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so i know about computers in fact my job revolves around selling and troubleshooting them im also in school learning about them also i had pcmr badge before elijah took it away from me

however

maybe the past year or so my CPU has been getting abnormally hot like mid to high 80s while gaming

it used to be in the 70s when i first got my aio

my thought it clean the rad and reapply thermal paste but surely it shouldnt go bad in a year and its not that dusty jesus

so is there more to it or do i just need to freshen her up


i ask because its easier to get 2nd opinions before i go buy thermal paste and take half my rig apart for potentially no reason


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From my understanding most AIO should last a couple a years before they go bad. I would pull it apart and see what the thermal paste looks like. Ive had a problem with this before and it turned out I didn't have the cooler screwed down all the way.
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Erm, If you've not cleaned your rig in over a year, it's fairly easy for temps to rise since the way airflow works, normally front to top, dust accumulates in more than just 1 place so lack of proper airflow could easily impede performance.
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well i have a tempered glass side panel so I can see inside and it looks pretty acceptable

as for the exhaust fans everything looks okay, cant immediately see intake fans as they are covered by the front panel

maybe if im up for it ll reseat the cooler and reapply thermal paste cus the 87c temps are both concerning and annoying considering I spent like $120 on this aio a little over a year ago



should have just stuck with console tbh
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Saki wrote should have just stuck with console tbh

First off,
https://i.imgur.com/5gXQQco.png


As the lord and savior Adam has already said, cleaning your PC including your rad could fix a lot of the issues if it has been a while since you have dusted your computer out. The other thing to check to see if your AIO is failing is feeling the tubes coming from it and see if you can hear the pump running or feel the liquid moving through the tubes. If it has been a couple of years, the AIO may have just gotten old and the liquid could have somewhat evaporated making it less efficient in cooling causing those higher temps.

Good luck on fixing your temperatures, Mr. anime man.
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I had the same issue on a corsair AIO. Pump ended up being intermittently working. Feel the pump and make sure you can still feel it vibrating to know its working.
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Clean that watery boi
  • Check for tube collapsing. Run two fingers down the entire length of the tubes applying a little pressure to be sure they don't cave in.
    • refilling the AIO could help out here as well as cleaning the tubes/rad.
    • If they collapse and it's full it could be a heat issue with the tubing itself going too soft. Pump could suck them in on themselves.

  • Put your fingers on the pump and feel for some sort of indication it is running and or spinning.
    • If this were to be the case just go ahead and RMA the AIO if under a warranty still most items tend to come with two years by default.

  • dust
    • could be several factors as to why your temps are spiking this could be a big one.
    • unmount the AIO and shine a light through the radiator fins. If you can't see anything just clean it.

  • RMA if still possible
    • easiest solution 9/10
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that sounds like your pump no matter how many times i reapplied my paste cleaned it etc always hot af turnt out it was the pump and corsair sent me a replacement
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AIO's only have a limited life span.

The liquid inside will permeate and gunk up over time, so that could easily affect temps. This is usually the sign that it's time to consider something new IMO.

If you keep running it until it's done, then the pump is also going to go at some point but this is usually less of an issue.

This is why I prefer to stick with air cooling these days tbh, and why I switched my Kraken X61 for a Dark Rock 4. My X61 still had some life left in it, but being that it was used for around 3 years, temps were higher than when I originally installed it, even with a clean/dust-free system and fresh thermal paste.

That said, if it's only been used for a year, it should still be fine. I'd just re-apply thermal paste and clean out your system(not just the rad), see if that helps at all.
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Not all AIOs are built equally. Don't get me wrong they're better in most cases compared to what people use as a standard which commonly is a stock a cooler and in some cases a cheap heat sink. There could be a various factor of issues no less even with an AIO.

1. Liquid has gone bad and is gunking up the fin plate.
2. Reapplying the thermal paste can work to save temperatures.
3. Changing to a better thermal paste can work.
4. Changing your fans on your radiator can help (maybe one is going bad.)
5. Pump could be failing and not circulating as well if at all.
6. You could simply put, be running a hotter CPU compared to what you were using upon initial install.
7. Lowering your clock speeds or voltage could help.
8. Cleaning your entire PC of dust could show a level of benefit.
9. Try removing heating elements. Sounds stupid but, it was cold here since January and I had my heater turned up to 80F and my PC was running at times 60C or higher and I never let it go over 55. Turned the heat down, PC went down as well. Just kind of how room temp water works. It won't go lower than the room it's in.
10. Time to replace it just reached EOL, assuming at least you can afford and desire a replacement in order to lower the temps again.
11. Could be a software issue as well. I hated NZXT's software and still do for their insanely odd readouts for temps. One second it's 72C the next it's 34C? Temperatures don't work like that... Take a look at Speccy, temp reads 56C and sits at that, but CAM reads are just **** random.
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