Replacing Air Cooler with AIO
Replacing Air Cooler with AIO
Hi everyone!
I own a Thermaltake NiC C4 and initially felt good about keeping an FX 4170 at 4.6GHz with 1.4V at 73°C. Now it's not working as expected. With an i5 4690K, it runs smoothly at 4.2GHz with 1.15V but stays at 84°C, which is too high. I’m considering buying an AIO and looking into the Raijintek Triton, but would the difference be noticeable?
I also have a HAF 932 case with four fans and decent cable management.
What are your thoughts?
anti-duck :
You shouldn't even be reaching those temps with your current air cooler to be honest. The Triton would be a better solution than your NiC C4, but there's a problem somewhere else.
I would try re-mounting your NiC C4 first.
I remounted my cpu cooler, applying new thermal compound on the whole heatspreader, just like I always did with my FX 4170, but CPU is still hot as hell... I'm thinking I've been unlucky and I've got a very bad cpu sample. At standard settings cpu jumps instantly at 65C° under stress (Prime95 SMALL FFT'S Test). I'll try to jump at 4,0GHz at least, keeping standard voltage on my processor.
This setup appears much more reasonable now. The 4.2GHz @ 1.15v 84° C configuration seemed unrealistic before, particularly when using older versions of Prime95 (especially if you're running a version prior to 26.6), unless the environment is extremely hot. With auto voltage, you'd be around ~1.05-1.10v, which is close enough to 1.15v and the temperature drop of 19° C makes reaching 65°C under stress quite normal.
Don't stress test your CPU with Prime95, as it's similar to a benchmark for CPUs.
That sounds much more reasonable now. The 4.2GHz @ 1.15v 84° C setting before seemed unrealistic, particularly with Prime95 (especially if the version is older than 26.6), unless the room temperature is very high. With auto voltage, you'll be close to ~1.05-1.10v, so it's not too far from 1.15v and a drop of 19°C makes sense—your package temperature hitting 65°C quickly when stressing with Prime95 isn't unexpected.
You're right to avoid stress testing your CPU with Prime95; it behaves similarly to Furmark for CPUs.
I noticed an odd pattern: when I run a Small FFT stress test, my CPU reaches over 85°C at 4.3GHz and 1.271v, but with the same settings using BLEND Test, I only get around 65-68°C. Can you clarify this difference? Also, which software should I use for stress testing my CPU? Thank you very much for your assistance.