[SOLVED] FPS Drop After Installing AIO Water Cooler

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Recently I decided I wanted to upgrade from an air cooler to a water cooler for my CPU. After I installed the AIO I tried playing some of my games. I found in games such as Fortnite where before I had frames between 144 (capped at 144) and 115, I now have 90 to 50. I checked my thermals for throttling and had no luck, CPU temps were at 91 degrees Fahrenheit and GPU temps at 145 Fahrenheit. Just to make sure my CPU or GPU weren't failing I bench marked both on 3DMark and I got the same results as I had before the AIO. I don't know if it is a hardware or software issue. I NEED HELP!

My PC specs are:

Msi Gaming Z GeForce RTX 2060
Intel i5 3570 Quad-Core 3.4GHz
16gb ddr3 of ram
Mini ITX motherboard lga 1155 socket
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
500 watt power supply
WD 500gb ssd

Thank you so much everyone!

 

[King Dranzer]

It is obvious you being Charizard water is problematic for you.

Jokes apart,

Did the windows update recently or at the time of AIO upgrade. If not try checking and updating all the drivers.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

That was something I tried. I reinstalled my GPU drivers and checked for any Windows updates. I do remember there being a Windows update prior to the AIO.

 

[King Dranzer]

If it is Windows 10 update 1809(You can check by going into Settings>Update & Security>Windows Update>View Update History) then it will probably get resolved with future updates. The Windows 10 update 1809 is very slow and glitchy and needs to be fixed.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Should I try a fresh install of Windows on a extra hard drive I have? Download a game and see if it is softwear related.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Also could it be possible that my PSU isn’t pushing enough power for the system?

 

[sizzling]

Can you check the cpu clock speed while gaming? Even if it’s not overheating it could be throttling for some other reason.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Yeah I noticed that it was going above it’s base clock speed. It was about (3.51GHz) or so.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

The utilization was 100%

 

[King Dranzer]

500W PSU should be more than enough for that setup. Can you provide more details of it like Model and Brand of PSU.

 

[ElectrO_90]

You can remove the last update and/or just roll back before it was installed

 

[King Dranzer]

You can remove the last update and/or just roll back before it was installed

That will be a pain, instead it will be better if he can patiently wait for the patch to roll out in couple of days.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

It’s a EVGA 500 watt bronze 80+ power supply.

 

[King Dranzer]

It’s a EVGA 500 watt bronze 80+ power supply.

Should be enough.

I recommend waiting for few days and check if the issue gets fixed itself as the Windows releases a patch to fix its new update.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Should be enough.

I recommend waiting for few days and check if the issue gets fixed itself as the Windows releases a patch to fix its new update.

What steps should I take should that not occur?

 

[King Dranzer]

What steps should I take should that not occur?

Presently there are two things you can do one is to spend money to buy thermal paste and isopropyl alcohol and switch the CPU cooler with old one and yet not get the expected result. Second is to wait for few days till Windows rolls out its next update and hope that resolves the issue. The second rote is better one. As even with this glitch you are able to get decent 60+fps on average I say waiting few days shouldn't be a problem.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Presently there are two things you can do one is to spend money to buy thermal paste and isopropyl alcohol and switch the CPU cooler with old one and yet not get the expected result. Second is to wait for few days till Windows rolls out its next update and hope that resolves the issue. The second rote is better one. As even with this glitch you are able to get decent 60+fps on average I say waiting few days shouldn't be a problem.

Ok I will try the second option. However could it possibly be anything else? Thanks for all your help!

 

[rookieGamer]

why you got AIO on a locked chip and an i5 😳
also see if you applied thermal paste correctly.

aircoolers are better than AIO unless you pushing your chip to extreme and run it there at 90%+ load for extended period of time this is only time you need an AIO over an Air cooler .
a decent air cooler can beat almost all AIO when paired with stock speed chips running with mix load for couple of hours.

 

[King Dranzer]

why you got AIO on a locked chip and an i5 😳
also see if you applied thermal paste correctly.

aircoolers are better than AIO unless you pushing your chip to extreme and run it there at 90%+ load for extended period of time this is only time you need an AIO over an Air cooler .
a decent air cooler can beat almost all AIO when paired with stock speed chips running with mix load for couple of hours.

Well thermal paste is correctly applied as temps(33C) are in range where they should be with AIO.

 

[TheFlamingCharizard]

Update!

I tried doing a fresh install of windows and that solved the problem! Thanks for all the help everyone!