Liquid cooling pump connection

ibanman555

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Feb 21, 2015
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I've a Corsair H60 cooler for my processor, been running this way for a while. I connected the fan to the "CPU fan" connection on the motherboard and the pump to the "Rear Fan". My CPU temp lately is 65-80°C. It got up to 91°C after running memtest+86 last night. The return tube is pretty warm to the touch, and send tube is cool. That tells me it's at least cycling liquid.

If I connect the pump directly to the PSU instead of the rear fan, would I get a more consistent cycle of liquid. Is this safe?
 


The Noctua NH-D14 keeps my CPU under 50C during stress... I don't think 70C is safe for any CPU to stay at for long amounts of time. Only the GPU should be able to tolerate 80C+...

-Bloc97
 

Ok I seriously didn't know that. So a Intel CPU on stock cooling is fine if it reaches 90C under load?
 
Nevermind what I said about hooking to the PSU. I was wrong there. However I did swap connections as stated above because they were wrong. Hopefully it cools down a little better...