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H70 Help!

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ChRoNo16

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When I built my new system this year, I moved over to the Corsair H70 for my cpu cooler, but I feel I am not getting good temperatures. Currently at idle on a speed of 2.93GHz im sitting at 102 F If I put any load on, I can spike to 120 in a snap.

I have had both fans setup in push pull, replaced with better fans for push pull, and now just have a powerful pull fan. What do I do? am I just thinking it should be cooler? or is this thing going to get hot?
 
doesn't the 920 normally run a little hot anyways? if you're sure you're not getting good temps from reading what other people's temps are, make sure its mounted correctly and try reapplying thermal paste.
 
I've got the H60 with the stock fan that comes with the kit and I idle at 89-98, and full load is 125-129 (Prime95, 8 threads, 12 minutes long).
Ambient room temp is 79-81.
My fan is between the case and radiator and is blowing out of the case.
 
Speak in terms of degrees celsius. That is how everyone judges computer temps. And don't think your H70 will perform as well as a watercooling setup.

102 F is approximately 30-40 C. That is perfectly reasonable idle temps. Intel processors tolerate up to 100 C max, which translates to 212 F. Unless your processor hits 80+C on P95 or LinX, I would not worry about it. Many people actually have their i7 processors run at 75 C 24/7.

The H70 radiator is not good for high-speed fans. If you were planning on running powerful fans, you should have gotten an H50, which is better suited for high-speed fans.
 
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