Do i need to buy a new aio ?

[PyrByte]

For the past few month my pc temps have been sporadic sometimes it idles at 40 and goes to 60-70 during games and sometimes it idles at 60-70 and shoots to 90 during games this could happen weeks at a time or just for one day ive tried to underclock and under core my cpu and it still idles at 60-70 normally i would have bought a new aio but then it get better then when i think im in the clear it goes back to being bad again so im in a cycle of whether or not i should buy a new aio or if the aio is even the problem

 

Specs:

Ryzen 9 5950x 

Rtx 3080

Lian li galahad 360 aio 

Lian li 011d 

9x lian li uni fans

gigabyte auros pro rev 1 

4x 8gb corsair vengeance 3200mhz

[another random person]

Might be a dumb question, but have you checked your fan configurations and fan curves?

Also listen for any gurgling noises which may indicate an AIO might be low on coolant. 

When you hit one of the "clear moments" maybe run a stress test to see if it suddenly brings the issue back. 

 

You could also look into reinstalling the AIO with fresh thermal paste and see if that helps. 

[PyrByte]

9 minutes ago, another random person said:

Might be a dumb question, but have you checked your fan configurations and fan curves?

Also listen for any gurgling noises which may indicate an AIO might be low on coolant. 

When you hit one of the "clear moments" maybe run a stress test to see if it suddenly brings the issue back. 

 

You could also look into reinstalling the AIO with fresh thermal paste and see if that helps. 

Ive installed it with fresh thermal paste and i dont know how to check fan curves for fan configs i just use l-connect for all the lian li stuff 

[another random person]

So to check fan curves, just reboot into the system Bios and it should be labelled "Fan configurations" or something similar. You have a modern system so it should allow you to check the speeds and check the fan speed curves. 

This is of course assuming you have plugged the fans into the motherboard fan headers. External fan hubs may require additional software to manage the curves and monitor speeds. 

[alyen]

Where did you mount the radiator and fans? I do not have a Ryzen 5950x, but I do have a 3950x so it sounds fairly normal to me. More effort into cooling Ryzen with 16 cores and it's why I decided to try a custom loop and some modifying things on my own.

 

[PyrByte]

7 minutes ago, another random person said:

So to check fan curves, just reboot into the system Bios and it should be labelled "Fan configurations" or something similar. You have a modern system so it should allow you to check the speeds and check the fan speed curves. 

This is of course assuming you have plugged the fans into the motherboard fan headers. External fan hubs may require additional software to manage the curves and monitor speeds. 

i checked its put at full speed and the aio is plugged into cpu_fan header 

[PyrByte]

4 minutes ago, alyen said:

Where did you mount the radiator and fans? I do not have a Ryzen 5950x, but I do have a 3950x so it sounds fairly normal to me. More effort into cooling Ryzen with 16 cores and it's why I decided to try a custom loop and some modifying things on my own.

 

the radiator is mounted at the top and the fans are on the top right and bottom and its definitly not normal even if its a 5950x its not overlcocked its underclocked and undercored meaning it idling at 60-70 is not normal 

[alyen]

35 minutes ago, PyrByte said:

the radiator is mounted at the top and the fans are on the top right and bottom and its definitly not normal even if its a 5950x its not overlcocked its underclocked and undercored meaning it idling at 60-70 is not normal 

Are the fans on the top radiator set as exhaust or intake? I think it would be better to have it as intake to bring in fresh air if you faired having lower CPU than GPU temperatures. Maybe "normal" is not the proper word I used, but I think it's fairly common temperature expectations for your components you have assembled from trying to use it as the intended normal way. If I am looking at the right case model you have other options to try mounting the fans. I don't know if a 360 radiator can fit on the side or not and I'm assuming you didn't buy the optional mesh front panel. You should try to let things run with the glass side panel off to determine if there is any cooling potential. It's most likely you will need to run the some fans harder that are beneficial for the GPU when gaming. Use the free FanControl software to try tweaking that works with the GPU and CPU temperatures.