cpu watercooling, temperature?

[Clut]

ok, i just hooked up my cpu watercooling corsair h80 to my cpu 2600k, and when i check the temperature it says about 30*C. i have not performed any sort of overclocking. isn't this rather high? and 30*C is when the cpu load is at about 2%, it doesnt seem to cool at all.

i put the fan pin from the cooler itself to the motherboard the 4pin molex(?) to the powersupply and the fans that cool the radiator to the cooler. did i miss something?

[Deleted]

No, that's good. o_o

[bluesphere]

Uhh no? Considering room temp is 25C I think youre doing great!

[Sephiracle]

30C is good for idle. Max on those is more than triple that.

[Clut]

ok lol, cuz i gave my heatsink to a friend of mine (sitting beside me) and he's rocking 20*C at 50% load

[Xuvial]

It depends on your ambient temps as well, CPU's can idle anywhere from 25-40c even with aftermarket coolers. Just because it's using water doesn't mean you're going to see 18-25c idles, it's a closed loop. 30c is completely fine, quite cool.
It's the LOAD temperatures that you need to worry about, that's the real test of the cooler doing it's job. Convert a video or use Intel Burn or something to force your CPU cores to 100% usage for like 10 mins, then tell us temps.

If you're REALLY concerned you can remove the cooler, wipe off the thermal paste from both the CPU and the block with some isopropyl, apply some nice new paste, re-mount it and check temps again. The H80 comes with some pre-applied thermal paste doesn't it? Never been a fan of that, I like to apply it myself :P

[Sephiracle]

ok lol, cuz i gave my heatsink to a friend of mine (sitting beside me) and he's rocking 20*C at 50% load

Yeah and where is his pc located?

[Clut]

well, as for the thermal paste, i managed to smudge some on the cpu from the stock cooler then just put the h80 with the paste on after. i have a tube of thermal paste beside me, perhaps i should put it on manually. and btw what is intel burn?

[Wries]

ok lol, cuz i gave my heatsink to a friend of mine (sitting beside me) and he's rocking 20*C at 50% load

Temperature sensor broken, or he's overexagurating by a lot.

[Clut]

Yeah and where is his pc located?

on the floor two meter beside mine. sitting in the same room. that must be one bad ass heat sink.

[Sephiracle]

Temperature sensor broken, or he's overexagurating by a lot.

Mine idles in my basement 18-22C, because it's my unfinished basement and super cool down there.

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on the floor two meter beside mine. sitting in the same room. that must be one bad ass heat sink.

Maybe, is his setup the same as yours? Are there any A/C registers nearer his computer compared to yours

[Wries]

Mine idles in my basement 18-22C, because it's my unfinished basement and super cool down there.

He said 50% load, though.

[Xuvial]

and btw what is intel burn?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBur...load-2047.html

Just one of many small stress-testing programs that thrash all your CPU cores by forcing it to calculate ridiculous mathematics, it also tests your RAM and how well it's working with your CPU.
Mainly to get an idea of the *absolute* maximum temperatures you could possibly get, the perfect way to test your CPU cooler. Also once you get into overclocking (and seriously, do it. 2600K + H80 = waste of money if you don't overclock) it's the best way to find out if your overclocks are stable or unstable.

[Sephiracle]

He said 50% load, though.

Eh, I missed that. Yeah, prove it.

[Clut]

im gonna get into the overclocking after a bit.

well anyways, i decided to go against the corsair recomendations and use my 2 radiator fans as an outtake, as it's located right beside my 200m outake, i have 2 200m inntakes aswell, should i turn it around?

[Saithes]

http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBur...load-2047.html

Just one of many small stress-testing programs that thrash all your CPU cores by forcing it to calculate ridiculous mathematics, it also tests your RAM and how well it's working with your CPU.
Mainly to get an idea of the *absolute* maximum temperatures you could possibly get, the perfect way to test your CPU cooler. Also once you get into overclocking (and seriously, do it. 2600K + H80 = waste of money if you don't overclock) it's the best way to find out if your overclocks are stable or unstable.

That version lacks the newest Linpack libraries... thus it doesn't stress Sandybridge very well.

[Deathwing Aspect Of Death]

its prob not the same but my cpu with coolermaster v6 gt on a hot day is 24c on idle.. with all case fans on low but my processor is a amd phenom x6 1055t -_- but still its aircooling.. ive seen it drop to 18c on idle before but on 90 percent cpu i seen it get to 35c

[Wries]

That version lacks the newest Linpack libraries... thus it doesn't stress Sandybridge very well.

Says 2.3 but you get 2.51 in the .zip it links to.

[Saithes]

Says 2.3 but you get 2.51 in the .zip it links to.

Ah, whoops :P Well, just in case... heres a link to Intels latest Linpacks

http://software.intel.com/en-us/arti...pack-download/

[Wries]

its prob not the same but my cpu with coolermaster v6 gt on a hot day is 24c on idle.. with all case fans on low but my processor is a amd phenom x6 1055t -_- but still its aircooling.. ive seen it drop to 18c on idle before but on 90 percent cpu i seen it get to 35c

Afaik AMD idle temp accuracy is a little shaky as it can drop below ambient. Under load it should be cooler than a Sandy Bridge (or any intel) chip but the Tjmax is also lower compared to Intel.