[SOLVED] 120 mm Radiator good enough?

[Patrick1264]

I purchased my pc prebuilt, it came with a 120mm AIO and 1 cheap fan. Playing MSFS 2020 would push the cpu core temp to 95-99C so I purchased 4 ML120's and two ML140's I configured 2 of the ml120's to push\pull on the radiator and installed the others on the case. Now running intelburn test will ramp the temp up to 71C and then settle at around 65c. Is this good enough? I've read posts that used wattage as a way to size the radiator and they always seem to be 240mm or larger.

i7-10700K
Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler
1TB WD Blue SN550 Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
ASUS PRIME Z490-V
GeForce RTX™ 3080
LIAN LI PC-008

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The CPU temps you are now getting with the added fans are safe and decent. 120mm is not ideal, but it appears to be working fine with the push pull setup now. under 80c is best.

OEMs like to slap 120mm AIOs onto computers since they are the cheapest way to be able to put "Liquid Cooled blah blah blah" in the title and brag about how good liquid cooling is.

 

[Patrick1264]

Thanks! That is good to know.