old-cooling

[dusty latch]

Ok reseated the cooler hopefully it’s cooler

[wispy mist]

cool

[dusty latch]

Yeah almost 20c cooler lmao

[wispy mist]

What did you do wrong the first time?

did you figure it out?

[dusty latch]

the thermal paste didnt spead enough

[low pumice]

More is better

X method best method

[magic wave]

x method gang

I swear by it

and I've never pasted a processor

[low pumice]

I'll be repasting with x method at some point

[sly laurel]

Top mounting a Corsair H100i radiator and fans at the top, have 2 140mms for the front, 1 120mm for the back, in what way would I get maximum airflow? Would I just go with the same old exhaust on top and in back and intake in the front, like without the AIO?\

Meshify C case

[maiden delta]

Pea method btw

[stone jackal]

This is a really nice intel spread I got a few months back. Pea method as well

[low pumice]

not great

[stone jackal]

I mean it’s just looks good

And it was on the Intel stock heatsink, so the copper the touches the CPU is round

[sleek fable]

quick question

[stone jackal]

What’s up

[sleek fable]

im doing a custom hardline loop in my o11d case and im getting a distro plate. Do i need a resivoir? (ignore poor spelling). It says it comes with a pump. Is it big enough to act as a reservoir too?

[stone jackal]

Ohkay I literally know nothing about water cooling so idk

[sleek fable]

lol

[stone jackal]

I need to do some research on it

[sleek fable]

ty ty

[rugged nimbus]

I think you can get away without one, do some googling

[cold island]

a distro plate works as a reservoir

if it comes with a pump, the only other things you need are the cpu/gpu blocks, radiators, tubing and fittings

[rugged nimbus]

Don't be like me and buy like half the fittings I needed :)

[distant kernel]

@sleek fable ur answer

[sleek fable]

oh ok thanks!

sorry for the late reply

[jaunty kraken]

Hey I am looking into replacing a couple case fans in my pc bc they are loud af. Anyone have any good quit fan recommendations?

[cold island]

Noctua if you have the money

[jaunty kraken]

Ok thanks

[wispy mist]

that or be quiet

there whole thing is, well, being quiet

[solemn bolt]

(also should clarify he's not telling you to be quiet, he means the brand beQuiet XD)

[magic sparrow]

that'd be a big F to assume

[low pumice]

lol

@magic sparrow either you go noctua or you be quiet >:D

[jaunty kraken]

Lol ok thank you

[topaz blaze]

is there an aio for amd thredripper

[brisk rain]

Yup

[solemn bolt]

I think they just use an adapter plate for threadripper, and the aios themselves are interchangeable

[idle tiger]

TR needs a really big coldplate.

[cold island]

its a chonky boi

[low pumice]

Yes

[brisk rain]

yes

[solemn bolt]

yes

[brisk rain]

Happy big CPU 🙂

Lotsa pcie

[solemn bolt]

Such big cpu
much cores
wow

[brisk rain]

What I want to know.... infinity fabric is routed per CCX. since CCX's now have 8 cores, will we see higher core counts in threadrippers?

[solemn bolt]

What you mean past 64?

[low pumice]

maybe

[brisk rain]

Yup

[uneven halo]

best aio for a am4 socket go

[low pumice]

Arctic Freezer II

[solemn bolt]

We already can't really even use anything past the 64 as it is lol

Also depends on the budget Mattee

[uneven halo]

any budget im big ballin

[solemn bolt]

Custom loop it up then

[low pumice]

Don't do custom unless you know what you're doing so

[uneven halo]

well then

[solemn bolt]

Eh there's plenty of tutorials

[uneven halo]

true

[solemn bolt]

But if you didn't want to do custom and had no budget, I would just get something from one of the Corsair AIOs with a 360 rad

[uneven halo]

but ill stick to an AIO

[brisk rain]

There are people that get dual 64 core epyc boards

There's uses

[uneven halo]

not enough room in my NZXT case

[solemn bolt]

Then a 240?

[low pumice]

bruh

nzxt cases bad airflow :P

[brisk rain]

Yeeeee

[low pumice]

Arctic freezer II

gud aio

[uneven halo]

my s340 elite has good airflow wym

[upper lion]

is there any mass differences between the dark rock pro 4 and the NH-D15 chromax as far as sound or cooling ability?

[cold island]

d15 is a much harder flex

[low pumice]

you sure?

Not really

they're both within margin of error

[uneven halo]

lol

[cold island]

yeah but do you get a noctua sticker with a drp4? didnt think so

[uneven halo]

oof Arctic freezer II is lowk ugly ngl

[upper lion]

lol no stickers

[solemn bolt]

I have a dark rock 4 (non-pro) so I can say it's not super obnoxious? But you can definitely hear it under heavy load

[low pumice]

It's good tho

non-pro tho

[solemn bolt]

OOF lol

[upper lion]

going to be running a 3950x with it

[cold island]

but yea either should be able to handle a 3950x fine

[solemn bolt]

Yeah but the only difference between the non-pro and pro is one's a thicker single tower and the other's a dual tower

[uneven halo]

cant hang lol

[low pumice]

I mean dark rock pro 4 is double the heatsink and double and fans so

well double the heatpipes at least

[solemn bolt]

Like I said, 2 towers but those towers are thinner too

ahhh ok

I mean in terms of sound, cause the fan's the same

[low pumice]

The better heat transfer, the lower RPM the fan needs to be at :P

[cold island]

okay now idea

a heatsink that just fills up the entire case

[solemn bolt]

Hmmm there ARE prototypes of heatsinks that ARE cases

[low pumice]

didn't ltt review a passively cooled HEDT thing

that is like entirely heatsink

[cold island]

ya but those are smol we need a 40L heatsink

[uneven halo]

thoughts on Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM SE

[low pumice]

good

[solemn bolt]

o lord that'd be a big heatsink

[cold island]

it works

[uneven halo]

i would like to get the nzxt z63 aio but its lowk tooooo exspensive

[solemn bolt]

Thought you had no budget

[uneven halo]

i mean compared to the corsair one

get one with no rgb fans get one with

and save some money

[solemn bolt]

:P

[uneven halo]

you know what i mean?

[solemn bolt]

I gotchu lol

[brisk rain]

Found it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LauL5JxYis

[uneven halo]

but cam software vs icue

thats also a hard one

[solemn bolt]

I don't think I've used the cam software

But I've used icue and it seems pretty good

[uneven halo]

oh its nice

better than icue imo

[solemn bolt]

Much better than those STUPID motherboard rgb softwares

[uneven halo]

trueeeeee

i hate the aura software lol

[solemn bolt]

Asrock and Gigabyte software = 💩

RGB fusion (gigabyte's) freaking crashes my computer every time I boot it up now

[uneven halo]

rippp

yeah i def like using icue and cam

im debating if i get nzxt rgb fans or corsair rgb fans?

[solemn bolt]

I would just go with whatever you like the look of better

[uneven halo]

but is there a way to get only 2 LL120 fans in white besides buying three?

[solemn bolt]

Hmmm no clue

BUT you can use 2 for the aio and then the last one as the exhaust fan at the back?

[uneven halo]

yeah my s340 elite already came with 2 fans i was gonna just buy two LL120 fans to replace those cause the aio i wanna get comes with 2 LL120 fans as fans for the rad

[faint cave]

I've used both CAM and iCue and don't like either. LL120's look better but ML120s will perform better on a radiator

I have a custom loop currently controlled by iCue and its ok but uses so much memory. If everything wasn't rgb in my build I would ditch iCue fully and switch to just aquasuite

I've seen single packs of the LL120s but not the white ones, do you have a local hardware swap? I found one on meetup and I'm sure you could find someone wanting to trade if you can't find them individually

[magic sparrow]

Just get upHere. 4x cheaper then Corsair @uneven halo

[wanton kraken]

Air cooler for 3700X recommendations? Hoping for under $70?

[low pumice]

Scythe Ninja 5 whenever in stock

[wanton kraken]

Is that difficult to install? Looks gigantic.

[cold island]

i have a mugen 5 rev b (same company), super easy to install

[uneven halo]

Oh really?

Should I get diff fans for the rad and just use the rgb fans for exhaust?

[pliant niche]

Dark rock pro 4

So someone can suffer like me

[uneven halo]

do you think i can use the nzxt fans that came with my case as my rad fans?

or are they too weak?

[faint cave]

The LL120s you have will be ok it’s just the ML line has a higher static pressure for radiator applications. My wife uses LL120s on her aio and it’s fine.

[uneven halo]

yeah i mean i dont wanna have them facing backwards cause that kinda kills the rgb look on them so i was gonna use some bequite fans for my rad and take the ll120 for exhaust since ill be able to see them better @faint cave

[faint cave]

She has the fans in a push with the radiator behind

[uneven halo]

oh you took the glass panel off? And see i dont have a glass panel on mine so i cant really see the fans if i do it cause its in a s340 elite but i was gonna put the be quite fans like that and the rad behind and move the LL120 fans to the other side of the case for exhaust

@faint cave

[faint cave]

Yeah the glass was so close to the case it didn’t pull good air in. Took ~10 mins to take the glass panel off the front.

[twin urchin]

@wanton kraken either beQuiet Shadow rock 3 (in stock) or Mugen 5 Rev B (not in stock at any reasonable price) both under $50

should have very similar cooling ability

Ninja 5 also, but is absolutely huge, but only about $60 usually

Shadow rock 3 and mugen have asymmetrical design to accomodate extra tall RAM or anything where RAM clearance might be an issue

[tough stone]

a little bit scared cuz ive been running my pc for about a month now and not realizing when i play games like lets say siege my cpu temp it slightly above 80

is that bad, should i get another fan, re apply better thermal paste ? or?

[ocean flume]

what cpu?

[tough stone]

ryzen 5 3600

[ocean flume]

and running stock cooler?

[tough stone]

yes stock

[ocean flume]

80c under load is fine, i think thermal throttling doesn't kick in until like 95

i mean, lower is always better, but you're still well under the danger zone

[tough stone]

yeah @ocean flume so i should be fine long term you think ?

becuz i want this pc to last a bit ya know lmao

[ocean flume]

i think so, if it would make you more comfortable to reseat/repaste, by all means go for it

but as is, i think you'll be fine

[tough stone]

okay

@ocean flume thnx for informing me i just read on how you should be max in 80's and i was a bit worried

if anyone has anything they can tell me ping me

[heady adder]

Hey everyone! I recently ordered all the parts for my new build which I'm super excited about, as it's my intro to custom loop water-cooling, but I'm afraid I've made a mistake. I ordered the EKWB Fluid gaming kit that includes the LianLi PC-011 Dynamic case, tubing, fitting, waterblocks, etc. And I mistakenly assumed that due to the price of the EVGA 2080 SUPER KO card that I ordered, that it would be based off of the reference PCB and compatible with that waterblock. However, when I went to double check after ordering (Things are going out of stock left and right, and I had finally gotten a parts list that I was super happy with and everything was in stock), I saw that that particular card wasn't listed on EK's compatibility list. I would've submitted a hardware inquiry, but I'm having issues with their flash player and it won't let me upload the required photos of the card and PCB. Does anyone know if this card is actually compatible? Or should I go ahead and start the return process so I can send it back as soon as I get it?

[magic sparrow]

@heady adder Well... Idk about that. However fluid gaming series has issues with blocks being tightened from factory. So take note of that. Also this kit is about same price for so much more. More rads, RGB, copper loop
https://m.nl.aliexpress.com/item/32899782878.html?trace=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail&spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.5cf562285UYWPR&algo_pvid=783cb4ea-1639-4827-a307-a52670764bd7&algo_expid=783cb4ea-1639-4827-a307-a52670764bd7-19&btsid=a99ff845-d92b-428d-9189-cede1ac1d909&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_4,searchweb201603_55

[fluid lichen]

@tough stone You can also try using Ryzen Master to run your cpu in 'eco mode'. it reduces your voltage and temps while losing minimal performance

[maiden delta]

Do i need to completely clean this till its shiny or no because I'm just reapplying more paste anyway

[brisk rain]

Might as well keep cleaning

[maiden delta]

Why?

[spark scarab]

Its best to remove all the old paste before applying the new

[maiden delta]

The old paste is only like 3 months old too

[spark scarab]

Dont matter. Its always best when changing the paste to remove all the old. It will adhere to the metal better that way and get a more even spread

[maiden delta]

Alright then

[brisk rain]

Supposedly some of them also react with each other

[spark scarab]

depends on brand and the compounds used in manufacturing it

[desert kayak]

My girlfriends computer is 80-90c under load, 40c idle in bios

We have good cable management and we made sure that the fan and heatsink are properly mounted with thermal paste

[modern glade]

damn

thats a lot of heat

[low pumice]

What components

[modern glade]

what cpu cooler and fans she use

[low pumice]

And what do you mean by under load

[desert kayak]

The cpu is that hot the rest is around 55 gpu is maybe 65 hottest

Like playing a game

[low pumice]

Synthetic load or games

Ooof

[modern glade]

also what case does she have

[low pumice]

What case, CPU, CPU cooler

[modern glade]

^

[desert kayak]

Ryzen 3600, I believe the stock cooler, and darkFlash Micro ATX Mini ITX Tower MicroATX Computer Case with Door Opening Tempered Glass Side Panel

[low pumice]

Might be the case, any added fans?

[desert kayak]

I know there's 2x 120mm fans for intake

I think she only mentioned those two, though

I was thinking is the lack of outtake the culprit

She'd open the side panel while playing and it dropped 10c

[low pumice]

That's likely half the issue

She running pbo or stock

[desert kayak]

I would guess stock

Someone else put it in for her, and they messed up a lot

[modern glade]

does she have an exhaust port

[low pumice]

The case doesn't come with an exhaust fan

[desert kayak]

120 in the back, 2x120 top

But not currently installed

(we don't have them, that's just the room allowed)

[low pumice]

Try buying a Arctic P12 or some similar fan and putting it as exhaust

Only ~10$

Could be easy fix

[modern glade]

i dont mean does it come with an exhaust fan, i mean is there anywhere u can put an exhaust port

[desert kayak]

Yes

[low pumice]

..?

Like... Fan slots?

[desert kayak]

A 120mm in the back, and 2x 120mm for the top

That's what I think he means

[low pumice]

Eh sometimes people talk about PCIe ports in the case as intakes in negative pressure builds

So I dunno

[desert kayak]

She's using a 1070 ti as well so it can get hot in there under load

Not synthetic but games yeah

[low pumice]

Synthetic load gets REALLY DAMN HOT

My CPU goes like 60c or so in games

P95 small fft it can go up to 80c

[modern glade]

interesting

[desert kayak]

Mine is 50c in games

But I use an aio

[modern glade]

mine is around 60-70c

[low pumice]

Also, just getting 80-90c isn't dangerous or anything, it's when it goes past it becomes an issue

[modern glade]

on a good day its around 50

[low pumice]

And games arnt exactly the worst case scenario

Side note did she ever mess with the fan profiles

[desert kayak]

I agree, but I'd like for her to be 65c most

Maybe 70

[low pumice]

Maybe fan profiles are messed up at some point

Could check that

[desert kayak]

@low pumice no we did not

It's a b450m max mobo

[low pumice]

(and try higher fan speeds)

[desert kayak]

The guy putting it together mightve

[low pumice]

Download MSI Dragon center or use the bios to change fan curves

[desert kayak]

I'll have to give that a shot

But yeah we're in agreeance though that no exhaust + a stock cooler are contributing?

[low pumice]

Yes, but stock should be able to keep it at or below 70-80 in games

Not 90

[desert kayak]

I understand

[low pumice]

So I'm assuming exhaust, and weird fan profiles

[desert kayak]

If we do a bios update (so the chipset can support 3rd Gen) and we reset it to default, will that render the cpu useless?

[low pumice]

Depends on what kind of reset, reset like reset cmos, that only resets settings not bios version

If you're like flashing another older bios, that might become an issue

But MOST MSI board have bios flashback if you have a USB stick with bios on it

https://youtu.be/iTkXunUAriE

That

[desert kayak]

No no I'm gonna keep the version just the same, maybe reset the cmos

[low pumice]

Yea then you're fine

I've reset cmos plenty of times on my b450 gaming pro carbon ac and it doesn't reset the bios version

[desert kayak]

Hmm..

The battery is under the gpu I'm sure

Unless there's another conventional way to do it

Jumpers?

[low pumice]

It's under the GPU, reset cmos jumpers are optional on boards, not all has them

[magic sparrow]

@desert kayak yeah... That case is very choked for air

two intake at the front basically pulls nothing

given no real decent amount of vents on it

Like... Very thin side grill only right here

[cold island]

is it shame the h500 time again

[magic sparrow]

might even be worse then H510

move the two intake fans as two outtake at the top

[low pumice]

@cold island don't defame the Coolermaster H500 tho

NZXT H500 sucky

CM H500 good

[cold island]

dunno that looks pretty lame

at least the nzxt one looks nice

[low pumice]

Airflow > Looks

[desert kayak]

@magic sparrow you feel watercooling is the best solution for it, using the two fans for outtake and using an aio 2x120mm for intake?

Or use a pull config with the aio for the top and intake for its current position?

Hmm

[warm bay]

[ocean flume]

finding 80mm fans with any LEDs in them is harder than you might think

especially since it's not 2003 anymore

[magic wave]

lol

I have a 70mm fan mount in my case

[ocean flume]

nice lol

my case only has 2x80mm for rear fan mounts

and i was thinking of blinging them up a little, my corsair mouse/kb are blue-lit right now

so i thought of going blue case fans to match

[magic wave]

interesting

two rear mounts?

[ocean flume]

yeah

thermaltake core v1

mini-itx, comes with a 200mm front, and mounts for dual 80mm rear

[magic wave]

ah

[magic sparrow]

@desert kayak AIO wont do too much. Just switch to two exhaust fans at the top instead of intake front

[desert kayak]

It looks like those two fans are fixed to the front

@magic sparrow

[magic sparrow]

fans should be removeable. Screws may be hidden tho

need to remove the front panel

[unique lily]

ChaoticProd#1337 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[desert kayak]

Oh shoot

I forgot I have to be careful

Yeah like

The design is bad for the case

Maybe

Hmm..

That would be optimal as well

[crimson yoke]

anyone know of any good fans that can be software controlled, 120mm and have tons of rgb on them?? preferabbly not as expensvie as corsair LL

[faint cave]

So LL120 are going to be the best as far as argb. ML120 are better for radiators but still good but still $$$. Do you just want them as case fans or are they for a radiator?

[crimson yoke]

just case fans for now but would like a 240 radiator evnetually

hoping to save up for it anyone, and need new fans anyway

[faint cave]

Ah ok well for radiators and rgb ML series fans are pretty much the best. They go upto ~1650rpms but have really good static pressure so are great at pushing air through a radiator. Cooler master mf120r are pretty good and come in a 3 pack for like $60

https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-r4-120r-203c-r1-case-fan/p/N82E16835103276?item=N82E16835103276&source=googleshopping&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-mobile&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-mobile-_-pla-_-case+fans-_-N82E16835103276&gclid=Cj0KCQjwz4z3BRCgARIsAES_OVc6NIi_6T_pNGuQcZQNu3_rKmPs61wUeygvpYIGDhQBFirg-ZNTd44aAhEBEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Newegg actually has them for $51

[crimson yoke]

Thanks man!!!

[acoustic spoke]

Need help, Copy/pasted from my post on overclock.net

I've been looking for a CPU pump block combo for a build I've been thinking about for a while. I want to try and build a custom loop into my Silverstone SG13 with no external modification but finding what I need is challenging.
Specifically, I'm going to need a low profile CPU pump/block combo because there's no chance of stuffing a DDC pump anywhere.
I thought I struck gold when I found the Alphacool Eisbaer LT. It seemed perfect, low profile and with G 1/4 threads. But it's impossible to get in the US. It's sold out everywhere and the only place you can buy it is on Aquatuning.us and it's going to cost 60 bucks to ship it from Europe to here.
So my question: is there anywhere else to get one of these blocks or barring that: another way to get ahold of a low profile CPU Pump/block combo unit?

[faint cave]

Have you looked on modmymods?

Eh out of stock. The place I get all my water cooling stuff is performance-pcs but they are out of stock as well.

The rad/pump suggestion from Bal3Wolf wont work?

[acoustic spoke]

The rad/pump suggestion from Bal3Wolf wont work?
@faint cave

It would be perfect but I'm not seeing a 120mm rad option, the Silverstone SG13 can only fit a thick 120 rad.

[faint cave]

Ah only ones I can think of are going to be 120mm aio units then

[acoustic spoke]

Yea ive looking into something like a fractal design Kelvin but it doesn't seem like they make them anymore

[faint cave]

I just threw away an old corsair aio not sure of the model anymore but it was a 120mm was on a 2700k and when I turned it on after not using it for 5 years could hear it was bone dry

[topaz blaze]

so the pump died?

[fading palm]

any case fans yall recommend

[topaz blaze]

bequiet

that's literally the brand

[fading palm]

anyones with rgb

[acoustic spoke]

Noctua if you want to spend the money 🙃

[fading palm]

do yall think corsair is overrated

[low pumice]

Noctua is the same price as most the mainstream suppliers

[fading palm]

with fans

[low pumice]

Corsair fans are fairly overpriced but you can't find the looks from anywhere else

[acoustic spoke]

I have 4 Corsair fans lying around from AIOs, they are ok, kinda loud tho

[low pumice]

If you can just throw 200$ at fans, hell yea get Corsair they look great

[fading palm]

yeah i see what you mean

[low pumice]

I'm not up to date with cheap rgb fan market but usually there's alternatives for much cheaper

[fading palm]

ok i have the aigo rgb fans but im looking for somthing that looks better

[faint cave]

It worked great for years and sat in my basement for ~5 years before I tried turning it on, seems all the liquid evaporated

[cold island]

i dont care much for corsair

[acoustic spoke]

It worked great for years and sat in my basement for ~5 years before I tried turning it on, seems all the liquid evaporated
@faint cave huh, I've had my Corsair H80i v1 since I was in college back in 2013 and it still works fine. No idea if anything evaporated but I don't hear the pump whining

[cold island]

you can just get noctua for cheaper and they're way better at everything :v

[faint cave]

Yeah idk could of gotten messed up in all my moves but it made a really bad noise

I slapped a kraken x62 I had laying around on it with some frankenstein engineering and it now oc's at 5.0ghz stable lol

[low pumice]

@acoustic spoke could be pump NOT being used being the issue

[faint cave]

Yeah it could of also dried up from not being used, I'm turning that machine into a plex server now with its amazing 650Ti lol

[sharp plaza]

What's the point of a cooling chat if you can't post pictures?

[magic wave]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[distant kernel]

My eyes

Aghhhahh

[low pumice]

4x200mm Noctua fans eh

[sharp plaza]

I need a new pump

[calm turtle]

why does no one make cool 140mm fans?

[low pumice]

Wdym

Nf a14s cool pretty well

P14 cools well

[calm turtle]

have 3 RGB 120mm intakes the AMD cooler for CPU and a fourth 120mm RGB as exhaust twin 140mm single color exhaust top fans, would like to have a mixed 120mm/140mm RGB solution

[mild zealot]

is msi frozr L good?

[low pumice]

It's decent

[maiden delta]

My td500 mesh is so cool lol. Gpu peak at 50, hardly ever hit it. Cpu peaks at 65. Everything stays chilly

10/10 would recommend

[low pumice]

yeye

[stone jackal]

I need the mesh version of my case now

I want chilly components

[wraith iron]

Same, I would love a mesh front for the nzxt h510 elite

[low pumice]

if nzxt actually adds mesh front to h510 I will start recommending it

but thats only if and when they do

[cold island]

lowkey could see a h510 mesh

i just want a mesh h1 but people are making vented front panels for it so that’s noice

[quasi copper]

I want a h710 mesh too then

[drifting charm]

i'm looking to build my first computer with this setup here https://pcpartpicker.com/list/QK2CQq what would be the best cooler for this that its to expensive

[stone jackal]

The CPU comes with a cooler that works fine

[drifting charm]

so the one that cones with it is efficient enough then?

[quasi copper]

If you’re not overclocking yes

[stone jackal]

yep

[drifting charm]

ok thanks. i don't plan on over clocking at least not at first anyways as its not something I've ever needed or done with previous computers.

[stone jackal]

yeah if yuo overclock you can always upgrade

[drifting charm]

if i were to over clock in the future what cooler would you recommend. or should i determine that at a later time if i do decide to over clock

[stone jackal]

uh a good air cooler or AIO would work. Something like a noctua NH-D15 maybe

[calm turtle]

anyone recommend a twin 140mm rgb fan set?

[grizzled plover]

@calm turtle I don't know what your budget is but, the Corsair LL140's are top of the line. Depends if your build is full RGB or you just don't care. I fully recommend these are great fans and the colors make my build (I have three of them in my case).

[quasi copper]

^ VERY expensive though. Worth it imo cause I’m an RGB sheep

[open thunder]

Is it normal to have a stable 94 c on small ffts on Ryzen 7 3700x with Noctua dh15

[faint cave]

@open thunder not sure but that seems quite warm, running an OC?

[low pumice]

That's very hot unless you got a hefty OC on it

[maiden delta]

Even if it has a decent oc I wouldn't like running it on that

[low pumice]

Hefty meaning like 1.375v 4.4ghz

[faint cave]

Did you put paste on be fore you put the cooler on? Or did you forget to remove the little plastic thing on the cooler??

[low pumice]

I had stable 93c or so at 1.35v 4.3ghz under my d15, I know I didn't put enough paste down

P95 smallfft ofc

[faint cave]

And if you used the stock paste on the cooler I would remove the cooler clean that up and put better paste on.

[low pumice]

?

Stock paste on d15 is nt-h1

Very good paste

Sure like cryonaut is slightly better but I'm pretty sure it's better than like mx4

[faint cave]

Ah didn't know they used the nt-h1 paste so scrub that, that is good paste

[low pumice]

Stock amd paste is bad but I mean that doesn't come with d15

[faint cave]

I used nt-h1 on my video card when I put the water block on. Also used it when I had a Heatkiller IV Trpro on my TR. Switched to Kingpins stuff since it came with my new block and its done better than the nt-h1 for me.

[low pumice]

Yea nt h1/h2 is really good paste but not the best, there's better ones like cryonaut and some others

And then there's liquid metal

[idle tiger]

KPX , gc extreme are some of the best

[brisk rain]

I would still like to try filling a custom loop with liquid metal

[faint cave]

I couldn't agree more about kpx paste

[low pumice]

Lol @brisk rain real expensive tho

Also might eat away at the tube

[faint cave]

I got a great deal on kpx paste from performance-pcs

https://www.performance-pcs.com/tim-s-pastes-and-pads/kingpin-cooling-kpx-high-performance-thermal-compound-10g-kpx-10g-002.html was 15.99 when I got it but 19.99 isn't bad for 10 grams of it

[brisk rain]

Yeah

I'm also worried it would mess with the fittings

[faint cave]

How so?

[low pumice]

Liquid metal

[faint cave]

kpx isn't liquid metal

[brisk rain]

I was talking about filling a loop with liquid metal

[faint cave]

OH! yeah wouldn't go there

[low pumice]

we're talking about the other thing

[faint cave]

https://www.mayhems.net/products/mayhems-biocide-15ml and https://www.mayhems.net/products/mayhems-biocide-15ml are the only things I recommend putting into your loop. Well distilled water as well.

[stone jackal]

Is there anybody here that would like to help me with a CPU fan problem? The fan on my dell motherboard with i5-2400 will get really, really loud on startup and when the CPU gets under abour ~20% load. I can't find a setting in BIOS to change it and I don't know if speedfan will work

[low pumice]

what motherboard

[stone jackal]

Dell 0GDG8Y

[rugged nimbus]

Optiplex or what?

[low pumice]

dunno then

[stone jackal]

Volstro I think

https://tinyurl.com/ybytnfhx

Here's what I bought ^

er my bad I mean inspiron

It's an inspiron mobo

[rugged nimbus]

You could just replace the fan, it could be bad. From my experience, dell cooling fans are really poor. I got like 20 degrees better temps when I replaced my stock optiplex cpu fan

[stone jackal]

I've tried 3 different fans...

all do the same thing

and spending more on a fan would mean going over budget

[stone jackal]

actually wait

[rugged nimbus]

Mmm?

[stone jackal]

I might have found the problem

[rugged nimbus]

What's that?

[stone jackal]

It concerns the pinout and wire placement of the coolers

gimme a few minutes

ok so basically Dell does use the shape of a normal 4 pin PWM header, but the wires are different, Normally, the wires go in this order:
Blue - green - yellow - black (from left to right)
But Dell has to make things complicated and uses blue - yellow - red - black

idk if this is the problem, but so far using a standard Dell cooler is working... I think

[rugged nimbus]

Nice. Dell does some weird stuff with fan pinouts

[stone jackal]

seriosuly. Stupid Dell

[rugged nimbus]

on my optiplex board they use a proprietary five pin header

With one pin literally doing nothing

[stone jackal]

yeah some do that. I have a proprietary 4 pin to 4 pin adapter for those

[rugged nimbus]

I just cut the old fan cable off mine and sautered it onto a old case fan

[stone jackal]

haha nice

omg omg I think I got it

It took some speedfan adjustments but I think I got it

I just gotta fully stress test it now

now maybe I'll set a fan curve for the GPU

oh im so happy

[rugged nimbus]

Ey, noice

[stone jackal]

The fan is really loud for about a minute or two when I boot into widows tho...

I guess that's okay

[topaz blaze]

it is

part of the boot

its a speed check

[stone jackal]

Uh so there’s a new problem

[rugged nimbus]

What now?

[stone jackal]

When I set the fan to 66% speed or less the fan spins at about 700-800 rpm which makes the cpu very hot but when I switch it to 67% or above the fan spins at about 3000 rpm which is really loud

[rugged nimbus]

Oof

[stone jackal]

Idk what to do

Maybe I’ll look in the bios again to see if there’s something there

[rugged nimbus]

gl

[magic sparrow]

think I've heard of that before. But only vaguely remember it, so cant say how to fix

[sturdy umbra]

question can i plug a aio pump in to the cpu fan headder on a mobo will it work?

[faint cave]

Yes

Should be no problem or the CPU_OPT works as well. It just needs to have a PWM signal

[sturdy umbra]

ok

Im guessing its common for them to have a PWM signal when there is only 1 headder for a cpu cooler

[sturdy umbra]

oh wait isnt PWM something with how many pins are on the headder

idk im still learning

[faint cave]

PWM connectors are just the 4 pin connectors on the mb, CPU, CPU_OPT, CHA_FAN... older motherboards have 3 pin connectors and are DC. PWM allows you to change the speed of the fans/pump where DC not so much. DC fans can run at different speeds but not like PWM fans. Most if not all AIO coolers should be PWM connectors and if your board doesn't have a AIO_PUMP connector then use the CPU_FAN

[sturdy umbra]

ok

thanks

[idle tiger]

Almost all fans, even 4 pin fans can vary speeds via dc.
The adjustable range is usually 5-12 volts.

If you have the option of pwm, go pwm.

[faint cave]

True but some adjust way better than others

[sturdy umbra]

ok so pwm is just better

[faint cave]

Yeah they are designed to be set on curves and be adjustable through software pretty much every mb maker has some software to control them in windows, or corsair or other companies as well

[sturdy umbra]

ok

its just more modern and adjustable

[shut chasm]

is hyper 212 evo rgb edition good for cooling amd ryzen 5 3600

[low pumice]

For the price, no

[wraith iron]

Is there a difference between aio pump header and cpufan?

[low pumice]

it shows up differently in bios, and they have different fan curves you can edit

[wraith iron]

Ty

[idle tiger]

BIOS fan control > various rgb/fan control malware software

cough icue

[low pumice]

lol

[shut chasm]

pog

pog

pog

pog

pog

sry for spam

[wraith iron]

You trying to level up?

[shut chasm]

no

no

no

no

no

[wraith iron]

Hah

[shut chasm]

im just doing this for lvl 3 sry

[wraith iron]

Hah

Hah

[shut chasm]

i need the link post

thing

and pics

[wraith iron]

I needa do that

[shut chasm]

lol

lol

lol

lol

lol

lol

lol

[wraith iron]

You should do that in #no-mic-chat it's pretty dead

[open thunder]

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=400-TG-TM01-BR vs Noctua H1 thermal paste

[faint cave]

So i haven't used that paste but I was using the Noctura paste and switched to https://www.performance-pcs.com/tim-s-pastes-and-pads/kingpin-cooling-kpx-high-performance-thermal-compound-10g-kpx-10g-002.html. Got a 3c temp drop from the paste switch.

a 10g tube is more than you will ever need for 1 pc and thats cheap

[open thunder]

Thermal Grizzly Kyronaut dries up fast it gets hard in 3 months

[faint cave]

I've had this on 2 months so far and my temps haven't changed since I put it on, I tried the TGK first and wasn't happy with its performance

[open thunder]

TG is overhyped

[faint cave]

But you can't go wrong with the noctura paste its great stuff. I have it on my gpu with waterblock and couldn't be happier. Have used it on multiple cpu's in the past as well and its great stuff.

[open thunder]

I wonder what the temp different is from h1 to h2 Noctua paste

Probably nothing massive

[faint cave]

Only ones I have available but maybe I should get the h2 and see

Gets boring being at home so have done a few rebuilds lol

[open thunder]

https://noctua.at/en/performance-comparison-nt-h1-vs-nt-h2

Nothing massive

1 c difference is nothing tbh

[faint cave]

well I have a TR4 so 2c is not bad

KPX spread when I took off my block. Had a bad mount and had to replace hardware.

[open thunder]

Dang and is that a aio

[faint cave]

no its an optimus absolute tr3 block

[open thunder]

Looks simple I love it

[open thunder]

EVGA has to put so much branding on there cards, aio, CPU blocks

[faint cave]

They developed a better acrylic top after they shipped it and sent it to me for free so took it apart to switch, dropped my temps more

[open thunder]

Nice

[faint cave]

10 year warranty, made in Chicago

[open thunder]

Nice 10 years is always good

[faint cave]

Very cool company, they got behind bc so many preorders then covid happened so they are slowly shipping things out but was way cool of them to send me that top for free and new mounting hardware they developed after their first system broke my board (board was already damaged from aio cooler)

[open thunder]

I feel like small businesses always are superior in support and replacements

Some aren't obviously

[faint cave]

Their support was dead and silent for like 2 months so it wasn't all good times lol

[open thunder]

I tried to ask evga for a FTW3 ultra cooler for my 2070 super Ultra
They said no buy a new card

[wraith iron]

I heard a story of some guy who's zotac 1080 ti had died and zotac gave him a free 2080ti

[open thunder]

Sounds over the top to me probably a tech YouTuber lol

[faint cave]

I had luck like that way way back in the day

bought the 1st gen Alienware laptop had dual geforce gtx 260 mobiles in it was sweet (was a graduation gift)

3 1/2 months later one dies

The video cards in it are left and right, they can only git one weay

Well repair guy comes out and brings a left one, my right card was dead

3 weeks go by before they can get the card and come back

When he comes back he has 2 cards, both gtx 280s and replaced both cards

[wraith iron]

Wow nice

[open thunder]

My graduation gift was a massive 3,000 computer upgrade
I graduated couple weeks ago. Very nice

[faint cave]

I still have that 50lb laptop lol

[open thunder]

Dang I want it

Love old hardware

[faint cave]

lol its a core 2 duo it gets hot

[open thunder]

Idc

[faint cave]

lol can get some cheap old pcs at goodwill if you want to collect things like that

[open thunder]

I got a desktop with i3 second gen from a buddy for free the motherboard blew on the south bridge side

No wear anywhere

[faint cave]

I have a few graveyard pc's in the basement.... athlon64, core 2 duo e8600, an i7 920, an i7 2700k then the Alienware laptop with a core2 duo and an xps laptop with a P4

[open thunder]

Oldest computer I got is a IBM PS/2 model 55 SX. I got it from my school for free

[faint cave]

My older ones have gotten thrown away over moves. 486dx2 was the fast cpu when I was a kid so.....

[open thunder]

I wasn't born back in the 90s I was burn in 2001 so I don't know how to use it. I have to get a new hdd for it though.

[faint cave]

I was born in 1981 so have seen all the advancements in computers

[open thunder]

Yup I seen it by video, some old pcs in person because I collect them.

I built my first computer in 2015.

I don't have it anymore. I just have the CPU that's all

I threw it out the Rx 480 I had in it blew the board

My first PC build

[faint cave]

Nice job with the cables for a first build

[open thunder]

Thanks I was extremely ocd about it

[wraith iron]

My first (and current) build has terrible cable Management

[faint cave]

Try running the cables for 20 fans 10 of which also have rgb cables.... lol

[wraith iron]

Oof

I would show a picture of the back of my PC but I won't be able to close it again

And that's with 4 fans

[rugged nimbus]

Lol

[faint cave]

lol should spend a day and slowly clean it up to how you like it, good practice for next build

[wraith iron]

Yeah ik but tbh I'm too lazy for that

[rugged nimbus]

I get to hide my mess with a PSU shroud

[faint cave]

lol turn your case around and do it as you chat 🙂

[wraith iron]

Maybe

But the front looks good so it doesn't matter too much

[faint cave]

As long as you don't upgrade anything that needs to get into the back of the case.....

[open thunder]

Finger prints ffff

[rugged nimbus]

Heh, got excited for a sec at the reflection of your keyboard

[open thunder]

Razers Mecha-Membrane keyboard it's not as people think

As bad

Note I never used a mechanic keyboard so I don't know the difference

[faint cave]

If it has a cherry Mx switch it’s good

[unkempt spire]

hey guys, can dust cause heating issues in a pc, how often should I clean it, and what parts do I need to clean?

[wraith iron]

I mean yeah eventually it'll cause issues so just clean it whenever it gets pretty dirty with compressed air

[faint cave]

@unkempt spire canned air is good blow out fans and cooling fins. I recommend a Datavac https://www.amazon.com/Metro-DataVac-500-Watt-0-75-HP-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW will last longer, more powerful and can be used for more than cleaning a pc

[unkempt spire]

are there any guides for this in order to make sure I clean every part of it?

[faint cave]

With a datavac just aim and turn it on it will blow any dust out of all the hiding spots

[unkempt spire]

ah okay ill look into that thanks man

[rugged nimbus]

Once you use a mechanic keyboard you can never go na

[quasi copper]

^ every membrane keyboard I’ve used just feels mushy and inconsistent now. That being said I don’t think I’d like mecha membranes CAuse I never liked clicky switches anyways

[subtle flower]

I just upgraded from a deepcool gammaxx 400 to a dark rock 4

but my temps are worse than they were, I've repasted and reseated it twice

it seems like it's making good contact

but everything is 4 degrees hotter and it doesn't make much sense to me

dark rock 4 has a 70 watt higher tdp rating and is double the price. It's a much better cooler.

[low pumice]

You sure?

Gammaxx 400 is an extremely respectable cooler at it's price

I'd say its close to matching the dark rock 4

[subtle flower]

oh someone had said I should upgrade to the dark rock 4 from the gammaxx 400 so I just dropped $80 on a new cooler

since my temperatures are 88-90C

[low pumice]

Dark rock pro 4 is kinda worth an upgrade

Dark rock 4 not so much

[subtle flower]

I just wanted to get temps to 85C but this is even worse and it shouldn't be

a dark rock 4 should be able to handle an 8600k at 5ghz 1.275 volts, right?

[low pumice]

I dunno, don't got a dark rock 4 or a similar cooler or a similar chip lol

[subtle flower]

I'm just lost because the 8600k is no where near the 200watt tdp limit of the cooler

[low pumice]

Also just for reference Gammaxx 400 beats nh U12s in testing

@subtle flower I wonder if fan curves could be messed up

[faint cave]

What paste did you use?

[subtle flower]

thermal grizzly aeronaut

same paste I've always used

[faint cave]

Was there good spread on the heatsink when you took it off?

[subtle flower]

first time

I haven't checked again

temps have been the same both times

[low pumice]

Dot or x method

[subtle flower]

I know the dark rock 4 can handle this chip

[faint cave]

I like to spread the paste out into a flat even layer across the entire IHS

[subtle flower]

I had a friend with a dark rock 4 and an 8600k at 1.325 at 5.3ghz

[low pumice]

Usually people don't have an applicator around so x method usually is a good idea

[subtle flower]

and he gets 74 degrees max load on cinebench

I'll use an old used gift card

[low pumice]

Anyways fan curves check that

[subtle flower]

I just never had an issue where I needed an aplicator

100% fan speed at 85

still hitting 90

[low pumice]

...

Okay then

[subtle flower]

yeah

something is wrong and I can't figure out for the life of me what it is

[faint cave]

Try spreading the paste see if an even application turns out better. Also if you can take a pic of the spread on the heatsink and the IHS so we can see if its getting good spread

[subtle flower]

alright. this ain't my first build, never had a problem with the cpu temps like this, figured people here may be able to help me too since it's probably obvious

[low pumice]

Might be just some manufacturing defect in your dark rock 4

[subtle flower]

Just turned the PC off after like 8 cinebench runs

The dark rock 4 is barely warm to the touch

Idk how it can be a bad mount still

[faint cave]

well the paste spread will tell us if its making good contact

[subtle flower]

Looks fine to me

[faint cave]

The corners look like the paste is a little thick still, sure it was screwed down tight enough?

[subtle flower]

It was screwed so tight that I stripped one a little

Like

I would've snapped the board in half any tighter

I got pissed the first time and really screwed it on

[faint cave]

oh if its stripped it might not be holding that corner on tight enough, you didn't use an electric screw driver did you? 😦

[low pumice]

I dunno about dark rock but did it come with different brackets?

[subtle flower]

Ew no electric scree drivers

[faint cave]

whew ok

[subtle flower]

And these are the Intel one

Huh

[low pumice]

(I mean sometimes it uses different backplate and bracket than stock)

[faint cave]

whew that you didn't use an electric screwdriver that torque could of screwed things up

[low pumice]

But prob not

[subtle flower]

Look

It's not on tight enough

But how is that possible

All the screws are as tight as possible

[faint cave]

That looks like it was making good contact

[subtle flower]

Look at the edges

They're not spread very well

[faint cave]

are those stand offs on the mb from intel or darkrock?

[subtle flower]

Dark rock

My mb didn't come with standoffs.

Didn't come with anything really

Got it used for $35

MSI Z370 a pro

[faint cave]

Do they possibly mount the other way? With the raised part going down?

[subtle flower]

No because the cooler only has 2 screws instead of the 4

I'll be honest this is one of the cleanest spreads ive ever had

I use the line method

Half length line down the middle

[faint cave]

ah ok let me look through the manual for it real fast

The intel spacer nuts fully screwed into the backplate?

your cpu is socket 1155?

[subtle flower]

Spacer nuts? Ones in the front that connect to the backplate screws?

[faint cave]

sorry was looking at the wrong intel instructions

[subtle flower]

1151

Lga 1151

[faint cave]

so are the spacers fully screwed down onto the backplate screws?

Screw the Intel 115X/1366 nuts (8) onto the previously
positioned Intel backplate (3). Then position the Intel mounting
brackets (4) over the Intel 115X/1366 nuts (8) and affix these
with the mounting bracket fastening screws (10). You can use
the cross-tip screwdriver for this (15).

[subtle flower]

Welp

One of them just tightened slightly

I stg I checked all these the first time

[acoustic spoke]

There's absolutely nowhere to get a low profile cup pump/block combo without spending 120 bucks

[subtle flower]

Those expensive

Air cooling >

I'mma undo all these screws

Redo them

See what kinda temps I get

[faint cave]

Try to go in a X pattern when redoing them and even after you get all 4 go back and just try to finger twist each a tiny bit more

[subtle flower]

Oh I know that

[acoustic spoke]

Not really, they go for 60-70 bucks but the only place to get them is Europe and its 60 bucks for shipping to the US

[subtle flower]

That's like

Machining 101 you always do that

Also

Idk if this is a myth but do you have to repaste Everytime the cooler is taken off? I've always done it

But I go through ridiculous amounts of thermal paste

[faint cave]

Yeah bc who knows what kind of dust fell into it

[subtle flower]

I learned all I know about building computers from my dad

He told me Everytime you take it off you clean it and redo paste

[faint cave]

Thats the golden rule, good luck getting it back together with good temps I need some sleep

[subtle flower]

Alright, goodnight

Used an applicator, does this look good?

[azure crown]

sure ig

umm

i think you installed your m.2 ssd wrong

[subtle flower]

Didn't have a spacer and said f it

[magic wave]

Oof

[subtle flower]

It's worked fine for the last 2 years

[magic wave]

Just buy one lol

[subtle flower]

I just blew all my overtime hours on this dark rock 4, dead broke.

But this dark rock 4 is performing less than my gammaxx 400 and we trying to figure out why

$80 200watt CPU cooler should not be considerably worse than a $30 130 watt cooler

Okay

Third mounts the charm, right?

[magic wave]

😳

[subtle flower]

I swear if this doesn't work I'mma be the biggest sad

[magic wave]

:(

[subtle flower]

Now my computer is power cycling

Uhm

Wtf

Power supply was off no static as I made sure to ground myself

Uhm

What

[unique lily]

TulipTheVaporeon#6509 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[subtle flower]

My cooler probably damaged one of my ram sticks

I took out the last 3

Well first 3

All but slot 4

And it booted

[magic wave]

Did it touch then in any way?

[subtle flower]

It barely has any overhead over slot 1

Likr

.25 mm I tested it with a plastic paperclic to make sure no contact was being made

I might've bonked it putting it on

I'mma put sticks in 1 by 1 to make sure I broke a stick and not the slot

Posts with 3 and 4

Boots with 2 3 and 4

Really hope slot 1 isn't busted

At least I can still run 16-24gb if it is

Oh thank good

I just unseated the ram

My heart dude

[magic wave]

🙏 😔

[subtle flower]

That's the scariest thing

Now to cinebench and see if temps still dying

My finely tuned 20% ram overclock is gone now and idk where my overclocking journal is

There we go!

84° with 1.33v 5ghz. That's slightly higher voltage and better temps!

My room is also 78° F rn so that's surely adding to it

Now imma be greedy and try 5.1

[unkempt spire]

What parts will have their cooling benefitted the most by adding more fans to increase airflow

[brisk rain]

Yes

[unkempt spire]

lol okay thanks

[brisk rain]

CPU and GPU will probably get the most, but that's really dependant on the rest of the case and cooling

[unkempt spire]

if I have an aio for my cpu is that going to help it at all?

[brisk rain]

For the CPU probably not that much then

[unkempt spire]

okay thanks for the help 🙂

[unkempt spire]

whats a good temp under max load for an i7 8700k

[onyx bay]

Is a Ryzen stock cooler good enough (rtx 1660 with a ryzen 5 2600)

[brisk rain]

Yes

[coral agate]

Best way to clean a aio radiator?

[chrome cedar]

probably just dust off fan and fins with compressed air, aio's shouldn't need to be cleaned any further like custom loops need to

[coral agate]

I have 3 dogs so i get alot of hair and dust on my fans and the front of radiator

[dusky mica]

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Liquid-Freezer-All-One/dp/B07WSDLRVP?th=1

[faint cave]

@coral agate Datavac. It’s like a small air compressor for cleaning out things. They are amazing and well worth the money over canned air. Great for anything where dust and dog hair can get stuck not just computers.

[topaz blaze]

Hey guys, quick question, do you think i could watercool a 2060 oc and a ryzen 5 3600 out of a modified 140mm AIO?

[cold island]

it should be fine as long as its a decent aio and you have a ventilated case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7gF7jFuiU

[hollow tulip]

hey, is it usufull to put 2 fans on a hyper 212 evo ? and also those are not the same fans is it bad ? thank you

[brisk rain]

Different fans only makes a diffrence to how it looks.

There won't be any harm from having two fans over one

[hollow tulip]

ok ok thank you

[grand pilot]

Anyone use this AIO or know if its any good? ID-COOLING ZOOMFLOW 240X

[unkempt spire]

yo wtf is up with my cpu cooling rn man I've done Cinebench twice at 100 percent load with my i7-8700k and it's hitting like 85-90C in like 15 seconds

thing is though is that it was able to keep a much better temp like a month ago for 15 minutes (like 75-80C) on prime 95 just a month ago

[green niche]

question the h100i should be compatible with the ryzen 7 3700x right

[cold island]

@unkempt spire might of been a bad thermal paste application

[unkempt spire]

@cold island okay yeah to be fair mine is a prebuilt and I never checked the thermal paste, but its just weird because it was fine not too long ago

does that line up with bad thermal paste application, where it was better in the past but started to get hotter now?

[cold island]

i dont know if it'd be that much of a difference, but its pretty common and easy to rule out. is it overclocked at all?

[unkempt spire]

it isn't manually overclocked but it has the turbo boost thing and goes up to 4.3 ghz under load, but even right now the idle temps are like 40 to 50 C

[cold island]

if its idling that high (i assume it was idling much lower before) i think it wouldnt be something with the voltage being weird, did you change any settings related to the cpu?

[unkempt spire]

nope not at all

the only thing i have done in the bios since ive got it was turn on XMP for my Ram

[cold island]

if you can easily just take off the cpu cooler and repaste it i would suggest doing that, if it isnt a bad thermal paste application you can at least narrow it down without much effort

[unkempt spire]

yeah ill look into it, it might be because my aio is only 120mm but i heard plenty of people have done fine with those, ill go to best buy and buy some thermal paste to reapply, also I'll clean the dust out of the radiator.

do you have any thermal paste brands you reccoment?

[cold island]

a 120mm aio should be enough to handle it decently or at least okay
@low pumice gib thermal paste advice

[unkempt spire]

yeah because before this i believe my 120mm has been totally fine, also I plan to get a better cooler for it sometime in the future anyway

[cold island]

nt-h1, mx4, arctic silver 5 and kryonaut are all pretty good iirc

[unkempt spire]

aight ill keep that in mind, also, since i didnt actually build this system so i dont know what I am looking for, how would I know what bad thermal paste application looks like?

[cold island]

something like this isnt the best

[unkempt spire]

aight, and one more thing (thanks for the help, i really appreciate it btw), how do I remove the old thermal paste safely so I can reapply?

[cold island]

usually you can get the majority off with a paper towel and then use rubbing alcohol to get the rest off

[unkempt spire]

okay sounds good, I'll probably go to best buy tomorrow to grab that thermal paste, thanks for the help.

man honestly im starting to wish i had built my pc to avoid stuff like this, but i know i wouldnt have been able to due to it being the end of the school year and i was super stressed when i was finally able to get it last year so there was no way that I was going to be able to learn how to build one and do it at that time lol

[low pumice]

Yes

[magic sparrow]

P95 and Cinebench are two different workloads. Depending on whether you're using the AVX version for one or both of the workloads and the AVX offset you have the workloads can get vastly different temps

[acoustic spoke]

Whelp, trying to get ahold of a CPU pump/block combo that will fit has failed, I'm reduced to trying to fit a Bylski DDC pump in a Silverstone SG13. Wish me luck.

[cold island]

something like an eisbaer lt solo doesnt work?

[acoustic spoke]

No it would be perfect but the ONLY place that has one is Aquatune.us and they are in Europe. It's gonna cost the same as the part to get it shipped.

[cold island]

ahh i see that sucks

[acoustic spoke]

I hope it's just a supply issue and Alphacool isn't discontinuing it.

[cold island]

i think stock is just super low and the whole covid thing, it suck if they discontinued it because then the only other solid option would be something like the apogee drive 2

[acoustic spoke]

Yea which is tall AF and just straight wouldn't work for what I need.

[faint cave]

Keep an eye on https://www.performance-pcs.com best place for water cooling stuff and they restock a lot. May be worth even calling them.

Their website is horrible btw

[median needle]

Hey, so I got this i5 9700KF to go with my gpu, and I'm imagining the stock cooler is going to be garbage so I got the cheapest and best I could find... It's a CPU Artic Freezer 34 eSports, I usually don't even playing demanding games at all but I want it to be good in idle and in casual games. DM me if you want link

[fallow lichen]

make sure you have the fan on that blowing toward the back of the case through the grills and have an exhaust fan blowing out. If you have a standard atx case that is lol.

[uneven halo]

anyone use the Corsair Hydro Series, H100i RGB PLATINUM SE?

and is it pretty good with cooling?

[final crescent]

i had an H100i, loved it, went w/ a diff one b/c i wanted a 360 and the H150i has been OOS or $250+

[uneven halo]

alright cause i think i might get

[heady gust]

Is the cooler master 360mm aio good?

[undone quail]

So I just built a portable Mitx build. It’s running an I-5 9600k. With a noctua L9a. It’s idling at around 48C. In bios. It throttles as soon as I go into windows. Does anyone have some tips?

[rugged nimbus]

What thermal paste did you use?

[undone quail]

I used the noctua one that it came with and when it throttled I cleaned it off and made sure that the little plastic peel wasn’t there and I replaced it with artic silver 5

[magic wave]

Heinz mustard

[undone quail]

I’ve even turned the cooler up to max fan speed and am getting the same temps

[sharp plaza]

That's what happens when you try to put the sun into a small box.

[low pumice]

Might be UV and UC time

Intel runs hot

Sff doesn't help

[undone quail]

I don’t even have the side panels on. It’s running fully open air

[low pumice]

How'd you paste it

X method?

[undone quail]

I did a pea drop the first time and an x the second

[sharp plaza]

Just do this

[undone quail]

[sharp plaza]

I did that for a meme cuz I had old paste left over but yeah spread it over very thinly

[undone quail]

I guess it’s possible the l9i can’t cool the cpu well enough. Do you guys have any recommendations. I’ll just return the L9i if I determine that to be the problem.

[sharp plaza]

Never put an Intep into a sff

[undone quail]

I think I’ve learned that one lol

[vagrant osprey]

can someone link me a decently priced aio? for 10900k overclocked 240mm plz?

[sharp plaza]

Get 280 or 360.

Preferably a water chiller.

Also you may need to relocate to Pluto for better usage of it.

[acoustic spoke]

bangs head into wall repeatedly

[magic wave]

spaghetti

[acoustic spoke]

My new Alphacool Rad won't fit because it has two openings on either side fittings.

[sharp plaza]

I don't understand why people do SSF.

[acoustic spoke]

It's hitting the GPU

I don't understand why people do SSF.
@sharp plaza

Because I want to be able to flex with a fully custom loop in a SFF box.

Clout is a helluva drug

[sharp plaza]

You have no custom loop.

[acoustic spoke]

The idea was that I would. I might still be ok. I think I can tilt the rad and drill out 2 mounting point holes to secure it.

Barring that, return the rad and get one with 2 ports on the same side.

[magic wave]

mount a custom loop in a gaming chair

[azure crown]

custom loops in sff give hella clout

[acoustic spoke]

Ehh been done

Leggo

custom loops in sff give hella clout
@azure crown
https://media.tenor.com/images/a1dffc2e2e3baa4ced5474a8bf6410be/tenor.gif

[vagrant osprey]

can someone dm me about a aio i need help please]

[azure crown]

no just ask here

whats with you people and DMs, damn

everyones always like "dm me plz thx"

[ocean flume]

it's usually when people are still restricted from posting links

[azure crown]

they should learn to ask, otherwise i get roped into helping someone that i might not be able to help

very few people here will willingly dm some random person who needs help

[vagrant osprey]

it was a link is a corsair h100i sufficent cooler for a 10900k ?

@azure crown

[azure crown]

yes

but youre buying a 10900k, or do you already have one?

and

your paying a ton of money for a h100i?

[vagrant osprey]

im buying one and im paying 100 euro discounted

thank you

[azure crown]

i assume you plan to overclock?

[vagrant osprey]

yes

[azure crown]

nice

[vagrant osprey]

will it handle it well?

[azure crown]

make sure you get a saucy board, theres a GN video that details all the Z490 motherboards

the 10900k is not as hot as the 9900k

they made physical improvements to the chip and IHS to improve heat transfer

[vagrant osprey]

thats good news im planning on getting the ASUS Intel Z490 ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING MicroATX Motherboard

[azure crown]

thats a good one

[ocean flume]

apevia case fans, any good? looking at a 3 pack of white led ring fans, 17 bucks on amazon

i know their PSU's are hit/miss

[idle tiger]

If you've got 10900k + z490 money, I'd invest in an h115i, 150i, or x63/x72

Better yet, build a loop

[faint cave]

Build a loop. It’s fun and addictive.

[cold island]

that sounds exactly the opposite of what I’d want ngl I don’t need another addiction

that’s why I’m poor no temptation ez

[magic wave]

watercooling :/

air cooling :)

[sharp plaza]

He's using a 10900K, only thing that makes sense is a loop.

[brisk rain]

We have liquid cooling and air cooling.... where's my solid cooling?

https://newatlas.com/ge-dual-piezo-cooling-jet/25447/
Not solid colling, but pretty darn cool

[cold island]

didn’t that get tested by somebody and it sucked

[brisk rain]

I haven't seen any tests of it. I'm looking right now though

I found an LTT video with thermoelectric coolers

Those apparaently do suck. Still looking for piezo

[magic sparrow]

LTT made it suck more tho

failed to do correct voltage/current or smth, cant remember now

[brisk rain]

Probably

It's LTT

[magic sparrow]

just pushed more in because they thought "more = better" when it didnt

but even at best, thermoelectric probs still sucks anyways. So meh

[brisk rain]

There's some cool tech out there with piezo

I found a video where they put the thing in a laptop, but they never say how well it worked https://youtu.be/Hm5fXj-hUpk

[uneven halo]

why does my ryzen 5 3600 run so hot?

with the stock cooler on and no over clock?

[uneven halo]

would an AIO make it cooler or?

[low pumice]

Stock isn't meant for keeping it at 30c :p. <95c is safe and you don't have to be concerned with temps <90c

[regal plaza]

ahaha so idk if my cooling is trash or the game is saying gpu temp, but my temps are pretty dang high

like constant 80-90

and with a noctua I feel like that shouldnt happen

[sharp plaza]

It's because TSMC stuck too many transistor's in a small dense place and now they get hot.

[obtuse heath]

I would use a program such as hardware info or equivalent, fire up your favorite smash 'em up and monitor your cpu and gpu temps. I use msi Afterburner to control gpu fan speed with a custom profile for gaming temperature wise, but you could do it simple and just crank the fans up to desired audible level you can withstand :) also I have same cpu and stock cooler and if you are saying you are getting 90° with a noctua cooler or noctua thermal paste for that matter, then you need to start looking for a remedy. Something is amiss. Dust? Old thermal paste? Original paste that had crumbled like a cherry cobbler? Time to investigate! @regal plaza

[regal plaza]

i got no idea if the game is recording gpu or cpu

if I figure that out I got everything else

[obtuse heath]

That's where hardware info program or equivalent comes in. It will show you each

Cpu and gpu temps. I would trust that vs any game that is reporting

[regal plaza]

ah nvm its gpu

[obtuse heath]

I throw it on my second monitor and watch it and adjust from there. Give Msi Afterburner a spin. You can setup a custom fan curve, or just setup a simple profile that you can dictate a % of fan speed to

[regal plaza]

I have done that

just a warm gpu lol

[obtuse heath]

Imho if you are still getting 90° + temps with a fan speed of like 85-100% (100% being jet engine takeoff mode) I would replace the thermal pad/paste that is used on your gpu whichever it may be

[sharp plaza]

Or just use a better cooler because AMD's 7nm is hot and loud.

[obtuse heath]

Think he is talking about his gpu ? I could be wrong though. I'm in serious coffee debt rn

Brain can't function properly

Hot and loud describes my 8 yr old I7-4930k 😁

In my old rig

[sharp plaza]

That's just user error.

[obtuse heath]

It's hungry

Ok I must bathe in a vat of coffee now to appease the bean gods. Have a great day all, stay safe and happy! 🖖

[sharp plaza]

[magic sparrow]

If AMD is hot and loud is Intel a burning inferno screeching to make your ears bleed? Last I checked AMD was better then Intel

[sharp plaza]

What?

[magic sparrow]

What indeed

[sharp plaza]

Interesting, why does a 3970X at 4.5GHz require a water chiller to run then?

[magic sparrow]

Interesting, why does a W-3175X at 5GHz require a water chiller to run then?

[sharp plaza]

That's a stupid question.

[magic sparrow]

oh really? Then I guess yours was too. Good call on figuring that out

[sharp plaza]

Difference is the 5GHz w3175x destroys the 4.5ghz 3970x

[dire merlin]

[sharp plaza]

Like, massively

[magic sparrow]

k

and?

[sharp plaza]

AMD uses turtle cores and cache.

[magic sparrow]

and?

[sharp plaza]

AMD is third wheeling the tech industry

[magic sparrow]

and?

[sharp plaza]

You're a troll.

[magic sparrow]

and?

[dire merlin]

[topaz blaze]

Umm, Kettle ... pot ... hwat?

[sharp plaza]

[proper cradle]

[topaz blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/im-sorry-what-what-excuse-me-pardon-huh-gif-11545810

[acoustic spoke]

why does my ryzen 5 3600 run so hot?
@uneven halo

Because it's constantly trying to OC itself. Water-cooling would help and possibly let it auto OC itself higher because of better thermals.

[little skiff]

why does this one guy seem to have a thing for trashing AMD whenever they're brought up?

[topaz blaze]

Because he does.

Actually it's not just AMD. He much much trashes anything anyone says.

[magic sparrow]

true, considering the hate for 9900k delid

Or I think it was 9900k in general

[topaz blaze]

It's hard to tell with him.

[little skiff]

Can't tell if diehard Intel fan or just trolling.

[topaz blaze]

Both I think

Sneaking suspicion he burned up his 3950

[uneven halo]

Yeah I was running aids 64 for like 30 min and the temps were around 87-90