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Complete amateur at this stuff but trying to help a friend even less capable than me, so i'll try to explain as best i can.
Prebuilt system from a good company, working fine for a long time (3-4 years i think). i7 3770k overclocked. Has a Corsair h100i cooler.
Not long ago, very taxing games seemed to be running slower than usual, shrugged off as not that big a deal. Eventually got worse but still playable. Very recently, sudden massive drop in FPS across all games. Most now unplayable.
Temps running 100-105c across the 4 cores while idle! Everything else in the case seems cool enough in comparison, but the cores are boiling. Not a single crash at this point, just very slow. There's a fair bit of dust in the case.
Corsair Link says the pump is working at 2270RPM and the fans at 2220RPM. The Corsair logo isn't lit up but i think it's supposed to be? I have no idea what level of vibration i'm supposed to be feeling from the pump. One tube is very hot and one is room temp, flicking the tubes and wiggling them made the temp drop about 20-25c for a few seconds before climbing again, and now even that doesn't seem to be working.
Is it worth attempting to clean out the dust and reapply some paste? Or is this pump already completely dead?
Is there anything else i could try ?
Sorry for the long post and i appreciate anyone who took the time to read it even if they don't reply
and thankyou for any helpful advice/answers! x
Prebuilt system from a good company, working fine for a long time (3-4 years i think). i7 3770k overclocked. Has a Corsair h100i cooler.
Not long ago, very taxing games seemed to be running slower than usual, shrugged off as not that big a deal. Eventually got worse but still playable. Very recently, sudden massive drop in FPS across all games. Most now unplayable.
Temps running 100-105c across the 4 cores while idle! Everything else in the case seems cool enough in comparison, but the cores are boiling. Not a single crash at this point, just very slow. There's a fair bit of dust in the case.
Corsair Link says the pump is working at 2270RPM and the fans at 2220RPM. The Corsair logo isn't lit up but i think it's supposed to be? I have no idea what level of vibration i'm supposed to be feeling from the pump. One tube is very hot and one is room temp, flicking the tubes and wiggling them made the temp drop about 20-25c for a few seconds before climbing again, and now even that doesn't seem to be working.
Is it worth attempting to clean out the dust and reapply some paste? Or is this pump already completely dead?
Is there anything else i could try ?Sorry for the long post and i appreciate anyone who took the time to read it even if they don't reply
and thankyou for any helpful advice/answers! x
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