3770k randomly running hotter?

Luke Phillips

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Hey guys i have a loop with a 360mm rad, 240mm rad, and a 120mm rad. When i put it together it was at my dads house, and i ran it the side panel off and it was about 5 degrees colder there. My temps at 4.9 ghz were around 65c while running prime at 1.36 vcore. I bring it back to my house, and the temperatures at 4.8 ghz with 1.36 vcore hit the 90s on prime. I have no idea what could have caused this, the pump is still moving water i can feel it in the tubes. Do you think the side panel and 5 degrees made that big of a difference? At both houses it idled at 29-35c when oc'd. However at stock at my dads house it was 22c, and at my house it was 33c. Any comments or solutions are very much appreciated. Thanks in advance:D
 
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mr1hm

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one idea im thinking of is you may have slightly bumped it while going back and forth and caused the block to come loose maybe?
 

Luke Phillips

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2 of the screws were not all the way on but were very close to be tightened all the way. I tightened them all the way and my 2nd and 3rd core became cooler by 2c but nowhere near the 10c difference it used to be at my dads house. Thanks though at least it dropped my temps a few degrees lol.

 

mr1hm

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hehe :), you know you should try an just reseat the block cause i remember on a previous build i accidently bumped a Hyper 212+ heatsink and although the changes in temps weren't to the degree your getting now, it definitely got worse.

but, at the same time, my heatsink didn't actually lift off from the top of the CPU and luckily maintained contact.

who knows, maybe the blocks are more sensitive to this stuff; if you think there was any chance of that block not maintaining contact with the CPU, i would definitely reapply the thermal paste, reseat it and test it again. it sucks and is time consuming but, it may be worth it :)
 
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Luke Phillips

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The order is res/pump>360 rad>120 rad>240 rad>cpu> res/pump

 
Well, I would go with the option given by mr1hm. Also keep in mind that ambient temps is totally different, so, the results in your parent's house aren't possible in your home.

Check the BIOS to see if all is OK and be sure that liquid is running without any obstruction.