Questions tagged [cpu-cooler]
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Corsair RGB hub and fans
Does the Corsair RGB hub literally just control the lighting of Corsair water coolers or does it also have something to do with the management of fans and water cooler pumps?
On my new PC the cooler ...
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Normal running temperature of a FX-8320E
My FX-8320E has small liquid cooling which might be insufficient.
The CPU stays at 60+°C even when idle.
Is this temperature dangerously high ?
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Is it fine for CPU Cooler mounting backplate washers to touch motherboard traces?
I have made a new build with an Intel core i7 13700k, an Asus Prime z790 motherboard and a DeepCool AK620 cooler. What I'm wondering is if the washers of the backplate of the CPU cooler are supposed ...
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Asus BIOS resets to default configuration when the PC is rather cold
Since a few days (it's getting colder here) I have an annoying problem:
When I power on my PC, it starts for a few seconds, then powers off to reboot with a verbose message screen saying "CPU Fan ...
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What aio do i need for the i9 13900k? is my aio failing?
My i9 13900k instantly hits 100C with high/meduim load playing games.
My cooler currently is the Corsair 360mm H150i RGB PRO XT but i suspect its on its way out because of the high temps even with ...
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Is it safe to change BIOS settings with a hibernated Windows 10?
I'd like to know if it is possible to change BIOS settings safely with a hibernated Windows 10 session, particularly with CPU fan speed/power management?
My problem has to do with my system/CPU fan ...
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Fan speed subtly raised
I tried to put a video card (that I didn't know if it was working or not) on my computer, which is really old. The video card didn't work so I unplugged it and went back to use my computer as always. ...
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Intel 12700k - two cores overheating and thermal throttling
I have just replaced an air cooler with an Artic Freezer II 240mm AIO. Is it doing very well but under synthetic load using multi-core Cinebench R23, two cores are consistently over heating. On the ...
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Can not decide which one suites better for my use case: i5-11600 or i5-11600K? [closed]
I understand that the main difference between i5-11600 vs i5-11600K is the base frequency: 2.8GHz vs 3.90 GHz, which will result TDP 65V vs 125W. (also there is a minor diff in turbo freq. but that is ...
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Why isn't a heatsink enough to cool a CPU? [closed]
Why can't the heatsink alone cool a CPU? Why isn't carrying heat away from the CPU enough?
EDIT: Why can't heatsink with heatpipes cool a CPU?
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AMD stock fan very loud
When using my PC my AMD fan is always at 100% and makes a noise similar to 1:43 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m9l-nDd1fw&t=100s. How do I fix this?
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Razer Chroma sync compatibility
I just put all my hardware in my Lian Li pc-o11-dynamic-razer-edition and need to cool my AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X (16-core/32-thread) which is a sTR4 package and a motherboard ASRock X399 Taichi ...
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Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Aura pinout/direction for ASUS motherboard
I'm trying to connect a Cooler Master Hyper 212 to an Aura connector on an ASUS motherboard. I have the pinout for the motherboard, but not the fan/heatsink. I'm not that familiar with this ...
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What is the normal temperature range of Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz?
I was using this command to read the temperature of cpu:
cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
Then I was looking for some other options and suddenly found that there is another option to find out ...
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Is it possible to swap passive for active cooling on this supermicro board?
I'm looking to buy this Supermicro Mini-ITX board for an upcoming NAS build:
https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/A2SDi-H-TF
The only thing is, it has an integrated CPU with passive ...
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Does the RPM of case fans make a big cooling difference?
Does the RPM of case fans make a big cooling difference? Thinking whether to get 3000 RPM fans for the case (not only for the CPU cooler). Noise is not a very big consideration, but if the difference ...
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Noctua nh-d15 and ram clearance
Many posts on forums say that the Noctua NH-D15 cooler will fit with low profile RAM such as Corsair Vengeance LPX (31 mm they say). I bought the RAM and cooler, but I still get a little pressure when ...
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Fans go to max without CPU stress in Arch Linux
My fans run very fast sometimes when I play media in Firefox (music, videos, video streams); sometimes even a notification sound from social media sites is enough. It does not always happen but it ...
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Thin Layer of Thermal Paste Under CPU Fan?
I recently purchased a Thermaltake CPU fan, and whenever it arrived in the mail today, I took it out of the box, and there was a thin layer of thermal paste on the underside of the CPU fan.
I had ...
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How do I know my CPU-cooler / heatsink will fit?
This might seem a trivial question, but it's not trivial or intuitive to me.
I bought a new motherboard ASUS 68HM PLUS:
Here's another picture of just the [ounting bracket (is that what it's called?)...
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Do the spacers separating CPU cooler from mainboard belong to the cooler or the mainboard?
I want to sell the parts of an old computer on eBay, but am unsure where the four spacing screws separating mainboard and cooler belong to. Do these screws generally come with the mainboard or with ...
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Should I be concerned about yellow blotches on thermal paste of Ryzen 2700 stock wraith CPU cooler?
I'm new to PC building and am building my first system.
I chose to simplify things as much as possible and chose the Ryzen 2700 with an included wraith cooler with pre-applied thermal paste. This ...
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CPU Overheating instantly [closed]
I was typically using my PC as i would normally do, when everything started lagging. After some reboots I decided to check on the BIOS. It was then, when I realised the temperature was too high.. So ...
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Channels and memory configuration in a new PC build
I'm a newbie and recently got to build my first PC.
Bought two SINGLE Ram sticks, DDR4 1x8gb ballistix 2666mhz 1.2V
Motherboard has 2 dual configuration channels, Channel A uses slots 2 and 4, ...
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How to clean liquid cooler radiator?
Is there a way to clean a pc liquid cooler radiator in order to remove the dust?
I bought a second hand one from Ebay and it's full of dust. I believe it should be clean before putting it into my case,...
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Is my CPU fan faulty?
I bought a lafite iii laptop at PCSpecialist (the lafite iii is actually a Clovo Style Note N131BU) about a year ago, and my CPU fan, which always made some normal fan noise as soon as I started doing ...
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What is the purpose of these films on CPU/GPU chips?
For quite a while I was wondering what is the purpose of a couple of solid films partially covering chips on my CPU/GPU (they are attached so they are between the cooler and the chips). For better ...
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What is the difference between a CPU fan and a case fan?
I know very little about fans except that I have an Arctic Cooler 11 LP in my current system to cool my CPU, and that my hard drive temperatures tell me I need another one at the back of my case's ...
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Which parts of my computer do I need to replace along with a new Processor [closed]
About a year ago I build a computer with an intel i3-8100 processor.
However I have decided to replace it with the intel i7-8700k processor, so I wold like to know if I need to replace any of the ...
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How unsafe is it to run my PC without fans attached to the CPU heatsink
I have booted the PC for just a minute but I'd like to know if it would be safe to run some games without fans directly attached to the heatsink. Unfortunately the fans are currently broken and need ...
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can i take off the CPU cooler to clean it and put it back on without reapplying thermal paste
My CPU cooler is too big so i cant get my motherboard out to clean it it's like 7 years old and I need to get the dust out. I have tried to take it out without taking off the motherboard but it doesn'...
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PC crashing after cpu detached from cooling source
I detached CPU cooler from the processor, took the processor out for examination & installed it back. However, I didn’t apply a thermal paste in between, and left the old dry substance that was ...
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Is it possible to disable CPU/Laptop fan through Device Manager?
My laptop's a bit old now and it's fan is very noisy now, I don't have time or money yet to either open, clean or get this to repair shop rn, it's not a n option for me right now? It also frequently ...
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How to detect malfunction in motherboard?
If you are not sure whether a motherboard has been damaged, if it boots then is that 100% verification it is alright?
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Installing cpu Cooler inside case/cabinet..safe?
Is it safe to put force/pressure to install cooler while the mobo is inside the case/cabinet.Is there a chance of the mobo getting cracked due to force/pressure?
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PC always crashes when trying to wake; then won't even POST until CPU and CPU fan are re-seated
Around 2 months ago, my desktop crashed and would not POST. I went through the normal steps, including completely reassembling and disassembling the computer, and after reassembly it would boot again. ...
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Can the heat pipes of a CPU cooling fan be trimmed?
I purchased a Hyper 212 EVO cooling fan for a PC I am building, but it turns out that it is just a little bit too big (by less than a centimeter) to fit in my case. It appears that in my case, if the ...
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What is the safest gpu/cpu temp to run in all day?
I have a gtx 1050 ti oc dual fan and an i3 4160 i usr both of them for mining all day 24/7. gpu average is 68c and 77c is the highest temp it reached And the cpu is running ay 53c.
So are these temps ...
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Do I have to buy a CPU cooler separately?
I bought the Intel i7 7700K Processor off eBay with the following picture:
And a GA-B250-D3H motherboard.
Is a brand CPU cooler/heat sink included in any of these packages or you always have to buy ...
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Cooler query based on temperature(>85°C)
Yesterday I played watch dogs 2 for 1hr,and the temperature of the i7-4790 rose to >85°C,as reported by afterburner and hwinfo.My doubt is if the cooler made improper contact with CPU,would not the pc ...
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Is it possible that processor heating not because of cooling system fault?
If laptop continue heating after you changed thermal compound does it necessarily means that it's something to do with thermal compound (bad quality or wrong applied). Taking into account the fact ...
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Is it ok if CPU temp jumps around? [closed]
I had a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO and my CPU temp was around 36-45 idle so I bought a Corsair Hydro 105 because someone suggested it to me, and my temps have gone to 29-50.
My question is, is it ...
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Can faulty Cooler fans prevent CPU from starting?
My PC is showing a strange issue. When I start the PC, the power lights glows on, all the fans run. But no Hard disk Activity. And nothing happens. No display, no lights on mouse or keyboard. This ...
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How can I disable the LEDs on my Gammaxx 400 CPU cooler?
I've bought and installed a Gammaxx 400 CPU cooler:
It works well enough, but there's a problem - on its four corners are annoying shocking-blue LEDs. I want to turn them off! Yet - there doesn't ...
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Corsair H115i + Asus Prime Z270-A + Corsair Crystal 460x: Fitting issues
I've got a problem with my current PC build. I'm building my first PC, and it was going alright so far, but I've just ran into a big problem.
I have a Corsair Crystal Series 460x case, and an Asus ...
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CPU cooler does not fit, will it cool worse if I cut tips of heatpipes off?
Case: zalman z9 neo
Cooler: deepcool gammaxx 400
According to specs it should fit, but it does not, probably because my motherboard is mini-itx and cooler located a bit to the left
I'm thinking ...
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How to remove plastic pad for cooler around a CPU
I'm trying to remove the CPU.
What is the black plastic round thing around CPU and how to remove it?
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Is the thermal compound on the bottom of the CPU fan?
Recently I've been watching video on installing the Intel i7-6700K to the Asus Z170 motherboard series. This will be the first time I'm building a computer from scratch so I want to get it right.
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Will stock amd cpu cooler work for different amd cpu [duplicate]
I currently have an AMD sempron 140 processor in my computer. I plan to upgrade to a used AMD athlon ii x3 450. My question is can I use the stock cooler from the sempron 140 processor to cool the ...
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4 pin Molex KK (PWM) CPU fan connector
I'm having difficulty determining which Molex KK connector is the standard 4 pin PWM connector seen on most chassis and CPU fans. Please help me identify so I can buy new crimp connectors to repair ...
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