Just yesterday I was installing my new watercooler (H100i v2) and I booted up my computer but nothing happened. I kept it on for about two minutes when I heard a pop similar to a quiet fire cracker and then a burning smell. I immediately shut the pc off. I found that the three pin power connector for the cooler was not connected so plugged it in and then booted back up. This time I only got to about the loading screen before it shut off. I felt the cpu cooler and back plate only to find that they were extremely hot. I assume that the cpu overheated bad because it now cannot get past a few minutes of operation. Is my cpu faulty for heating up that quick? In the past it’s gotten very hot in just idle, however, back then I was not aware 90c was an extremely hot idle temperature.
Do I need to buy a new cpu?
Do I need to buy a new cpu?