Temperatures

Well, if you want to stick with Fractal Design, this one looks great. And by looks, I mean it moves gobs of air (66CFM) at very low sound pressure levels (18.5dBA). Plus, it does look (aesthetically speaking) nice too.
 
I'll go ahead and order it.
I'm not sure why it gets so hot though, everything else stays pretty cool.
Some people have no issues with it and get very cool temperatures, others get really hot temperatures.
It seems to be a common issue with this chip.
 
Are you running a Haswell chip or Devil's Canyon?

I remember reading a while back that Intel started using thermal glue to attach the heat spreaders rather than solder on Haswell (or was it DC?) I can't remember... But I do remember some todo about Haswell chips having heat issues...

I was doing a lot of research into the Intel CPUs last year (was planning an upgrade that never happened)...

Anyhow... I agree with what I have read in this thread previously... And I am very anal about applying thermal compound... It takes me almost as long to apply thermal compound to a new CPU than it takes me to assemble an entire rig. Lol. I will share my method if you so wish, but I am not sure that is your problem anyhow.
 
I believe it is the standard I7 4790K, so Haswell.

I have a feeling this is related to the voltage my CPU is using, what is the standard voltage that it should use?
I'm not at the pc, so I cannot tell you the voltage, but I think it's higher than what it should be.
 
Digerati said:
If me, I would buy a nice 140mm and try it in different places to see what works best.
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Yes.....also try which air pressure (flow) setup that will yield you better cooling temps...Balanced = equal air flow in/out; Positive = more clean air being brought in to the case then going out; Negative = more air being exhausted out of the case then coming in. I'm seeing the best temps in my case with a Negative air-pressure setup.
 
Well, I've removed the HDD cages that were blocking the fan at the front. I now get about 28 ~ 35 idle. I usually get 50s when under load. Occasional spike, the highest so far is 63. So I'll try that fan tomorrow, when it comes and see if I can lower it a bit more. It's improving, at least.
 

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