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- Jun 4, 2012
So I just finished my new build last night and I have some concerns. My temperatures are fine when idling (sitting at around 25-30c). My problem is when I run Prime95. My temperature skyrockets instantly to 70-75c and then steadily climbs. When it almost hit 80 I stopped it. I'm cooling my 6700k with a NZXT x61 Kraken and I'm running it stock by the way. I was planning on overclocking but not until I figure this out.
I installed the 6700k on a MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME and have the Kraken's pump hooked up to the "Pump_header" on the motherboard and the fans to "CPU_1" and "CPU_2" headers on the motherboard. The pump seems to run at about 50-60% most of the time and the fans have a good curve. What makes me think that something is going on with the heat transfer is the water temperature. It seems to sit at 30-32c solid (or at least that's what the CAM software tells me) no matter what temperature/load my CPU is at. When my CPU is at 26c the water is at 31c when my CPU is at 70c it sits at 33c.
Oh yeah I'm not using the stock thermal paste. I'm using the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. I spread it across the whole surface of the CPU with their "applicator" like they suggest. But I kind of want to try to reapply it using the grain of rice method and see if that makes a difference. Another thing is, when I was testing the motherboard before I put it into my system it had trouble detecting the ram. I read that it could happen because of tightening the CPU cooler too much and bending the board. I loosened it and reseated the ram and it worked. It wasn't that tight to begin with. I was thinking that maybe my heat problems are because the pump isn't tight enough on the CPU?
What do you guys think? Why am I having these heat issues on a stock CPU? The Kraken is supposed to be one of the best AIO liquid coolers yet it can't seem to cool better than my H60.
Edit: From what I've been researching, this thermal paste is supposed to be one of the best (which is why its so expensive). I have a tube of Arctic Silver sitting around. If all else fails, I guess I can give that a try. But I'm not convinced its the paste and not something else.
I installed the 6700k on a MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME and have the Kraken's pump hooked up to the "Pump_header" on the motherboard and the fans to "CPU_1" and "CPU_2" headers on the motherboard. The pump seems to run at about 50-60% most of the time and the fans have a good curve. What makes me think that something is going on with the heat transfer is the water temperature. It seems to sit at 30-32c solid (or at least that's what the CAM software tells me) no matter what temperature/load my CPU is at. When my CPU is at 26c the water is at 31c when my CPU is at 70c it sits at 33c.
Oh yeah I'm not using the stock thermal paste. I'm using the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. I spread it across the whole surface of the CPU with their "applicator" like they suggest. But I kind of want to try to reapply it using the grain of rice method and see if that makes a difference. Another thing is, when I was testing the motherboard before I put it into my system it had trouble detecting the ram. I read that it could happen because of tightening the CPU cooler too much and bending the board. I loosened it and reseated the ram and it worked. It wasn't that tight to begin with. I was thinking that maybe my heat problems are because the pump isn't tight enough on the CPU?
What do you guys think? Why am I having these heat issues on a stock CPU? The Kraken is supposed to be one of the best AIO liquid coolers yet it can't seem to cool better than my H60.
Edit: From what I've been researching, this thermal paste is supposed to be one of the best (which is why its so expensive). I have a tube of Arctic Silver sitting around. If all else fails, I guess I can give that a try. But I'm not convinced its the paste and not something else.
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