Broken H60?

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salvage-this

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Hey guys after doing some overclocking on my 3570k to benchmark I returned it back to my 24/7 oc of 4.5. Looking at the temps I was idling at 56c! Normally I am in the mid to low 30s. Watching the temps over the the last 10 minutes it has been on a steady rise from the mid 50s. It is now approaching 80c. I held my hand on the block and it I can't feel any vibration so I am thinking that the pump might be dead. Thoughts?

EDIT: Just FYI I reset it back to stock. It is currently running at 1.6GHz with .94v with all of the power saving settings enabled.
 
salvage-this said:
Hey guys after doing some overclocking on my 3570k to benchmark I returned it back to my 24/7 oc of 4.5. Looking at the temps I was idling at 56c! Normally I am in the mid to low 30s. Watching the temps over the the last 10 minutes it has been on a steady rise from the mid 50s. It is now approaching 80c. I held my hand on the block and it I can't feel any vibration so I am thinking that the pump might be dead. Thoughts?

EDIT: Just FYI I reset it back to stock. It is currently running at 1.6GHz with .94v with all of the power saving settings enabled.
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Didn't know my benchmark was so heavy!

But now serious, when you reset the bios, did you get lower temps?
 
I might have you two pay for a new cooler :P

Resetting the CPU back to stock only lowered the temps a few degrees when I boot the system. After a few minutes it starts the climb towards 80c again. It usually takes under 10 minutes to get pretty high.

I replaced the H60 with the Intel stock cooler and I am now idling at 32c and I got up to ~60 at load. I think I can confirm that the cooler is broken.

I am thinking about replacing it with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835220047

I kinda want to switch back to air cooling.
 
Won't go for that one, the hyper 212 plus is better and costs much less. If you want a good aircooler go to a noctua nh-d14, a scythe mugen 3 or a silver arrow sb-e (I really recommend this one, I'm getting 67degrees max @ 4.8ghz). You need a big case, but I don't think it'll be a problem for your case. If you can get the silver arrow sb-e (sb-e is the new version, better then the non) I would surely got with that. Scythe mugen 3 < noctua nh-d14 < silver arrow sb-e < h80 < silver arrow sb-e Extreme.
 
Bootup05 said:
Is your H60 still under warranty?

Maybe Corsair will 'upgrade' you for the inconvenience ;)
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I bought it from another member here a while back. It would be nice to get a free cooler from them but I was looking for a reason to upgrade anyway.

SmileMan said:
Won't go for that one, the hyper 212 plus is better and costs much less. If you want a good aircooler go to a noctua nh-d14, a scythe mugen 3 or a silver arrow sb-e (I really recommend this one, I'm getting 67degrees max @ 4.8ghz). You need a big case, but I don't think it'll be a problem for your case. If you can get the silver arrow sb-e (sb-e is the new version, better then the non) I would surely got with that. Scythe mugen 3 < noctua nh-d14 < silver arrow sb-e < h80 < silver arrow sb-e Extreme.
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Well here is what I am looking for. I want to switch back to air but I have tall RAM so I am kinda limited on what coolers I can really get. I want to keep the CPU as low as possible. I would not really be opposed to paying around the $80+ mark if it is worth it but if I can get 95% of the performance for half the money I'll go that route.
 
its got a 5 year warranty, RMA it. will be cheaper than the alternatives (postage, and you will know the results)
 
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salvage-this said:
Well here is what I am looking for. I want to switch back to air but I have tall RAM so I am kinda limited on what coolers I can really get. I want to keep the CPU as low as possible. I would not really be opposed to paying around the $80+ mark if it is worth it but if I can get 95% of the performance for half the money I'll go that route.
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I got ram from ripshawX series, they are also very tall in height. I could lift the fan high enough, I'll take a picture of it. I don't know the noctua is as flexible.
 
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