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Corsair AIO running CPU at 200 (F)

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TO close this out, Corsair RMA's my GPU - and not i'm running at around 100-110 F, seemed to be a bad pump. 

Well, after restarting the system laying down, with the rad disconnected from the case being held directly above the cpu, reseating with (more) thermal paste (still not enough to squeeze out the sides, double checked that) I'm back down to 120-150 (f) degrees. 

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23 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

If you are mounting an AIO cooler vertically you want the hoses on top(higher) if you mount it the other way it puts a decent amount of strain on the pump. If you are mounting horizontally in the case it doesn't matter. Fish tanks filtration systems and cars cooling are completely different from an AIO CPU cooler.

I have to disagree i found a couple different post regarding hoses top or bottom i found the following, i know it is a different cooler but principle should be the same

 

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Hey all,

I'm new to the self contained water cooling world and have recently purchased a Corsair H60 to keep my Ivy Bridge 3570K CPU moderately cool when overclocking. When I mounted the water cooler, I noticed a decently loud noise coming from the cooler and had contacted Corsair on the issue after trying to do some research of my own by looking at how others mounted theirs with a quick Google photos search.

Apparently after waiting a few days for a response I learned from Corsair that I mounted the radiator upside down (with hoses on top) so hopefully after learning this myself I can help others not make the same mistake. I quickly turned my radiator to the hoses down position and behold, no more noise!

 

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From what I've read, liquid coolers should have their radiators mounted preferably with the hoses at the bottom, because the air in the closed loop rises to the top of the radiator and that can cause noise in the pump and even affect its durability in the long term.

However, when the hoses are too short (and this seems to be the case with Corsair's CPU coolers), they should still work, if only a bit noisier and for a little less time.

 

Not sure if i am allowed to link to out side pages but these quotes seem to fall into the same thought process as what i was saying. there were many more btw

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11 minutes ago, Tallguy64 said:

I have to disagree i found a couple different post regarding hoses top or bottom i found the following, i know it is a different cooler but principle should be the same

Not sure if i am allowed to link to out side pages but these quotes seem to fall into the same thought process as what i was saying. there were many more btw

@Corsair Nick Is there any particular way when mounting one of your guys' AIOs vertically to have it positioned? I know NZXT and some others have in the manual that when mounted vertically you want the tubing to be equal level the CPU block or mounted in the top position, you don't want to mount it upside down towards the bottom of the case below the CPU block. Any insight you can bring into this?

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30 minutes ago, EthanWater said:

Well, after restarting the system laying down, with the rad disconnected from the case being held directly above the cpu, reseating with (more) thermal paste (still not enough to squeeze out the sides, double checked that) I'm back down to 120-150 (f) degrees. 

At this point, I think your AIO is DOA. You said this was a replacement unit, I assume for aesthetics reasons (which looks very nice btw). Do you still have your old CPU cooler? If so, swap them out and see what you get. I think you may need to RMA your current cooler.

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56 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

At this point, I think your AIO is DOA. You said this was a replacement unit, I assume for aesthetics reasons (which looks very nice btw). Do you still have your old CPU cooler? If so, swap them out and see what you get. I think you may need to RMA your current cooler.

I don't have the other cooler, this one was sent to me by Corsair as part of an RMA because the 1st batch of h100i white editions had a recall for leakage. I'm worried im going to have to RMA this one as well. 

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4 hours ago, EthanWater said:

Well, after restarting the system laying down, with the rad disconnected from the case being held directly above the cpu, reseating with (more) thermal paste (still not enough to squeeze out the sides, double checked that) I'm back down to 120-150 (f) degrees. 

 

that sounds ok to me

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Quick question, but have you measured the temperature with any other software other than the Corsair iCue software? Try HwInfo64 or Aida64 or any other program with temperature monitoring. You can even check the CPU temperature in BIOS.

 

5 hours ago, EthanWater said:

Well, after restarting the system laying down, with the rad disconnected from the case being held directly above the cpu, reseating with (more) thermal paste (still not enough to squeeze out the sides, double checked that) I'm back down to 120-150 (f) degrees. 

Is that while under load or while the system is idling?

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6 hours ago, EthanWater said:

Well, after restarting the system laying down, with the rad disconnected from the case being held directly above the cpu, reseating with (more) thermal paste (still not enough to squeeze out the sides, double checked that) I'm back down to 120-150 (f) degrees.

This is (obviously) a clear sign of air inside your AIO. Holding your radiator over the pump allowed the air bubbles out of the pump and into the radiator. If it was only an extremely small amount of air inside you probably wouldn't even notice it but this is clearly not a small abount. I think you need to RMA your cooler. I have had Corsair AIOs on my last 3 PCs and have not yet had any issues. They have all worked perfectly for 3-5 years when I changed them. I think you just had some bad luck with this cooler.

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9 hours ago, Spotty said:

Quick question, but have you measured the temperature with any other software other than the Corsair iCue software? Try HwInfo64 or Aida64 or any other program with temperature monitoring. You can even check the CPU temperature in BIOS.

 

Is that while under load or while the system is idling?

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8 hours ago, Boyohan said:

This is (obviously) a clear sign of air inside your AIO. Holding your radiator over the pump allowed the air bubbles out of the pump and into the radiator. If it was only an extremely small amount of air inside you probably wouldn't even notice it but this is clearly not a small abount. I think you need to RMA your cooler. I have had Corsair AIOs on my last 3 PCs and have not yet had any issues. They have all worked perfectly for 3-5 years when I changed them. I think you just had some bad luck with this cooler.

i've used their AIO's on my last two builds as well with zero problems, so I was so confused with the issues i'm currently facing.

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21 hours ago, SpookyCitrus said:

@Corsair Nick Is there any particular way when mounting one of your guys' AIOs vertically to have it positioned? I know NZXT and some others have in the manual that when mounted vertically you want the tubing to be equal level the CPU block or mounted in the top position, you don't want to mount it upside down towards the bottom of the case below the CPU block. Any insight you can bring into this?

Don't believe it's posted on our site or QSG, I'd have to go back and double check.  The rule of thumb is to try and have the connections on the radiator to be at the bottom, and the highest point of the radiator to be higher than the pump head.  This will:

  • Keep the pump primed
  • Bleed bubbles into the radiator endtank rather than trapping them in the loop

However, depending on your case and cooler selection, sometimes tube length or radiator placement prevents the preferred orientation.  The pump will take a couple minutes to prime, and you may hear gurgling or surging on start up.  The highest part of the radiator should be above the pump head in all situations.

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17 hours ago, Corsair Nick said:

Don't believe it's posted on our site or QSG, I'd have to go back and double check.  The rule of thumb is to try and have the connections on the radiator to be at the bottom, and the highest point of the radiator to be higher than the pump head.  This will:

  • Keep the pump primed
  • Bleed bubbles into the radiator endtank rather than trapping them in the loop

However, depending on your case and cooler selection, sometimes tube length or radiator placement prevents the preferred orientation.  The pump will take a couple minutes to prime, and you may hear gurgling or surging on start up.  The highest part of the radiator should be above the pump head in all situations.

Highest point is above the pump head for sure, (by about an inch), I don't think it will work with the pipes facing down because the GPU will get in the way. Also - with you saying to point pipes down i'm getting conflicting information, i've heard both pipes up and pipes down, I believe Linus said pipes up on a video recently when he was building the custom loop using Corsair's parts. 

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  • 3 weeks later...

TO close this out, Corsair RMA's my GPU - and not i'm running at around 100-110 F, seemed to be a bad pump. 

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5 minutes ago, EthanWater said:

TO close this out, Corsair RMA's my GPU - and not i'm running at around 100-110 F, seemed to be a bad pump. 

Do you mean your AIO, not GPU?

 

Glad it's solved.

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Yes, that's what I mean. Sorry, got GPU on the brain, trying to hunt down an SLI bridge. 

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