https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 09 May 2026 08:36:18 +0000 Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:23:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10612 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10612&PID=59674&title=deskmini-110-and-i77700#59674 Author: Bavor
Subject: 10612
Posted: 05 Jan 2019 at 8:23am

I upgraded my deskmini 110 from the i3-7100 CPU I was using to an i7-7700. Temperatures were not an issue with the i3-7000 processor. However when doing video encoding or any other CPU intensive task, with the i7-7700 CPU the temperatures would climb to the 90-100+C range with the stock Intel i7 CPU cooler.

Here is a photo showing the CPU temperatures while running a CPU intensive test/benchmark:


I did a search and found a few people using the Noctua NH-L9i CPU cooler on their DeskMini 110 and decided to give it a try. Now in long heavy CPU loads the CPU temperatures are 76-80C.

Here are the results after installing the new CPU cooler:


I was going to delid the i7-7700, however I'm happy with the 76-80C temperatures under heavy loads with the Noctua cooler.

Another thing I noticed is that the CPU is not throttling under heavy loads, so my benchmark scores increased. I assume that means my render and encoding times will decrease also.]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2019 08:23:35 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=10612&PID=59674&title=deskmini-110-and-i77700#59674