Hey, so I have a Ryzen 7 5800x with an 240mm AIO this one “ID-COOLING FROSTFLOW X 240 SNOW CPU”
Now I’ve returned a block cooler because I was worried about the temps being too high. So I got this AIO and again the temps were high so I convinced myself I hadn’t seated it correctly. Taken it off and reseated but still runs hotter than I want or would have thought. Disclaimer I over think and this may be one of those times.
So on boot it can get as high as 85 but mainly between 70-80.
Then sat at idle it’ll be 30-40 then random spikes up to 80.
Opening Visual Studio Professional and ramps up again but settles around 50 when coding.
Minecraft on 12 chunks render with optifine, hits 85 on load the. Hangs around 60 whilst playing.
Same for Factorio. But not tested any other games.
Happy to make some recordings if that would help.
Thanks
What happens if you take the side panel off and you play Minecraft + Optifine? Do your temps dramatically plummet? If you see an appreciable difference, your problem is airflow.
What kind of computer case do you have? Is it a proper case with good airflow and no tempered glass everywhere that restricts it? I also don’t mean those cases with thin vents on the side and a solid panel that forces air to make a 90 degree turn. Ideally, you want airflow to go in a straight direction rather than taking hard turns (which is more restrictive).
If your case is good, do you have your fans in the correct orientation and intaking air? Do you have enough fans to balance airflow so that you have either positive or neutral pressure (NOT negative pressure)? In my build, I have 3 intakes on the front and 2 exhaust fans. The 3 intakes are set to a slightly higher speed than the 2 exhaust fans so that I have optimal positive pressure in my case.
Finally, considering all the above, the last things to of course double-check are to: [1] Ensure you’ve got the correct fan curves and that your AIO pump is set to a correct profile for your workload, and [2] Ensure that your AIO is oriented with the fans to intake air, ideally.
It’s better to cool your CPU with intaked cool air, rather than exhausting hot air. If your case permits it, try to have the AIO radiator installed in an intake position with your two fans set to intake.
When I take the side panel off the temps remained the same.
I have an NZXT H5 Flow case which has one tempered glass side panel.
The setup I had was built in intake at the front bottom of the case and then two more intake 140mm fans on the front. Built in rear exhaust fan and then I had the AIO set to exhaust at the top of the case with its two 120mm fans.
I have now changed to your advice and the AIO has moved to the front as intake and I have the two 140s moved to the top of the case to exhaust.
I don’t understand what’s happening with regards to OC as I don’t want any and my CPU is 3.8ghz but I’m seeing core 0 sometimes others hitting well over 4ghz but nothing in the BIOS indicates OC is enabled nor in armoury crate.