Poor weather conditions combined with water cooling methods can create challenging situations.
Poor weather conditions combined with water cooling methods can create challenging situations.
I own an fx-8320 black edition cpu paired with a m5a78l-usb3 board. Using this setup, I have a Lepa AquaChanger 120mm with a Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fan in a pull configuration, where the fan is connected to the case and the radiator is attached to the fan. I used artic silver with a pea sized drop as recommended in the guides. My goal is to enter overclocking for Cemu emulation since the single-core performance is weak. After running a stress test with Prime95, my temperatures peaked at 60°C, but I haven’t managed to overclock. I’ve noticed some forums suggesting that people achieve 40 idle temps with water cooling, so I’m wondering if my issue lies elsewhere.
I own an fx-8320 black edition cpu paired with an M5A78L-USB3 board. With this setup, I have a Lepa AquaChanger 120mm featuring a Noctua NF-F12 PWM cooling fan in a pull configuration, where the fan is mounted to the case and the radiator is attached to it. I used artic silver with a pea-sized drop as recommended in the guides. My goal is to enter overclocking to improve performance for Cemu emulation, since the single-core performance is weak. After running a stress test with Prime95, my temperatures peaked at 60°C, and I haven’t reached any overclocks yet. I’ve noticed some forums suggesting that people achieve 40°C idle with water cooling, so I’m trying to figure out what’s different here.
Hi
Have you experimented with using a fan to push air through as an exhaust solution?
I have two nitrous 12's running at 3000rpm on my Corsair H80i GT in a push/pull exhaust setup with an FX 6300. Today I checked the temperature at idle and it was 27°C using a Thermaltake TG 7 paste. During Amd's AOD stress test it stayed between 47-49°C. That was almost a week ago, so I plan to restress tomorrow after getting home.
I tried the Artic Mx-4 but the temperature was too high, and I’ve heard some pastes need more time to cure. Also, increasing the pump speed helped.
crosslhs82 :
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Have you tried changing fan to push air through as a exhuast.
I have 2 noc's nf 12's 3000rpm on my corsair h80i gt in a push/pull exhuast running on a
fx 6300. Checked with my son today temp at idle was 27c using thermaltake tg 7 paste. On Amd's AOD stress testing it ran 47-49c.
That was almost a week ago will restress tomorrow when get home.
I tried artic mx-4 but temp were way to high and have heard of some paste's needing more time to cure.
Also higher pump speed helped.
Sorry if I didn't explain well but this is a exhaust setup.
Try placing the fan in front pushing through the rad as expected.
When testing, did you notice the fan kicking up higher?
I run that fx 6300 on an ASRock board which has hardware monitoring software, allowing me to adjust fan and pump speeds directly from within Windows.
The fan is set to 100% in qfan in the BIOS all the time. I just switched to the push exhaust configuration with one fan and am getting almost identical results. Still unsure why I’m having trouble with 60°C with a water cooler...
What mobile component was used?
Check if it connects to the fan header and adjusts to 100.
If that doesn't work, contact your brand's technical support.
It might still be the paste. The time it needs to cure for artic silver 5 is up to 200 hours, after which it should be cooled. That's why I use thermaltake tg 7. If you have a Best Buy nearby, check if they carry it—there I found it for under $10.
I own an FX-8320 Black Edition CPU paired with an M5A78L-USB3 board. Using this setup, I have a Lepa AquaChanger 120mm equipped with a Noctua NF-F12 PWM cooling fan in a pull-style configuration, where the fan is mounted to the case and the radiator is attached to it. I'm using artic silver with a pea-sized drop as recommended in the guides. My goal is to enter overclocking to improve performance for Cemu emulation, since the single-core speed is weak. After running a stress test with Prime95, my temperatures peaked at 60°C, and I haven't managed to overclock despite that. I've noticed some forums suggesting that people can achieve around 40 idle temps with water cooling, but what's really bothering me is this?
I tried visiting http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/...ntest.html on Maximum. Running at 60°C with Prime isn't exactly ideal. You have a fairly compact 120mm AIO closed-loop cooler. There are other AIO closed-loop water coolers available that should perform better. Since mine isn't the largest or the most advanced, I wouldn't expect it to reach the best temperatures. Also, this isn't a true water cooler—just like air cooling, it doesn't guarantee cooler results.
I'm also puzzled. It's easy for this to happen. You mentioned you've seen others achieving 40 idle temps, but that's not very helpful. What was their room temperature? Which coolers were they using? Were they using high or low static pressure fans? My CPU is currently at 30°C while I'm typing. I'm using an air cooler with a 212 Evo. On the other hand, 40°C at full load seems unrealistic for that small Lepa model.