May 27, 201214 yr Jackson, Did you try pushing air from the outside in, opposite of what you have. I have tried both ways and I get better results pushing cool outside air through the radiator rather than warm inside case air. I also switched 2 of my other case fans to exhaust. You might see a 5* difference. I Agree. This is the best way to have it set up as you require the cooler air to pass over the radiator. I'm using the H-50 but the principal is the same. I have the 2 fans at the top of my case to exhaust the heat. Also, every few months it's worth removing the fans from the radiator and vacuuming to remove the dust. It is surprising how quick this builds up and the impact on temps it has. Chris
May 28, 201214 yr Swap the thermal paste on the H100. I did that and it made a 5C difference. Funny you should mention that, I'm using the supplied thermal paste and had a nagging feeling my temps are higher than they need be, especially after hearing a few other user reports here. I'm going to go ahead and re-mount with this diamond IC7 stuff I picked up. Might just de-lid my Ivy B if temps are still too high. Seems such a waste to be constrained by temps on such a marvelous chip.
May 28, 201214 yr Get the Coolermaster 212 Evo, that thing is a beast, and I've read reviews and they say it runs cooler then a corsair water cooling setup. Soarbywire - Avionics Engineering
May 28, 201214 yr Author Get the Coolermaster 212 Evo, that thing is a beast, and I've read reviews and they say it runs cooler then a corsair water cooling setup. I think that depends on what Corsair water cooling setup you're running. When I upgraded from the H70 to the H100, my temps dropped 20C+
May 28, 201214 yr Reapplied TIM which helped a bit (dropped temps 3-5 degrees) and decided it wasn't good enough so I finally gave in and de-lidded my Ivy. Results are decent, though still not as good as Sandy. Temps dropped somewhere in the neighborhood of 4-15 degrees over previous configuration, though that bottom number isn't a fair assessment because that was in a situation where Ivy was hitting the thermal wall and had to begin throttling. Temps have now decreased enough that this no longer occurs even under the most extreme IBT workload. Definitely worth doing if you're confident in your abilities with a razor blade. It was pretty simple, just need to have a steady hand and keep pressing/working the blade in until you get all the way through the epoxy.
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