Hi guys, I have a stupid watercooling question. I just bough a Phobya 240lt kit, link here
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_160_45&products_id=25061
Im getting unusually high temps at idle, around 40c (its fairly warm in here though) and running prime in at around 80c.
My old water cooling system never saw 80c!
Basic system details are
I7 3770k oc'd to 4.6ghz @ 1.25v, and is very stable at that, ran prime etc overnight.
2x 6970's xfire'd
Asrock z77 extreme board
The loop goes, pump,flow meter,cpu,rad, res. fans run at 1500rpm but i can whip them up to 2500 using the controller, pump runs at 100% all the time. Pump does seem to turn the flow meter slower than id thought, and the res doesn.t really have much turbulence at all.
Rad doesn't seem to have and specific port for in and out either.
Pics here: http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h446/matt_297/IMAG1036.jpg...
Obviously the system is empty just in case you were wondering.
I did have the Outlet from the Cpu running into the right hand end of the rad, so the coolant would flow through the whole rad back down to the left, down to the res, but it made no difference in temps. Also reseated the CPU block and re-bled all the air from the system, tilting the rad to move the bubbles out.
So im thinking maybe the pump is too slow.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_160_45&products_id=25061
Im getting unusually high temps at idle, around 40c (its fairly warm in here though) and running prime in at around 80c.
My old water cooling system never saw 80c!
Basic system details are
I7 3770k oc'd to 4.6ghz @ 1.25v, and is very stable at that, ran prime etc overnight.
2x 6970's xfire'd
Asrock z77 extreme board
The loop goes, pump,flow meter,cpu,rad, res. fans run at 1500rpm but i can whip them up to 2500 using the controller, pump runs at 100% all the time. Pump does seem to turn the flow meter slower than id thought, and the res doesn.t really have much turbulence at all.
Rad doesn't seem to have and specific port for in and out either.
Pics here: http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h446/matt_297/IMAG1036.jpg...
Obviously the system is empty just in case you were wondering.
I did have the Outlet from the Cpu running into the right hand end of the rad, so the coolant would flow through the whole rad back down to the left, down to the res, but it made no difference in temps. Also reseated the CPU block and re-bled all the air from the system, tilting the rad to move the bubbles out.
So im thinking maybe the pump is too slow.
Any ideas would be appreciated!