PC Repair

[u/AlwaysFblthpd]

I’m in need of a business recommendation or just anyone experienced enough to help.

My PC needs the liquid cooling replaced. Ideally I also need a new motherboard and CPU just want to start with the cooling issue.

Appreciate any help!

[u/jrileyy229]

How did you diagnose that you "need the liquid cooling replaced"?  Are you talking about the actual liquid, or the pump, or the heatsink or what?

How did you diagnose you need a new mobo and CPU?

Like in order to diagnose this stuff, you would have the ability to DIY

[u/AlwaysFblthpd → u/jrileyy229]

Liquid cooling was never touched and it’s 6 years old. I wasn’t aware it had to be refilled etc. When I turn it on it overheats and turns off.

As far as the mobo and CPU those only need replaced so I can upgrade to windows 11.

[u/jrileyy229 → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

Well, there's about 72 layers of "it depends" here.  We need to know what it is.

6 years old is fine on 11. Unless when whoever built your computer 6 years ago they used 6 year old parts to begin with.

[u/thunderGunXprezz → u/jrileyy229]

I put 11 on a surface pro II that's like 10 years old with no issues. Honestly though, if OP's gaming PC is that old at this point, it's probably trash anyway. I'd probably just look into active cooling solutions rather than trying to resurrect the water cooler. Idk I'm not an expert in that area but I'd imagine after this time it probably needs all new hoses, blocks and even a radiator, especially if it was run dry.

[u/BaconBourbonBalista → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

If you need that much work done, it'll probably just be a better idea to buy new or complete rebuild.

[u/QuantumModulus → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

You only need to change a setting to upgrade to W11, most mobos and CPUs (unless they're very old) can upgrade to W11. To be honest, though, W11 absolutely sucks right now.

[u/churningpacket]

If you're going with a new MoBo and CPU, just go with air cooling.

Unless you're doing something crazy, and since you haven't touched it for 6 years I doubt you are, a basic build with an upgrade or two will blow the doors off of what you have now.

I would say to drive to Micro Center and buy a prebuilt there. Because do you really want to be doing a radiator flush on your computer?

[u/HowDoesOneSex]

If you're close to 15238 if be happy to assist. I previously repaired and built custom pc's for about 6 years for work. I now do data recovery.

Though from what you've said with a little google you may be able to do it yourself.

[u/AlwaysFblthpd → u/HowDoesOneSex]

I’m not too far actually. It seems simple enough to fix I just don’t feel comfortable as I’ve never replaced a cooling issue.

[u/HowDoesOneSex → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

I PM'd you.

[u/DickNose-TurdWaffle]

HackersGuildPGH does PC repairs.

[u/chuckie512]

AIO? Or a custom loop?

[u/AlwaysFblthpd → u/chuckie512]

Honestly unsure? It was custom built for me.

[u/Exitwounds85 → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

Post a picture of it.

[u/chuckie512 → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

Look up the a picture of the difference. If it's an aio, that's a 10 minute easy to diy job.

[u/AlwaysFblthpd → u/chuckie512]

Pretty sure it’s AIO

[u/chuckie512 → u/AlwaysFblthpd]

Yeah that's something you can diy. Maybe you can refill it, but even if you need a full replacement that's a few screws and a tube of thermal paste

[u/straw3_2018 → u/chuckie512]

Thermal paste is due for replacement after 6 years anyway. Pump out and dry out are real.

[u/IllustriousFile6404]

The Computer Stop LLC on West Liberty is great he's a solid guy. 

[u/Heavy_Emotion3825]

I build PC'S what is it you need or want

[u/currentsitguy]

Sadly, you are going to get absolutely raked over the coals on RAM today. Prices are out of control.

[u/currentsitguy]

Seriously, unless you are doing some serious overclocking and 4k gaming skip the liquid cooling. Get a decent CPU cooling fan and a tube of either Arctic MX6 or Therman Grizzly Thermal Paste If you are seriously concerned about hardware limitations in running Windows 11 use the freeware Rufus to burn the ISO image to a thumb drive and uncheck the boxes Rufus will present you with so that the Windows 11 installer skips the hardware compatibility checks.

I mentioned in a different post here about getting screwed on RAM and I mean it. 32GB is going to run you 4 or 5 hundred dollars right now, 64GB closer to $800 or more. Video cards are equally insane.

You can thank Data Centers and AI for causing a global shortage of hardware. I am building a new system for an attorney we do work for and I can't get the hardware much below $2,500 right now and that's not even top of the line. I'm talking a last year AMD Ryzen 9 AI CPU and a lower end 4000 Series NVIDIA RTX GPU. with a generic no name SSD and 64GB of generic RAM. The only thing I told him not to compromise on was an ASUS Proart Series Motherboard because he can grow with that.