Hello everyone. Recently my custom build has been starting to run pretty loud. The noise originates from my H100i, trying to cool my i9-9900K OC to 4.2.
I've always had my H100i fans turned on "quiet" in iCUE without any problems. My CPU temp is steady 27C, and spikes to 43C during a Cinebench test.
However! Im noticing my "Temp" on my cooler in iCUE sits at 50C. I've tried googling it, and apparently its the water temperature shown, and quickly figured out it could be a contact between the CPU and cooler, or a broken pump.
Now i've cleaned the contact plates with isopropyl, and applied a new "rice corn" of thermal paste. I turned the beast on and it was silent again! I touched the tube with the water running through, and could barely feel the stream.
That was until 2 min after the PC was turned on. Now it's loud again, and i can clearly feel the water pumping through both tubes again. iCUE is staying at 2700-2750 RPM, and im now out of idea.
Does anyone know what else it might be?