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Is my aio water cooler out used?

Xazur
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My original pc build had a NZXT Kraken X60, from 2015 but in late 2020 I swapped it because it wasn't cooling anymore giving temps of 80c at idle. I swapped to a Corsair H100i that my brother had laying around from when he changed to a different aio water cooler, anyways just a few days ago I also started to reach 80c after I launched a game which triggered my aio fans to ramp up. I took my original aio cooler and examined it, titled it around and I hear water sloshing around. So I assume this is just the eventuality of aio coolers losing their water over time. So now I ask, should I keep getting a aio water cooler and encounter the same issue down the line yet again or switch to air cooling? I have a i7 5960x that I never overclocked, but I might if it gives me a few more years out of it.

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4 minutes ago, Xazur said:

My original pc build had a NZXT Kraken X60, from 2015 but in late 2020 I swapped it because it wasn't cooling anymore giving temps of 80c at idle. I swapped to a Corsair H100i that my brother had laying around from when he changed to a different aio water cooler, anyways just a few days ago I also started to reach 80c after I launched a game which triggered my aio fans to ramp up. I took my original aio cooler and examined it, titled it around and I hear water sloshing around. So I assume this is just the eventuality of aio coolers losing their water over time. So now I ask, should I keep getting a aio water cooler and encounter the same issue down the line yet again or switch to air cooling? I have a i7 5960x that I never overclocked, but I might if it gives me a few more years out of it.

Does it have enough of thermal paste? Is it dried out?

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3 minutes ago, Cool_Evlo said:

Does it have enough of thermal paste? Is it dried out?

I mean, I literally installed the 'used' aio water cooler just half a year ago and I double checked the thermal paste adding on extra.

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2015 was a long time ago..

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1 minute ago, freeagent said:

2015 was a long time ago..

Tell me about it, I threw down $6K for my entire build then to 'future' proof. Turned out that doesn't work on tech.

 

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16 minutes ago, Xazur said:

 

I mean, I literally installed the 'used' aio water cooler just half a year ago and I double checked the thermal paste adding on extra.

Did you clean the original paste off first?  Because adding new paste onto old would only make things worse.

However I suspect you are right that the AIO have just aged, one reason I've stuck to air cooling.

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5 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Did you clean the original paste off first?  Because adding new paste onto old would only make things worse.

However I suspect you are right that the AIO have just aged, one reason I've stuck to air cooling.

Yes, I did remove the original paste from the aio and the cpu before applying new thermal paste.

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31 minutes ago, Xazur said:

Tell me about it, I threw down $6K for my entire build then to 'future' proof. Turned out that doesn't work on tech.

 

Please tell me you didn't use a Kraken on a $6k build.  Custom loop at that price only, it would still be working fine today.

 

Mount the AIO upside down, it'll help keep any air from getting to the pump.

 

Grab another AIO, use it for 5 years and build another machine.

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Is the pump fan connector an AIO connector or set to 100%?  I'm kind of curious if there's a fan curve issue of some kind, or air bubbles trapped in the pump.  Is the Corsair unit fairly old too?

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27 minutes ago, Xazur said:

Tell me about it, I threw down $6K for my entire build then to 'future' proof. Turned out that doesn't work on tech.

 

I hear you buddy. I did that with X58.. used it for 9 years as my daily. I listed her for sale twice and I just couldn't keep it listed for more than ten hours lol.. she lives in a box on the shelf next to its older X48 brother now. I even took the battery out 😄 

 

What kinds of sounds do you hear from the pump and rad? Feel any warm lines? you're sure its mounted with the proper hardware? I know its all basic stuff but sometimes things happen..

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54 minutes ago, Xazur said:

Tell me about it, I threw down $6K for my entire build then to 'future' proof. Turned out that doesn't work on tech.

 

no such thing as tech future proof sadly

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Current aio, corsair icue shows 58c as water temp, while cpu temp is 78c, this is not underload, all I am doing is streaming and running bluestacks.

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