Hi there, I built myself a nice custom system back in 2013 with a i7 3930K processor, the Corsair H80i Hydro Series Liquid Cooler to keep it running (Samsung SSD for OS and 32GB of Ram (1/2 max) for a Intel DX79SI Motherboard) .
Well just recently (The past week) I noticed my system was acting like it was hiccuping lagging up and even seeming to have a hard time just running web browsing and older games like Civilization III.
I did all the normal things, defrag, disk cleanup, registry cleanup all the file moving and deleting that might be causing it to bog down, ran virus checker (Vipre). None of it seemed to Fix the issue.
I didn't think there was any problem with the hardware, most of the hardware diagnostics came back okay, but on a whim I downloaded Corsair Link 4 from their website to check the temperatures and noticed that my processor cores (1-6) were listed as being in the 90 degree range. the H80i also registered in the 87 to 89 degree range. Certain that was far too high I checked and saw it should be 30-40 degrees cooler.
I maxed out the Fan speeds, which didn't fix the problem. Took the H80i out of the case, Shook it a bit (it sloshes so it still has coolant in it) Cleaned the fans and the radiator, Added an additional exhaust fan (one I had spare) in case the case itself was too hot, plugged it all back in and Checked again and the Processor is running still in the 88-90 degree range, though the Liquid Cooler is listed as running at 84 Degrees so it is much cooler after having been cleaned. The fact that the Liquid Cooler and processor are listed as running as near the same temperature as each other leads me to believe the Thermal Paste I applied at installation is still working correctly otherwise the Radiator would be much cooler than the CPU (At least I believe it would be).
I've never overclocked the processor (never needed to) it can't be the case itself, because the GT630 Graphics Card is listed as running 41 Degrees, And all the Hard Drives I have installed are in the 25-30 Degree range. The Processor is registering only a 10-18% load so I'm not certain what could be causing it to run this hot all of a sudden.
Any ideas if this may be what is causing my hiccuping lag issues, and if so What may be causing it to Run so hot all of a sudden. I wish I could tell you what temp it ran at before but naturally until I started having issues I didn't see any reason to Run a temperature recording program if I wasn't going to overclock. I'd like to avoid taking it into the Shop if I can help it (No real local repair shops to visit) Thank you all in advance.
System information follows
Motherboard: Intel DX79SI
Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K Running Windows 7 Professional
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H80i (Fans pulling air inwards over radiator as suggested)
4 Intake Fans in the Front of the Case 2 in front of and 2 behind hard drives mounted
2 Exhaust Fans, one top one side.
Well just recently (The past week) I noticed my system was acting like it was hiccuping lagging up and even seeming to have a hard time just running web browsing and older games like Civilization III.
I did all the normal things, defrag, disk cleanup, registry cleanup all the file moving and deleting that might be causing it to bog down, ran virus checker (Vipre). None of it seemed to Fix the issue.
I didn't think there was any problem with the hardware, most of the hardware diagnostics came back okay, but on a whim I downloaded Corsair Link 4 from their website to check the temperatures and noticed that my processor cores (1-6) were listed as being in the 90 degree range. the H80i also registered in the 87 to 89 degree range. Certain that was far too high I checked and saw it should be 30-40 degrees cooler.
I maxed out the Fan speeds, which didn't fix the problem. Took the H80i out of the case, Shook it a bit (it sloshes so it still has coolant in it) Cleaned the fans and the radiator, Added an additional exhaust fan (one I had spare) in case the case itself was too hot, plugged it all back in and Checked again and the Processor is running still in the 88-90 degree range, though the Liquid Cooler is listed as running at 84 Degrees so it is much cooler after having been cleaned. The fact that the Liquid Cooler and processor are listed as running as near the same temperature as each other leads me to believe the Thermal Paste I applied at installation is still working correctly otherwise the Radiator would be much cooler than the CPU (At least I believe it would be).
I've never overclocked the processor (never needed to) it can't be the case itself, because the GT630 Graphics Card is listed as running 41 Degrees, And all the Hard Drives I have installed are in the 25-30 Degree range. The Processor is registering only a 10-18% load so I'm not certain what could be causing it to run this hot all of a sudden.
Any ideas if this may be what is causing my hiccuping lag issues, and if so What may be causing it to Run so hot all of a sudden. I wish I could tell you what temp it ran at before but naturally until I started having issues I didn't see any reason to Run a temperature recording program if I wasn't going to overclock. I'd like to avoid taking it into the Shop if I can help it (No real local repair shops to visit) Thank you all in advance.
System information follows
Motherboard: Intel DX79SI
Processor: Intel Core i7 3930K Running Windows 7 Professional
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H80i (Fans pulling air inwards over radiator as suggested)
4 Intake Fans in the Front of the Case 2 in front of and 2 behind hard drives mounted
2 Exhaust Fans, one top one side.
I'm a little concerned with your description and I think your CPU has been throttling due to heat.
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