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jmaster299
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2017/10/11 22:51:27 (permalink)
One of the benefits of AiOs, from what I understood, is they are supposed to not have massive spikes in temperature. With my very old Corsair A70 air cooler, which I never replaced the thermal past on in 6 years, did not spike as much as my CLC 280. Yes I am running a different CPU, with more cores and a higher OC, but it was still my understanding that AiOs weren't supposed to spike as much. My temps can jump 40c in a single second, from 30c to 70c. I maintain temps in the low to mid 60s under a constant load, but the big spikes are my concern.

This is on an 8700K at 4.9Ghz, all cores, on 1.32 Volts. (Final tuning of OC is not finished yet)

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    djsimonitaly
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    Re: CLC 280 Temp Spikes 2017/10/13 11:39:41 (permalink)
    From what I've seen around, temps spike are caused from the bad TIM applied in between the IHS and CPU. This scenario was real on Kaby Lake (I've delided my 7700K). Not sure about Coffee Lake.
    My CPU was just like yours. Very annoying. 
    Liquid cooling is the best way to cool a CPU because water transfers heat much more efficiently than air. Liquid cooling also makes your PC run quieter because you won’t have fans constantly running at a high RPM.
    Yes it can help prevent spikes, but not that much.
    If your CPU stays around 70 @4.9, then your good.
    If you want try a Deliding process, it should gain 10 to 20 degrees. (be careful bc warranty will be voided)
    post edited by djsimonitaly - 2017/10/13 17:47:45

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