I recently acquired all the components I wanted for a new gaming rig. I've never built my own computer before. Likewise, I've never dealt with liquid cooling and know little about it. My question is, with a new build that has never booted up/had an OS install etc...how do I check that the water cooling system is working properly before I run it? From what I can tell, there is little to no sound of the pump system so the only moving parts would be the radiator fans, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there is water flowing.
It was made known to me that CPU's are capable of burning up within less than a minute of time running without any kind of cooling and that is my worry. I would hate to power it up for the first time to bring up the PC and before I even have time to load the OS, the CPU is burning up from a failed pump that I couldn't tell just by sound.
The associated parts I'm referring to are:
Corsair H100i
i7 4790k
If there is any other components or information needed to help address my concern, please let me know. I'm new here so I am not entirely sure on form and function of addressing issues.
It was made known to me that CPU's are capable of burning up within less than a minute of time running without any kind of cooling and that is my worry. I would hate to power it up for the first time to bring up the PC and before I even have time to load the OS, the CPU is burning up from a failed pump that I couldn't tell just by sound.
The associated parts I'm referring to are:
Corsair H100i
i7 4790k
If there is any other components or information needed to help address my concern, please let me know. I'm new here so I am not entirely sure on form and function of addressing issues.
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