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continuum wrote:I assume you checked the thermal grease imprint to make sure you're getting good contact?
Jigar wrote:I would first try a different cooler to double check on mobo sensor.
just brew it! wrote:Jigar wrote:I would first try a different cooler to double check on mobo sensor.
He's already doing that. Said so in his last post.
elmopuddy wrote:Question, are the Cooler Master watercoolers any better quality?
vargis14 wrote:I like the AIO coolers since they do not stress the MB socket like a heavy air cooler does. Also they make the CPU socket area nice and tidy without worry of using memory sticks with tall heatspreaders.
Also the Air coolers throw off tremendous amount of heat inside the case...so if ou plan to use one make sure your case has good airflow in and especially out.
The good AIO coolers provide the same if not more the amount of cooling as the top air coolers but for some reason do not push out nearly as much heat as the air coolers do. I do not know why this is the case but AIO's just do not throw out the concentrated heat Air coolers do...it is strange.
Gluck with your choice and i hope your up and running quickly.
southrncomfortjm wrote:vargis14 wrote:I like the AIO coolers since they do not stress the MB socket like a heavy air cooler does. Also they make the CPU socket area nice and tidy without worry of using memory sticks with tall heatspreaders.
Also the Air coolers throw off tremendous amount of heat inside the case...so if ou plan to use one make sure your case has good airflow in and especially out.
The good AIO coolers provide the same if not more the amount of cooling as the top air coolers but for some reason do not push out nearly as much heat as the air coolers do. I do not know why this is the case but AIO's just do not throw out the concentrated heat Air coolers do...it is strange.
Gluck with your choice and i hope your up and running quickly.
Well, for most air coolers, you direct the air right out an exhaust port, maybe even one with its own exhaust fan. I actually have my EVO 212 pointed up so it vents out the top of my Carbide 500R, similarly to how an H100i would vent.
No doubt that AIO's keep the CPU socket nice and tidy tho - but I'm not a fan of tall (and of dubious utility) heat spreaders on my ram, so no big loss there.
just brew it! wrote:Don't all of the heavy aircoolers use backing plates to reduce stress on the motherboard socket/brackets? This does, of course, make retrofitting a new cooler to an existing system a PITA though, since you need to pull the motherboard unless your case has a CPU socket cutout.
southrncomfortjm wrote:just brew it! wrote:Don't all of the heavy aircoolers use backing plates to reduce stress on the motherboard socket/brackets? This does, of course, make retrofitting a new cooler to an existing system a PITA though, since you need to pull the motherboard unless your case has a CPU socket cutout.
They do, but you still don't want to be moving a system with a Notcua style cooler around to much because it is a lot of strain on the board.