Watercooled PC overheating when playing games like btf4 or gta v

[Arne de Beer]

My watercooled PC is overheating and therefore restarting when playing games like btf4 or gta v. Temperatures get to 75+C and then my pc restarts.
I've got 2 front fans blowing out, and one top fan blowing out aswell.
My specs are:
- ASRock 890FX Deluxe 5
- AMD Phenom || X6 1100T
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

When idling my GPU's temperature is at around 40C, my CPU at 34C and my AUX between 80C and 100C.

Hope I've given enough information, if not please say so.

Thanks in advance!

 

[maikutech]

How did you apply the thermal paste, before installing the watercooler pump ?
Also which watercooling product do you have, it would help to know so we can see what we're dealing with.

 

[SgtScream]

What water cooler are you using?

 

[Arne de Beer]

How did you apply the thermal paste, before installing the watercooler pump ?
Also which watercooling product do you have, it would help to know so we can see what we're dealing with.

I took over this PC from someone else, so i've no clue how the thermal paste was applied. I've got the Corsair CWCH60

 

[SgtScream]

Do you feel vibration, indicating the pump is actually on and circulating liquid?

 

[Arne de Beer]

Do you feel vibration, indicating the pump is actually on and circulating liquid?

Yes the tubes are vibrating a little, shouldn't it be feeling cold? Cause it doesn't feel cold or anything

 

[SgtScream]

What case do you have and how many fans in it? Where in the case is the radiator mounted?

 

[Arne de Beer]

What case do you have and how many fans in it? Where in the case is the radiator mounted?

My case is the Sharkoon Tauron ATX Midi-Tower and I've got one fan on the top blowing out, and two fans in the front blowing in.
Is the following image a radiator? If so then it's mounted in the back of the pc

 

[SgtScream]

How is your radiator mounted/

 

[Arne de Beer]

How is your radiator mounted/

Please see this link for what i think the radiator is: http:// if that's the radiator it's mounted in the back of the pc

 

[SgtScream]

Is there a fan behind the radiator?

 

[Arne de Beer]

Is there a fan behind the radiator?

Jup, there is

 

[SgtScream]

Can you install the radiator in the front of the case, so the fan is pushing in cool, outside air?

 

[maikutech]

How did you apply the thermal paste, before installing the watercooler pump ?
Also which watercooling product do you have, it would help to know so we can see what we're dealing with.

I took over this PC from someone else, so i've no clue how the thermal paste was applied. I've got the Corsair CWCH60

Hmm take the pump off the cpu and check for me, touch the cpu and see if the thermal paste is still liquidy or dried out.
If its absolutely dry, take the cpu out of the mobo, grab some paper towells, take some rubbing alchol and rub the old paste off.
Take another paper towel, put a tab bit of water on it and remove any access paste mess.
Put the cpu in a box let it sit for about 30 minutes, do the same for your corsair water cooler pump.
Look into buying artic mx-4 from newegg/amazon or if your lucky enough your computer shop may carry it.

Take the cpu you cleaned up, put it back in the mobo correctly, take the new grease you bought.
Apply 4 small pee size on each of the cpu, since you have a hexacore its going to need it as they do get hot.
Put the pump back on, cross your fingers and toes too (j/k) turn the machine back on and go back into bios.
Check the cpu temp to make sure the tempature will stay at 35c for about 10 minutes and boot into windows once you are done.

 

[AIex]

ill give you possible causes :

* voltage on the cpu is way above its normal, google normal voltages for ur CPU and compare
* bad thermal paste or bad aplication
* watercooler pump is dead or half dead, google normal RPM for ur water cooler pump and if is way lower, ur cooler is dead, pumps last 2-5 years on avrage
* pc full of dust and gpu heat is frying everything else.


Get to work and investigate all the above