Z77A-GD65 overheating problem. Fan control?

Two weeks ago I built my computer with the intention of overclocking it.  With that in mind I put in a Corsair H60 liquid cooler.  My com isn't extremely powerful (my component list is in my signature below), so I figured the H60 would be more than enough.  HOWEVER, even without overclocking it runs hotter than I think it should. It idles in the mid-30Cs and quickly goes over 60C when I game.  I thought that wasn't too high, so I pushed to OC Genie button and it overclocked to a measly 4.2GHz.  Then my com idled in the mid-50s and after 15 min of gaming it was in the high 70Cs and climbing.  This freaked me out, so I de-overclocked it.
I read online that the radiator fan should be ~4000 rpm, but mine maxs out at ~2000 rpm.  I have another fan in the front of the case and it's even slower than that.  I hooked them up to sys fan 1 and 2 and turned the settings up for those in the bios to 100%, but they won't go any faster.  Is there a way to get them up to ~4000 rpm? Is that even my cooling problem?  Should I get aftermarket thermal paste and re-seat my H60?  I installed it with the pre-applied thermal paste the first time.
Please help!!!  I thought the H60 would easily keep my system ice cold, but it's not.  Where did I go wrong?? 

Hello-I have the same board and cooler,But using a I7 3770k. On almost every build-I only use the h60. There is 2 things you have to watch for.
1-Make sure the pump power plug-is plugged into the CPU Fan.-I have heard of other h60 having issues when plugged into one of the other fan slots. Not sure if it has to do with the Power coming out? But dbl check!!!
2-Mine always comes with a fan reducer. The fan reducer will run the fan at half the rpms. I never use my reducer.I also try and make sure to always have these in a push pull configuration. Depending on my case. If I have a case with plenty of front fans. I only apply the fan to the back of the case-than the radiator. Fan In Pull......But if I only have one fan in the front-or no fan in the front. I will purchase another 120mm Fan.
My temps with the H60-z77a-gd65-I7 3770k. and my case RAIDMAX AEOLUS ATX-818WB--all fan slots populated---Single fan in Pull
Ceramique 2 thermal paste-I always wipe the factory paste off and apply my own....
Cpu temp----25 idle---50c load....
Never had any issues with the H60

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