Quinten0508

Did a bunch more tests and I'm pretty positive that iCUE was the culprit all along. I do not have iCUE start on boot, but it seems this is necessary to keep the pump working correctly. The default profile for the pump/fans is "quiet" and it does not seem to ramp up from that at all when iCUE isn't running. I might open a support ticket with Corsair, since it should still be able to gather CPU temp without software running, but this is about the only pattern to be found and the behavior is repeatable.

I'll try and leave a GPU-only benchmark running after the coolant temp returns to normal. I'll post the HWinfo logs afterwards, I cross-checked the HWinfo coolant temp with iCUE's reported one, they're the same.

Yep, I can hear the pump. I've had a similar corsair pump die, and at that point your CPU overheats at idle after 30m or so. Not the issue. Have had bad luck with corsair AIOs in the past so if I install a fresh 240 that might improve things a little. Don't think the aio is the issue though, it operated as expected when mounted on the front of the case.

I have another 120mm case fan lying around somewhere, I'll see if I can fit that in the front. Doubt that'll do much though. Just for the record, talking about coolant temperature, not CPU temperature. 60C is usually the upper limit of coolant temp according to manufacturer's specs. @ItTakes2ToMango^

It's coolant temp that's abnormally high here, not CPU temperature. The GPU outputs 400W of heat which all goes directly through the radiator. This theory seems to be correct seeing as GPU intensive things cause the coolant temp to rise this drastically, not CPU intensive applications. I don't believe the coolant temp sensor is broken either. CPU temperatures (when coolant temps are ~60C and there is no CPU load) hover slightly above 60, around 65-70C. Idle CPU temps are around 40 for me and since there's no CPU load it must be the coolant warming the CPU up if that makes sense. The AIO led's start blinking red and the AIO goes into "fail-safe" mode (some icue thing), although I guess that just reads CPU and coolant temps as well. Radiator feels very hot to the touch. @GuiltySpark_@PDifolco

Recently upgraded to a 3080Ti which forced my radiator for my AIO cooler to be mounted to the top of my case (was on the side before). When playing games that load the GPU, the radiator now gets heated up by the hot GPU air. This causes coolant temp to reach 60+C after 30-45 minutes, even with very low CPU load (10% or so). Two 120mm fans pull in fresh air from the front, two 120mm radiator fans on the top act as exhaust. I know the obvious solutions are to get a new case or new CPU cooler, but is there any other step I could take to alleviate the issue without jumping the gun on new parts? Help appreciated

My CPU has been running at around 65-70 celsius when in idle and reaches around 90-100 celsius when using VR (beat saber). i7-7700HQ GTX 1070 16GB of RAM (unknown vendor) 250GB Nvme SSD 1TB Firecuda 2.5" Air cooling (laptop) Name laptop: Asus ROG Strix GL503VS-EI038T (First used on July 24 2018 Here is a link to the cpu temps while gaming VR: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TwAB3F4EVthL62LQbHQHmO1oViC5smUk There is also a picture of realtemp, made whilst writing this. Config is open because i tried different power modes. (min cpu usage when not on battery (charging) is 5%, otherwise all high performance) If you want any additional info feel free to ask

Same problem. getting around 5fps whilst cpu is on 63% and gpu on 13% (!) while playing beat saber on the lowest settings. anyone know how to solve this? Laptop specs: - i7-7700HQ -GTX 1070 -16GB DDR4 RAM - NVMe Samsung MZVLW256