Hi everyone,
I've recently decided to finally solve this issue that has been going on for a while (months).
My temps are way too high than what they should be (I think, at least).
I've tested my CPU with OCCT and after 5 seconds the test stops because the CPU reaches 92+ degrees.
I've changed the thermal paste yesterday, the temps were still high. The radiator was filled with thick dust on the surface (the guys that built the machine apparently set the fans to pull the air INSIDE the case, and the cooler was mounted on the top part of the PC, with its two fans), so I finally cleaned it for good by unmounting it entirely and blowing compressed air on the thing until it looked very clean (not like a brand new one, but still very clean). New test, still the same temps (90+).
I changed the paste again today, thinking I might have missed a spot on the surface to cover, but it was evenly spread... Anyway, I reapplied it even more carefully; on top of that, I changed the fans of the radiator to exhaust air from the top, and removed the rear fan so that I now have 2 fans pulling air in from the front part of the PC and the two fans of the radiator blowing it out from the top (I've been told to always have at least as many fans pulling in as the ones blowing out, so if I hadn't removed the rear one I would have had 3 blowing out and only two pulling air inside the case): new test, still very high temps.
I changed settings in the BIOS (ASUS) in order NOT to match the clock speed on all 4 cores when in turbo mode, and yes, there was a small improvement, in the sense that instead of skyrocketing (2-3 seconds) to 93+ degrees it now takes about 10-15 seconds to reach those temperatures, but it still reaches them, just a tiny bit more slowly...
At this point I don't know what to do, I have a liquid cooler, a K processor that is still excellent, a good motherboard (Maximus VII Ranger), 4 fans, new thermal paste (I followed like 10 tutorials to get which application method was the best, so I was precise in the substitution), yet I'm not even able to perform a stress test at STOCK speeds without getting thermal throttle and sky high temperatures.
Any suggestion on what to do?
Maybe replace the cooler? Replace the liquid (I don't think I can though on this model)? Maybe it was the radiator that was left in contact with a lot of dust for too long and it's now ruined? I have no idea at this point...
I'm quite desperate, I've tried everything that came to my mind.
Thanks in advance to anyone that tries to help.
EDIT: I've also noticed that the fans I have (all of them) seem quite weak at moving air. I mean, I could easily blow stronger than them (they do have a bit of dust sticked to them, but does it matter?). Here is their name, I found it in the email with the components when I was ordering the PC: "CORSAIR SP120 Ventola Cabinet 120x120x25 Low Noise 3 PIN High Performance Edition ND". The ones on the h100i are stock, and seem just as weak, but I don't know maybe I'm wrong and it's how PC fans usually are.
I've recently decided to finally solve this issue that has been going on for a while (months).
My temps are way too high than what they should be (I think, at least).
I've tested my CPU with OCCT and after 5 seconds the test stops because the CPU reaches 92+ degrees.
I've changed the thermal paste yesterday, the temps were still high. The radiator was filled with thick dust on the surface (the guys that built the machine apparently set the fans to pull the air INSIDE the case, and the cooler was mounted on the top part of the PC, with its two fans), so I finally cleaned it for good by unmounting it entirely and blowing compressed air on the thing until it looked very clean (not like a brand new one, but still very clean). New test, still the same temps (90+).
I changed the paste again today, thinking I might have missed a spot on the surface to cover, but it was evenly spread... Anyway, I reapplied it even more carefully; on top of that, I changed the fans of the radiator to exhaust air from the top, and removed the rear fan so that I now have 2 fans pulling air in from the front part of the PC and the two fans of the radiator blowing it out from the top (I've been told to always have at least as many fans pulling in as the ones blowing out, so if I hadn't removed the rear one I would have had 3 blowing out and only two pulling air inside the case): new test, still very high temps.
I changed settings in the BIOS (ASUS) in order NOT to match the clock speed on all 4 cores when in turbo mode, and yes, there was a small improvement, in the sense that instead of skyrocketing (2-3 seconds) to 93+ degrees it now takes about 10-15 seconds to reach those temperatures, but it still reaches them, just a tiny bit more slowly...
At this point I don't know what to do, I have a liquid cooler, a K processor that is still excellent, a good motherboard (Maximus VII Ranger), 4 fans, new thermal paste (I followed like 10 tutorials to get which application method was the best, so I was precise in the substitution), yet I'm not even able to perform a stress test at STOCK speeds without getting thermal throttle and sky high temperatures.
Any suggestion on what to do?
Maybe replace the cooler? Replace the liquid (I don't think I can though on this model)? Maybe it was the radiator that was left in contact with a lot of dust for too long and it's now ruined? I have no idea at this point...
I'm quite desperate, I've tried everything that came to my mind.
Thanks in advance to anyone that tries to help.
EDIT: I've also noticed that the fans I have (all of them) seem quite weak at moving air. I mean, I could easily blow stronger than them (they do have a bit of dust sticked to them, but does it matter?). Here is their name, I found it in the email with the components when I was ordering the PC: "CORSAIR SP120 Ventola Cabinet 120x120x25 Low Noise 3 PIN High Performance Edition ND". The ones on the h100i are stock, and seem just as weak, but I don't know maybe I'm wrong and it's how PC fans usually are.
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