Hello!
I have a mini-ITX rig where my i5 4670k and a h60 (2013) fits very well. It worked flawlessly for 3 years now, but yesterday it started overheating. It idles at almost 70ºC on stock clocks. When I first noticed this, I tried reapplying the thermal paste and nothing changed. I also noted that one tube was way hotter than the other and searching the internet I found out that it could be some air bubbles trapped inside.
It could be, since I moved the day before yesterday and could have shaked my PC which led to those bubbles. Gaming (Diablo III) it gets to 100ºC easily, and with my PC turned on, shaking the tubes instantly drops the temps to ~50ºC. It's shocking the difference only by shaking the tubes.
What can I do to remove those bubbles if it really is the problem? If I shake it, temps lower, but when I stop, after 5min temps rises again. My radiator is mounted exactly as it always have been and no problem until yesterday.
I have a mini-ITX rig where my i5 4670k and a h60 (2013) fits very well. It worked flawlessly for 3 years now, but yesterday it started overheating. It idles at almost 70ºC on stock clocks. When I first noticed this, I tried reapplying the thermal paste and nothing changed. I also noted that one tube was way hotter than the other and searching the internet I found out that it could be some air bubbles trapped inside.
It could be, since I moved the day before yesterday and could have shaked my PC which led to those bubbles. Gaming (Diablo III) it gets to 100ºC easily, and with my PC turned on, shaking the tubes instantly drops the temps to ~50ºC. It's shocking the difference only by shaking the tubes.
What can I do to remove those bubbles if it really is the problem? If I shake it, temps lower, but when I stop, after 5min temps rises again. My radiator is mounted exactly as it always have been and no problem until yesterday.