Windows Working on my first solo build

[TulsaGeoff]

Have you played with overclocking yet? I chose to place my radiator at the top in my case on a pretty hefty voltage going to the cpu. It hasnt been a problem two year later and there's no more speed to be gained. It could probably drop a couple of degrees but all in all, its not a factor.

[Corey]

On 7/26/2020 at 9:59 AM, TulsaGeoff said:

Have you played with overclocking yet? I chose to place my radiator at the top in my case on a pretty hefty voltage going to the cpu. It hasnt been a problem two year later and there's no more speed to be gained. It could probably drop a couple of degrees but all in all, its not a factor.

 

Not yet. I do plan on overclocking at some point. For now I'm just using it stock as I break it in.

[Corey]

Just an update... I made a noob mistake when reading my cpu temps. This was my first time using the iCUE software from corsair and I thought it was giving me CPU temps when it was in fact giving me the liquid temps of the aio. Now that I figured out how to get the CPU temps I see it mostly hovers around 38-40c while writing this post and will occasionally spike into the higher 40's. 

 

I did remove the cpu cooler and paste and reapply the thermal paste. I don't believe it made much difference. Going to keep an eye on it to see what happens while I play games. I have been googling and higher temps with 3700x seem to be a common thing. A lot of discussion about the way it boosts.

 

Anyways, thanks again for the posts. If anyone has personal experience with this please chime in. I know Snuffs thought I should see better cooling, but that just doesn't seem to be the case.