[SOLVED] just installed deepcool castle 240ex, is it working correctly?

[w1418826]

So, just looking real quick for some peace of mind, I just installed my first aio and everything looks to be running well but when I check the temps for the cpu they are jumping between about 34 degrees and up to about 44 degrees and down and back up over and over. Is this normal, I know fluctuations are pretty standard but I thought I would be noticing more stable and cooler temps.

The fans are spinning normally slow and steady speed as I type this, is there a way to make sure the pump is working? Is this normal?

When I do go into bios it does show a steady 27 degrees there for cpu...

also, under the gigabyte aorus app software (under easy tune) it is showing the cpu running at 3.9ghz when the default base clock for this cpu, ryzen 5 2600x, is 3.6 I believe.. and in task manager it shows about a 2% usage on cpu so nothing should be giving it reason to jump up and down in temp.. could the aorus software be auto overclocking the cpu? its not set to as far as i know

please any info on all this would be great, it seems fine but would like confirmation because I still am not used to not having issues when installing hardware I am not familiar with.

Thanks!

 

[Randi Poling]

Are you running an anti-virus? Steam? Origin? Web Browsers? Those are possibilities for causing the PU temp to jump.

Anything that hits the CPU somewhat hard can make it pop up but itll level out or drop back down. Should only be worried if it steadily increases and stays.

 

[Karadjgne]

Stop.

You are looking at 2x different scenarios.

1. Bios temps are a constant power usage, so temps won't vary much, if any.
2. Windows is the OS. It's constantly checking things like windows store, search parameters, antivirus/malware or any of another 80+ services, so a true idle temp on Windows 10 is almost impossible to get. You'll see constant jumps in core usage, which creates instant heat.

3. It's an aio. It's on the tail end of everything. Your cpu will bounce from 32 to 44 and back to 32 in a matter of milliseconds, and the temp gets read from the cpu 2x per second. That heat will not get absorbed instantly, it takes a second to migrate through the IHS, the paste, the pump plate into the coolant. The cpu has bounced 3x before that happens, so it's a fact you will see bouncing temps. Under 50°C, safe to totally ignore, chalk it up to standard windows.

4. Don't confuse cpu temp with coolant temp, very different things. The radiator is not cooling coolant the temp of the cpu, it's cooling coolant that's barely higher than ambient. If you can get coolant over 40°C, you are seriously punishing the cpu, putting out massive wattage. All the coolant really does is hold the heat it grabs from the cpu, moves it to the radiator, which dissipates it, it doesn't change the temp of the coolant much at all. An aircooler is metal, which responds to heat extremely fast, will physically get hot and the fan attemps to cool it down. In an aio, that happens at the radiator, to a lesser degree, doesn't get nearly as hot because that energy is spread over a wider area, not concentrated in a heatsink.

Basically, there's nothing wrong with the pc, it's behaving as it should, you were just under a misconception that liquid cooling would have different results.

 

[rubix_1011]

Stop.

You are looking at 2x different scenarios.

1. Bios temps are a constant power usage, so temps won't vary much, if any.
2. Windows is the OS. It's constantly checking things like windows store, search parameters, antivirus/malware or any of another 80+ services, so a true idle temp on Windows 10 is almost impossible to get. You'll see constant jumps in core usage, which creates instant heat.

3. It's an aio. It's on the tail end of everything. Your cpu will bounce from 32 to 44 and back to 32 in a matter of milliseconds, and the temp gets read from the cpu 2x per second. That heat will not get absorbed instantly, it takes a second to migrate through the IHS, the paste, the pump plate into the coolant. The cpu has bounced 3x before that happens, so it's a fact you will see bouncing temps. Under 50°C, safe to totally ignore, chalk it up to standard windows.

4. Don't confuse cpu temp with coolant temp, very different things. The radiator is not cooling coolant the temp of the cpu, it's cooling coolant that's barely higher than ambient. If you can get coolant over 40°C, you are seriously punishing the cpu, putting out massive wattage. All the coolant really does is hold the heat it grabs from the cpu, moves it to the radiator, which dissipates it, it doesn't change the temp of the coolant much at all. An aircooler is metal, which responds to heat extremely fast, will physically get hot and the fan attemps to cool it down. In an aio, that happens at the radiator, to a lesser degree, doesn't get nearly as hot because that energy is spread over a wider area, not concentrated in a heatsink.

Basically, there's nothing wrong with the pc, it's behaving as it should, you were just under a misconception that liquid cooling would have different results.

Well said. Couldn't have done it better myself.

 

[w1418826]

okay, sounds good. was what I wanted to hear just needed that peace of mind. as I said I had never installed one before so I guess didn't know what to expect but you always hear people reporting they get very specific idle temps so I don't know where those numbers come from heh.

 

[Karadjgne]

Well idle is a relative thing. It's supposed to be a cpu at a minimum working state, but there's differences. Some ppl idle at 5% loads in windows, but have many services shut down, so it bounces less. Some ppl have a set OC speed that runs constant, so the cpu never relaxed to the eist value. Some ppl live in India and ask about idle temps in the middle of summer with the windows open and it's 40°C inside the house. So there's many different variables that have to be accounted for, least of which is airflow, but still one that's highly important.