AIO still OK?

Zeebedy · Wednesday at 23:08

hey guys,

90% of the time when I cold boot my PC, I can hear the radiator on my 360mm cooler for about 20-40 seconds (like bubbling or something), then it goes quiet..

the temps are great and the build I silent, well, reasonably, just this with the AIO, is this an issue, or is it normal in some circumstances?

cheers.

sx_turbo · Wednesday at 23:09

They do lose fluid over time.

Some aio's have plugs you can top the unit up with.

Zeebedy · Wednesday at 23:12

hmm....this Is only several months old and I don't believe there is a top up option?

sx_turbo · Wednesday at 23:14

I'm theory the radiator should be mounted so any air bubbles get caught in the top of the rad, and not the pipes or pump, it also means air naturally rises to the top so you shouldn't in theory hear any bubbling.

Zeebedy · Thursday at 03:09

going to order a new one, will change my case too, any excuse... :cry:

freddie64 · Thursday at 07:18

Could try moving/shaking the radiator.

clone · Thursday at 08:53

If your careful you can remove the cold plate on the pump you can top up the water.

Simon Belmont · Thursday at 17:01

There good, but noisy.

Zeebedy · Thursday at 19:33

clone said:
If your careful you can remove the cold plate on the pump you can top up the water.

hmm, don't know if I have the balls for that! :cry:

I ordered a DeepCool MYSTIQUE 360mm aio, took the opportunity to order another case, seen as how I would need to basically strip my current one anyway to get the new aio in.

Minstadave · Thursday at 19:40

Entirely normal, what orientation have you got it?

Zeebedy · Thursday at 19:41

on top, exhausting throughout the roof.

Minstadave · Thursday at 19:42

Zeebedy said:
on top, exhausting throughout the roof.

That let's the air circulate a little easier then rad at the front with tubes at the bottom. It's not an issue.

Zeebedy · Thursday at 19:43

really @Minstadave it doesn't sound healthy and didn't do it for the first couple of months??

Grim5 · Thursday at 20:21

Slight bubble noises are normal with any water cooling, I've had that with all AIOs and custom loops. The noises tend to occur when the pump starts running from a cold boot and the noises go away after a few seconds as the bubbles go settle in the radiator

Zeebedy · Thursday at 20:25

ahh ok, I see what you mean now. will be good as a spare then

new one looks so dope, can't wait to set it all up!

Drumroll · Thursday at 22:42

Assuming the rad was at the top, even if the pump screams a bit, I always run it for few hours at 100%. Any persistent bubble will move to the radiator and stop the annoying noise for good. After that, should be okay to tune the pump to a more suitable noise/performance ratio, as most pumps won’t benefit from max rpm (unless is a very poor pump) and the noise difference from 70% to 100% in some AIOs is very noticeable, while the performance drop sometimes isn’t.