AIO Lifespan

I've not had one go wrong per se but when I was changing from AM4 to AM5, I noticed that all of the fins on the rad were covered in what looked like rust :eek: It just wasn't worth the risk so I swapped it out just in case & ended up getting a slightly beefier one.
 
AIO add potential for more problems / failures than air cooling, and in many if not most builds air coolers cool just as good if not better with no failures for less money.

Big part of reason so many users don't report AIO failures us because their systems don't run as many hours and/or are replaced every couple of years. The few that last 5+ years have low heat producing CPUs and are used a couple hours a day.
 
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The only AIO I've ever had fail on me before its eventual hardware replacement due to system upgrades is the AMD R9 Fury X, the pump just seized up and ended up having to install a morpheus air cooler until the gpu was eventually replaced with a 5700XT. MY current Kraken NZXT is ~6 years old.
 
Sone said:
Am i just very lucky or are AIO lifespan claims very overated. Reviews say 3-5 years

I have a corsair H110 that was originally on a I5 4570k machine I bought second hand in 2015/6 and it's still working fine on my 5900x. (just done a prime95 tortue at stock watts keeps it to 65deg)

Have an old alienware R4 that has a rebranded asetek and that must be even older still going fine.
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Also had a corsair H110 I installed on a 4770k. Was working like stock the day I sold it many years later. Just need to keep on top of cleaning the rad!
 
Got a few swiftech AIO laying around
Though those were better built
Than the usual asetek rebadged stuff around at the time
Good pumps in them
And standard 3/8id 5/8od tubing and g 1/4 fittings
Makes them serviceable and expandable too
 
NZXT Kraken running for five years now without missing a beat. Some of the RGB has gone wrong though. The ring around the top of it is now just RG….
 
hornetstinger said:
would be useful if they had buzzer if pump fails it activates. or cable that goes into motherboard to shut down pc and not allow pc to be switched on again.
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If the pump fails
Cpu temperature will go through the roof
Your bios may have a setting to play an audible alarm
If cpu temperature goes over a certain level
Pretty sure some of the monitoring software like hwinfo etc
Can do it too
Think my evga gpu can even do it

The cpu itself will cause shutdown at critical temperature
But no idea if will play an audible alarm
Unless set in bios or software
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
If the pump fails
Cpu temperature will go through the roof
Your bios may have a setting to play an audible alarm
If cpu temperature goes over a certain level
Pretty sure some of the monitoring software like hwinfo etc
Can do it too
Think my evga gpu can even do it

The cpu itself will cause shutdown at critical temperature
But no idea if will play an audible alarm
Unless set in bios or software
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A friend is looking for a PC, but if AIO had a "idiot proof" feature of alarm and/or power switch reed switch in pump failure, it would just give peace of mind, and risk any damage.
Strange they haven't designed such a feature- if you don't notice pump/high cpu temps you will damage the CPU.
 
hornetstinger said:
A friend is looking for a PC, but if AIO had a "idiot proof" feature of alarm and/or power switch reed switch in pump failure, it would just give peace of mind, and risk any damage.
Strange they haven't designed such a feature- if you don't notice pump/high cpu temps you will damage the CPU.
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The cpu has self protection features
It should shut down the pc without allowing
Any damage to occur to it

But what you described
May be a simple DIY mod if know what you're doing
In these forums someone like @Vince Would be worth
Asking about it

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Most bios will have fan monitoring
If it doesn't detect rpm it will tell you
When the pc boots up
No cpu fan detected error etc
 
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There's no reason to have a alarm tone/bell for pump failure on top of safety features already in our computers.
Motherboards give warning notice if a fan / pump does not spin on bootup, and CPUs have built in shutdown at high temp well before any damage occurs.
 
i have an H150i pro RGB that i got in 2019 and it still cracking on now. but given the cost if i didn't get 5 years out of it i would have never got one again.


Blue160 said:
NZXT Kraken running for five years now without missing a beat. Some of the RGB has gone wrong though. The ring around the top of it is now just RG….
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My brother as a nzxt kraken x63 that's just developed a lovely grinding sound on the pump when over 70%, he just ordered a Frost commander for £28..
 
Have to say all the AIO's I've bought over the past 5+ years are still going strong! Every couple of months I blow the rad out with some compressed air.

The only issue I've seen is a friend with a noisy pump when cold and saw someone had an air lock in half the rad online!
 
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