Idling at 50C with 7900X and H110i GTX

[Nizo_GTO]

I recently upgraded my build with a new 7900X, I kept my h110I GTX at a quiet fan curve, but I replaced the two fans (one of which didn't work) with the stock case fans that come with the corsair 780T, and I placed the fans which came with the cooler in place of the stock case fans, after booting my computer, with 4 - 10% CPU usage, my temperatures are at 50C. I usually see i9s idling at 20C, and I haven't overclocked my chip yet. This is insane, can someone please help me, there was nothing notable in the build process with the exception of it being very difficult to get the cooler on, and it was removed a few times but I didn't replace the thermal compound I had placed the first time because it was still freshly applied and well spread. (I don't have the cooler plugged into corsair link because I ran out of headers on the motherboard). Thanks a lot in advance for the help.

[RobFRaschke]

What's your ambient temperature in the room? Do you have any other fans available?

 

Case fans are generally high flow, low pressure design. Radiator fans are specifically high static pressure design to help move air through the restriction that is the radiator.

 

However, unless it's over 100 degrees F or 45C, the radiator should keep it much cooler than that. I'd say poor contact with the CPU is your most likely culprit if your H110 isn't in a state of disrepair.

[Jurrunio]

14 minutes ago, Nizo_GTO said:

I usually see i9s idling at 20C,

So it did idle at 20C before? Cuz temperature this low is only achieveable when the ambient temperature is around 10C.

16 minutes ago, Nizo_GTO said:

because it was still freshly applied and well spread.

That's already enough for gas bubbles to be trapped inside your paste.

 

I suspect low cooler mounting pressure. Tighten it.

 

Also, did you plug in the connector of the pump?

[Nizo_GTO]

20 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

So it did idle at 20C before? Cuz temperature this low is only achieveable when the ambient temperature is around 10C.

That's already enough for gas bubbles to be trapped inside your paste.

 

I suspect low cooler mounting pressure. Tighten it.

 

Also, did you plug in the connector of the pump?

The cooler is as tight as it can go, and I'll reapply the thermal compound just in case that's the culprit, and my i9 did not idle at 20C before, this is the first time I've looked at the temps, load temps are 60C too, which is odd.

[Nizo_GTO]

24 minutes ago, RobFRaschke said:

What's your ambient temperature in the room? Do you have any other fans available?

 

Case fans are generally high flow, low pressure design. Radiator fans are specifically high static pressure design to help move air through the restriction that is the radiator.

 

However, unless it's over 100 degrees F or 45C, the radiator should keep it much cooler than that. I'd say poor contact with the CPU is your most likely culprit if your H110 isn't in a state of disrepair.

I have two AF120s but I don't have screws to screw them in. Ambient temp is 17C

[Jurrunio]

20 minutes ago, Nizo_GTO said:

load temps are 60C too,

Wut.

 

Probably your fan curve completely stops the pump and fans at idle, effectively suffocating the CPU

[RobFRaschke]

Yup, pump is plugged into a fan header that is shutting off the pump completely below 45-50C. Check which header the pump is plugged into and assign a more aggressive "fan profile" to it.

[Nizo_GTO]

7 minutes ago, RobFRaschke said:

Yup, pump is plugged into a fan header that is shutting off the pump completely below 45-50C. Check which header the pump is plugged into and assign a more aggressive "fan profile" to it.

pump is plugged into the AIO pump header on mobo

 

[RobFRaschke]

With what kind of speed control profile in use? Peg it at 100% duty cycle and see if things improve. 

[Nizo_GTO]

1 minute ago, RobFRaschke said:

With what kind of speed control profile in use? Peg it at 100% duty cycle and see if things improve. 

Okay I'll try