CPU: AMD FX-9590
GPU: GTX 970
16 GB RAM
Thermal Paste: Arctic MX4
So a few months back I started having overheating issues with my PC. This would happen usually when Im gaming. I was dumb and neglected to find the problem, and would just restart it and it would work fine. As the problem became more common I looked and found that a fan for my liquid cooling system had died and that it needed to be replaced, so I replaced it. Things seemed fine after that but now my PC will just overheat on idle.
I tried using canned air to clean out all of the dust, reapplying thermal paste and fully cleaning out all of the dust out of the liquid cooler using water. All of these things made big improvements on the temperature but the problem remains. I have checked and the fans are pointing inthe right directions and are working fine. As of now if I start up my PC the temperatures will be fine, but my processor will slowly climb over 5-10 mins from a temp in the low 40's to the high 50's, at which point I will just turn it off to avoid overheating (all the other temps remain unchanged pretty much). I was thinking maybe overheating it a bunch might've caused permanent damage somewhere. I checked the processor and see no evidence of burning there but the liquid cooler does seem to have some signs as there is a small spot on the bottom where the metal has turned white and some of the thin metal things are bent a little.
Does anybody have any ideas on what to do to fix this? I feel like I have tried everything and could really use some help. Thanks!
GPU: GTX 970
16 GB RAM
Thermal Paste: Arctic MX4
So a few months back I started having overheating issues with my PC. This would happen usually when Im gaming. I was dumb and neglected to find the problem, and would just restart it and it would work fine. As the problem became more common I looked and found that a fan for my liquid cooling system had died and that it needed to be replaced, so I replaced it. Things seemed fine after that but now my PC will just overheat on idle.
I tried using canned air to clean out all of the dust, reapplying thermal paste and fully cleaning out all of the dust out of the liquid cooler using water. All of these things made big improvements on the temperature but the problem remains. I have checked and the fans are pointing inthe right directions and are working fine. As of now if I start up my PC the temperatures will be fine, but my processor will slowly climb over 5-10 mins from a temp in the low 40's to the high 50's, at which point I will just turn it off to avoid overheating (all the other temps remain unchanged pretty much). I was thinking maybe overheating it a bunch might've caused permanent damage somewhere. I checked the processor and see no evidence of burning there but the liquid cooler does seem to have some signs as there is a small spot on the bottom where the metal has turned white and some of the thin metal things are bent a little.
Does anybody have any ideas on what to do to fix this? I feel like I have tried everything and could really use some help. Thanks!
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