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Holy f***ing shit!

 

Well, here's an easy one. How about blowing out the radiator? It's the simplest thing he could do and will probably net him an easy few degrees C just from that. Of course, while he's at it, he can clean up the whole system xD. That's the easiest bits. Radiators clogged with dust perform terribly. If that doesn't do it, then you move on to fresh thermal paste. And if that doesn't do it either, well, then, depending on how old the AIO is, it could either be liquid permeation/evaporation or a faulty pump. You can only really tell by reported RPMs from the pump header it's plugged into by checking out HWmonitor etc.

 

Best of luck.

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I need some help for my boyfriend's friend... his system has been absolutely under performing in games so they asked me to go check it out, the computer has a disgusting not well cared OS haha and not well looked over hardware either, feels bad... look at that throttle...

 

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Got on it on team viewer and went to check it out and well apparently his cooler is malfunctioning, probably needs maintenance but the thing is I only use Air Coolers out of personal preference so I don't know if these water coolers need to get new water or just reapply the thermal paste etc... kinda hard as I said this guy has zero care over his rig just wants to game and that's it.

 

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So how do we fix this water cooler out? would it even be better to just buy a 212 evo and call it a day? ideas are widely appreciated.

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Holy f***ing shit!

 

Well, here's an easy one. How about blowing out the radiator? It's the simplest thing he could do and will probably net him an easy few degrees C just from that. Of course, while he's at it, he can clean up the whole system xD. That's the easiest bits. Radiators clogged with dust perform terribly. If that doesn't do it, then you move on to fresh thermal paste. And if that doesn't do it either, well, then, depending on how old the AIO is, it could either be liquid permeation/evaporation or a faulty pump. You can only really tell by reported RPMs from the pump header it's plugged into by checking out HWmonitor etc.

 

Best of luck.

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The radiator looks pretty well clogged up. Clean that and if that doesn't fix it, RIP Coolermaster pump.

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