Hello all, until very recently Ive owned a very nice gaming PC, custom built by www.DigitalStormOnline.com
About 3 days ago I was playing Far Cry 3(Very cpu heavy according to others) and suddenly my computer crashed unexpectedly, this had never happened before so I was very surprised. Soon I figured out that my CPU was actually overheating!
The CPU is an "All-in-one" something or other CoolIT Eco II-120FB
Its kind of a different cooler, not like others, where the pump is actually (to my knowledge) right above the cpu itself.
At first I thought the cooler was empty, but then figured out about its All-in-one-ness, and found a garuntee that the liquid would work for 5 years minimum, so I doubt thats the problem.
I was looking through these forums for a while, and couldnt seem to find anything related to my issue.
Eventually (Just now) I took the pump/heatsink off of the cpu, and it seems the thermal paste is quite used up (its been a year and a half).
Im honestly not sure if the pump is broken(the tubes arent see-through so I cant tell), or the CPU is overheating because of the old thermal paste. Regardless I will be replacing it ASAP, im just curious if that is the reason alone that the CPU is overheating.
Bottom line, the pump is broken and I cant tell, or the thermal paste is the issue. Any opinions would be awesome, thanks.
Here are my specs:
Intel i5 3.3ghz
Cooler:CoolIT Eco II-120FB
Not sure what thermal paste.
Sorry if I missed anything in advance, Im no computer expert, Im not even positive about everything inside of it, since I had it built for me by DigitalStorm.
Thanks in advance
About 3 days ago I was playing Far Cry 3(Very cpu heavy according to others) and suddenly my computer crashed unexpectedly, this had never happened before so I was very surprised. Soon I figured out that my CPU was actually overheating!
The CPU is an "All-in-one" something or other CoolIT Eco II-120FB
Its kind of a different cooler, not like others, where the pump is actually (to my knowledge) right above the cpu itself.
At first I thought the cooler was empty, but then figured out about its All-in-one-ness, and found a garuntee that the liquid would work for 5 years minimum, so I doubt thats the problem.
I was looking through these forums for a while, and couldnt seem to find anything related to my issue.
Eventually (Just now) I took the pump/heatsink off of the cpu, and it seems the thermal paste is quite used up (its been a year and a half).
Im honestly not sure if the pump is broken(the tubes arent see-through so I cant tell), or the CPU is overheating because of the old thermal paste. Regardless I will be replacing it ASAP, im just curious if that is the reason alone that the CPU is overheating.
Bottom line, the pump is broken and I cant tell, or the thermal paste is the issue. Any opinions would be awesome, thanks.
Here are my specs:
Intel i5 3.3ghz
Cooler:CoolIT Eco II-120FB
Not sure what thermal paste.
Sorry if I missed anything in advance, Im no computer expert, Im not even positive about everything inside of it, since I had it built for me by DigitalStorm.
Thanks in advance