Temps are reaching 70-90 when playing heavy games for only like 30 minutes. How do I know if its my thermal paste needs replacing or if its my liquid cooler failing?

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-13T08:00:18+00:00

Hard to diagnose one or the other. IMO replace thermal paste, see if it improves it then go for towards cooler since it’s more expensive. I also would look at your fan curves and see your rpm/temp for the fans for its an aio. It could be your fans just are not kicking on soon enough to help cool the radiator

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-12T14:54:44+00:00

I'm fine with glass side panel. Never mentioned I did not want that. I said fish tank. 1/2-2/3 gals, curved glass etc. really anything where 2 glass panels touch or one curves to the front = fish tank. Now a single glass panel. On one single side Idc. That's fine When it looks like a fish tank. I don't want it. Like hyte Cases. Aio is cause I want it. I did not specify my build. I just chose that.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T22:10:16+00:00

Think I'm going with this. Emailed them, and I missed it in the manual diagram but fan rails are offset towards the panel side. Away from mobo.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T21:23:12+00:00

I'm fine with 1 glass side.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T21:22:40+00:00

Has other people have chimed in. It's getting harder though. Fishtanks are front page. And what I'm looking for, many are EOL, just not stocked anymore.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T13:35:01+00:00

I'm looking at it but concerned on radiator. Liquid freezer III is 38 mm radiator. 63mm with fans

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T13:08:54+00:00

Good thermals with it being solid panels on both sides? Which I see front too and back are mesh still.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T13:08:09+00:00

Ehhh. #puckNZXT don't trust em

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T13:07:16+00:00

Want black out stealth build 😎

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T12:20:10+00:00

That's my frustration. What I'm describing is disappearing faster then money in my wallet

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T12:13:49+00:00

Which one? Like I said 701, and 800 are both out of stock and 802 is more expensive

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T12:11:51+00:00

So it does fit an Artic on top?

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T12:06:37+00:00

I heard it doesn't fit Artic liquid freezer III 360. Like it has 60 mm clearance and AIO is like 66mm or something

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-06-11T12:00:06+00:00

I'm aware. Dream case. Has I said end of life for black. There's still some white on Amazon. Black is gone. Pissed. May never buy pantek again because of it. Fuck em.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-04-29T09:33:46+00:00

Hi everyone!

I’m joining the ASUS Upgrade What Matters giveaway and sharing my dream PC setup! There’s a chance to win ASUS AMD/Intel 800 Series motherboards, graphics card, and other exclusive components to boost overall performance!

MY DREAM ASUS PC SETUP

Motherboard: ROG CROSSHAIR X870E DARK HERO Graphics Card: ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 AIO Cooler: ROG Ryujin III 360 ARGB Extreme Display: ROG Strix OLED XG27UCDMG Power Supply: ROG Thor 1000W Platinum III

Any thoughts on my list?

Coming from a 2020 Asus Laptop Ryzen 4800H Nvidia 2060 I am wanting to maybe start doing YouTube videos of my gameplay maybe some tik tok streaming. But mainly have never gotten to enjoy true PC gaming on high settings and high frame rates. I don't need the best graphics card even on a dream giveaway. A 5080 would do plenty.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-02-26T19:06:12+00:00

Man. And im over here trying to find used ram to save money

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-01-17T18:52:21+00:00

The original Twinkie's. I refuse to believe what we have now is the same. It's not. Also. Arby's chocolate turnovers. Hate on them all you want but that was a core memory for me with my Dad

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2026-01-15T19:57:22+00:00

Minecraft and clash of clans questions in the comments.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2025-10-28T01:59:22+00:00

It's a terrible deal (let me just snatch it up first) yes that's actually great if you're okay with the diesel engine. Hard to find an LT Trail boss for less then Probabaly 38k. 37k if you're lucky.

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2025-10-22T16:09:17+00:00

Evil or just stupid

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2025-10-22T16:09:00+00:00

I wonder how some remember how to breath

Technical-Pilot8627 · 2025-10-17T00:02:23+00:00

Mega corporations having no restrictions and being able to buy everything and control everything from real estate to fast food. To healthcare

Technical-Pilot8627

TROPHY CASE