Anywhere in Dublin stock CPU coolers?

vlad2009

So I'm stuck trying to find a CPU cooler as my desktop pc has died on me.



Getting CPU temps of 90c+ degrees. I had an AIO water cooler that still hits high rpms and sounds like it's working but the temps say otherwise.


So I'm trying to find a place that has CPU coolers so I can try get my pc back on with something different. Any ideas?

Lu Tze

vlad2009 wrote: »

So I'm stuck trying to find a CPU cooler as my desktop pc has died on me.



Getting CPU temps of 90c+ degrees. I had an AIO water cooler that still hits high rpms and sounds like it's working but the temps say otherwise.


So I'm trying to find a place that has CPU coolers so I can try get my pc back on with something different. Any ideas?

What socket? I have an AM4 one that you can have if it suits

Squidgy Black

Have you tried replacing the thermal paste on your existing cooler? I'd give that a shot first before buying a new cooler, but Max Burns in tallaght is probably your best bet.

vlad2009

It's an old 4690k i5, I think the socket is 1150. I'm considering just changing the paste first, as when I took mine off it was very dry, and there was barely anything left of it (it's 5 years old).

However, if I'm going to travel to get the paste somewhere I may as well get a cooler if changing the paste doesn't work out. I have some work that I need to finish that requires my desktop so I'd like to get it sorted asap.

Also just a note, it was working fine 2 days ago, but yesterday I wanted to clean it out from all the visible dust. I had unscrewed the AIO radiator and fans to clear out the frills and after assembling is when it stopped working, so I'm not sure if the thermal paste would be the issue?

ED E

Air locked or perforated with a screw is possible.


Check that the bios is reading an RPM for the pumps header.

K.O.Kiki

Maybe try MemoryC out in Celbridge.

vlad2009

ED E wrote: »

Air locked or perforated with a screw is possible.


Check that the bios is reading an RPM for the pumps header.

I was able to check the RPMs of the pump with HWmonitor and it was at 8k+.

vlad2009

Also Max Burns doesn't have anything in stock, unfortunately.

ED E

vlad2009 wrote: »

I was able to check the RPMs of the pump with HWmonitor and it was at 8k+.

8K is north of 1U server fans, its very unlikely an AIO pump is actually running that fast.

vlad2009

ED E wrote: »

8K is north of 1U server fans, its very unlikely an AIO pump is actually running that fast.

This was if I plugged it into the CPUFAN socket, I tried SYSFAN and it was something like 4-6k range

MOH

vlad2009 wrote: »

So I'm stuck trying to find a CPU cooler as my desktop pc has died on me.



Getting CPU temps of 90c+ degrees. I had an AIO water cooler that still hits high rpms and sounds like it's working but the temps say otherwise.


So I'm trying to find a place that has CPU coolers so I can try get my pc back on with something different. Any ideas?

Bit of a long shot but there's a place called Right-Click on Camden St that I got thermal paste in last year. Looks more like a repair and service place, but there's a chance they might stock coolers if you ring them.

vlad2009

MOH wrote: »

Bit of a long shot but there's a place called Right-Click on Camden St that I got thermal paste in last year. Looks more like a repair and service place, but there's a chance they might stock coolers if you ring them.

Called them already and they don't have anything. Looks like I may have to suck it up and order online and live a few days without my PC.



Any idea which websites have fast delivery/next day delivery to Ireland?

djan

vlad2009 wrote: »

Called them already and they don't have anything. Looks like I may have to suck it up and order online and live a few days without my PC.



Any idea which websites have fast delivery/next day delivery to Ireland?

I'd look at adverts.ie or donedeal in your area.

Cordell

Elara usually delivers in 1 day.

MOH

vlad2009 wrote: »

Called them already and they don't have anything. Looks like I may have to suck it up and order online and live a few days without my PC.



Any idea which websites have fast delivery/next day delivery to Ireland?

Somebody posted them above but anything I've ever ordered from memoryC has arrived in the next day or two.

Komplett say 3-4 working days, so that's probably too long. Thought they used to have a collect option but that seems to be gone.


Curry's (ugh) seem to have exactly one for collection which is probably rubbish, not sure what their delivery times are like for the other options

vlad2009

managed to find an air-cooler on adverts, gonna go pick it up now and see what the story is once it's installed. It's the CM hyper 212. I still have 2 fans from the AIO cooler, so gonna try repurpose those into the case somehow.

vlad2009

Installing the new cooler fixed my issue! super cool temps of 20c on idle )) Thank you all for your input and help!

djan

vlad2009 wrote: »

Installing the new cooler fixed my issue! super cool temps of 20c on idle )) Thank you all for your input and help!

The 212 is a fantastic cooler for the price. Glad you got sorted so quick

vlad2009

djan wrote: »

The 212 is a fantastic cooler for the price. Glad you got sorted so quick

Yeah one popped up on adverts and I grabbed it for 20 beans. Sorted

H3llR4iser

Glad to hear you solved the issue - the big problem with not having physical stores is exactly that: something gives up the ghost, you're stuck for days until your online order arrives. If you've got an urgency (work or school stuff to deliver), you're royally screwed. Back when I was in college, my PC just went kaput on a Friday night. Graphics card gone KO - and I was finishing up coursework I needed to hand in on Monday. Luckily, it was 2000 and PC stores still existed; Picked up a whatever card I could find the next morning (an S3 Savage4, still remember it!) and could finish my bloody paper. A kid in a similar position today would be screwed.

Also - PC stores have disappeared in many countries, not just Ireland. They seem to only partially survive in the UK and Germany; Frankly, I struggle to see how something like a Microcenter couldn't be at least viable somewhere in Blanchardstown or Swords Airside, with the large pool of tech companies and, consequentially, PC/Gaming enthusiasts.

Lastly - Usually PC World/Currys in Blanchardstown has a little of the "basics", compared to other stores. I did find some thermal compound there. It was a couple of years ago, 'though.

JoyPad

H3llR4iser wrote: »

A kid in a similar position today would be screwed.

When my son's GPU broke, I simply removed it from the PC, and it was usable again. Intel and integrated graphics saved the day.

Cordell

You probably paid for that S3 card more than a Riva TNT 2 would have cost, and this is why brick and mortar PC stores are gone: they usually had old stock but also with the old price, and they couldn't survive on emergencies only.

Squidgy Black

H3llR4iser wrote: »

Also - PC stores have disappeared in many countries, not just Ireland. They seem to only partially survive in the UK and Germany; Frankly, I struggle to see how something like a Microcenter couldn't be at least viable somewhere in Blanchardstown or Swords Airside, with the large pool of tech companies and, consequentially, PC/Gaming enthusiasts.

Because it's impossible to compete with pricing of online retailers, especially with any UK retailers now due to sterling collapsing. It's a small market, where stock isn't low value either for any half decent components, and there's massive variety for consumers to choose from.

Microcenter did it smart, number of different outlets across a massive market in the US, and have the power to buy in bulk as a result.

djan

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Because it's impossible to compete with pricing of online retailers, especially with any UK retailers now due to sterling collapsing. It's a small market, where stock isn't low value either for any half decent components, and there's massive variety for consumers to choose from.

Microcenter did it smart, number of different outlets across a massive market in the US, and have the power to buy in bulk as a result.

This coupled with the fact that hardware depreciates rapidly and that the Irish market is hugely console dominated doesn't help either.

You have to be in so mad emergency to be willing to pay at times double the price for something in Currys or even Elara.