i9 7900x Cooling issues

[! Aidan]

 

Hey guys, so I have a kinda big problem, I spend 1k on the i9 7900x for a combination of rendering, content creation, Workstation Grade PC and a good gaming expirience. Before I begin, I need to inform you of my cooling solution. I use the h115i AIO Liquid Cooler and this is my first time building a high-end PC. What I'm here to talk about today, is the fact that when I'm doing any task that is heavy (why I bought the CPU), it will immediately thermal throttle and be at 106 ° C. (Not good at all.) I have a fine amount of thermal paste, and my aio is screwed in correctly, all fans work and I can hear the liquid flowing without any blockages so I really need one of you guy's help to see what is wrong here. Just let me know if you need any extra information about the situation and I will happily reply. I appreciate you helping me with this (in anyone does) and I am very thankful. I just hope I can find this out.

 

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My Full PC Specs:

CPU: i9 7900x

GPU: 2x Nvidia Titan Xp (Pascal) the new one

Motherboard: Asus Prime x299 Deluxe

Cooler: Corsair H115i

Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver

Radiator fans: The included ones

PSU (if that even matters): 1000 watt psu

[Alesek]

just to be sure - did you take off the little plastic foil protecting the cooler?

[! Aidan]

yeah

[! Aidan]

bruh

[Simon771]

Do you have any other CPU cooler that you could test?

Can you test that H115 cooler on any other CPU/build?

 

I know skylake-x does have thermal problems since it's not soldered to IHS anymore, but over 100°C on stock .... that sounds a bit weird.

 

What thermal paste did you use?

Did you try to remove cooler? Try to do that and see if thermal paste was spread all over the CPU, or if some parts of the CPU weren't covered with it.

[Alesek]

youd be surprised how many people forget... when you touch the AIO, does it get warm?

 

please quote people so they get a notification that you replied 

[themctipers]

are you stressing it with AVX..? 

[! Aidan]

Yes, I do have another cooler I could use, and I have not tested the h115i on any other build. The radiator does not even get warm.

I know skylake x has thermal issues, but not this bad! It was at stock clock speeds. Rip the dream of 4.5ghz.

[! Aidan]

5 minutes ago, Alesek said:

youd be surprised how many people forget... when you touch the AIO, does it get warm?

 

please quote people so they get a notification that you replied 

The radiator or the block its self?

[! Aidan]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

are you stressing it with AVX..? 

No, Aida64.

[! Aidan]

6 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Do you have any other CPU cooler that you could test?

Can you test that H115 cooler on any other CPU/build?

 

I know skylake-x does have thermal problems since it's not soldered to IHS anymore, but over 100°C on stock .... that sounds a bit weird.

 

What thermal paste did you use?

Did you try to remove cooler? Try to do that and see if thermal paste was spread all over the CPU, or if some parts of the CPU weren't covered with it.

Sorry, I did not quote you on the last one, To your final question, the thermal paste is spread fine.

[Alesek]

if the radiator doesnt get warm after couple minutes, your pump might be dead

[! Aidan]

 

Just now, Alesek said:

if the radiator doesnt get warm after couple minutes, your pump might be dead

ohhhhhhh rip

[! Aidan]

Just now, Alesek said:

if the radiator doesnt get warm after couple minutes, your pump might be dead

It never gets warm.

[! Aidan]

How can I tell if my pump is dead then, and how do I get a refund?

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, Aidan Dorfler said:

Sorry, I did not quote you on the last one, To your final question, the thermal paste is spread fine.

Try to use some other CPU cooler aswell.

If you will have same problem with it, return your CPU and request new one.

 

100°C on stock settings is just horrible.

Then again, I had 85°C on my i7 4790k at stock with aida64 stress testing on custom water loop. So it's possible that those CPUs can acctually have huge problems.

[Alesek]

is there any temp difference when you have fans going slow vs ramping them up to 100%?

 

if you put your hand on the block, do you feel some vibrations?

 

you can also try to turn off the pump completely if there is a difference. How warm does it get in idle?

[Mooshi]

Please stop using mayonnaise for TIM, Intel. Your budget puts AMD to shame, you have no excuse for this tragedy.

[! Aidan]

4 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Try to use some other CPU cooler aswell.

If you will have same problem with it, return your CPU and request new one.

 

100°C on stock settings is just horrible.

Then again, I had 85°C on my i7 4790k at stock with aida64 stress testing on custom water loop. So it's possible that those CPUs can acctually have huge problems.

I do not have one currently I can use.

[! Aidan]

3 minutes ago, Alesek said:

is there any temp difference when you have fans going slow vs ramping them up to 100%?

 

if you put your hand on the block, do you feel some vibrations?

 

you can also try to turn off the pump completely if there is a difference. How warm does it get in idle?

No, radiator does not even seem to heat up at all.

[Simon771]

Just now, Aidan Dorfler said:

I do not have one currently I can use.

Well you can then investigate if your cooler is even working.

You should hear some noise from pump (the thing on the cpu) when you put your earn next to it.

Touch the tubes from AIO and try to feel if there is any water going around.

 

Does the part of AIO that is on CPU, gets hot?

 

Did you plug the cable from CPU part to 3 or 4pin connector on motherboard?

[! Aidan]

3 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Well you can then investigate if your cooler is even working.

You should hear some noise from pump (the thing on the cpu) when you put your earn next to it.

Touch the tubes from AIO and try to feel if there is any water going around.

 

Does the part of AIO that is on CPU, gets hot?

 

Did you plug the cable from CPU part to 3 or 4pin connector on motherboard?

1) Yes I do

2) I feel water circulating fine. Does not seem like a blockage.

3) Not really

4) 4 Pin connector

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, Aidan Dorfler said:

1) Yes I do

2) I feel water circulating fine. Does not seem like a blockage.

3) Not really

4) 4 Pin connector

In that case it seems like Intel did put 1cm too much of adhesive lol

I would return that CPU and request new one.

[Alesek]

1 minute ago, Aidan Dorfler said:

1) Yes I do

2) I feel water circulating fine. Does not seem like a blockage.

3) Not really

4) 4 Pin connector

if the block doesnt get hot but water is circulating, it seems like you mounted it incorrectly. try to mount it again

[! Aidan]

2 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

In that case it seems like Intel did put 1cm too much of adhesive lol

I would return that CPU and request new one.

Hmmm, Is there really no other way?