CPU Getting Hot Under Load

[msommers]

That's a very kind offer! Sadly I threw out the radiator already

[captain134]

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Happy to report the Noctua fits in the case in one direction (radiators horizontal) as my motherboard didn't allow the orientation the other way.

I haven't load tested anything very long but CPU temps are looking great. While using Handbreak like before, temps don't even reach 70C. I even took out the two pull-fans from up top on the chassis and everything seems ok! I haven't used the graphics card long so this could change but so far so good.

One thing that is very odd is that Speccy and AI Suite report two different CPU temps, and they're often ~10-15C different with Speccy reporting higher! I've changed my fan curves using the higher values as "true" but not sure why there would be a discrepancy.

AI Suite is an unreliable piece of garbage software in my experience. I have not used speccy as I use hwmonitor but I would be inclined to believe speccy over AI Suite.