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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 11, 2021 21:45:58 GMT
Hi All......So I've been re-installing all my games (Mass Effect 1-A, Jedi Fallen Order and ANTHEM) while testing out how my system performs....and I've noticed that above anything else, the CPU Cooler/Radiator spins up quite fast, and while I don't mind the db levels (thanks to a hearing loss)....I do have to wonder about temperatures. Not so much what the temps are.....But more of 'what is considered still well within acceptable tolerances', because I have never worked with a 280mm AIO before-- only the 120 variety so I don't know what the larger form factors perform like....And the 10-900KF is a new CPU for me and I have read that the 10th Gen CPUs are hot lil buggers.
I have noticed while playing ANTHEM that my CPU gets up to about 35 degrees C on generally most of its cores, and the AIO goes from idling at 28 C to about 29 (holding under 30 degrees). Then less than 5 minutes after exiting the game and going back to Windows.....the CPU cools right down to 16 degrees on all cores and the AIO remains under 30, still at 29.
My ambient room temperature is 24 Celcius.
Are these temps good performance? Are they safe?
Note: I did not apply any extra third-party thermal paste to the CPU as the pump head came with pre-applied paste. I was also advised that applying third party paste like ARCTIX for example, isn't always necessary unless you are going to be OC'ing, which I never do.
PS: I just checked Speccy and also CPU-Z, and my Core clocks are randomly jumping all over the place every second.....Anywhere from 650 Mhz all the way to 5.0 Ghz and everything in between. I have NOT OC'd anything, this is (should be operating at default stock factory settings)....But the core speeds are just going crazy and it's only idling. Is that normal for a 10-900K? (or any CPU for that matter)? My previous CPU the 6850K was locked at 3.7 Ghz all the time (after a 100 Mhz automatic OC by the UEFI/BIOS itself, thanks to Intel).....But man, this new 10900K is so scattered! And though the core frequency may jump second-by-second from 650mhz to 5.0 Ghz, up and down every second the numbers change to everything in between......the temperature constantly idles at 16 across all cores no higher than 19 degrees across all cores and only goes to 35 under full load (for example when playing ANTHEM).....Then cools right back down to 16-19 degrees all cores after I exit the game.
At 10:09 PM......I just checked my UEFI, and somehow the Tech at Canada COmputers was able to set my DDR4 frequency/speed to the "tested" speed of 3000....even though the CPU only supports 2933. Not sure how he did it, because all the voltages are stock as are the Timings. And my UEFI says my CPU temperature is 47 to 50 degrees, which as far as I know is a little on the warm-ish side. Generally anything from 40 and below is where the CPU is happiest and that temp range will ensure the longest life-span. Should I be concerned about upper 40s and 50 degrees?
Just wondering if this behaviour is normal, and safe.
In case you are wondering or interested: My CPU is the 10-900KF (Unlocked, no iGPU on the die....default factory/stock frequencies of 3.8 Ghz per core), my AIO Liquid Cooler is the iCUE H 115i RGB PRO XT (280 mm variant, which I was told was an excellent cooler and a fantastic choice to cool the 10900KF). But now I am seriously starting to wonder if my AIO is doing its job well enough and whether or not I will last 5 years, or will I be building another PC in 2 because of cooked hardware?
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Jul 12, 2021 6:25:02 GMT
I think that looks pretty safe, I've never seen a CPU at 16 Celcius but thats not hot at all My i7-4960X can go up to 70's when its 30 in the apartment. It has no problems. For your CPU: Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost Temperature 70 °C TJUNCTION 100°C So at 70 the boost which throws the clocks to 5GHz on your CPU will not happen anymore, and at 100 it'll shut itself down. Around 90 it'll start to throttle heavily the clocks down.
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 12, 2021 8:11:24 GMT
Temps are always a bit difficult to compare, there's just so many apples and oranges and whatnot. That said... I recommend you run 3DMark and control monitor the temps while it's running. The benefits of this are twofold: You get a benchmark result for your rig (Yay!) so you know what kind of beast you have and can boast about it. And the stress test will give you a baseline for maximum temperature. It's important that you run the test now, when there's no dust in the system. 3DMark Basic Edition is free, and can be found here: 3DMark Basic EditionOh, and I expect to see the results.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 12, 2021 10:02:01 GMT
Hi Rewind.......here my are results from the Time Spy Demo 3 screen captures, and the RESULTS Page from the Time Spy Website: ibb.co/0yBkJ4Xibb.co/C7smQQPibb.co/XC5vM2pwww.3dmark.com/3dm/63744417It says I scored better than 93 or 94 ( I forget which) percent of all other rigs that are similar, or maybe ALL other rigs period....not sure. But I guess all I'm saying through my ranting is that with all this up/down business.....apparent throttling in frequencies and what not and temps-- I don't want to burn out my new system is two years. I am hoping to get more than 5 out of this beast and I woud like this to run for as long as possible..........15 years, LOL. I just want to be able to run this for as long as possible without cooking my system and having to buy another in a short time. My last 6850K is 5 years old and still runs like a charm......I am hoping this will last as long or longer.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 12, 2021 10:28:45 GMT
I think that looks pretty safe, I've never seen a CPU at 16 Celcius but thats not hot at all My i7-4960X can go up to 70's when its 30 in the apartment. It has no problems. For your CPU: Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost Temperature 70 °C TJUNCTION 100°C So at 70 the boost which throws the clocks to 5GHz on your CPU will not happen anymore, and at 100 it'll shut itself down. Around 90 it'll start to throttle heavily the clocks down. 16 is nothing. My room has two outside walls with no insulation in them....so in the Summer my room is a desert and in the Winter my room is like the Artic. After a cold night in the Winter.....when I boot up my PC, I have often seen the CPU at a mere 1 or 2 degrees C across all cores within 5 or 10 minutes of Boot......And because my room can be only 5 degrees in Winter.....My CPU never goes more than 25 across all cores in Winter and it is stable. At least, that is what happened with my previous 6850K (which was a helluva lot more stable than my new 10900K). I bought the 10 900K (oever the 11) because I read it ran a lot cooler than the 11 and was more stable.........
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 12, 2021 11:56:34 GMT
It says I scored better than 93 or 94 Yes, it's about the same as my IQ test; better than 93% of the population. Congrats, it's official, your rig is a beast! Regarding the temps, everything looks normal to me. You'll notice in that third picture that, the temps first go way up and then level somewhere around 75C. The CPU test is very strenuous, so that's to be expected. And it shouldn't happen during normal use and abuse, even when gaming. And you'll also notice, that most of the time the CPU temps stay under 60C, which is fine. Should I be concerned about upper 40s and 50 degrees? I wouldn't be. As a rule of thumb, temps between 40-60C are okay. CPUs can handle temps up to 80 degrees, but they start dropping frequencies before that. GPUs can go even higher, but they are designed to be able to do that. apparent throttling in frequencies and what not and temps-- I don't want to burn out my new system is two years. I get it, and you won't. Just fire up your favourite GPU heavy game and keep monitoring the temps. If they are within parameters after a good long session, you are good to go. I am hoping to get more than 5 out of this beast Only time will tell, I'm afraid.
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Post by bmwcrazy on Jul 12, 2021 16:38:08 GMT
PS: I just checked Speccy and also CPU-Z, and my Core clocks are randomly jumping all over the place every second.....Anywhere from 650 Mhz all the way to 5.0 Ghz and everything in between. I have NOT OC'd anything, this is (should be operating at default stock factory settings)....But the core speeds are just going crazy and it's only idling. Is that normal for a 10-900K? (or any CPU for that matter)? This is one of the reasons to upgrade your CPU. Manual overclocking is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Modern CPUs are now designed to automatically boost as high as thermal and power limit allow them to. They also downclock themselves to reduce power usage at idle. Such power saving feature isn't new at all but it is normally disabled when you do manual overclocking. Now you get the best of both worlds. A blazing fast CPU that can boost beyond the stock rated speed when you demand it. A cool and efficient CPU when you don't. I have noticed while playing ANTHEM that my CPU gets up to about 35 degrees C on generally most of its cores, and the AIO goes from idling at 28 C to about 29 (holding under 30 degrees). Then less than 5 minutes after exiting the game and going back to Windows.....the CPU cools right down to 16 degrees on all cores and the AIO remains under 30, still at 29. Those temperatures are perfectly fine. Not warm at all. My 5950X idles at 40C and runs at 80C in stress tests and games with a 360 AIO. Now that's HOT. Weirdly, it has never actually hit the thermal throttle according to HWiNFO64. All 16 cores just happily run at 4.6-5ghz all day between 70-80C.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 12, 2021 17:04:57 GMT
Thanks BMW
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 12, 2021 19:12:33 GMT
I just purchased the Tomb Raider Trilogy Definitive Edition (which included Tomb Raider, Rise of the Tomb Raider Twenty Year Celebration Edition, Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition....and ALL DLCs for each game)....and I just ran the Benchmark for Shadows of the Tomb Raider, with ALL Settings on ULTRA, DLSS, 16x Anistropic Filtering, HBAO+ and even RTX Ray Tracing all turned ON.........and knowing that especially Ray Tracing is quite punishing in terms of performance....I am pleased to report that I am getting between 50 and 54 FPS. Close enough to the magic number of 60 that I won't complain about it.
I am quite happy with those results and my FPS Max was something like 7325 Total Frames Rendered.....so though I don't have anything to compare it to, I think that is a really good score. And the games look stunning in 4K-- especially SHADOWS with DLSS and Ray Tracing. I"ve wlays wanted to see what Ray Tracing actually looked like....and I am actually impressed with the difference and the details.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 15:27:50 GMT
Despite being noisy as fuck and not listening well to my custom fan curves, my 5600x completely stock, no OC, with h150i cooler: 26° idle, 55° running CP2077 on max settings, with my 3070 blowing hot air into the case that is being exhausted by my AIO radiator.
Pleased with thermal performance, have to figure out a way to decrease the noise. I don't always game with my Arctis 7 on.
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 13, 2021 15:39:37 GMT
Manual overclocking is slowly becoming a thing of the past I would love to build a custom water cooled rig just to see how high these modern rockets can go. Unfortunately I'm not made of money atm. My 5950X idles at 40C and runs at 80C in stress tests and games with a 360 AIO. I did some digging, and those kinds of temps seem to be normal nowadays for CPUs with 10-16 cores. I'm not sure if there's some temperature inversion shenanigans going on. Funnily enough, there doesn't appear to be anything ready-made available, in case you'd like to overkill the cooling. I'm beginning to think it's WAD.
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 13, 2021 15:47:51 GMT
have to figure out a way to decrease the noise Noise is becoming more and more an issue. There's gotta be a better way to cool your CPU, hmm..
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 15:58:48 GMT
have to figure out a way to decrease the noise Noise is becoming more and more an issue. There's gotta be a better way to cool your CPU, hmm.. Dry ice? Without a magical coolant, it comes to either low tech silliness or exotic materials. If size isn't a concern, I am sure it could all be heatsinks - we need a more heat conductive material than aluminum. That also costs less. Where is Professor Montgomery Scott with his transparent aluminum recipe?
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 13, 2021 16:05:33 GMT
Well sure, but that's pretty archaic. it comes to either low tech silliness or exotic materials. Or a bit of both, maybe? I just got a silly idea, but I need to study it further.
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 13, 2021 16:34:13 GMT
This looks very promising: Noctua NH-P1High-End CPUs need fans, but still.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 13, 2021 16:38:54 GMT
What kind of Cooling System are you running? I"ve always been fascinated by custom loop water coolers.....seeing tubes flow in/out of virtually every piece of hardware (Motherboard/chipset, CPU, GPU, even RAM unless it has its own air cooler such as Corsair Dominators used to).....But I've always been terrified of leaks and the fact that you have to maintain them/ service them yourself. For a liquid-cooling amateur like me, I would feel safer with the no-hassle, no fuss/no muss, maintenance free, worry free utilization of a high-quality AIO like Corsair, EVGA, NZXT or CoolerMaster. And personally, looking at performance v. Cost v. longevity....I have always gone with Corsair ever since the days of the H40s. Over the years I've had the H40, H55, H60, H75, the H80i v 2 (which still is in perfect order and installed on my previous machine attached to the 6850K which also still runs) and now I have the H115i RGB Pro XT and it too is quite impressive, and considering the performance level....the price point was very reasonable.
And back in the days of the QX 9650 QuadCore 2 Extreme....I was running a massively giant, honkin air cooler from ASUS that for its time was quite good.....It was just BIG. Imagine EIGHT 140x25mm fans in the form of a 3D Cube suspended from the motherboard socket, how much room that would take up in any case....That was the size of this ASUS Air Cooler. And at the time I was using the Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower, which was a giant among tower cases in those days, probablt still can hold its own even today.
Today, considering how important proper cooling is....I would much rather rely on liquid cooling for my CPU and good pressure, high volume massive amounts of clean air for the rest of my components, like I get with the H500M.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 16:56:23 GMT
I was dead set on a custom loop for this build. Then I had to buy the GPU that was available, not the one that worked for my loop plan. Big return there Custom loop still needs fans, but it would have been less of them. Damn you MSI.
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Post by bmwcrazy on Jul 13, 2021 18:01:44 GMT
I did some digging, and those kinds of temps seem to be normal nowadays for CPUs with 10-16 cores. I'm not sure if there's some temperature inversion shenanigans going on. Funnily enough, there doesn't appear to be anything ready-made available, in case you'd like to overkill the cooling. I'm beginning to think it's WAD. What's WAD? I'm using the 360 AIO as exhaust (top) as well and the exhausted air is extremely hot especially with the 3090 running Cyberpunk or 3D benchmarks. The PC currently has six 120mm intake fans (bottom and side) and a more aggressive fan curve would help but I honestly prefer a quieter PC. I kind of intentionally built it this way because my priority was to keep the 3090 cool and the case temperatures low instead. Since it would be a lot easier to buy a CPU than a GPU. So yeah, I expected these temperatures when I planned the build.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Jul 13, 2021 18:10:31 GMT
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 13, 2021 18:15:52 GMT
Curious....what GPU did you end up buying? Could you not have ordered the one you wanted from your local PC store?
For example....If Canada Computers carries GKSILL DDR 4, but maybe they just don't have it in stock....I always ask them to order it-- unless I can find it for less money on some place like Amazon. My two local stores that I deal with if they are out of stock on an item they carry that I want.....I always ask them to special order it for me, rather than them pushing something at me that I don't want.
That way, I get what I want rather than having to settle for something I didn't want. And when/if you have particular brands you buy for certain products (such as...for me, I am strictly EVGA for GPUs or G.SKILL for DDR4), I would rather get the EVGA or GSKILL product I want even if I may have to pay slightly more...then have them push something on me (such as MSI or ASUS) that I don't want.
And of the two stores I have dealt with over the years...the one that is closest to me is full of rude, opinionated, pushy Sales People. For example...when I was hunting for the parts for my new build and I had questions about how this or that worked, or compatibility or reliability of certain products...The sales guy at my nearest local store openly told me "that CPU is junk, it's out-dated and obselete. You should buy the 11 series, it's much better." (Obviously, that was because the 11 series is the newest, hottest thing on the shelf...and the most expensive so they pushed it to make the big sale rather than listen to what I (the Customer) wanted and respond with appropriate feedback and respectful answers to my questions.)
The other store I dealt with that is just on the border of Toronto, that guy listened to my questions...gave me open, honest, straight-forward feedback and answers from a Technician standpoint....And then also engaged me in a 75 minute long friendly conversation about all sorts of things even his prior work history with AMD....But he always made sure to relate it back to my topic and the parts I was building with in order to give me the most relevent information (my initial question was about building with a liquid cooler, and would I need to change from my then current H 80i v2...to which he responded YES and told me why in a round-about-story way). When I told him about my previous experience in a phone conversation with my local store he grunted and said "I can believe it 100%. I have spoken to many people from your area who have said the same thing, and that is because that particular store location for its area and they clientele they serve...they have been told by their store Management, they NEED to push SALES. So everything they do, even on the Technician side, is geared towards Sales....IF they have a particular overstock of a particular brand of motherboard for example, or a particular model of motherboard or Cooler....Rather than giving you honest, but dependable advice on the products you are looking for, they will ignore what you say and tell you "buy this instead". Not because that thing is better, it may not be....But they need to sell it to get rid of it, or to make the most money. But here at our store, we have built our client base around solid advice, honest, helpful feedback, good customer relations....and actually proper, technically correct Repairs and Installation services. When I or any of my team build or repair a PC, we don't do things in any kind of sneaky way that is half-assed or something else the customer wouldn't want....Then not tell them we did that thing. We build/repair/install and rebuild any system in a way that is technically correct and what the customer would want or what we feel they would like. I personally, treat each Customer's PC as if it were my own and I always have that in the back of my mind. If this were my PC, what would I like it to look like, perform like? Do I like a nice, clean-looking install or should I just stuff all the cables inside close up the lid and be done with it?"
Anyway, after that 75 minute conversation....I knew then that this store in TO was the store I wanted to deal with.
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Post by bmwcrazy on Jul 13, 2021 23:54:58 GMT
The NH-D14 is a great cooler. It is the predecessor of the now famous NH-D15. Near silent operation and very well built. It works just as well as (and sometimes even better) than most AIO coolers. The Noctua mounting system is also one of the best and easiest to use. The only problem is the size of the cooler. Memory clearance might be an issue and it also doesn't fit in some cases like the Lian Li O11 Dynamic. Always check pcpartpicker for compatibility before you buy a large cooler like that.
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Jul 14, 2021 2:09:58 GMT
Right now I am running my H 115i RGB PRO XT on a "Balanced" profile.....Had it up to Extreme to see just how loud it got and ran it for maybe 5 seconds. But at the end of the day, I figured I would keep it on "balanced" for the best performance and longest life-span. I think it can get up to 36db on Extreme and as low as 2 on Silent, while still spinning the fans at about 900 RPM. The balanced profile I would say is somehere in the middle of that I would think. I don't rightly know, because I didn't do the install. Whatever the Techs at Canada Computers did, I trusted them to do it right...and thus far this system has been working like a Dream Machine. Evidently...thus far it seems my trust was well placed. Though if things did go wrong or were wrong from teh start, I'm sure they would have trouble on their hands from any customer that they didn't want....so it's in the best interst of their business to do things right the first time.
Generally, my CPU idles between 30 and 33 degrees....and I've never seen it north of 40 yet, I don't think under my regular use for Gaming. The only time it did get somewhat warm is when I ran Time Spy and that had it upwards of 48 to 52 C.....But then it cooled right down after within less than 2 mins.
Thus far, this new H115i RGB PRO XT has been well worth the money. I know I ahve said that a few times over the past few days about my new build....But I really am very impressed with it in spite of the whacky spikes in Core frequency. As long as a room as sufficiently cooled....I see zero problems with the Space Heater called the 10900K, and the combined cooling performance of the 115RGB PRO XT.
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Post by Unicephalon 40-D on Jul 14, 2021 5:50:27 GMT
The NH-D14 is a great cooler. It is the predecessor of the now famous NH-D15. Near silent operation and very well built. It works just as well as (and sometimes even better) than most AIO coolers. The Noctua mounting system is also one of the best and easiest to use. The only problem is the size of the cooler. Memory clearance might be an issue and it also doesn't fit in some cases like the Lian Li O11 Dynamic. Always check pcpartpicker for compatibility before you buy a large cooler like that. Yep. I'm on 16GB's still because I cannot be arsed to pull the whole thing apart to add more memory, anyways, new machine is coming sometime. Now its 5950X build I've collected the parts to the list, but not bought it yet..
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 14, 2021 8:58:04 GMT
What kind of Cooling System are you running Air cooling has kind of been my thing. I'm using Noctua NH-D15. I"ve always been fascinated by custom loop water coolers I've never built one myself, but my buddy used to build them for himself and for clients. You could say that I'm well versed on the subject; I watched him do it for quite a while. But I've always been terrified of leaks Water cooling has evolved a lot since then. Back then it was all soft tubing and clamps. And usually the main goal was to get the absolute maximum performance out of the PC. Reservoirs were large and outside the case, so you could add ice when needed. the fact that you have to maintain them/ service them yourself Again, back then it was a nightmare: you had to drain the system every so often, and always for any changes or maintenance. Now the system is almost closed and you can use quick connect couplings. no-hassle, no fuss/no muss, maintenance free Which is why I love air cooling. But it's not maintenance free either, you need to vacuum the filters and use canned air to clean the fans and coolers.
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Post by rewindbutton on Jul 14, 2021 9:02:18 GMT
I was dead set on a custom loop for this build. Then I had to buy the GPU that was available, not the one that worked for my loop plan. Big return there Custom loop still needs fans, but it would have been less of them. Damn you MSI. There was no suitable water block for the GPU? Was it a kit or a kit/custom hybrid?
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