Run the pump at full speed all the time, set the rest of the fans to run on normal should be enough as they will ramp up to top speed if the CPU calls for it.
What kind of thermal paste did you use?
Is the pump running?
Will try to set the pump to maximum. I can't really tell if the pump is running, but it seems so. There's nothing visual at the pump itself that shows pump action. The iCue app (when I boot windows) can read pump rpm around ~800, but there's no way to know for sure.
I ordered some new thermal paste (Arctic MX4). I was using the pre-applied one from Corsair.
Is that the price we pay for 8 cores pegged to 5 GHz!!??
Some things to check:
- Does the Corsair come with pre-applied thermal paste? I tend to wipe the stock thermal paste and replace it with a high quality alternative. I've tried both Arctic MX-4 and Thermal Grisly (either Kyronaut or Conductonaut).
- Do the fans and pump on the Corsair appear to ramp up and down in accordance with dynamic load?
- What temps do you see under more idle conditions? Such as when simply browsing this website?
Here's my test bench with an Intel i5-9600K (6 cores, no hyper threading). CPU temps never exceeded 43C on a single
BeQuiet! Dark Rock air cooler with
one fan.
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Thank you Casey! I'll try to use a new thermal paste, ordered some Arctic MX-4. The fans are ramping up and down when I push the CPU but there's no way to know if the pump is following them. In idle conditions it's around 38 celsius.
I'll try the new thermal and report back.
Additionally, I've been having trouble accessing iCloud preferences in System Preferences. I get a "could not load iCloud preference pane" message.
There may also be an issue with mounting pressure.
Personally I just resolved some temperature issues with my Kraken X72. Turns out the standoffs included in the 1151 mounting kit are a tiny bit too high and thus prevent proper contact with the CPU heatspreader. It's enough to where cooling works but contact is not optimal and performance suffers.
I fixed this problem by adding a set of washers between the backplate and the motherboard, which increased pressure sufficiently.
I went from running in the high 90's to low 80's without changing anything else (this is with the processor at 5.1GHz all-core drawing about 200 Watts).
From your screenshot I see you're pulling about 170 Watts, which the cooler should be able to stomach, so if you've checked all other things already mentioned by Casey, mounting pressure would be my next guess.
Given that most AIOs are based on Asetek units, I suspect this may be your issue here as well.
I'll check on that too. I remember needing to apply some pressure when tightening the screws of the CPU block, but who knows. Thank you!
