Switched back to air

[mrm1957]

Just switched from water to air and my temps are back in the mid
30's under load. I think I'm going to leave on air that water is just
to much trouble and I seem to get better temps on air.

 

[wildfrogman]

what heatsink&fan setup do you have now? What was your watercooling setup like and did you lap the waterblock. Please give me some info, and do you want to get back to watercooling or just stating watercooling is a pain? We could try and help if thats the problem.

 

[Liss]

if your getting the same temps with both water or air..

then you must be doing something wrong

 

[Freeloader]

If your motherboard reads temps in socket instead of on die, the temps with a waterblock may read alot more than they are. The hsf fan cools the sensor and gives a lower reading even though the cpu temp doesn't change. I held the original cpu fan by my waterblock and the cpu temps went down 9C on my ECS motherboard. Also, if you don't use a decent rad setup, your water temps can get needlessly high, further reducing expected performance.

 

[HeXenViRii]

mrm1957 what kind of air cooling will you be using ? chuckle chuckle