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Weeeell my primary PC took a dump this week. All-in-one water cooling setup stopped working, seems to be the pump. I think my days running on water are over. To be fair, it ran fine for a few years. Started getting a little noisy (like the pump was pushing bubbles) during startup, following situations where it'd sat idle and powered down (occasional power outages). Probably should have started worrying about it sooner, but it is what it is.
Re-pasted and re-seated the CPU block just in case, but upon initial removal it was pretty clear the original installation had good contact. Kept ramping to temps that triggered auto-shutdown while sitting in the BIOS. π β
Stripped almost everything out (Water block and rad, GPU, PSU, fans) in anticipation of replacement parts. This system is built in the now discontinued Cerberus X from Sliger. Thankfully they still sell some related parts, so I ordered an SFF PSU mounting kit that will allow me to move the PSU to the front of the case, making room for an overpriced Noctua air cooler to replace the water kit. (I don't even see this listed on their site anymore so possibly got very lucky.) I built with ITX before this which was even more painful to work in. The Cerberus X was about as small as I could find while still supporting full ATX motherboards.
To be honest, after cracking it open and taking a look at the layout again with a critical eye, I'm not sure what I was thinking! Water kit radiator + fans were basically parallel with the good 'ol 1080Ti, so fighting for the same cool air when they were both under load. I'm excited to make the move back to 100% air cooled, and give everything a bit more room to breathe. Only bummer is emergency part ordering at the cusp of the xmas rush. Hopefully back up and running by the end of next week. Until then my 5900X sits alone, quietly in the shadows. π
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