Advice for Overheating

LeverCat · March 20, 2020

I have had my desktop for around 3 years now. It has worked wonderfully for a long time but over the last few months it has gotten much slower. I have a GTX 1070, I7-6700k, 16GB ram and an AIO for my CPU. For years i havve had no trouble playing games, I ran PUBG smoothly at around 100 fps, I used VR very smoothly and could play CS-GO at around 300fps. Now I can't play PUBG above like 3 fps, VR doesn't work at all and I get like 10 fps in CS-GO with horrible screen tearing. I'm assuming this is due to my CPU running under no load at around 90C constantly, and peaking at 100C under load. I am not that well versed in hardware so the best solution I had was to clean the system and reapply thermal paste. I have money to buy a new PC but I am trying to see if there is something I can do that doesn't require that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

19_blackie_73 · March 20, 2020

seems like your aio died. Can you feel that the rad is warm? or hear a pump running?

Quickfix would be getting a hyper 212 evo or sth. like that as I don't think the 6700k came with a stock cooler.

Jurrunio · March 20, 2020

Then did you try the thermal paste?

If you have, check the fans and pump, you can check the pump by touching the block on the CPU and feel the vibration and feeling whether the tubes feel warm all the way to the radiator.

LeverCat · March 21, 2020

I did try the thermal paste and it helped a tiny bit but not much. So i checked the AIO and a heard water being pumped but when I touched the block it felt pretty static and every part of the system was about room temp. I'm assuming this means it's dead. If it is, what cooler would you recommend? I could spend about $150. Would it also be wqise to replace my CPU since it's been running at 90C for months straight? Thank you guys for the help.