Fx 9590 liqued cooling (HELP NEEDED)

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HaizRail007

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Hello, and I'm here trying to reach out for answers to a problem I'm having. You see my pc is getting a lot hotter than I'd like and I don't know how to fix it.

Here Are My Specs

Cpu Amd Fx 9590
Memory 32gb 1866mhz 1.2 to 1.3volt ddr 3
case fans three 200mm, one 230mm, one 140
cpu fans 2 noturas 140mm 3000rpm
graphics card gtx 980 FTW
motherboard saber tooth 990fx R 2.0
closed water cooling loop corsair h110
1 lamptron fc 5 fan controller
case Half x coolermaster.

Ok now that my computer specs are out of the way let me explain whats happening. my computer is overheating, at idle temps the cpu is around 40c and under 1/4 load it reaches temps of 50 to 60c

I know this isn't normal even for this dud of a cpu.

I'm not sure what to do? I think I need to install a custom water loop but I don't know the first thing in making it happen. I will tell you what I know.

In order to get the h110 in the top of the half x I had to mod it. what I done was I took 2 peaces metal and I pop riveted them in place to make the mounting brackets for the rad. I do not like this because I feel it's causing heat to stay in the case. Furthermore, I've been reading up on rads and what I've found out is more FPI the rad has the more heat is removed. Now with that said the h110 has 26 FPI and I feel this is not enough.

Now what I want to do is this, I would like to put a 140mm in the rear of the case and create a push pull configuration. I have been looking at this rad from frozen cpu.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10199/ex-rad-176/Koolance_Single_140mm_Copper_High_Flow_Radiator_-_Black_HX-CU1401V_No_Nozzles_.html?tl=g30c95s929

it says it has 30FPI so will the rad work with the amd fx 9590? Not even the larger and wider rads goes beyond 30fpi from what I can tell from frozencpu.

Furthermore , and I was thinking of this pump and resv combo

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14648/ex-res-333/Koolance_RP-452X2_Dual_525_Reservoir_Rev_20_Serial_or_Parallel_w_Dual_D5_Variable_Speed_Pump_Installed.html?tl=g30c97s152

would this pump cool the cpu better or will it make no difference. and do they make this in a single instead of a dual. If so where can I find one. also would a 140mm cool both the cpu and gpu if I wanted to cool the graphics card with liquid at a later date.

and for a water block I was thinking of this one

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17068/ex-blc-1225/EK_Supremacy_ELITE_CPU_Liquid_Cooling_Block_-_Full_Nickel_-_Socket_AMD_w_Indigo_Xtreme_EK-Supremacy_Elite_-_AMD.html?tl=g30c325s842

and I also need to know do they make a non conductive liquid like antifreeze that cools better than distilled water. and if they do where to obtain it.

I'm new to water cooling and I need to know how to fix this problem. and cheaper options would be great as well.
 
Solution
Did you use the same cooler on 8150 and it was working good ?
or did you use any custom fan RPM for your cooler ?
You maybe running low fan RPM which is why you are high on temps
or running high vcore volts (in bios) which is maybe why you are on high heat
I mean even the stock water cooler (antec KÜHLER H2O 920) which comes which the 9590/9370 is weaker than your cooler

So it is narrowed down to these :

--- Wrong installing of the thermal paste or the cooler (thermal paste comes pre-applied in the h110 by the way , so If you applied more then there must be excess amount of it on the CPU now).
--- Need higher fan RPM
--- Need lower voltages

Do these :

Take off your cooler , clean the radiator and remove the old thermal paste from...

dhamiltongrey

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what is directly above those fans and radiator.. is there a vent.. a large vent.. if you placed the radiator directly in contact with a flat piece of metal with a minimal gap inbetween it and the radiator the air flow will be so restricted you would encouter all the problems ive read you have.. im curious as to why you need to have water cooling.. i went down the road of water cooling and while it is really good for teeny tiny cases you maybe better off just wacking a cheap push pull air cooler... ive got the huge Akasa Venom VooDoo and its dirt cheap and temps are same as water cooled..
 

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Wait. You hooked the pump to a fan controller? That's not good idea. Pump should go either to a mobo 12v like cpu_aux or Sata connection or directly to the psu, not through a fan controller. Fan controllers for 3pin fans work by changing voltages, usually 7v-12v. By not supplying a solid 12v,the pump will not run max, so will give poor performance. USB power can also be bad, depending on the header used, some have a lower 12v amp output than others. Also, any software used to regulate fan speeds must be checked to make certain whatever fan header the pump is on is running 100% at all times. I have that issue with msi mobo and SpeedFan. Msi software keeps overriding SpeedFan and defaulting my pump to 'standard' fan curve settings. Annoyingly too often.
 

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As I have said before what is above the rad is 200mm fans, my two nocturas were mounted on the rad, pulling air from inside the case to outside the case. I then disconnected theses fans and put two more nocturas on the rad which lowered the rad. kept me from having to remove the 200mm. and yes I pop riveted a peace of metal in place on the factory 120mm mounts changing them to 140mm, but even this was done in a way for max cooling.

The reason I've went with water cooling with this build, is because on a previous build that I help a friend of mine with. we built a system with a amd fx 9370 and after a period of time it started overheating with the cnps12x.

This is why I went with water cooling with my system and the fx 9590. I did reach temps of 62 with prime 95 with in the first 15 minutes after preforming all the tests, cleaning voltage lowering and adding fans. but all of theses were temporary fixes. because my last test reveled the real problem. Which was the h110 pump. it's suppose to run at 1500 rpm max and at best it was running around 900 rpm max. and when I had it connected to a power lead running from my power supply it was dropping as low as 290 rpm. I do a lot of video processing, and I have it set up as a small file server which is accessed on a daily basics most of the time it's accessed by me when I'm away from home. and runs 24/7 in most cases.This pc is my personal cloud storage. This is why a water loop is necessary.
 

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On a different subject does anyone know how to lower vcore 1 temp. I'm thinking of putting a fan above the v cores on the mobo and running a duct up to the rear 140mm fan to expel the heat .but I'm not sure how to mount it safely.