CPU intense idling temperatues

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cpu at 105c idle (i7-7700k) (I'm using water cooling) (https://www.staples.com/IBUYPOWER-SN5202EI-Desktop-Intel-Core-i7-7700k-16GB-RAM-2TB-HDD-240GB-SSD-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1080-Windows-10/product_23980493) Very similar to my PC. I reset the BIOS and everything. I got this computer a little under a year ago. im not sure what is happening. i can send pictures. Please help me. Thanks.
 

drawingpin

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I was having a similar problem. I found that the block (pump) wasn't quite sat correctly on the cpu. I took it off, reapplied thermal paste and made sure it was fully in place. Before I did this I was getting 58c when idle, I'm now down to around 30c.