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Built an X299 i9-7900x system with 128GB DDR4 RAM, Quadro RTX 4000, Asus Strix X299-e Gaming mobo and initially a Reeven RW-2401 Naia AIO cooloer and now a Corsair H110i... but temps still very high... around 110degrees when pushing pixels in Solidworks and Design X.

I have tried a push-pull fan setup on the radiators, not much difference. I know these run hot, but above 100 is not lekka... especially when not overclocked above 4GHZ.

Any cooling recommendations for this CPU?
What can be tried?
 
i.got~issues said:
Hi folks

Built an X299 i9-7900x system with 128GB DDR4 RAM, Quadro RTX 4000, Asus Strix X299-e Gaming mobo and initially a Reeven RW-2401 Naia AIO cooloer and now a Corsair H110i... but temps still very high... around 110degrees when pushing pixels in Solidworks and Design X.

I have tried a push-pull fan setup on the radiators, not much difference. I know these run hot, but above 100 is not lekka... especially when not overclocked above 4GHZ.

Any cooling recommendations for this CPU?
What can be tried?
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The dumb questions first, did you apply thermal paste and remove the little plastic seal that's on the cooler?

Also probably the most important part is what you left out, which case?

Edit: I didn't see you said Asus board, don't they have some Asus trickery where it turbo boasts all the cores, try turning that off in the BIOS and using what Intel recommends.
 
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Soul Assassin said:
The dumb questions first, did you apply thermal paste and remove the little plastic seal that's on the cooler?

Also probably the most important part is what you left out, which case?
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Hahaha... yes, plastic peeled and TG applied.

Had to settle on a substitute from Wootware as stock availability was an issue and they were closing over Xmas, so ended up with;
Phanteks PH-EC416PSTG_BK Eclipse P400S

Originally wanted the good old Corsair Carbide Series 300R.

The Phanteks chassis has 2 top fans and a back fan, it has no room for top mount of the AIO cooler ... so front mounted, push pull fan setup on radiator... CPU idles around 40 ... shoots to 80 then 100 and up under load at 4GHZ... temps settle down again quite quickly when system not being stressed... fans have been set in BIOS to full spin all the time.

Anything else?
 
i.got~issues said:
Hahaha... yes, plastic peeled and TG applied.

Had to settle on a substitute from Wootware as stock availability was an issue and they were closing over Xmas, so ended up with;
Phanteks PH-EC416PSTG_BK Eclipse P400S

Originally wanted the good old Corsair Carbide Series 300R.

The Phanteks chassis has 2 top fans and a back fan, it has no room for top mount of the AIO cooler ... so front mounted, push pull fan setup on radiator... CPU idles around 40 ... shoots to 80 then 100 and up under load at 4GHZ... temps settle down again quite quickly when system not being stressed... fans have been set in BIOS to full spin all the time.

Anything else?
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See my edit above.
 
Soul Assassin said:
See my edit above.
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This Asus board has many many options for overclocking... both automatic and manual options.

I am using the Intel standard turbo boost function rather than the Asus overclocking options... and this does boost the CPU to around 4.15GHZ on all cores when needed... the RAM is running at 3200. With this Intel setting, it is idling cool and then boosts to above 80 and hits 100-110 degrees under heavy loads. I have not tinkered in the BIOS with the voltage yet, was hoping the Corsair cooler make a difference, thought maybe the Reeven was not coping... but both hit the same results.

If I use the Asus BIOS "trickery" the temps idle at around 80 and hit 120 under load... then settle to around 100 again for quite a while. So I have not used this.

Wootware had a lot of stock constraints and thus a number of preferred components where alas substituted with what they had in store before the Xmas closure... so, now looking at upgrading cooling option recommendations... unless I can persuade the Reeven or Corair to perform with improvements.

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Here is the build details;

Asus ROG STRIX X299-E Gaming LGA2066 Intel X299 Core X-Series ATX Desktop Motherboard
Intel i9-7900X 3.3GHz Deca Core FR_CP-iX7900X Unlocked 14nm Skylake-X Socket
G.Skill F4-3200C16Q-64GVKRipjaws V Series 64GB (4x16GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 1.35V BlackDesktop Memory
G.Skill F4-3200C16Q-64GVKRipjaws V Series 64GB (4x16GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 1.35V BlackDesktop Memory
Super Flower SF-850F14MT(BK) Leadex 850W 80 Plus Silver Certified Fully Modular Black Desktop Power Supply
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 3.0 Workstation Graphics Card
Adata AGAMMIXS11-960GT-C XPG Gammix S11 960GB M.2(2280) NVME PCIe Gen3x4 Solid State Drive
Seagate ZA1000CM10002 Barracuda 1TB 3D TLC SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive
Reeven RW-2401 NAIA 240mm WO_RW-2401 RGB Closed Loop Black Liquid CPU Cooler
Phanteks PH-EC416PSTG_BR Eclipse P400S Silent-Edition Tempered Glass
Dell S2817Q 28" Ultra HD 4K DC_MNDE210-AICS (3840x2160) Gaming Desktop Monitor
 
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i.got~issues said:
This Asus board has many many options for overclocking... both automatic and manual options.

I am using the Intel standard turbo boost function rather than the Asus overclocking options... and this does boost the CPU to around 4.15GHZ on all cores when needed... the RAM is running at 3200. With this Intel setting, it is idling cool and then boosts to above 80 and hits 100-110 degrees under heavy loads. I have not tinkered in the BIOS with the voltage yet, was hoping the Corsair cooler make a difference, thought maybe the Reeven was not coping... but both hit the same results.

If I use the Asus BIOS "trickery" the temps idle at around 80 and hit 120 under load... then settle to around 100 again for quite a while. So I have not used this.

Wootware had a lot of stock constraints and thus a number of preferred components where alas substituted with what they had in store before the Xmas closure... so, now looking at upgrading cooling option recommendations... unless I can persuade the Reeven or Corair to perform with improvements.
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You're probably going to need to set your voltage manually as I'd guess it would default pretty high and unnecessary, also the Asus thing I was thinking of is Multicore Enhancement, turn that off and see.

Also just to confirm your rad at the front is intake and the two top and rear fan is exhaust and you have set the AIO to full speed fan 100% of the time?
 
Soul Assassin said:
You're probably going to need to set your voltage manually as I'd guess it would default pretty high and unnecessary, also the Asus thing I was thinking of is Multicore Enhancement, turn that off and see.

Also just to confirm your rad at the front is intake and the two top and rear fan is exhaust and you have set the AIO to full speed fan 100% of the time?
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Yup ... radiator front fans suck in air (4 fans, 2 in front of radiator pull, 2 behind radiator push - all in same direction of course, into case), top fans blow out and rear blows out.

Will fiddle with Multi-core Enhancement...
 
Try taking the front cover off the case and check what happens...might help in the short term. That case isn't the best at getting air in through the front.
 
i.got~issues said:
Yup ... radiator front fans suck in air (4 fans, 2 in front of radiator pull, 2 behind radiator push), top fans blow out and rear blows out.

Will fiddle with Multi-core Enhancement...
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Neoprod said:
Try taking the front cover off the case and check what happens...might help in the short term. That case isn't the best at getting air in through the front.
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This was my next suggestion, to remove the front panel you pull from the bottom, I'd bet you score at least a couple degrees.
 
i.got~issues said:
Yup ... radiator front fans suck in air (4 fans, 2 in front of radiator pull, 2 behind radiator push - all in same direction of course, into case), top fans blow out and rear blows out.

Will fiddle with Multi-core Enhancement...
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Any updates?
 
Soul Assassin said:
Any updates?
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Nothing really ... no difference in temps with front panel off or on... maybe 1 degree if that.

Looking at replacement cooler options... maybe bigger radiator AIO and more fans... would like to give air cooler a run as well.

Just a tad costly if nothing makes any real difference. I know these 7900x run hot, but not this hot.

As mentioned before, any cooling recommendations would be greatly welcomed...
 
i.got~issues said:
Nothing really ... no difference in temps with front panel off or on... maybe 1 degree if that.

Looking at replacement cooler options... maybe bigger radiator AIO and more fans... would like to give air cooler a run as well.

Just a tad costly if nothing makes any real difference. I know these 7900x run hot, but not this hot.

As mentioned before, any cooling recommendations would be greatly welcomed...
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I had a look around and saw some dude on reddit had to do a custom loop with three radiators to be happy.

There was a thread on Carbonite about the 9900x where people were discussing temps and cooling, I'll find it for you and link it.
 
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