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Hey, I don't really want to revive an old topic (like 1 week wtf), but I just felt like I should share with you fellas what exactly happened since I had the problem. I've called Corsair, they said I should contact the store I've bought it from. I've contacted them, they asked if the product is still in warranty (Yes, of course) I've sent them the broken water block (H115i) in a shoe box... A week later they've sent me a new H115i and I've put it today and voala, pump is up and runnig! Oh, and for the Task Manger CPU thingy that shows 4,49 GHz out of 4,20 GHz total that's because of the power plan that the PC is using. If you go to Win Button --> typing "Power Plan" --> Choose a power plan, you should (usually) have Balanced, Power Saver and High Performance modes. The High Performance mode sets the minimum CPU state to 100%, while Power Saver sets it to only 5%. So basically... High Performance kind of like forces the CPU to work on high speeds by using more power for it AND keeps those speeds and power draw, while Power Saver mode saves that energy and keeps everything nice and smooth. Remember! We are speaking about PC's, not laptops! Both High Performance and Power Saver modes tend to optimize that power when some game/program is launched (meaning their speeds vary when you put a load on the CPU). The Balanced has the same lower and upper CPU limit states as Power Saver (5% for lowest, 100% for highest) I've changed mine to Balanced and everything is pretty much OK now. That's pretty much it. Thanks for the answers and have a good day.

Solved. Thanks for the quick answers. I just checked this video: and actually didn't want to launch the system, until I got a new thermal paste, when suddenly... Yep, the pump is dead. Do I need to keep the bill from the store, I've bought it from, in order to Corsair RMA it? Because I don't think I keep any of the documents.

PC Specs: CPU: i7-7700k GPU: GTX 1070 ROG Strix MOBO: GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 MEM: G.Skill TridentZ 16GB DDR4-3200 STORAGE: 2TB, 7200rpm and 256GB M.2 COOLING: Corsair H115i PSU: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Note: None of the parts has ever been overclocked. PCPartPicker --> https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AdlerAdemov/saved/sNpLkL Long story short --> It worked like charm in the past few months (and even yesterday night) but when I woke up this morning and turned on the system, it IMMEDIATELY went on full blast. Instantly. All the fans (except the ones on the GPU) were spinning at their highest speed (I have never set the GPU, CPU or any of the fans to work on some "pro" or "performance" mode. I've always used the 'normal' setting). And for everybody's surprise - this happened even before the Windows boot! Meaning that its not some mining bot or something like that. Its pure hardware. When I've build the PC last summer, I've noticed some odd behavior of the CPU speed and load in the Task Manager, compared to the ones in the Corsair LINK. But lets cut the crap and let me show you what's going on. This is the what the Task Manager on my Dell Inspiron 5721 shows: The load is at 6% and it uses 0.93GHz of the total 2.4GHz base speed. Nothing strange, right? and now... That's the Task Manager of my PC: Its 1% load on 4.49GHz speed at base 4.20GHz. Is this normal? But wait, there's more... This is the Corsair LINK software The TaskManager says 5% load on 4,20GHz from maximum 4,20GHz, and then... on the Corsair LINK software, all 4 cores are at ~100°C with 22% load and obviously that's the reason why the fans are spinning so fast, trying to cool down the system. Two questions: 1. What's causing the 100% CPU load even before booting Windows? 2. Why the TaskManager shows 4,49GHz out of 4,20GHz max? (Not a single app launched, even background(startup) apps were turned off) Note_1: I have never overclocked any of the parts I have. Note_2: When I've build my system, I used the stock thermal paste applied on the H115i. Although I think I know what most people are going to say (to change the thermal paste), please, please, please consider this: Literally yesterday was working like a charm at 30-40 [°C]. Anykind of help, judge, critic, jpkes or even compliments will be well appreciated. Thanks!

I've marked your reply as a solution (Solved). Thanks mate! Me neither, but you know how unsatisfied gamers make up everything. I once heard a guy at my school bragging about running CS:GO from his router... #BlockUser

Yo, Thanks for the answer. I am 100% sure the load time (rendering ground, buildings, grass and etc.) and screen stutter will be instantly fixed, not so sure about the FPS tho. Still waiting for someone to answer. Thanks once more.

So I've build my PC a few months ago and for the storage I am using 256gb M.2 SSD and 2TB SATA HDD. A few years ago my brother bought his Acer laptop and now he is into his "extreme gaming era" and of course he complains about his FPS on PUBG (Player Unknown Battlegrounds) and he SOLIDLY CLAIMS that his FPS would be much higher if he had his PUBG installed on an M.2 SSD drive instead of running it from the HDD (he has the same M.2 port on his laptop like mine (I've seen it)). Question1: Since I have my Windows installed on my M.2 SSD and he has his own Windows installed on his HDD, will his computer freak out from knowing that there are two Windowses? Question2: If I give my brother my M.2 SSD to install his PUBG to only check if the FPS would be much better, will I have ANYKIND of problems with booting up my PC after I take it back? For Question2 - I think the BIOS boot order would play a major role, because it depends on which drive is set to boot first (although I am not very sure) I probably know what's gonna happen, but lets be sure... #TooLazyToGoogleBecauseILikeSocialnteraction Thanks, guys!

Same result, Ethocreeper I am open for more suggestions from anyone else.

Hello again everyone! The story: So this week I've managed to build my PC, but the motherboard is showing C0 error code, which according to the manual is "Reserved." (whatever that means...), I've checked almost everywhere on the internet and I've found out that there are couple of things to do like re-seating the CPU / change the order the of the RAM modules / use only one RAM module and etc. I've done all of it, but the error code C0 still persists, so I've find out that my computer doesn't find the HDD (I have 1x M.2 SSD and 1x HDD), I've changed some ports, power cables and voala - the hdd stared to work. Why? Because the upper M.2 socket (the MOBO has 2x M.2 sockets) shares bandwidth with some SATA ports and for some reason I've put my HDD in those ports. So right now when I use the computer for a while and when I take a look at the MOBO, the error code is A0, which according to the MOBO's manual means everything is running ok. BUT... after installing some stuff on the M.2 the C0 error comes up again. Motherboard layout: M.2 ports installation notes: NOTE: The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P_32G connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when an SSD is installed in the M2P_32G connector. The questions: 1. If I put the M.2 SSD to the lower socket, will I have any kind of startup or boot problems? 2. Will the graphics card use x8 bandwidth lanes if I put the M.2 ssd to the lower socket? Build link: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Cs2XNN

About the 3rd question: Excuse me, I thought there is adhesive tape on the backplate so it doesn't touch the motherboards back, but... there is nothing adhesive on the backplate. I didn't google it, my bad.

Hello everyone in this section. I'll go straight to the point. I am building my first computer right now, but there are some questions that I think I should ask, before doing some stupid stuff. Link to the build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AdlerAdemov/saved/#view=sNpLkL The questions will be in green! So here we go... 1.So I've got the Corsair 750D case that comes with pre-installed 3 case fans (2 on the front and 1 on the back) these are the front ones: but I am not sure where exactly should I connect those 3 fans, since I have the AIO cooler - Corsair H115i. I've checked the motherboard's manual and there are 2 pin outs on the bottom of the mobo, where I've connected the front fans already (as you can see on the picture below) but there is another one that says SYS_PUMP. So can I connect the 3rd fan (the back of the case fan) to this header or this is particularly for the H115i's pump? This is the motherboard's scheme: 2.My second question is about the CPU's backplate. When I follow the instructions given in the H115i's manual it says to put the Intel Backplate on the back of the motherboard and then secure on the main side of the motherboard with the intel standoff screws. Ok. But when I do this stuff It gets kind of loose. as you can see the gif: This is how it looks from the inside: A guy asked Corsair straight away http://forum.corsair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157640 This is corsair's opinion of the issue: https://corsair.secure.force.com/knowledgebase/apex/KnowledgeArticle?id=kA140000000Cmgd&q=loose+backplate&l=en_US&c=Technical_Support%3ACooling&fs=Search&pn=1 So the question here is: When i put the pump unit of the H115i's and secure it with screws will the loose backplate make problems or it will tighten good as soon as I put the pump unit with the thumbscrews and I will have no problems? I am superworried about this, because the thermal paste might not spread as it should, which leads to temperature problems. No russian roulette with the CPU, you know... 3.Should this Intel Backplate have adhesive stuff on both sides? 4.Does it matter where I connect the case's USB3.0 cable to the motherboard? Because I have 2 usb3.0 headers from the motherboard?? (I've connected it to the first one already) 5.Does it matter where exactly I connect the cables to the PSU? I mean... as long as they are connected to the right section of the PSU its ok, right? Its not a problem, that I've connected the SATA cable (for example) to the 6th port, instead of the first one, right? I am really sorry if some pictures are kind of big.I am trying to build this computer asap.

Thank you for your advice! I went for it.

Hello there! I just wanted to ask you guys for an advice about a power supply for a gaming rig, so here we go... I basically want it in order to complete my build, I know that I should always get a PSU that is like 100-150W more than the total wattage from all components. Also its a good idea to get more wattage if you are going to overclock (since the parts are going to drain more voltage). So a guy in my country sells his Corsair Ax860i Platinum very cheaply (because he is in a big rush (baby comming )), BUT is it safe to buy a second hand PSU? Is there something that we should keep in mind when buying second hand PSU's?

Well I had a rough day choosing between the ASUS Strix Z270E Gaming and Gigabyte Aorus GA Z270X-Gaming 7. and the winner was the Gigabyte, not only because it had an extra Thunderbolt3, SATAExpress connectors, U.2 connector, integrated Audio software and Amplifier, 2 lan cards (things that I will use probably in 2018), but because a online shop in my country put a -30% off the price. Don't get me wrong the Strix has got WiFi and Bluetooth modules, but... you can buy those adapters for like 5$ from anywhere. and YES, you got it right - I'll burn my tyres tommorrow to go and get it!! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OPINIONS AND ADVICES !! Definitely expect another thread about graphics card and CPU, haha.

What is your suggestion? Buy now and worry later?

Do you guys have any information about X299 arrival ???