I recently switched the CPU in my Cooler Master Elite 110 mini ITX build from an i5-4440 (84W) to a Xeon E3-1231 v3 (80W). For those who have built a system in this case, you know it's a pain to work with--especially when modifying a build rather than starting from scratch.
Since the motherboard mounts to the bottom of the case, there are no cut-outs to access the back of the motherboard to take off the cooler. So, the only way to change CPUs or coolers is to completely remove the motherboard (and virtually everything else from the build).
So, after swapping the CPUs, remounting the Cryorig C7 cooler, and putting everything back into the case, I ran some full load benchmarks so I could track my CPU temperatures. My full load test consists of performing a Blu-ray to MP4 conversion using Handbrake.
Here's how the temperatures compared (room temp for both tests was 20C):
i5-4440, Idle = 29C, Load = 58C
E3-1231 v3, Idle = 31C, Load = 72C
I was not expecting such a big jump in load temperatures. So, do the temperatures with the Xeon look like what you would expect, or do they look suspect?
I really would hate to have to take everything apart again to remount the cooler. I was very careful when putting it on in the first place because I knew I didn't want to have to do it again.
P.S., I wasn't using the GPU on the i5-4440. In both builds, I've got a Radeon HD 7770.
Since the motherboard mounts to the bottom of the case, there are no cut-outs to access the back of the motherboard to take off the cooler. So, the only way to change CPUs or coolers is to completely remove the motherboard (and virtually everything else from the build).
So, after swapping the CPUs, remounting the Cryorig C7 cooler, and putting everything back into the case, I ran some full load benchmarks so I could track my CPU temperatures. My full load test consists of performing a Blu-ray to MP4 conversion using Handbrake.
Here's how the temperatures compared (room temp for both tests was 20C):
i5-4440, Idle = 29C, Load = 58C
E3-1231 v3, Idle = 31C, Load = 72C
I was not expecting such a big jump in load temperatures. So, do the temperatures with the Xeon look like what you would expect, or do they look suspect?
I really would hate to have to take everything apart again to remount the cooler. I was very careful when putting it on in the first place because I knew I didn't want to have to do it again.
P.S., I wasn't using the GPU on the i5-4440. In both builds, I've got a Radeon HD 7770.