Hello everyone,
I've been roaming these forums for weeks researching the ins and outs of Water Cooling, and finally dove head first into my first WC custom loop. I thought I crossed all of my T's and dotted my I's, but I'm having serious heat issues on my i7 3770k.
Just a quick rundown of the build:
ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
i7 3770k (Was OC'd before water, currently stock)
32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 Mhz
2x EVGA GTX 670 FTW (Stock)
64 GB Samsung 830 (Cache drive)
2 TB WD Caviar Black Sata6 (Accelerated by the 830)
Corsair 600T SE Case
I set this up originally with a H100 and a decent 4.4 Ghz OC with an offset voltage of + 0.045, was 72 hour IBT stable on MAX, 32 GB RAM, ran ~75c at full load.
Now, the water setup (In loop order):
XSPC Dual Bay res, no chambers or anything just a big empty box.
MCP-35x2 Pump
240mm Swiftech rad cooled by 2x Noctua 120mm fans in push.
Koolance 380i
Swiftech 120mm rad cooled by 1x 120mm Noctua in pull with a 25mm shroud.
2x Heatkiller x3 GTX 680 water blocks in parallel.
Phobya 200mm rad with 2x Corsair 200mm fans in push/pull
Back to res...
Using 1/2x3/4 tubing with all Monsoon compression fittings and recently remounted all of my water blocks with IC Diamond TIM. Seems to have helped a bit (much better than the white Koolance stuff).
Anyway, my issue is this, even at all stock my 3770k temps are ridiculous! I'm idling between 30-33c (hottest core) on average, and my load temps are getting into the 70's. I tried overclocking to 4.7 with 1.24v and it would run stable until it hit 105c and throttled.
Am I missing something here or did I just get incredibly unlucky in the 3770k lottery...
*EDIT*
Pics added:
I've been roaming these forums for weeks researching the ins and outs of Water Cooling, and finally dove head first into my first WC custom loop. I thought I crossed all of my T's and dotted my I's, but I'm having serious heat issues on my i7 3770k.
Just a quick rundown of the build:
ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
i7 3770k (Was OC'd before water, currently stock)
32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 Mhz
2x EVGA GTX 670 FTW (Stock)
64 GB Samsung 830 (Cache drive)
2 TB WD Caviar Black Sata6 (Accelerated by the 830)
Corsair 600T SE Case
I set this up originally with a H100 and a decent 4.4 Ghz OC with an offset voltage of + 0.045, was 72 hour IBT stable on MAX, 32 GB RAM, ran ~75c at full load.
Now, the water setup (In loop order):
XSPC Dual Bay res, no chambers or anything just a big empty box.
MCP-35x2 Pump
240mm Swiftech rad cooled by 2x Noctua 120mm fans in push.
Koolance 380i
Swiftech 120mm rad cooled by 1x 120mm Noctua in pull with a 25mm shroud.
2x Heatkiller x3 GTX 680 water blocks in parallel.
Phobya 200mm rad with 2x Corsair 200mm fans in push/pull
Back to res...
Using 1/2x3/4 tubing with all Monsoon compression fittings and recently remounted all of my water blocks with IC Diamond TIM. Seems to have helped a bit (much better than the white Koolance stuff).
Anyway, my issue is this, even at all stock my 3770k temps are ridiculous! I'm idling between 30-33c (hottest core) on average, and my load temps are getting into the 70's. I tried overclocking to 4.7 with 1.24v and it would run stable until it hit 105c and throttled.
Am I missing something here or did I just get incredibly unlucky in the 3770k lottery...
*EDIT*
Pics added: