My CPU used to run 30-40C on idle (which is kinda hot, but I live in a generally hotish/warm place). I am cooling it with a Corsair H110 AIO water cooler. I bought and installed both about 2 years ago, and haven't had any problems until now.
Last week I decided I wanted to upgrade my GPUs cooler, so I moved my H110 over in the case to make room for when the new GPU cooler arrived. At first things seemed to keep working but this week I noticed that games I started were stuttering on and off. I thought it might be my GPU but my temperatures were fine, and I couldn't imagine anything had magically changed with it (since I hadn't done anything to it). That when I noticed my CPU temperature was 95C. I shut down the game (which was running for about 30 seconds to a minute), and waited to see if the temperatures went down... which they did... stopping at 80C.
I shut down my PC, waited for it to cool (a couple hours), and restarted it. The first thing I did was open MSI Afterburner (which is running on start up *hidden*) and saw that my start up idle temperature was 77-80C.
I've since removed, cleaned, and repasted my CPU cooler. There has been no change. I've see that the fans on the cooler are running (push configuration *just like when the temps were 30-40C*), and I think I feel the vibration of water flow in the tubes while it runs.
I've considered that MSI might be giving me incorrect readings, but my CPU is clearly running incredibly slowly now. It takes several seconds to open and close Mozilla Firefox (without doing anything beyond opening and closing it).
I hope someone here might have a suggestion that can spare me from buying a new CPU. The thing was costly (I my opinion worth it) but I can't afford to replace it right now
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Thanks in advance.
Last week I decided I wanted to upgrade my GPUs cooler, so I moved my H110 over in the case to make room for when the new GPU cooler arrived. At first things seemed to keep working but this week I noticed that games I started were stuttering on and off. I thought it might be my GPU but my temperatures were fine, and I couldn't imagine anything had magically changed with it (since I hadn't done anything to it). That when I noticed my CPU temperature was 95C. I shut down the game (which was running for about 30 seconds to a minute), and waited to see if the temperatures went down... which they did... stopping at 80C.
I shut down my PC, waited for it to cool (a couple hours), and restarted it. The first thing I did was open MSI Afterburner (which is running on start up *hidden*) and saw that my start up idle temperature was 77-80C.
I've since removed, cleaned, and repasted my CPU cooler. There has been no change. I've see that the fans on the cooler are running (push configuration *just like when the temps were 30-40C*), and I think I feel the vibration of water flow in the tubes while it runs.
I've considered that MSI might be giving me incorrect readings, but my CPU is clearly running incredibly slowly now. It takes several seconds to open and close Mozilla Firefox (without doing anything beyond opening and closing it).
I hope someone here might have a suggestion that can spare me from buying a new CPU. The thing was costly (I my opinion worth it) but I can't afford to replace it right now
. Thanks in advance.
FYI, I'm not picking your answer as the solution until I actually know it is (but fingers crossed 
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