Help with fixing high temps

[Hamface55]

I was monitoring my temps the the other day and saw that I was getting up to 93c while playing games. obviously something is wrong with my kraken m22. It worked fine for almost a year until now. I already contacted NZXT support and did everything they told me to do. I re-seated the thing I shook it up. I unplugged it plugged it back in. tried different fan headers. Anything else I can try? Is it maybe clogged or something on the inside? Should I drain it and refill it? I already took an air duster and cleaned the radiator from the outside. I also tried another fan so the fan is not dying. Anything else you guys can recommend to try to fix this? I would rather not take it all off my pc and wait for them to send me a new one. 

 

Thanks!

[DoctorNick]

4 minutes ago, Hamface55 said:

I was monitoring my temps the the other day and saw that I was getting up to 93c while playing games. obviously something is wrong with my kraken m22. It worked fine for almost a year until now. I already contacted NZXT support and did everything they told me to do. I re-seated the thing I shook it up. I unplugged it plugged it back in.

Did you clean and reapply thermal paste? 

[Uptivuptiz]

5 minutes ago, Hamface55 said:

Should I drain it and refill it?

Never open an AIO if you want it replaced. Cant you just sent it back to NZXT?

[Hamface55]

Just now, DoctorNick said:

Did you clean and reapply thermal paste? 

No but I dont have thermal paste on hand. I mean it was fine for a year so I dont know why it would just rise in temps because the thermal paste. Is that possible? 

[Hamface55]

Just now, Uptivuptiz said:

Never open an AIO if you want it replaced. Cant you just sent it back to NZXT?

I can but I would rather not deal with that if there is something simpler I can do

[DoctorNick]

2 minutes ago, Hamface55 said:

No but I dont have thermal paste on hand. I mean it was fine for a year so I dont know why it would just rise in temps because the thermal paste. Is that possible? 

You need that and just clean cpu and cooler with some paper towel. Put a blob in the middle of cpu and reseat. Check temps after.

[Hamface55]

Just now, DoctorNick said:

You need that and just clean it with some paper towel. Put a blob in the middle of cpu and reseat. Check temps after.

ok thanks

[DoctorNick]

9 minutes ago, Hamface55 said:

ok thanks

And to answer your future question about what thermal paste to use. Just buy some MX-2 or any other silicon based thermal paste.