4790K, H100i temps

[thecount123]

Was wondering if these temps are normal, idle i'm usally around 25-35 but decided to benchmark using prime95 downloaded the latest version and the temps shot up to the 80's then 90's but heard there was an issue with this version and my chip so downloded version 26.6 and tested for around 4-5 mins with it staying high 60's mostly with highest temp being 73c.

Ran it again the next day for 5 mins again since it was unnaturally hot the first day and got an average of around 63c-66c with a maximum of 68c.

 

[junkeymonkey]

may try to redo your mounting job ? poorly mounted cooler is not so efficient too loose too tight paste job tightened crooked . ect........

theres more to mounting a cooler then just slapping it on and could be the difference in great cooling and poor cooling air or liquid

look how many like you

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/all.html?refine=H100i+temps+

one thing about a stress test is it will run things up until a shut down my 4670 under a good hard load [not stress test] can get to 75c on my cheap air cooler but averages 45-55c loaded and 30c +/- idle

http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-air-cooler/vortex-plus/

haswell refresh do run hotter the haswell I guess that's why there called devil's canyon not artic tundra ?

 

[thecount123]

The only thing It could be is that i had to mount the fans on top of the radiator instead of under because of how my motherboard and case are designed.

 

[junkeymonkey]

well may of made some difference but not much of one if any I do know with my hybrid card was how and where I had the radiator mounted helped and did not take much blockage of it for the temps to go up a bit I seen as much as 7c just from how and where I tried to mount it and one day I moved it to clean and forgot to put it back and see my cards temps go over 60c then I remembered that and put it back in the best place I found to put it and all wen back down to 45c [full load]

but I do thing havine the fan where it pulls in cool air and pushes it through the radiator maybe wrong but that's just a opinion

can you give a screen shot of how it is ?


''I got an H100i for christmas and for the life of me I could not figure out why my temps were higher than the 120 radiator I was using previously, the H100i has a dual 120 rad. If you're buying one of these, make sure you check the Intel backplate before you mount it because the measurements are off. Some of the posts are too long and therefor cause that corner of the CPU to have less pressure on it. Uneven pressure/under pressure = higher temps. It was a pain to troubleshoot so hopefully this helps someone out there. ''

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/162n9y/a_warning_about_the_corsair_h100i_cpu_cooler/

see like I was saying little things like that can make or brake good cooling

another guy saying the same ?
https://hardforum.com/threads/heads-up-if-youre-looking-at-h100i-for-1155-1150.1796100/

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=113973

 

[thecount123]

Basically the fans are pulling are from the top of the radiator rather than push up, i also checked my corsair link for some reason it shows 0RPM when its not moving but when I run prime 95 it shows me an RPM of around 1400rpm so not sure if this is a correct speed for the fans also have the pump in quiet mode atm...

 

[junkeymonkey]

ya, you see in some of the forums I looked at on this and see that corsair link was buggy for some of them ? but that you said kinda looks 'normal''

you just have to find out what that fan used is rated for could be a 1600 max rpm fan or could be a 2400 -3200 rpm fan ??

corsair shows 2 h100i ??? I guess regular and a v2

Technical specifications
Radiator dimensions: 120mm x 275mm x 27mm.
Fan dimensions: 120mm x 120mm x 25mm.
Fan speed: 2700 RPM.
Fan airflow: 77 CFM.
Fan dBA: 37.68 dBA.
Fan static pressure: 4mm/H20.


[V2]
Technical specifications
Radiator dimensions: 276mm x 125mm x 30mm.
Fan dimensions: 120mm x 120mm x 25mm.
Fan speed: 2435 +/- 10% RPM.

so your at 1400 rpm so looking at that you could go up to 2400rpm safe ???

70 cfm is good high flow and should do the job even at 1400 it maybe around 50-60 cfm my cooler fan is 54 cfm max I think

 

[thecount123]

Hey I changed in corsair link the pump mode to performance and but i noticed in performance mode even after i change max speed to 2200, it dosent change but it does change in Max where the fans go up to 2200RPM but in performance mode goes up to 1500rpm and caps? atlhough with this ran for around 5 mins and temps where usually around 63-65c with a few small spikes to 67c.

 

[junkeymonkey]

check for thing like this ?

''The base produced an uneven thermal compound footprint pattern. Areas of poor contact with the CPU heatspreader are indicated by larger globs of residual material.'

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1407-page3.html

[chip and cooler plate]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1366-page3.html

 

[thecount123]

Surley that means my fans are ok then? since corsair link can still detect them but only under work load? and not idle which is whatever and at max it pushes them up to over 2400rpm although this is super loud and i wouldn't want this when im using my PC, with performance mode it seems to cap out at around 1540RPM and hovers mainly from 1300-1400RPM with this and using primewire95 im seeing temps from around 63-65c is this ok?

 

[junkeymonkey]

well cant say seems like there doing there job ?

but before you mount there things to check like a uneven cpu lid or cooler base and all like how it tightened down correct amount of paste

''Of course, an imperfect imprint like that is totally unacceptable''
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/core-i7-coolers-roundup_16.html

high or low spots or a domed lid you want the flattest positive contact to insure all the efficiency and thermal transfer from the chip to the cooler plate

like I said there can be more to it then just slapping it on any little defect in how the surfaces mate can be the difference in a well cooled cpu or one that's not .

out side of that get another cooler like a nice air and try it and see what you got if its better then maybe the h100 is not ll its cracked up to be .

personally I never had cause to go liquid on a cpu you see the cooler I use and it been on 3 builds amd and intel [of course i'm not trying to max overclock it ]


'With a bent base like that the cooler couldn’t work efficiently enough even in the nominal CPU ''
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/noctua-thermalright-zalman_3.html

you have to check this stuff

 

[thecount123]

I mean i dont really want to remount cause i dont feel like this is the issue with the fan RPM its on is 63-65c high for my CPU, im not sure...

 

[thecount123]

I put the pump to performance mode being around 2500rpm and the fans are set to around 1500 RPM and dosent sem to break this ran for over 5 mins with it staying around 63-65c and highest spike being 67c, this is with the fans not running near maximum i tried with maximum and it would prob run under 60c. Im just not sure if these temps are correct especially with the way my fans had to be mounted.

 

[junkeymonkey]

http://imgur.com/CiH4K5O

I just stressed my chip with that vortex plus cooler on it plus all the dust I yet to blow out of it in awhile useing a calculation of pi to the decimal digit of 25,500,000,000 all cores at 100% load

so would I be happy with that high dollar liquid cooler ? nope.

that toms link I gave above show all who has your cooler has the same ''?'' as you

all I can think is maybe the punp is not pumping as it should or theres trapped air in the system and preventing it from working full efficiency ?