Cpu cooler recommendation / discussion

[gamma15]

gamma15 here's my GPU temp. Just finished playing game, so towards the end the GPU load comes down, but u can still see the max load and max temp from afterburner log. My R9 290 is slightly overclocked. Afterburner dont allow me to increase my GPU voltage beyond +100mv though, else i'll oc my gpu even more since the temp is so low.

This is taken after a 3+ hour gaming session. GPU max temp 70C, CPU max 65C (on one of my core).

Hmm... may be you left your rig wide open... mine was close...

May i know what CPU are you using??? i suspect my CPU heated up that cause everything heated also.

Because i notice my both CPU and GPU temp go up very high... by the way i use HWMonitor. after playing BF3 for 30~40mins... both temp got up to 95+ degC...

 

[shadow84]

Hmm... may be you left your rig wide open... mine was close...

May i know what CPU are you using??? i suspect my CPU heated up that cause everything heated also.

Because i notice my both CPU and GPU temp go up very high... by the way i use HWMonitor. after playing BF3 for 30~40mins... both temp got up to 95+ degC...

Your cpu cooler nt efficient enough... btw, if u getting 3rd party cooler, make sure it fits ur socket... CPU cooler for your 1st gen socket a bit hard to find.

 

[gamma15]

Your cpu cooler nt efficient enough... btw, if u getting 3rd party cooler, make sure it fits ur socket... CPU cooler for your 1st gen socket a bit hard to find.

Thanks, shadow84 for the advise...

planning to get AIO cooling for it... but now thinking how to fit... probably a casing without top cover..

 

[shadow84]

Thanks, shadow84 for the advise...

planning to get AIO cooling for it... but now thinking how to fit... probably a casing without top cover..

You can get 120mm thick AIO... Just make sure it fits LGA1156..

You can consider Thermaltake 3.0 Pro AIO at $100 from tradepac... 38mm thick rad. Mount it at the exhaust.

 

[cenedra]

Hmm... may be you left your rig wide open... mine was close...

May i know what CPU are you using??? i suspect my CPU heated up that cause everything heated also.

Because i notice my both CPU and GPU temp go up very high... by the way i use HWMonitor. after playing BF3 for 30~40mins... both temp got up to 95+ degC...

simplest solution which u can try it out today.

Open ur CPU casing's side panel, and aim ur table fan into it

Ur CPU temps might drop to 70s, and GPU might be even lower since we're using the same GPU and ive oced mine, thus if u didnt oc ur GPU it should by right be lower temp than mine.

U will still need a better cooler as a permanent solution, but in the mean time this will keep ur temps down.

My CPU is i2500k, oced to 4.5Ghz last night. It was 4.4Ghz when i took that screenshot earlier. My current CPU cooler is Cooler Master T3X Evo, pretty small but the easiest to install cooler.

 

[cenedra]

bought a 2nd hand Noctua D14 from a HWZer. Finally managed to set it up, took quite a while cos need to dismantle my whole PC apart

Did a prime test, my max prime load temps dropped 20-21C on all 4 cores. Max temp now 58-60C only for my 4.6Ghz oc. Previously at exact same settings it was hitting 79-81C.

 

[haylui]

Intel cpu temperature jin high....