CPU Constantly Overheating

[Shroud0199]

So recently i have noticed a dramatic increase in the temperature of my CPU, playing games i constantly hit the TJ Max of 100 Degrees Celsius and even when i am just searching on google or watching Youtube i am still hovering around 60-70 degrees which i do not believe to be normal, at first i thought this to be a problem with thermal paste as it has been about a year and half of the same paste being there so i bought everything i needed to remove and replace the paste on my CPU, even with this though my CPU still dramatically changes temperature always hitting very high, i should say that i have the base water cooler that came with my CyperPower PC so i feel like that may be the issue, but if anyone has any thoughts it would be greatly appreciated as i don't really know alot about the inner workings of PC's.

[minibois]

Try a different program to monitor temps, but it could really be a dying watercooler (pump)

[Shroud0199]

What program would you suggest? i use core temp 1.15.1 at the moment

[Jurrunio]

HWinfo64

[Shroud0199]

So update on this, i am currently using HWInfo like suggested but it reads out the same high temps as before even after my thermal paste application, when i am playing games like Red dead 2 it easily hits 100 C and now even when i get off the game the CPU still hovers around 80-90 C just idling, not sure if now the CPU is just busted or my water cooler is completely dead.

[Shroud0199]

For reference these are my current readings

[Shroud0199]

Also when I start the computer itself the pump makes a very loud buzzing noise, as if it’s having trouble transporting the water

[YoFavRussian]

16 hours ago, Shroud0199 said:

Also when I start the computer itself the pump makes a very loud buzzing noise, as if it’s having trouble transporting the water

Assuming it's an AIO since it's manufactured by IBP, makes a very loud buzzing noise does sound like the pump is buzzing, some pumps are kinda noisy and do buzz, but looking at what you say, could be a pump going out.

[Oopy Doopy]

On 12/7/2019 at 2:30 AM, Shroud0199 said:

So recently i have noticed a dramatic increase in the temperature of my CPU, playing games i constantly hit the TJ Max of 100 Degrees Celsius and even when i am just searching on google or watching Youtube i am still hovering around 60-70 degrees which i do not believe to be normal, at first i thought this to be a problem with thermal paste as it has been about a year and half of the same paste being there so i bought everything i needed to remove and replace the paste on my CPU, even with this though my CPU still dramatically changes temperature always hitting very high, i should say that i have the base water cooler that came with my CyperPower PC so i feel like that may be the issue, but if anyone has any thoughts it would be greatly appreciated as i don't really know alot about the inner workings of PC's.

Having diagnosed a dying water cooler before, I can say that that is probably what your issue is.  Your temps and when you hit them are exactly what I'd expect from a dying pump.  Thing with water coolers is that water holds heat exceptionally well.  This means it will take a while before your CPU overheats when compared to an air cooler.  If your pump isn't working well, you'll still feel cold air coming out from the radiator and you may even feel water moving through the tubes still, but prolonged load on the CPU will cause overheating.

 

Honestly, since you aren't a hardware enthusiast, I would strongly advise against water cooling.  They're more prone to failure and harder to diagnose (moving parts vs a hunk of metal), expensive, and honestly they don't even really outperform solid air coolers by much.  Only practical justification for the average user is not having issues with RAM clearance or for some small form factor builds.  The average user really doesn't need anything better than a hyper 212 evo or something comparable.  That'll still let you overclock the snot out of something too.

[YoFavRussian]

20 hours ago, Oopy Doopy said:

Having diagnosed a dying water cooler before, I can say that that is probably what your issue is.  Your temps and when you hit them are exactly what I'd expect from a dying pump.  Thing with water coolers is that water holds heat exceptionally well.  This means it will take a while before your CPU overheats when compared to an air cooler.  If your pump isn't working well, you'll still feel cold air coming out from the radiator and you may even feel water moving through the tubes still, but prolonged load on the CPU will cause overheating.

 

Honestly, since you aren't a hardware enthusiast, I would strongly advise against water cooling.  They're more prone to failure and harder to diagnose (moving parts vs a hunk of metal), expensive, and honestly they don't even really outperform solid air coolers by much.  Only practical justification for the average user is not having issues with RAM clearance or for some small form factor builds.  The average user really doesn't need anything better than a hyper 212 evo or something comparable.  That'll still let you overclock the snot out of something too.

Agreed, I will refuse to build systems with water cooling for lots of people because air has less failure points. Not to mention that the only thing that can really go wrong is a fan die. With water you have to worry about pumps, fans, fittings, and tubing all of which could fail. Or say your water cooling block gets gummed up. But I would entirely agree with the replacing your AIO or swapping it out with a air cooling unit.