AIO Temps High?

[Neo-Bladewing]

I recently bought a NZXT Kraken x62 to go with my brand new 2700x (paired with an Asus ROG Strix X470-F and 3200MHz G Skill TridentZ RGB), having decided to pull the trigger and upgrade my CPU. I also got an IC Graphite thermal pad after watching Linus' review of it, figuring it would be much lower hassle in the long run simply moving the pad from processor/cooler to the next instead of having to mess with thermal paste every time.

 

Anyway, I initially had temperatures skyrocket to over 100°C, my 2700x throttling down to .5GHz (yes, half of one) before shutting down to save itself. After changing around the wiring and re-seating the cooler, I was still having very high temperatures, around the realm of 95°C or so. After heading to town and getting some cheap Best Buy Insignia paste (they were all that was open and that was all that they had in stock) and then manually setting the pumps to max in CAM, (this is my first AIO, so I figured that out kind of late, admittedly) I'm still maxing out at 82° at stock settings while running Cinebench. In addition, the temperatures constantly jump up 10 degrees before gradually dropping back down to 10 degrees lower. For instance, right now as I type this at idle, the temperature will slowly sink down to about 35° before suddenly jumping up to 45° and sinking back down.

Could anyone provide any input on any of this? Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Neo-Bladewing said:

I recently bought a NZXT Kraken x62 to go with my brand new 2700x (paired with an Asus ROG Strix X470-F and 3200MHz G Skill TridentZ RGB), having decided to pull the trigger and upgrade my CPU. I also got an IC Graphite thermal pad after watching Linus' review of it, figuring it would be much lower hassle in the long run simply moving the pad from processor/cooler to the next instead of having to mess with thermal paste every time.

 

Anyway, I initially had temperatures skyrocket to over 100°C, my 2700x throttling down to .5GHz (yes, half of one) before shutting down to save itself. After changing around the wiring and re-seating the cooler, I was still having very high temperatures, around the realm of 95°C or so. After heading to town and getting some cheap Best Buy Insignia paste (they were all that was open and that was all that they had in stock) and then manually setting the pumps to max in CAM, (this is my first AIO, so I figured that out kind of late, admittedly) I'm still maxing out at 82° at stock settings while running Cinebench. In addition, the temperatures constantly jump up 10 degrees before gradually dropping back down to 10 degrees lower. For instance, right now as I type this at idle, the temperature will slowly sink down to about 35° before suddenly jumping up to 45° and sinking back down.

Could anyone provide any input on any of this? Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

my 1700x did the jump thing, so thats normal. but get higher quality thermal paste man.

[Neo-Bladewing]

6 minutes ago, NovaMan01 said:

my 1700x did the jump thing, so thats normal. but get higher quality thermal paste man.

I definitely plan to. I just needed something quick since I don't keep a stock of paste and all the good stuff would have to be shipped.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Neo-Bladewing said:

I definitely plan to. I just needed something quick since I don't keep a stock of paste and all the good stuff would have to be shipped.

youre gonna have to ship if you want good quality. Try Noctua's stuff

[Firewrath9]

1 minute ago, NovaMan01 said:

youre gonna have to ship if you want good quality. Try Noctua's stuff

I would not get noctua's its only mediocre. get TG hydronaut, 15$ for 3.5 g, or arctic mx-4, 8$ for 2g.

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

I would not get noctua's its only mediocre. get TG hydronaut, 15$ for 3.5 g, or arctic mx-4, 8$ for 2g.

but its only $5 

[Firewrath9]

2 hours ago, NovaMan01 said:

but its only $5 

Mx4 is 4$ for 3g, 8 was for 10.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/HBXfrH/arctic-cooling-thermal-paste-acmx4

[nick name]

Noctua's paste is not mediocre. 

 

But honestly the IC Graphite, though not great, is not going to get 100*C temps on a 2700X. I used it with the stock cooler and an AIO and never did it get close to that.  

 

 

[Neo-Bladewing]

13 hours ago, nick name said:

Noctua's paste is not mediocre. 

 

But honestly the IC Graphite, though not great, is not going to get 100*C temps on a 2700X. I used it with the stock cooler and an AIO and never did it get close to that.  

 

 

Do keep in mind that the 100°C was likely bad seating and/or wiring. Like I said, I did reseat and rewire and the temps dropped substantially enough that I was at 95° with no throttling.

But even still, the fact of the matter is that with IC Graphite, my temps were much higher than with crappy Best Buy paste. Why this is the case, I'm still not entirely sure, but that's what happened. 

[nick name]

There was someone else that had high temps because his pad wasn't seated properly also. I'm glad you're getting it all sorted out. 

[Neo-Bladewing]

Well, I haven't replaced the paste, but after using it a bit and tweaking some things I'm capping out at 59.5°C now at full load. Running at 1.4 volts, 4.3GHz with the pump and fans set to Performance settings in CAM.

 

I honestly didn't do much. The temperatures more or less sorted themselves out after a bit. This can't just be an extreme case of thermal paste curing, can it? 

[Derrk]

On 8/19/2018 at 8:33 PM, Neo-Bladewing said:

In addition, the temperatures constantly jump up 10 degrees before gradually dropping back down to 10 degrees lower. For instance, right now as I type this at idle, the temperature will slowly sink down to about 35° before suddenly jumping up to 45° and sinking back down.

as far as the temperature spikes, it's due to ryzen's default auto-voltage. If you manually set the voltage, you'll see more consistent temperatures.

If you look at the temperature changes, you should see the voltage going down as the temps go down