Gaming Rig Issues
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@scottalanmiller said in Gaming Rig Issues:
It doesn't appear to be getting cooled at all
Thats kinda my thought.. Possible water cooler not running? And only the metal is acting like a heat sink?
That's plausible.
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@scottalanmiller said in Gaming Rig Issues:
That's plausible.
This kind of was my first gut feeling. IDK how long these things usually last.
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They last for quite a long time. Definitely more than a year.
Dumb question but can your buddy see if the fans are spinning on this unit at all?
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
They last for quite a long time. Definitely more than a year.
Dumb question but can your buddy see if the fans are spinning on this unit at all?Yea it is. I checked. Not dumb at all.. I have 2 fans in front and one in rear if i remember right. and if i remember right, blowing front to back. and then the 2 on the rad.. all are spinning last i looked.
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
They last for quite a long time. Definitely more than a year.
Dumb question but can your buddy see if the fans are spinning on this unit at all?Yea it is. I checked. Not dumb at all.. I have 2 fans in front and one in rear if i remember right. and if i remember right, blowing front to back. and then the 2 on the rad.. all are spinning last i looked.
Directly on the CPU cooler there are 2 fans. Did you check that?
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Directly on the CPU cooler there are 2 fans. Did you check that?
yea, the ones on the radiator are spinning. I am emailing corsair support as well to see what they say.
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Directly on the CPU cooler there are 2 fans. Did you check that?
yea, the ones on the radiator are spinning. I am emailing corsair support as well to see what they say.
okay.
Can you get a $12 thermal gun and pull a heat read from the heatsink?
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Can you get a $12 thermal gun and pull a heat read from the heatsink?
I could.. Prefer not to, but can.. its only $16 on amazon
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Can you get a $12 thermal gun and pull a heat read from the heatsink?
I could.. Prefer not to, but can.. its only $16 on amazon
It would give you an indication if the heatsink is actually working as well as you can point it to other parts in the system and get a general idea how the entire system is being cooled.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
It would give you an indication if the heatsink is actually working as well as you can point it to other parts in the system and get a general idea how the entire system is being cooled.
Just ordered one. Should have it Saturday. Also will see how Corsiar responds to my ticket.
What kind of cooler do you guys recommend if I gotta buy a new one? The one I got should be under warranty.
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
It would give you an indication if the heatsink is actually working as well as you can point it to other parts in the system and get a general idea how the entire system is being cooled.
Just ordered one. Should have it Saturday. Also will see how Corsiar responds to my ticket.
What kind of cooler do you guys recommend if I gotta buy a new one? The one I got should be under warranty.
If the cooler isn't working, your friend should want to replace the CPU and cooler. Not just the cooler.
So get whatever CPU matches the socket and a cooler for it.
Classic fans, while they make noise still work darn well.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
If the cooler isn't working, your friend should want to replace the CPU and cooler. Not just the cooler.
So get whatever CPU matches the socket and a cooler for it.
Classic fans, while they make noise still work darn well.ouch..I will be paying for the repair since its my cousin and i built it. he still in high school. So water cooling is actually not as good as old school cooling?
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
If the cooler isn't working, your friend should want to replace the CPU and cooler. Not just the cooler.
So get whatever CPU matches the socket and a cooler for it.
Classic fans, while they make noise still work darn well.ouch..I will be paying for the repair since its my cousin and i built it. he still in high school. So water cooling is actually not as good as old school cooling?
It can be good, but a lot of these closed units can't cope with an extreme situation.
Have you run an CPU stress testing on this desktop and see if it croaks?
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
If the cooler isn't working, your friend should want to replace the CPU and cooler. Not just the cooler.
So get whatever CPU matches the socket and a cooler for it.
Classic fans, while they make noise still work darn well.If I gotta do that, might just upgrade it to a 2700x :loudly_crying_face:
https://smile.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-Processor-Wraith-Cooler/dp/B07B428M7F/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1548789306&sr=1-1&keywords=ryzen+7+2700x -
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
It can be good, but a lot of these closed units can't cope with an extreme situation.
Have you run an CPU stress testing on this desktop and see if it croaks?nope.. I can remote in and run it from work, but wont be able to reboot once it croaks..lol
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
It can be good, but a lot of these closed units can't cope with an extreme situation.
Have you run an CPU stress testing on this desktop and see if it croaks?nope.. I can remote in and run it from work, but wont be able to reboot once it croaks..lol
Running stress tests against the CPU would at least tell you if the CPU is defective at this point. But it would be beneficial to actually be there to see it run.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
They last for quite a long time. Definitely more than a year.
Dumb question but can your buddy see if the fans are spinning on this unit at all?
Generally the life of the machine. Since they are closed loop coolers they will last longer then that CPU has life.
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@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Running stress tests against the CPU would at least tell you if the CPU is defective at this point. But it would be beneficial to actually be there to see it run.
Any particular one i should try run? Anything I should look for?
@coliver said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Generally the life of the machine. Since they are closed loop coolers they will last longer then that CPU has life.
Thats what I figured. But I seen reviews plenty people have had problems. Of course it could be then did something to it..lol
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
@DustinB3403 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Running stress tests against the CPU would at least tell you if the CPU is defective at this point. But it would be beneficial to actually be there to see it run.
Any particular one i should try run? Anything I should look for?
@coliver said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Generally the life of the machine. Since they are closed loop coolers they will last longer then that CPU has life.
Thats what I figured. But I seen reviews plenty people have had problems. Of course it could be then did something to it..lol
No product is without defects. Could be the pump is too slow (or too fast) or the fan isn't spinning as expected.
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@smartkid808 said in Gaming Rig Issues:
Any particular one i should try run? Anything I should look for?
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/stress-test-cpu-pc-guide,5461.html
