I just run the pump at "extreme" (full speed). Not the fans. The fans are much too noisy at full speed on my Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX. (Which is why I replaced them with quieter ones.)
Yeah, I don't run the pump there either. Ironically my first AIO went bad on me because the pump failed. I actually did run it on Extreme, and probably why it burned out (also why I stayed away from iCUE for a while). Anway my AIO's after, and with iCUE, are now always Balanced or Quiet.
I'm running the stock Corsair fans with the AIO, also have a rear case fan. I promise if you were sitting next to my PC at this moment, you wouldn't hear any fans. And this is with Corsair's iCUE Balanced setting; front case fans run half its RPMs. The fans ramp when I game but they don't max.
I'm not an extreme over clocker but I do overclock occasionally. Even if you don't overclock if you're experiencing thermal issues or crashing with this generation of i9 CPU this video may be of some help.
WIN 11, WIN 10, WIN 8.1, WIN 7 U, WIN 7 PRO, WIN 7 HOME (32 Bit), LINUX MINT
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
DIY, ASUS, and DELL
CPU
Intel i7 6900K and i9-7960X / AMD 3800X (8 core)
Motherboard
ASUS X99E-WS USB 3.1 and ASUS X299 SAGE
Memory
128 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM (B DIE)
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA 1070 and RTX 3070
Sound Card
Crystal Sound (onboard)
Monitor(s) Displays
single Samsung 30" 4K and 8" aux monitor
Screen Resolution
4K and something equally attrocious. I'll be working on this.
Hard Drives
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W
Ports X, Y, and Z are reserved for USB access and removable drives.
Drive types consist of the following: Various mechanical hard drives bearing the brand names, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital. Various NVMe drives bearing the brand names Kingston, Intel, Silicon Power, Crucial, Western Digital, and Team Group. Various SATA SSDs bearing various different brand names.
INTEL RAID 0 (KINGSTON HYPER X) System 447.14 GB
INTEL RAID 1 TOSHIBA ENTERPRIZE class Data 2794.52 GB
INTEL RAID 1 SEAGATE HYBRID 931.51 GB
PSU
SEVERAL. I prefer my Corsair Platinum HX1000i but I also like EVGA power supplies
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT (among others)
Cooling
Noctua is my favorite and I use it in my main. I also own various other coolers.
Keyboard
all kinds.
Mouse
all kinds
Internet Speed
360 mbps - 1 gbps (depending)
Browser
FIREFOX
Antivirus
KASPERSKY (no apologies)
Other Info
Gave Dell touch screen with Windows 11 to daughter and got me an OTVOC. Being a PC builder I own many desktop PCs as well. I am a father of five providing PCs, laptops, and tablets for all my family, most of which I have modified, rebuilt, or simply built from scratch. I do not own a cell phone, never have, never will.
An update, the PC got lost by the carrier. Scan sent me a new one (different specs), so I had to pay a bit extra (new specs in My Computer), will do a stress test a bit later and post here.
1. mounted wrong - check for no wobble in aio unit attached to cpu.
2 . add thermalright anti bend plate to cpu.
3. amt of paste - thin bead down center is enough.
4. boot to bios and check pump rpm and cpu fan speed.
5. check that aio pump and fans connected to correct hubs on mobo.
6. return aio and get a different one.
edit 7. for 13th,14th gen assure latest BIOS for latest 12b microcode.
WuMgr, StartAllBack, Terabyte Image for Win, Revo Uninstaller Pro Portable.
Time Spy Extreme 6239, VRMark Orange Room 16430, etc.
Been doing computers since '62(IBM 7070/4(just missed their 650!!!). Managed a bunch of 360's. My first PC I think was one of the RS puters (I tried them all), a commodore, an IBM PC w DOS 3.11, and others mainly DIY (COMPUTER SHOPPER!!!) w 95, 98, xp, vista, me, 7!!!, 8, 10!!!, 11.
I use Wondershare Filmora Basic to process my vlogs. Pocket 2
Operating System
win 10, Mint
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo P15s
CPU
i7-10510U 1.8-4.9GHz
Motherboard
Intel SoC
Memory
16GB DDR4
Graphics card(s)
Nvidia Quadro P520 2GB DDR5 supports 4K external via HDMI or USB-C
i play heavy vr with i-7 13900k and it never gets hot... 150F/160F for the cpu or in 3DMark tests... so, if you are getting anything near 200F something is wrong. IMHO
