einmannbude
Limp Gawd
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- Aug 16, 2014
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I had time this evening to bleed the system. I never had done that without a reservoir in the loop. I connected one for the process via QDC. I might not have gotten all air out of the loop, but close enough to run a benchmark.
So I fired up Unigine again with all fans at 100%. Temps seemed to stabilize at around 65°C for CPU's hottest core and 60°C for GPU. Then I tried to lower the fan speeds to 65%. Temps were rising quickly by 5°C. I then set the fans back to 100%, but couldn't get the temps back. They got even worse over time, it seemed. System is now of for 20 minutes and fittings are still almost untouchable hot.
At this point, all I could do is experiment with different fan orientations. But I just think that it's not worth it. It would have to make a >10°C difference and I can't imagine the impact being this large.
I can't give back the GPU, because I own it 3 weeks now. So switching to an air cooled GPU is not really an option. I could try the blower cooler but am skeptical about the noise. Since the only alternative I see is switching back to the NCASE M1, I might try it first.
So I fired up Unigine again with all fans at 100%. Temps seemed to stabilize at around 65°C for CPU's hottest core and 60°C for GPU. Then I tried to lower the fan speeds to 65%. Temps were rising quickly by 5°C. I then set the fans back to 100%, but couldn't get the temps back. They got even worse over time, it seemed. System is now of for 20 minutes and fittings are still almost untouchable hot.
At this point, all I could do is experiment with different fan orientations. But I just think that it's not worth it. It would have to make a >10°C difference and I can't imagine the impact being this large.
I can't give back the GPU, because I own it 3 weeks now. So switching to an air cooled GPU is not really an option. I could try the blower cooler but am skeptical about the noise. Since the only alternative I see is switching back to the NCASE M1, I might try it first.