There are two possibilities here. That you have an air sink and do poor maintenance, hence the temperature problems. But, you may have liquid cooling and the problem is precisely this cooling system. We will explain what to do, depending on the type of heatsink you use.
Processor heatsink maintenance
We all clean at home, normally we clean to keep everything clean and once in a while, you do deep cleaning. The computer picks up dust and periodically, it is maintenance is important. What we will do by cleaning it periodically is that the system works better and the components have less thermal stress.
The biggest problem of a computer is dust, which mainly accumulates in the fans. Most processor coolers have a fan, which helps dissipate heat. If too much dust accumulates, it may not rotate or be able to do its job properly. Perform the maintenance to this component is easywe just have to turn off the fan from the motherboard. we fuck a brush and a vacuum cleaner and we give it a good review.
If you have done this and it has not worked, continue the problem, you will have to work a little more. Possibly the problem is that the thermal paste (located between processor and heatsink) not well. The normal thing is that it is very dry or has lost part of its properties over time. Here we must remove the heatsink and with a paper and alcohol, remove the thermal paste. Then we apply some new thermal paste and reinstall the heatsink.
It idealin any case, it is remove the heatsink each time that we clean it and remove the thermal paste, to put a new one. This process should fix the temperature problem. If this persists, it is possible that the heatsink is too small for the processor or we have a problem with the processor.
Liquid cooling, a big problem
We see how it has become fashionable install liquid coolers of these that everything is already assembled. We must tell you that these refrigerations have a issue important: the liquid evaporation. Although everything is well sealed, the plastic has pores and little by little it goes away evaporating the waterthus reducing the amount of liquid.
After two or three years, depending on use, we may have half as much liquid as at the beginning. This is because the flow is bad and the absorption of heat by the liquid is no longer good. So, we have a significant temperature problem, since the heat cannot be dissipated.
In this case, the truth there is no easy solution. There are hardly any liquid coolers with a cap to fill them, simply because that’s how you buy a new one. You can choose to “break it” or what is the same, cut the tubes and thus fill the circuit. This process is not suitable for everyone, since doing it wrong can mean aggravating the problem.
If you don’t have the knowledge to do it, you will have to buy a new RL or buy an air cooler. The truth is, if you are not a user with average knowledge, do not buy an RL and, if you do, make sure it is a custom type. A Custom or personalized RL has a water block that we can refill periodically without any problem.
