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    Rising temps on i7 7700K with H115i

    I took off the sink and gave everything a good clean with some ArctiClean 1+2 solutions. Then I decided to give this thermal pad a try. And the verdict is..... basically no change. Lol. I'm trying to decide after staring at the temps for a while whether it's maybe between 1-2 degrees cooler...
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    Rising temps on i7 7700K with H115i

    Not sure... it looks like cleaning is a good option, so I'll see what it looks like when I remove the heat block.
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    Rising temps on i7 7700K with H115i

    Haha, I'm setup in a finished basement room of the house where it stays a bit cooler. In fact there is no AC in the basement and no need. That said, yes, it's slightly warmer in the summer than in the winter. Notably, the H115i liquid temp really never changes and hovers a few degrees above...
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    Rising temps on i7 7700K with H115i

    I haven't cleaned the H115i recently... in fact, really haven't touched it since it was first installed. I'm a bit anal about dust buildup so I routinely clean out the radiator (and the entire case) of dust, but I've left the heat block and tubing alone. Sounds like it would be worth a try to...
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    Rising temps on i7 7700K with H115i

    Hey all, over the past couple months I've been playing closer attention to the core temps on my i7 7700K (see signature). When I first built this system they would typically fall around 30-32C at idle, but now they've crept up to a consistent 40-42C. At full load they skyrocket to around 77-83C...
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    Unreleased Prototype Apple Power Express Macintosh EVT PEX 9700

    Nice little piece of Apple history there, thanks for sharing the link. I never owned any of the PowerPC models, in fact until I got an iMac in 2012 the last Mac I owned was my trusty Mac SE which had a 20 mb hdd;). But I used to go into computer stores back in the day and drool over them...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    I've heard some mixed opinions on the Corsair fans, however after running them for several weeks I'm pretty satisfied. They are loud at higher rpm, but now that I'm controlling the speed based on water (pump) temp they hardly ever go above 30-35%, which is very quiet. I think at this point I...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    Yes, currently I have it set to -4.
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    This is only partly true, if the mobo manufacturer elected to use a pcb board having at least a certain minimum thickness. However it is a known issue with the Corsair backplates and incompatibility with certain mobo pcb boards, if the board is slightly too thin. In that case you will turn the...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    Okay, understood - this actually makes much more sense. Believe it or not, 15 years of building PCs and this is my first water cooled rig, so still getting it all figured out. I reconfigured the fan control back to water temp and it's definitely a quieter system now. My cpu temps are about...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    Well I mostly use Prime95 for stress testing. Where I’m just trying to establish temps, I will run it for about 10 minutes and then look at the temp. For a true test of system stabilty you’d want to run longer than that. I also do a fair amount of h264 encoding in handbrake, and sometimes I’ll...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    Yup good question... info is in my sig. Currently running 4.8 ghz at 1.3v. Seems to be pretty stable.
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    Oh man, just noticed you're running a 6700k.... that chip should be running much cooler actually by a good 10C. The 7700k doesn't offer much performance over 6700k but it does run quite a bit hotter. Intel claims this is normal for the chip and not a problem, yada yada, but it was one of the...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    I also installed it properly. Except in my case, proper installation required the use of appropriate size washers to ensure the backplate has a snug fit. Had I not used the washers, I would have installed it improperly and cooling performance would have suffered. There are plenty reports of...
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    Corsair H115i installation and performance (initial observations)

    For my new build I chose the Corsair H115i as my cooler of choice. I've been happy with it, despite some trouble with a loose backplate during installation on my MSI gaming pro carbon. This is a known problem with some people saying to use washers for the backplate and others saying to just...
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