Question Concerned about my CPU temperature

[Horrgakx]

Hi all - see screenshot below. The speed of the fan for the water cooler increased and has stayed on a fast speed. I've recorded it for a few minutes and it's constant at 100 degrees. I'm using a CoolerMaster cooler, the LED light on the round part which sits on top of the CPU has gone off. I'm sure it should be on. What do I need to check?

 

[Barty1884]

Are you monitoring fan/pump speed in software?

While the LED doesn't necessarily indicate it's working properly or not, the fact that the LED is not showing up might suggest the pump is not receiving power...

 

[Horrgakx]

No I don’t have anything which indicates pump speed that I’m aware of, I’ve never noticed it anyway. That screenshot is all the information which I seem to be able to view in Windows.

I felt the tubes going beteeen the CPU block and the radiator, both were equally warm close to the CPU but cool closer to the radiator. To me that’s the pump not working.

It’s only a week old but the fan has always been really noisy actually, probably nothing to do with this failure, but irritatingly loud to the point I had to cut up a thin rubber sheet and insert it between where the fan mounts on to the radiator in an effort to isolate the mechanical noise.

Anyway, I reseated the connector onto the motherboard but it made no difference.

 

[Barty1884]

A week old? Have you actually powered the Pump?

Which cooler do you have, specifically?

 

[Horrgakx]

What I mean by a week old is that the components have been upgraded (new motherboard, ram, CPU, graphics, hard drive). The cooler is a CoolerMaster, from their website it looks like the MasterLiquid Lite 120.

The pump is working this morning. The "CoolerMaster" logo is lit on the pump block, if you remember from my post above the light wasn't on.
I checked in the BIOS to see if it mentions the pump and it does, even gives a flow rate in litres per minute, and it appears to be fine. I've enabled the CPU temperature warning in the BIOS at 60 degrees.

I've emailed the shop I bought it from to see what they say. I will feel more comfortable if it's replaced.

Screenshot below of how it is this morning.

 

[rubix_1011]

Sorry, but I would never install a 120mm AIO to an 8-core CPU like the 9700k (I have one myself). It isn't that the CPU is overly warm, it's just that a cheap AIO that uses a 120mm radiator can't dissipate much heat. However, that might not really be the real issue here.

I've measured flow rates from AIOs before and they're usually less than 1L per minute, if I recall correctly. Most good watercooling loops are rated at 0.50 to 1.0 gallons per minute.

You might have an airlock in the pump preventing coolant from flowing. With the pump running, thump the pump with your finger and wiggle the tubing, but be careful not to stress any fittings. You can also disconnect the radiator from the case and give it a shake to dislodge an airlock. If the tubing is warm but the radiator is cold, something isn't moving coolant and if the pump RPM is registering and you can feel 'pulsing' in the tubing, then you likely have an airlock and it needs to be dislodged.

 

[Horrgakx]

I got the PC back from the shop. They replaced the 120 Lite without any quibble.
They stress tested the CPU and it got stable to a maximum of 75 degrees apparently.

But the fan is still very noisy. It's sitting purring away, at idle, very annoying. An air cooler is much quieter. I'm quite disappointed, I thought these things were meant to be silent.

 

[white.a.drew]

I got the PC back from the shop. They replaced the 120 Lite without any quibble.
They stress tested the CPU and it got stable to a maximum of 75 degrees apparently.

But the fan is still very noisy. It's sitting purring away, at idle, very annoying. An air cooler is much quieter. I'm quite disappointed, I thought these things were meant to be silent.

Silent hahaha buddy have i got a story for you, i have two rads in one case all one circuit 2 140mm on each rad, had a tube from rad to cpu pump, from cpu pump to rad from rad to gpu, from gpu back to first rad. My roommate woke me up the other night asking me to turn my jet off hahahaha.

 

[Rossterman]

That’s wierd. Mine is dead quiet with 3 140mm fans and 360mm radiator at top of case.