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its 71 degrees celsius? this is not normal idle temperature for ANY CPU to date.

Edit: as others have said, with a closed loop water system such as the H60, its very possible that the pump has died. There is a reason you can get these closed loop systems for cheap, they are often cheaply built. Which CPU do you have?
 
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have you overclocked? if so, drop it back to stock settings

if it's the same at stock, or you haven't overclocked, have you still got the stock intel cooler that would have come with your i7?

If you have try, that cooler and if you get much better idle temps, then it sounds like your H60 is faulty or wasn't mounted properly
 
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soz its C lads, aussie units XD. Using a corsair h60 water cooler, using the fan that came with the cooler not the cpu. I have a massive ass fan in the front sucking air and the radiator exhausting it. I have an i5 4670, not overclocked.
 
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something to note is that I did take off the cooler cuz I put in a new psu cuz the old one was screwing with the unit. I definitely need to change the thermal compound on it as well. And like 3 hours ago I was using the computer the temps were fine, its just when I got back it went crazy.

Side note: How good is this website eh??
 
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did you build the system?

The i7 should have come boxed with an intel heatsink/fan

If you've got that, take out the H60 and replace it with the stock intel cooler

If that gives you better idle temps, then it would suggest the H60 is faulty or not mounted properly
 
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were temps fine before you took the cooler off?
 
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before i changed the psu things where just unstable, when i took out the psu and touched it actually jolted me as well, I think that proves the psu was being faulty (I think). Yes, the temps were fine before I took off the cooler and remounted it. 39C max it was.
 
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Then you should definitely remount with a fresh coat over thermal paste :) and make sure it is properly seated this time around :)
 
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ok, seeing as temps were fine before, it might just be that it hasn't been remounted properly

take the heatsink off again, use proper TIM cleaner and give the heatsink and cpu a good clean

Then re-apply a new application of TIM (pea method is the best in my opinion)

If temps are still high after that, the faulty PSU might have damaged the pump in the H60

Like I said before, if you have the stock heatsink that came with the i7 use that, or get a decent cheap aftermarket air cooler to test it
 
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definitely will get aftermarket TIM's (I assume that stands for thermal interface material) and remount the h60, might get a bigger case as well, the prodigy mini case is a pain for cable management.
 
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