Issue with Corsair H110i GTX AIO

dudemiseter182 · 9 Mar 2018 at 21:57

Just wondering if anyone can help me out with this, because i'm sure there's something blindingly obvious that i'm not seeing.

The issue is that when i'm screwing the backplate down to the motherboard using the standoffs, it isn't tight. It seems as though it would require a spacer or washers of some sort but there aren't any in the box, nor are they mentioned in the manual. I mounted it exactly as it said in the manual, yet it is still very loose.

The reason this came to my attention was, I noticed ridiculously high temps in HW monitor during a light stress test, over 100 degrees. So this lead me to believe that there is little to no mounting pressure on the cpu cooler, which seemed to be the case upon further investigation.

I have since fitted my old hyper 212 back on for the time being, until I can fix this issue.

Space Monkey · 9 Mar 2018 at 23:51

What motherboard? Are you using the supplied backplate or the motherboard's?

Space Monkey · 10 Mar 2018 at 00:01

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7...formance-liquid-cpu-cooler-review/index4.html

Top pic in accessories shows washers and different length stand offs? Did you get all of these?

dudemiseter182 · 10 Mar 2018 at 00:15

Motherboard is an Asus z97 Pro Gamer

dudemiseter182 · 10 Mar 2018 at 00:16

I have everything in the pictures on the accessories page

dudemiseter182 · 10 Mar 2018 at 01:30

The standoffs i'm using, as per the instructions.

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dudemiseter182 · 10 Mar 2018 at 01:30

Tested it on a different motherboard I had spare, also 1150 socket, and has the same issue.

dudemiseter182 · 10 Mar 2018 at 01:37

Using the washers that are intended for the fan screws does fix the issue of it being able to move, but i'm not sure if this makes the cooler sit away from the cpu. i'll have to test it.

dudemiseter182 · 10 Mar 2018 at 01:38

dudemiseter182 · 11 Mar 2018 at 18:06

After speaking to Corsair about this, it appears as though this is how it is meant to be, it then tightens up when the cooler is fixed in place. Not sure what the issue is with the temps now then. They seemed weirdly high when I had this cooler on, to the extent that i'm currently getting lower temps using my Hyper 212 Evo.

braindamaged · 26 Mar 2018 at 04:30

dudemiseter182 said:
After speaking to Corsair about this, it appears as though this is how it is meant to be, it then tightens up when the cooler is fixed in place. Not sure what the issue is with the temps now then. They seemed weirdly high when I had this cooler on, to the extent that i'm currently getting lower temps using my Hyper 212 Evo.

I gather your not entirely convinced by their (corsair) response,
I have had the exact same problem, but rather than hijack your post i'll make a new write up as i've a bunch of images to include and link it in .
see https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/corsair-h110i-gtx-aio-high-temps-mounting-issues.18815283/

dudemiseter182 · 28 Mar 2018 at 23:56

After remounting the cooler, and obviously applying fresh thermal paste, the temps have improved massively. It must just have been a bad mount before, but I still believe that it is a poor mounting system.

Neil Hammond · 30 Mar 2018 at 16:57

Did you remount it in a different way? Or use different/more paste?

I ask because I'm having a similar issue, although an H105 with an i7 chip on a gigabyte motherboard. Temperature averages 85 degC often hitting 100 - I'm assuming that isn't good?

Edit: all good now - the power for the pump was on the wrong 3 pins of a 4 pin plug - doh!