High temps with liquid cooling

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Fakiemushroom

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Oct 9, 2014
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I recently bought the h110i gtx extreme cooler and installed it on my i7 4790k.I runned some test i think that the temps are a little bit to high for a liquid cooler.
Idle:40C
Playing games:60-65C
The cpu is not OC
Is this normal for this cooler?
Edit:I did some stress test with prime95 and i get 100C this is not normal 🙁 for a liquid cooler any help would be apreciated
 
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Pretty sure your system is just fine at 40c. A computer being 10-15c higher than your rooms temp is normal. The two things that you could try are just reapplying your paste and making sure the backplate is on the correct way, or dust out your system and make sure it's clean. Even if your processor runs a little bit hotter than other people's processors it will do what? Take away a couple years off of the chip that's supposed to last 20-30 anyways?
Pretty sure your system is just fine at 40c. A computer being 10-15c higher than your rooms temp is normal. The two things that you could try are just reapplying your paste and making sure the backplate is on the correct way, or dust out your system and make sure it's clean. Even if your processor runs a little bit hotter than other people's processors it will do what? Take away a couple years off of the chip that's supposed to last 20-30 anyways?
 
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