Question AIO questions

[DigDog]

I got a few questions about AIOs, both in general and mine specifically.

I have a Nepton 240 that i've never been happy with. I can't put any serious voltage through it (4670k delidded w/ liquid metal), and even at stock volts it spins up the fans to loud whenever i launch a software. Also, it make NO pump noise at all, leading me to believe that i've had a broken pump from day 1, with the heat being transferred to the radiator simply through temeprature difference rather than water circulation.

question 1: does a AIO pump make noise? like, if i put my ear on the CPU block, i would hear *something*, right?

question 2: are pumps / pump blocks replaceable? Does the nepton have a pump part that can be purchased?

I mean, this thing on FrozenCPU is ranked as one of the best AIOs, and on top of that i've delidded and used the best-at-the-time TIM; i also at one point opened the delid to check if it was making contact correctly and it does - and then re-applied. So i really can't think why launching Quake Champions would make it spin, it should be hitting 50c with that workload.
Is there a way to test if my pumpo is working?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I got a few questions about AIOs, both in general and mine specifically.

I have a Nepton 240 that i've never been happy with. I can't put any serious voltage through it (4670k delidded w/ liquid metal), and even at stock volts it spins up the fans to loud whenever i launch a software. Also, it make NO pump noise at all, leading me to believe that i've had a broken pump from day 1, with the heat being transferred to the radiator simply through temeprature difference rather than water circulation.

question 1: does a AIO pump make noise? like, if i put my ear on the CPU block, i would hear *something*, right?

question 2: are pumps / pump blocks replaceable? Does the nepton have a pump part that can be purchased?

I mean, this thing on FrozenCPU is ranked as one of the best AIOs, and on top of that i've delidded and used the best-at-the-time TIM; i also at one point opened the delid to check if it was making contact correctly and it does - and then re-applied. So i really can't think why launching Quake Champions would make it spin, it should be hitting 50c with that workload.
Is there a way to test if my pumpo is working?

1) yes, my H115i Pro makes *some* noise not a lot but some

2) I don’t think so with any reasonable effort as in anything is possible but just looking at my aio pump radiator I don’t think someone with average to above average skill could do it without damaging something else

Footnote:
When I installed my H115i it was ridiculously quiet as in too quiet barely audible. I needed to go into icue (the software package Corsair uses) to increase my pump speed & my fan speed both were set to quiet. Modifying their speed involved a two button push within icue for each fan and the pump. The process was not obvious in icue.
Maybe your pump has a similar kind of thing you need to do, maybe your pump is set to quiet and it’s barely running.

 

[aigomorla]

how is your pump block connected?
is it though the motherboard header?

If it is, can you get a RPM reading from it using either board software, or even going into bios?

You should also feel some vibration from the pump.
I highly doubt any pump unless it was something super massive would cause 0 vibration.

Also you can not change a AIO pump block.
They are sealed completely, and there are times where i wished i could open it up to top it off with coolant even, let alone change the pump block.

 

[DigDog]

well, i had a pc crash so i took this occasion to test the pump, and i went through the BIOS to look for the pump reading setting, and discovered i had my CPU temp max set at 70C, which is why the fan started spinning like made on the slightest load. I set it to 80C - much more reasonable for a 4690k - and now it behaves properly. Next step is to re-apply the TIM which is now nearly 5 years old, both on die and on HIS.
BUT, looking at my Nepton i realized that i probably threw out my AMD brackets when i first bought it, because WHY WOULDN'T YOU. Which kinda throws out the idea of using it with the 3800X.

edit: actually after a bit of googling it seems CM made a new bracket for AM4, but, won't you know it, it's sold out everywhere to the point that one reddit thread is named "the impossible to find part".

Still, i can use the Wraith Prism that the 3800X comes with, non?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

well, i had a pc crash so i took this occasion to test the pump, and i went through the BIOS to look for the pump reading setting, and discovered i had my CPU temp max set at 70C, which is why the fan started spinning like made on the slightest load. I set it to 80C - much more reasonable for a 4690k - and now it behaves properly. Next step is to re-apply the TIM which is now nearly 5 years old, both on die and on HIS.
BUT, looking at my Nepton i realized that i probably threw out my AMD brackets when i first bought it, because WHY WOULDN'T YOU. Which kinda throws out the idea of using it with the 3800X.

edit: actually after a bit of googling it seems CM made a new bracket for AM4, but, won't you know it, it's sold out everywhere to the point that one reddit thread is named "the impossible to find part".

Still, i can use the Wraith Prism that the 3800X comes with, non?

Yes, the cooler it comes with isn’t ideal as in you won’t get the best clocks and it likely will be noisy but it’s good enough to work.

 

[Micrornd]

They are sealed completely, and there are times where i wished i could open it up to top it off with coolant even, let alone change the pump block.

On the round Aseteks, you just pop off the pump cover, and then pull hose end connector out of the pump.
They have a double o-ring seal on the 90 degree hose end and just plug in..
Top off the fill and then plug the hose connector back into the pump.
Put the pump cover back on.
Done.
Easy peasey.

Other AIO pumps may be similar. YMMV

 

[DigDog]

FYI my AIO turns out, is working - i have noticed i can hear the occasional sound of water circulating. Not the constant gurgle of a pump as you'd expect, more like every hour or so a bubble will go around teh system quite noisily. I'm not totally convinced this is 100% how it was meant to work, but for now it works.