How long does your AIO last

pc-guy · 19 May 2020 at 22:11

It is an I nteresting topic. Came across this while watching some YouTube videos. The video I watched suggested average life to failure is 3yrs with moderate usage. 1-2years if it is working 24/7. Anything more than 3yrs is a miracle.

I am curious to see how long AIO last in your system. The basic criteria is that the AIO must be new or second hand with know mileage when you bought it. And how long till you replaced it for failure reason only.

My H100i has lived in my haswell case for 5 years. Not missed a beat. Admittedly I do not use the system all that much. Maybe 1hr to 2hrs each evening. A bit more over the weekend. I recently fitted it into my ryzen build. I inspected it and it was all in fair condition bar the dust. And after the build I was very happy with the thermal performance. 40c idle and 60c all core clocked to 4.1Ghz with 1600AF. I even dared to go to high-ish vcore but the temps were never high.

so I think there is plenty mileage left in my AIO.

let’s see what you got.

pc-guy · 19 May 2020 at 22:28

I probably should have said in OP that the video suggested that AIO to last around 3years with moderate usage. If the machine is on constantly they said 1-2yrs. I just can’t believe that is the general consensus or reality.

pc-guy · 22 May 2020 at 11:26

To be honest. I think the fans will wear out faster than the pump? I don’t have the stock fans that came with the AIO. recently I can hear occasional click noises from the fans. So will be replacing those 120mm soon.

pc-guy · 30 May 2020 at 20:04

when it comes to AIO, I guess the 5yr warranty really speaks for itself.

then you have Arctic AIO which technically is the best in terms of performance (and on price), but only 2 year warranty. so does that mean it will be more likely to fail in 2 years.

it is not really a case, oh it failed and therefore I get a new one or replacement from Arctic. But for such a crucial component, if it fails, I would imagine there is a catostrophic effect on the rest of the system - CPU dead, motherboard, RAM, GPU, SSD got flooded and dead. so for such critical element, why would anyone cheap out and not go for a product with longer warranty (by extension, longer service life)...

pc-guy · 31 May 2020 at 15:49

The arctic and the Corsair H100x has like less than £10 in it. Personally I would still go with Corsair thinking that the 5yr warranty will mean something at the end.

pc-guy · 12 Jun 2020 at 15:49

Legionaire68 said:
OP must have read my mind as I was just wondering if my 7 year old H100i needs an update on my R7 3700X today, this is the third PC its been in so definitely had my moneys worth.

Playing Total War today the top temp on Hardware monitor was 71 degrees and I'm not sure if I can get a better boost clock if I can drop the temps a bit.

I have a Coolermaster ML240R that was free with my X570 Meg Ace and that runs my R5 3600 at max 62 degrees and its not even a stellar cooler so I was thinking a Kraken X63 may drop my temps a bit.

Not likely to have thermal throttling issue at those temps.