RatmanGB

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Hi, I could really use some help. I attempted to update iCUE today and it got stuck at uninstalling the driver and it won't go any further. I tried uninstalling iCUE and had the same problem. How do I manually remove iCUE so that I can start again, please? I am running Windows 10. Thanks!

Hi, I had been running ML120 Pros on my H100i GTX but one of them developed a loud rattle. While I was waiting for a replacement to arrive I replaced them both with the SP120 QEs that I was using before. Before I take things apart again, can anyone comment on which fans are theoretically better for use with the H100i GTX? The ML120 Pros will run faster of course, but at the same RPM which are better? Thanks!

Good news: The coolant temperature didn't hit 40 using the quiet or balanced profiles over an evening's gaming for basically the first time ever. Bad news: One of the ML120 Pros has started rattling. Annoying but easily replaced. Thanks again!

Another ten minutes with the case closed and the fans set to intake and the coolant temperature is at 32 degrees with the CPU temperatures at 46-52 degrees. I'm going to be honest and say I'm surprised it made that much difference! Thanks for your help!

I've just run it for another ten minutes with the case closed up and coolant is at 36.20 and still climbing and CPU temperatures are between 52 and 57 degrees.

I've run the CPU-Z bench for ten minutes and the coolant temperature has only gone up to 33.1 degrees. The CPU cores are between 46 and 50 degrees. What next?

I feel like I'm getting somewhere now, thanks! I took the side panel off and slid the cooler out from under the top panel to expose the radiator (less screws than taking the top panel off!). After 30 minutes the coolant temperature dropped to 30.6 degrees and is holding around there. Room temperature has gone up to 21.8 degrees. This is on the quiet profile with the fans still set up as exhaust. Is it conclusive that I need a different case or is it worth switching the fans to intake?

Room temperature is currently 20.6 degrees, PC has been on for about seven hours but only for office work, coolant temperature is currently 34.8 degrees and the CPU core temperatures are bouncing around the mid 30s. I'm not overclocking and the cores are clocking up and down as you'd expect, rather than running at full speed all the time. I take it my temperatures should be.a lot lower than this?

Thanks for the replies, I will try reversing the fans. As for the case fans, they're plugged in to a manual fan controller and I always set them to maximum before gaming. I can't hear them over the H100i fans as soon as they ramp up anyway. Is there a maximum safe coolant temperature that I must not exceed? This will help me figure out if it's possible to make the cooler work quietly enough. Before I had the Silent Base (a failed attempt to block horrendous coil whine from the Vega 64) I had the same parts in a Cooler Master Cosmos S, which was meshed on the front, side and top, and the H100i would still go over 40 degrees in any game. As a final question, is this just what the H100i does? What I mean by that is, by and large, would you expect the cooler to go over 40 degrees when gaming with a 4690K? If so, I feel I would probably be better off replacing it with something designed to be quieter?

Hi, I've had a H100i GTX for quite a while now and I've got to admit I've never really gotten to grips with it. I always had a problem with the noise level associated with the water temperature. The three standard profiles all run the fans at 100% as soon as the water temperature hits 40 degrees and the noise is just too much for me. I first swapped the fans out for SP120 QEs and I now have ML120s, which are better but still loud at 100%. What I would like to know is what a safe temperature for the water is, to help me set a custom curve? Should 40 degrees be the upper limit? If so I have a problem in that my 4690K, while not getting much above 50 degrees under load, does push the water temperature above 40 degrees. For example, after a few hours of Zombie Army Trilogy today with the fans at 70% - which still isn't quiet - the water temperature was at 45 degrees. Is this safe? It would really help me if someone could share the custom curve they use to keep both the noise level and the temperature sensible, because I really don't know what I should be doing. The H100i GTX is my first water cooler, I've previously used air coolers and I've got to say they seemed better at keeping the noise down. I fully expect to be told I'm doing something catastrophically wrong, but I'm happy to admit I'm an idiot if it helps me learn! The system is installed in a tower case with two 140mm intake fans on the front panel, a 140mm exhaust fan at the rear, and the H100i GTX at the top of the case with the fans blowing through the radiator to exhaust out the top. Any and all help is welcome! Thanks.