C.  When I push to 4.8 I am getting up around 80C+ on all cores (I have seen this hit 90C).  I have reseated the cooler just to be sure everything was good (which it was).  I am curious as to whether or not the Masterliquid 240 just isn't enough to keep the 7700k on a bit of the cooler side.  I was considering a swap to the Pro 280 or a Corsair H110/115i but wasn't sure if there is another option.  I can't justify the Kraken X62, but if I found a decently priced X61 that could be an option. 

 

What are your thoughts.  Am I looking at this incorrectly.  My 5820K stays quite a bit cooler when I push the voltage and cores, so this I wasn't expecting.

 

Thank You

[Drizzt]

I just picked up the x61 for $120 and I have a 7700k. I will let you know the results if you are still waiting.