I have never been pleased with the temperatures of my Intel Q9550 with my watercooled system. It has always idled around 40C and one core is usually 8C colder than the rest (idle core temps: 40C, 36C, 44C, 44C. Load temps are decent around 65C. I recently lapped the CPU, but the temperatures didn?t improve.
Searching back through the forum, I realized I built my current machine 6 years ago I have upgraded the CPU and GX card and went to an SSD, but that is about it. I was thinking whether it would be worth it to upgrade to a newer waterblock to see if that helps with my temps.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Loop:
Intel Q9550 @ 1.33v
ATI 7870
Swiftech MCR320 Radiator with 6 slow speed Yates
Swiftech Apoge GT cpu waterblock
Swiftech MCW60 gtu waterblock
DDC Pump
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