Hello everyone, I've been on a quest to cool my 13700KF while keeping a silent PC. It regularly goes to 85c-90c while gaming in a silent sound dampening case w/ a P1 & P2 power limit of 150wt in my Bios.
I tried to upgrade my case first, from a Corsair 300R to a BeQuiet SB802, but no differnce. I said it's ok, because atleast the BeQuiet can take a 360mm AIO. So I tried upgrading from a silent Noctua NH-D14 (w/ 2 low RPM 140mm Noctua fans) to the AIO Galahad II 360 Performance expecting 15-20c drops, but nope. It's actually the same temps but MUCH louder (even in its Quiet mode)!
The TomsHardware review said it's the best AIO cooler, but it's worse than my Noctua NH-D14! (but a ton more work to install and much more expensive).
What gives? All the reviews show the Galahad II 360 Performance running 60-70c under load, but mine is 20-30c more. Room temperature is normal at 15-20c, so I have no clue why my system's so hot. I'm running it on a Gigabyte Aorus Master Z690 if that makes any difference. I read that some mobos overvolt the CPUs, might this be my situation? Full specs in my sig.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I tried to upgrade my case first, from a Corsair 300R to a BeQuiet SB802, but no differnce. I said it's ok, because atleast the BeQuiet can take a 360mm AIO. So I tried upgrading from a silent Noctua NH-D14 (w/ 2 low RPM 140mm Noctua fans) to the AIO Galahad II 360 Performance expecting 15-20c drops, but nope. It's actually the same temps but MUCH louder (even in its Quiet mode)!
The TomsHardware review said it's the best AIO cooler, but it's worse than my Noctua NH-D14! (but a ton more work to install and much more expensive).
What gives? All the reviews show the Galahad II 360 Performance running 60-70c under load, but mine is 20-30c more. Room temperature is normal at 15-20c, so I have no clue why my system's so hot. I'm running it on a Gigabyte Aorus Master Z690 if that makes any difference. I read that some mobos overvolt the CPUs, might this be my situation? Full specs in my sig.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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