So I recently bought a kraken x53 along with a kraken g12 aio gpu bracket to water cool my Gigabyte Radeon rx580. What ive noticed after installing it is that the gpu idles really low and way better than before at like anywhere from 23 -40 depending on the situation. Like right now it is 24 degrees and yesterday it was idling in the high 30s. But I digress. The main issue im seeing is that whenever its underload and Im gaming it reaches temps of almost 78 -80 degrees which is quite concerning for something that is being water-cooled. I suspect the issue could be bad thermal contact with the gpu die and the aio cold plate. I thinks its also worth mentioning that during the setup I ran into a lot of issues where the card wasn't getting cooled at all. I don't know if it was because the pump wasn't working, or if the retightening of the cold plate onto the die is what fixed it. Any suggestions would be helpful because at this point I feel like I spent $180 on cooling equipment and the original gpu heatsink and fans performed better...
Specs:
Ryzen 5 2600x
Gigabyte Radeon Rx 580 4gb
Oloy 16gb ddr4 3200mhz
MSI b450m gaming plus
Kraken x53 gpu cooler
Thermaltake smart 500w 80+ white
Specs:
Ryzen 5 2600x
Gigabyte Radeon Rx 580 4gb
Oloy 16gb ddr4 3200mhz
MSI b450m gaming plus
Kraken x53 gpu cooler
Thermaltake smart 500w 80+ white