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is there something wrong with my liquid cooling?

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August 25, 2014 12:57:27 PM

A few days ago i recently installed a new motherboard (MSI Z97 gaming 3), CPU (i7 4770k) and a corsair H60. I noticed on Intel Extreme Tuning Utility that idle my temps where around 29-40 degrees Celsius. But as soon as i started any game i noticed i was hitting temps of between 65-80 degrees Celsius and became concerned, considering that some of the games weren't that demanding.

I also noticed that my CPU's frequency randomly maxed out at 3.9GHz while idle sometimes also causing temperature spikes.

I've also checked my bios to make sure that my pump was getting the full 12W it needed but there was no option, likely the fact that the pump is 3 pin and the fan 4 pin.My pump is plugged into CPU_FAN 2 and the fan CPU_FAN 1. I did swap them around and it made no difference.

Rather worryingly i checked the web for solutions to my problem and found that the problem could be caused by a virus. So i did a full system scan with Norton Security and found some viruses which i got rid of. Yet the problem was not resolved.

Note: I did use the pre-applied thermal compound that was already on the CPU block and i am going to apply some Arctic Silver 5 tomorrow to make sure that it's not the thermal paste causing the under-performance. If there is no change i am going to reset my computer to factory new just be sure that all the viruses have been rooted out and dealt with. It's already stole my windows key.

Rig: I7 4770K (Not Overclocked)
MSI Z97 gaming 3
24GB of RAM
R9 270x 4GB OC
Corsair H60

Please can i get help with my liquid cooling and my CPU (If that's a problem) i'm at my wits end trying to figure out this problem.

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August 25, 2014 1:04:09 PM

check to make sure you mounted the cooler correctly on the CPU. Press with your fingers down (towards the CPU) on the pump and observe if you see a temperature drop. If you do, most likely you didn't mount the cooler correctly - the additional contact provided by manual pressure is transferring more heat away. :) 
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August 27, 2014 11:33:33 AM

Karsten75 said:
check to make sure you mounted the cooler correctly on the CPU. Press with your fingers down (towards the CPU) on the pump and observe if you see a temperature drop. If you do, most likely you didn't mount the cooler correctly - the additional contact provided by manual pressure is transferring more heat away. :) 


Thank so much for the help first of all. I took the cooling block off and found out that only about 10% of the thermal paste was actually making contact with the CPU

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August 27, 2014 11:40:11 AM

Now that I've found the problem. Arctic Silver 5 is recommended to be used for 200 hours to make sure it has bonded properly with the CPU. I'm now questioning myself if I've put the CPU block on properly because i don't want to use my computer for 3 weeks just to find that my CPU block wasn't on properly in the first place and wasted all that time. Can anyone give me any tips or hints on how to tell if I've got the CPU block on properly or how to put it on properly.
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August 27, 2014 5:00:13 PM

Oh the Arctic Silver bonding process needs heat. You are supposed to use your PC. What they say is that initially the temps may be a bit higher than after a few weeks.
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