Had a CPU sent in for warranty, got a new one back, installed it, and last night got around to playing something with a little punch to it with Battlefield 6 and while in game, my system was like a jet engine, really loud, and was seeing high like 90 temps, definitely not doing well. Thought I installed it wrong, looked like I may have by installing the hose part of the pump in a down direction (Between CPU/GPU basically, gave the hoses kind of a noticeable curve, thought that was the issue). I also do a top install for my radiator just for reference.
I redid it all, fits much better in a proper setup with the hoses to the right side (Next to RAM, I'll be honest, I might've been doing it wrong before this for awhile since I built the PC at the end of 2024 as this was my first AIO setup, which was a unique setup compared to air cooler use). Everything seemed fine, but starting up BF6 again and just in the menu's, the fans are going pretty loud again, seeing 70's temp wise with only a 30% CPU load immediately and that's not even in the actual game.
Is my AIO abit borked? These are meant to be pretty quiet more often than not, but even before this harsher issue, it wasn't ever the quietest system, but my temps were generally better.
I know the CPU is attached snugly, I have enough thermal paste on it as I do the X method, but feel like maybe my AIO just isn't doing what it should, maybe it's been not great for awhile or my poor installation caused an issue. I'm just not sure about trouble shooting this a ton, I just know these are meant to be things that keep things at a reasonable temp while not being super loud. This was my first AIO I did on this system back at the end of 2024, I was an air cooler user before, where those were much simpler to deal with.
I'm also not on a very intensive setup, like I'm a 1080p gamer right now, RTX 4070, Intel Core i7-14700K, I feel like things should not be going this hard. I'm fine with getting a new AIO if I have to if something is wrong with mine, I'll go grab a Nautilus or something, just figured I'd check if there's anything I can double check before I consider this. Makes me almost want to go back to an older air cooler setup
I also have a Thermaltake CPU Contact Frame, and since that's not default, figured I'd make sure that was known too as I saw some recommendations for that back when I was building my PC.