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- Jan 25, 2005
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I've been meaning to ask this question for a while, but just never got around to it, but now I've just got an Opteron 170 I thought I'd chase it through.
I've got an Asetek water cooling setup, nothing too fancy - standard CPU block, GPU block, single radiator mounted outside the case and a 12cm fan pushing air through the radiator and a 12cm fan at the front of the case pulling air in.
Now my temperatures aren't high by normal standards, but they seem high for a water cooled system (idle 28c-30c and under load up to 48c-50c). When the system is at full load it stays at 48c-50c and as soon as the CPU is idle again they instantly (within 1 or 2 seconds) return to 28c-30c. Even adjusting the speed of the fans seems to make no difference to these temps, even to a point where I can turn the fans off!!!
Is this indicative of something? I realise that I'm running a fairly low-end water cooling setup but it seems that it is doing it's job but it still surprises me that the load temps get so high.
If I wanted to get the load temps down, where should I be looking? A more powerful pump, a better radiator or a different CPU block?
I've got an Asetek water cooling setup, nothing too fancy - standard CPU block, GPU block, single radiator mounted outside the case and a 12cm fan pushing air through the radiator and a 12cm fan at the front of the case pulling air in.
Now my temperatures aren't high by normal standards, but they seem high for a water cooled system (idle 28c-30c and under load up to 48c-50c). When the system is at full load it stays at 48c-50c and as soon as the CPU is idle again they instantly (within 1 or 2 seconds) return to 28c-30c. Even adjusting the speed of the fans seems to make no difference to these temps, even to a point where I can turn the fans off!!!
Is this indicative of something? I realise that I'm running a fairly low-end water cooling setup but it seems that it is doing it's job but it still surprises me that the load temps get so high.
If I wanted to get the load temps down, where should I be looking? A more powerful pump, a better radiator or a different CPU block?