2600k High Temps/Corsair H60

[badnewcastle]

My specs are in sig. I'm stable with 1.4v @ 4.8. My temps seem to be way higher than they should be considering my cooler. I have the Corsair H60 with dual fans doing push-pull.

reached 91c with core temp running small fft's in prime. I know this doesn't seem right because all the reviews for this cooler are a lot lower. when I game or anything else, temps only reach high 50c's.

I've reset the cooler, applied new thermal paste (TX2) and added a fan above, no change. Any ideas?

 

[richierich1212]

How much thermal paste are you using? Are the fans running at full-speed? What are your other voltages like in BIOS?

 

[richierich1212]

Oh and do you have a picture of inside your case? I want to see how your H60 is setup.

 

[badnewcastle]

http://imageshack.us/g/691/dscn0808p.jpg/

 

[badnewcastle]

How much thermal paste are you using? Are the fans running at full-speed? What are your other voltages like in BIOS?

+5.0V Voltage = 4.968 V
DRAM Voltage = 1.500 V
VTT Voltage = 1.051 V
VCCSA Volltage = 0.925 V
+3.3V Voltage = 3.328 V
+12V Voltage = 12.25 V
PCH Voltage = 1.059 V
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.832 V

Fans @ 100%, about 1/2 pea sized drop of paste...

 

[richierich1212]

Did you check if your pump is running at the correct speed in BIOS?

 

[richierich1212]

Your CPU PLL Should only be at 1.753. Any higher will cause high temps and wasted voltage.

 

[richierich1212]

And Try to set your H60 like this:

 

[badnewcastle]

Lowered the PLL to 1.709, lowered the multi to 45 still hitting 85+ with small fft's. I had the radiator mounted like yours and the same thing was happening so I flipped it. Pump says it's running at 4420-4450 RPM, which according to a corsair mod on their forums is correct.

 

[richierich1212]

Well then you could have a defective H60.

 

[E6700]

are you using the latest coretemp version? i just built 2600k too and first time boot up my old version coretemp show 68c at idle,took me a few minutes to figure it out so i download latest version and bamm temp show 32c LOL.

 

[paul878]

I have the same problem with the Noctua NH-D14, my prime fft temperature goes up to 85 degree, 1.37v 4.7ghz. I don't think about it anymore, the system is rock stable.

I stop both fan while running prime and the temperature went up to 98 degree. The Noctua was HOT to touch, the system was stable and never throttle down either.

I think some cpu's temperature sensor is just off.

 

[badnewcastle]

are you using the latest coretemp version? i just built 2600k too and first time boot up my old version coretemp show 68c at idle,took me a few minutes to figure it out so i download latest version and bamm temp show 32c LOL.

I think it is the latest version, plus it matches the temps in the Asrock tuning software.

 

[Seero]

What temp are you expecting?

 

[badnewcastle]

What temp are you expecting?

Something under 80c.

 

[Diogenes2]

Are you getting warm air out the radiator ?

If not, you do not have a good interface between cooler and CPU ...

 

[Idontcare]

http://imageshack.us/g/691/dscn0808p.jpg/

And Try to set your H60 like this:

Comparing the OP's photos to the this ^ one, I can't help but think the water tubes coming off the heatsink in the OP's setup look a little stretched, pulled, kinked, in an undesirable wrong way.

Are you getting warm air out the radiator ?

If not, you do not have a good interface between cooler and CPU ...

Also looking at the OP's push-pull fan arrangement left me wondering if it isn't accidently setup to be push-push. The fan power wires should be coming out in the same location relative to one another, I don't see that in the photo.

 

[scooterlibby]

And Try to set your H60 like this:

Hey can you tell me the name that dual fan cooler you have facing your video card? My hot as hell SLI setup could use it. Do you find it effective?


@OP I'm at a loss as to why, if properly seated, you are getting those temps. Even with a suboptimal orientation, it seems it shouldn't get that high if the seating. Defect?

 

[richierich1212]

That's not my setup, lol. It's very nice though. Was just trying to show how the H60 looks like it should be placed with the tubes horizontal. This is how my new mATX setup with H50 looks like:

 

[badnewcastle]

I did go back and flipped the radiator back around like I used to have it. It made very little difference. So far the biggest differences have come from making changes in voltages:

Vcore from 1.4v to 1.325v
PLL overvoltage from disabled to enabled
PLL from 1.832v to 1.759v
VTT from 1.05v to 1.1v

Making the changes to PLL and VTT allowed me to tighten up Vcore and I could probably go even tighter when I have time to mess with it some more. Temps still hit ~83 on 2 cores, seems high considering the voltages and the cooler...

 

[Drsignguy]

Just an FYI here. I had the H50 on 1 of my 2600K's and I too was concerned about the temps. Did all kinds of tests and decided to get rid of it and go with the larger radiator H70 and it is a much better cooling system. You might consider checking it out. With the Cpu over clocked to 4.0+ it can produce pretty good heat so with the smaller radiator, it just didn't seem to remove the heat all that well. Now, I have the Cpu running F@H 24/7 and temps are around 48c - 50c respectively.

 

[podspi]

Also looking at the OP's push-pull fan arrangement left me wondering if it isn't accidently setup to be push-push. The fan power wires should be coming out in the same location relative to one another, I don't see that in the photo.

I have to confess I did this once :$ That was my first thought as well.

I have a friend as well who is having really high (90c+) temps on his SB, stock cooler though. Reapplied thermal paste, etc. I might have to tell him to update his Coretemp.

 

[blackened23]

My specs are in sig. I'm stable with 1.4v @ 4.8. My temps seem to be way higher than they should be considering my cooler. I have the Corsair H60 with dual fans doing push-pull.

reached 91c with core temp running small fft's in prime. I know this doesn't seem right because all the reviews for this cooler are a lot lower. when I game or anything else, temps only reach high 50c's.

I've reset the cooler, applied new thermal paste (TX2) and added a fan above, no change. Any ideas?

That doesn't seem right, I have a 2500k on a P8P67 Pro at 4.6 and my 100% load temps never exceed 63ish. 1.4V, push pull with an H50. I've done 4.8 with similar temps, doesn't go past 65 (at 4.8ghz) running FFT Prime 95.

What kind of case do you have/hows the airflow/amibent room temps? Is your H60 seated properly? Judging from your pic, you seem to be using the radiator fan as an exhaust, does corsair recommend that the radiator fans be used as intake with the H60 as well? just curious.

From what i'm told, ambient temps and chassis fan configurations are a huge part of how well the H50/H60 perform, (using a CM 932 myself), perhaps thats it? H60 doesn't do nearly in well in some cases. If moneys no issue, the noctua NH D-14 would definitely outperform the H60, although its somewhat weird that you only get high temps in prime 95. Hmm.

 

[BrianTho2010]

From my point of view it looks like a bad mount.

I am running the Thermalright Archon with 1000rpm fan speed on a 4.5Ghz 2500k @ 1.318 volts and the hotest core is 65C after 15 hours of prime 95. Based on that comparison you should be getting better temps.

 

[bryanW1995]

That doesn't seem right, I have a 2500k on a P8P67 Pro at 4.6 and my 100% load temps never exceed 63ish. 1.4V, push pull with an H50. I've done 4.8 with similar temps, doesn't go past 65 (at 4.8ghz) running FFT Prime 95.

What kind of case do you have/hows the airflow/amibent room temps? Is your H60 seated properly? Judging from your pic, you seem to be using the radiator fan as an exhaust, does corsair recommend that the radiator fans be used as intake with the H60 as well? just curious.

From what i'm told, ambient temps and chassis fan configurations are a huge part of how well the H50/H60 perform, (using a CM 932 myself), perhaps thats it? H60 doesn't do nearly in well in some cases. If moneys no issue, the noctua NH D-14 would definitely outperform the H60, although its somewhat weird that you only get high temps in prime 95. Hmm.

2500k will run a LOT cooler, HT is a heat monster. The reason that temps are so much more reasonable during gaming/typical high usage patterns is that HT isn't coming into play.