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delidino

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Im using Thermaltake Armor+LCS case with inbuild water cooling system, last summer I have upgraded my Pc with an aditional radiator. Now I have in total of 36cm cooling area 24cm of them is coverd with silverstone fans and 12cm with Thermaltake one, which should give the best possible cooling, but when Im rendering photos/videos I get 100 C temp on my 4 cores (i7 950 @ 3.9GHz). I have no idea how can it be possible to reach 100 C with 36cm cooling area. In addition Im cooling my motherboard also with water and I have a massive passive cooling area on my Motherboard wich should give me more cooling area. (Its Gigabyte UD7). Please help me to decrease the temp on my cpu. (All radiators are dust free!)
 
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juanrdp

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I think that you would check a couple of things:

- The water level is ok?, in my system i have to fill the water once or at most couple of times in a year, if you put a new 2 slots radiator you probably increase the water leakage of the system.

- Is the Pump working?, from your message i would say that you have the water cooling from a couple of years at least, maybe the pump have stopped working?, if you have it connected to the main board monitoring check that you get the correct "rpm" and if have flow indicator on the water circuit check that the water is flowing.

- Maybe the cpu block is not correctly installed, have moved or have the thermal grease deteriorated? if the pump is working and with correct water level i would try to remove the cpu block, clear the thermal grease, put new one of quality and put the block again.

Hope it help you.
 
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delidino

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I used to have a pump problem they replaced it with a new one after using the pc about 2years, water level seems to be okey(need to refiel every 6 months). Furthermore I can see pump is working and water is getting pushed through the pipes. System is currently 3 years old. Im thinking of replacing the thermal gel on cpu. Does a cpu block requires to replace the gel in few years?

Thinking of buying these things, any further recommendations, feel free to give advices :), Thanks for all your help guys :)

http://shop.ntrcomputer.ch/tabid/54022/Default.aspx?ID=81352

http://shop.ntrcomputer.ch/tabid/54022/Default.aspx?ID=81345
 
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Sorry by the dealy, my own experience is that almost all the thermal gel degrade over the time, dependending on the quality of the product, the temperatures and the use, maybe three years could be enought.

I use the Artic Silver 5 one usually, not the best but is good enought and available on my own country.
 
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Is the pump pushing water/coolant? Thermaltake watercooling has never really been very good- pumps or radiators. Are you sure you don't have an airlock in the pump or radiator?

Is the water level good?

If both of these are good, you likely have a problem with the block seating correctly.

Sounds like your CPU might be overclocked? Can you validate the BIOS settings? Vcore?

 
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I 2nd ihog's suggestion, AS5 was great in it's day but that day has passed, Artic MX-4 is a much better product, non electrically conductive, (as AS5 is electrically conductive), thinner consistency, easier to work with, won't dry out on you.

Unfortunately for you, new thermal compound, or reseating your water block, is not going to solve your temperature problems.

After researching what you have your problem is very obvious to me, your LCC (Liquid Cooled Case), came with a 500LPH (litre per hour) pump, which was fine for your original cooling hardware that came with the case, but not to be adding any additional radiators!

Even though you say you see the pump flowing doesn't mean it's flowing enough with the additional flow restriction you added to the loop.

A 3 year old 500LPH pump is pitiful when compared to cooling performance standards of today, when most D5s output 1500LPH.

IMO, you need a better pump than what came with your setup!

And since that pump is mated to the reservoir you'll need another reservoir or combination Pump/Res.

Additionally that CPU water block is from the days of the water cooling dinosaurs, I recommend the XSPC Raystorm as it is probably 10 times better at cooling performance, than what you have

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/product_info.php/info/p12533

I know this is not the good news you may have been hoping for, that a click here, or click there, or reapplying thermal compound would solve, but 100C application running temperatures, (not even stress testing temperatures!), are bad news, any way you look at it.



 
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