NZXT Kraken x61 liquid cooler overheating cpu

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hungsterr

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So I built my pc less than a month ago and everything was running perfectly. Then all of a sudden last night after startup, CPU temperature spiked well over 80 degrees liquid temp says its at around 80 as well on CAM. I've read most forums posts and everyone said to try reapplying thermal paste and I have tried that twice as well and the same issue keeps happening. Everything boots up fine. Kraken x61 fans are spinning and led lights up and I can feel the water pumping but CPU temp and liquid temp are sky high. I'm not sure what the problem is. Is it the kraken x61?

update: so ive managed to stablize it at 48 degrees cpu temp at idle but this seems still ridiculously high liquid temp is at 49 at 77% fan speed but 22000 pump rpm.

why is my pc become a dumpster fire after running amazing temps the night before? it the problem with my kraken x61?

Specs:
I5 6600k Gigabyte Gaming GT
Corsair vengeance LPX ddr4 3000 16gb
Kraken x61
MSI gtx 970
Code:
Evga g2 850w
 
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techgeek

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To me that sounds like the water isn't circulating. When a loop is circulating water, the water never gets as hot as the core temps. There is often a very large delta, even when your CPU is hot for hours, the water temp is notably cooler than the CPU. The only time the water temp is the same as the CPU is if the water isn't circulating and the water temp is measured at the pump.
 
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techgeek

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Well if the coolant isn't being circulated the most obvious problem is the pump has failed. That or the loop is low on coolant. If I'm right, and it's a good possibility I am, it's most likely the first and not the second option. Unfortunately there are no AiO's that I know of that include a flow indicator. Can you hear the pump operating?

Also does the CAM software report a pump RPM? I had a look at the manual and see that you connect the pump to the CPU fan header and the pump powers the fans, so presumably the RPM's reported in the BIOS should be that of the pump. Have you looked at what the BIOS is reporting for the CPU fan header?

Oh, I didn't notice that the you said your pump RPM was 22000, is this a typo and you meant 2200 or is that correct? If it's reporting 22000 RPM, then something is definitely off. There is no way it's spinning that fast.
 
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Except the OP said his RPM is 22000 not 2200. That's why I asked him to verify it. However the OP hasn't returned to this thread. If it's 22000 (and it wasn't a typo) then there is something obviously wrong.
 
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