earwicker7
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Hey, all.
I'm getting what I consider to be so-so temps with my EK Supreme HF CU waterblock on my new build. It's a different CPU on a different socket (the motherboard came with an adaptor bracket for the block), so maybe that's it, but it seems a little high.
I've tried reapplying the thermal paste, and that helped by a few degrees. What I wonder is if I'm not tightening down the thumb screws on the waterblock enough. The old manual, which I can't find, had instructions for my screws, but the only one I can find online has different screws... ones with no guesswork, as they "dead-end," with a specific stop point where you could no longer tighten them. Mine don't do that, so you have to guess whether there is enough pressure.
Does anyone have a good guildline for how tight you make the screws? Are you supposed to tighten them to where there is only a little resistance from the spring, or do you torque them down until the point it hurts your fingers to move them?
I should remember this from my build from a couple of years ago, but I don't. Old age, maybe.
I'm getting what I consider to be so-so temps with my EK Supreme HF CU waterblock on my new build. It's a different CPU on a different socket (the motherboard came with an adaptor bracket for the block), so maybe that's it, but it seems a little high.
I've tried reapplying the thermal paste, and that helped by a few degrees. What I wonder is if I'm not tightening down the thumb screws on the waterblock enough. The old manual, which I can't find, had instructions for my screws, but the only one I can find online has different screws... ones with no guesswork, as they "dead-end," with a specific stop point where you could no longer tighten them. Mine don't do that, so you have to guess whether there is enough pressure.
Does anyone have a good guildline for how tight you make the screws? Are you supposed to tighten them to where there is only a little resistance from the spring, or do you torque them down until the point it hurts your fingers to move them?
I should remember this from my build from a couple of years ago, but I don't. Old age, maybe.