(newer titles have tended towards the 6☌, with slightly older ones at 4☌, not sure what has changed in the render pipeline over the last several years to result in this) This may seem as total overkill, but I ahve actually found that at least for the Pascal Titan, a 40☌ core temp seems to be the magic number above which my boost clocks start to drop. I find that generally my GPU core temps at load sit at between 4☌ and 6☌ above loop temp with good flow, depending on the title. I find in most titles I can maintain an overclocked core temp at max load on my Pascal Titan of 38☌ when my loop temp is 32☌, but that requires good flow. These days a water loop generally has the biggest impact on GPU temps, dropping them significantly over stock coolers. There is also the matter of what you are trying to accomplish. Loop component health won't be compromised at 45☌, but you do kind of want to maintain a healthy safety margin to the 50-60☌ where problems start to arise.Ĥ5☌ would make me a little uneasy personally. I've concluded that it is pretty much pointless to try to overclock the Threadripper, so anything I do to keep the temps OK for the GPU are going to be enough for the CPU, even at full load. One was that I came across titles that ran hotter than I was used to, and the other was that I got a Gsync Compatible screen, so I was no longer using Vsync to throttle the GPU, and thus it had to work harder. 32 to 33C I think it was last (but my settings got wiped recently when I did a clean Aquaero install) I used to set them to 35C, because I found that a 5C gap was all I needed to keep my GPU below 40C, and if it is below 40C at load overclocked, it always reaches the max possible boost. Fan curves by design always run the fans faster than they need to) I set the fans to control loop temp using my Aquaero's set point controller (works much better than fan curves at keeping fans quiet. Add a safety margin if you feel like it to account for load variation.ĥ.) Set alarms (if you really feel you need them) a few degrees higher than temperature set points, so they only kick in if something is going wrong. Note at which CPU temp you start seeing instability (or lower boost)ģ.) Note delta T between loop and coolant.Ĥ.) Set target temperature on loop as target chip temperature minus delta. If overclocking, take it one step further.ġ.) Achieve maximum overclock with max coolingĢ.) Back off cooling.

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