Question Intel Core i7 14700K Idle temp at 50°C-60°C with Aerocool Mirage L240 Series. Gaming temp even worse.

[Samuha]

Hey, Just built a new pc and set up this aio cooler.

I have the same one on my gf's pc and it has no issues and runs with max gaming temp 80, normally just above 70 °C while gaming and idle on that pc is around 30-45 °C (Cpu on that one is Intel Core i5-12600K and the same AIO).

Weird that on this pc the same aio is not working right. What is the issue on this? Do i have it plugged onto the wrong place or something? Or does my CPU require better cooling?

Idle temp at 50-60°C and keeps jumping up, gaming temp normally about 80+°C and high as 100°C

I connected the case fans in chain like each to each other (4x) and so on, they work fine and i can control them from the motherboard bios, no issues there.

Then the AIO itself i plugged first into the CPU fan1 slot and then into the CPU fan2/wp and i could change in the bios that CPU fan2 to water pump and control that. Temps are still high. AIO fans set them in bios to go with the cpu temp, i hear the fans speeding up, speeding down constantly (the radiator fans). I have no clue what is the issue here. Need help. Just a bad AIO?

Main issue: Temps going up and down and high temp in games etc, AIO problem?

No other issues on this pc.

Specs:

Fractal Design Pop XL Air RGB Black - TG Clear Tint​

ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming 4 Motherboard DDR4​

Intel Core i7-14700K Raptor Lake-S​

Cooler Master MWE Gold V2 Full Modular 750W​

Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3600 - 16GB - CL18 - Dual Channel Intel XMP​

Lexar NM620 SSD - 2TB - M.2 2280 - PCIe 3.0​

ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti DUAL OC - 8GB GDDR6 RAM​

Aerocool Mirage L240, 240mm AIO​

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Are the specs to both your and your gf's PC's the same? Mounted in the same orientation/location in the case? if so then it's possible that you were given a faulty AIO or there's an airlock on the pump. Do the tubes feel warm or hot to the touch?

Remove the AIO, dangle the AIO's block at the lowest point below the radiator and shake the pump first then the radiator to dislodge any air bubbles in the pump chamber. Have the innards and AIO mounted atop a bench, breadboarded, and make sure the radiator is held up as high as you can with the tubes exiting the bottom of the radiator.

 

[Samuha]

Different case same installation, few of them are other parts , otherwise the same. AIO Mounted to the roof of the case tubes coming from the right side towards the frontal fans, AIO on CPU side is so that the tubes are coming from the bottom of that AIO block.
They do feel warm, i had no clue there could be air bubbles, going to try that out next.
What is the meaning of breadboarded?

 

[Samuha]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Are the specs to both your and your gf's PC's the same? Mounted in the same orientation/location in the case? if so then it's possible that you were given a faulty AIO or there's an airlock on the pump. Do the tubes feel warm or hot to the touch?

Remove the AIO, dangle the AIO's block at the lowest point below the radiator and shake the pump first then the radiator to dislodge any air bubbles in the pump chamber. Have the innards and AIO mounted atop a bench, breadboarded, and make sure the radiator is held up as high as you can with the tubes exiting the bottom of the radiator.

I did that, temps dropped to 47°C-64°C idle, peak at 73°C, a bit better.
I sometimes hear a small crackle coming from the AIO.
Also read that setting the pump to 100% could remove the airbubbles. What next?

 

[Tiebar90]

I did that, temps dropped to 47°C-64°C idle, peak at 73°C, a bit better.
I sometimes hear a small crackle coming from the AIO.
Also read that setting the pump to 100% could remove the airbubbles. What next?

You ever get this figured out?
I actually just upgraded my 12600k to the 14700KF and my temps are very different. Coming from the 12600k I was getting 28-35 idle and 70s in game.
I dont get 50-60C degree idle temps but I get in the 30s with spikes to 50 with my 14700k.
I am using call of duty mw3 to test the temps while gaiming and im seeming to be sitting in the 90Cs when playing, and does hit 100C
I feel like I have an issue with my cooler. I have an corsair h100i pro 240mm that are used on both. I redid the thermal paste twice now, but I ran out so I am thinking that may be the case. Idk.

 

[Samuha]

You ever get this figured out?
I actually just upgraded my 12600k to the 14700KF and my temps are very different. Coming from the 12600k I was getting 28-35 idle and 70s in game.
I dont get 50-60C degree idle temps but I get in the 30s with spikes to 50 with my 14700k.
I am using call of duty mw3 to test the temps while gaiming and im seeming to be sitting in the 90Cs when playing, and does hit 100C
I feel like I have an issue with my cooler. I have an corsair h100i pro 240mm that are used on both. I redid the thermal paste twice now, but I ran out so I am thinking that may be the case. Idk.

Yeah i had a problem with the AIO i think, sent it back bought better brand.
Currently using Corsair H100 RGB, 240mm. Temps are a bit better. Thinking of buying 280mm AIO for this as it seems it generates a lot of heat. 360mm would be ideal but i think 280mm would be manageable for this.

 

[Tiebar90]

Yeah i had a problem with the AIO i think, sent it back bought better brand.
Currently using Corsair H100 RGB, 240mm. Temps are a bit better. Thinking of buying 280mm AIO for this as it seems it generates a lot of heat. 360mm would be ideal but i think 280mm would be manageable for this.

Yeah doing some research I see a lot of people asking questions about what aio to use for these and it seems that a really good 280mm is okay but 360mm is key. I have one being delivered tomorrow, so we shall see.
These are my most recent temps playing mw3 for about an hour under max temps....crazy..

https://ibb.co/9r8rH4V

 

[Tiebar90]

Yeah i had a problem with the AIO i think, sent it back bought better brand.
Currently using Corsair H100 RGB, 240mm. Temps are a bit better. Thinking of buying 280mm AIO for this as it seems it generates a lot of heat. 360mm would be ideal but i think 280mm would be manageable for this.

I ended up buying a MSI MAG CoreLiquid 360R V2 - AIO ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler

Amazon.com

now with this new 360mm cooler I am idling at 23-30C and in game temps are 60s-70s with highest spike being 85C. much better than 30-35C idle and 90-100C gaming.