[SOLVED] I5 2500 idle temps

[willismatt5]

So I’m building a budget system and I was wondering if 68C Is high for idle temp on i5 2500 it is running a cooler master ml120L or cooler master master liquid 120 lite

 

[rgd1101]

68C on idle is too high

 

[willismatt5]

Ok so what should I do I can’t think of anything

 

[rgd1101]

redo the thermal paste
what the case? how the fan setup?

 

[willismatt5]

120 the rad in the back of the case
Another on top and two in the front top is intake rad is exhaust and front is intake too

 

[willismatt5]

Oh and I’ve redone the thermal paste like 4 times and the case is a Corsair 230T I believe

 

[Karadjgne]

So all the fans are intake except for the rad fan?

Front should be intake. Top should be exhaust. Rear should be exhaust.

Is windows even loaded? Or is this temps in bios?

68 is too high for a true idle. Since you just built this pc, is it still dealing with windows updates? It'll do that during what you consider idle and can sometimes take 3 or more days to finish.

Idle temps in a decent airflow will generally be 6-12°C above your room ambient temps. I've seen 50°C idles before, but at almost 70°C, either your airflow is seriously compromised and you've turned the pc into an oven, or the cooler isn't connected right (fan should be on cpu_fan header, pump on anything else) because at 68°C that fan should be at almost max speed and you'd know that easily or windows is under a load and you aren't at actual idle.

 

[willismatt5]

The motherboard is a dell optiplex 790 but there are only two fan headers I figured if I buy a fan controller it would be fine but yeah I’ll move the fans around what do you recommend

 

[rgd1101]

the liquid cooler rad is intake? meaning you pull in hot temp inside the case?

 

[willismatt5]

Windows is loaded but it has been like a month since install but I checked after like ten minutes of idle to make sure it was correct

 

[willismatt5]

the liquid cooler rad is intake? meaning you pull in hot temp inside the case?

No the rad is exhaust

 

[rubix_1011]

Easy way to determine if it is your cooler or improper airflow.

Remove the side of your case and turn on a desk or window fan to blow directly into the case.

If your temps remain poor, you have a cooler issue. If your temps improve, you have an airflow issue.

 

[willismatt5]

Okay so I removed the top exsaust fan and somehow the temps went down to 30C average for idle is that still to hot

 

[rgd1101]

30c for idle is fine.

 

[willismatt5]

Ok thx for the help and I think what was happening was the fresh air was getting exasausted before it got to the rad