I had the same issue, however mine was rejected for a recall. Tried the RMA way and got rejected twice. On the last attempt finally got it approved, took 3 weeks from when it was picked up to when it was delivered back
^ Stories like these are exactly why we decided to finally make this video. I cannot tell you how many viewers I've had send inquiries about their CPUs overheating - only to find out they're all running MSI MAG AIOs... More needs to be done.
@@GregSalazar The worrisome part for me: people who send it by post and then it does not arrive, because that does happen with post and you could have that bad luck. And then what? It should just work when you buy it. These kind of problems are unacceptable! Losing the silicon-lottery is fine, that is just luck of the draw. Defects in products are not fine. Like that ASUS Strix 5700 (XT).
I sent two of the MSI coreliquid 240R back first recalled second had to send for rma. I still have one sitting in the box still, not going to bother to reinstall it at this point.
@@GregSalazar Been through four different manufacturers of AIO in the past decade. All AIOs failed within 2-3 years. The increased failure rate by going liquid instead of air is something PC building YTers/reviewers should mention every now and again IMO. For 9/10 builds, water cooling is just a waste and pain in the butt.
Also had the same issue. Went to check if it was able to be recalled and also was rejected. Definitely a much larger issue then whats being shown/talked about by MSI
some shady shops in my country are still trying to sell this exact model for a discounted price & does not inform customers that its being recalled. I pity for people that fell to their scams
i was looking for a new pc and one of the best ones with good specs and price (cant remember the brand) I thankfully was on my game and looked at ALL the reviews and they were all complaining of high temps. Someone figured out that all of them still had the sticker on the plate...I was still about to buy it knowing how to fix it but thankfully i decided not to.
This happened to me. Bought this cooler, it died 1 year later, idle temps at 100c. Requested RMA, and didn't qualify. I'm NEVER buying another product from MSI, they can't be trusted, and neither can Apaltek
Welcome to the corporate world the fact you people don't understand customer support is just false legal backing really scares me. P.s worked for Apple for 4 years only reading internal articles legally protected from public access... scary shit going on there.
@@J4ckKun Asetek didn’t make the ones that failed. MSI or whom ever designed that designed it to avoid the Asetek patent. Corsair has moved past Asetek. NZXT and Asus both use Asetek for their AIOS.
At this point I'm extremely happy to go with Arctic. They reached to GN themselves, as they found out about their similar problem and offered fixing kit or to fix the cooler themselves to anyone. I also reached their support with some other questions and instead of "don't touch anything we don't trust neither you, nor our support employees" got clear and useful answers.
MSI, Asus, etc. all use the same mass-produced radiator and pump in their AIOs and they're honestly junk. Arctic has their own bespoke design which is much higher quality. If I had to use a liquid cooler, I'd go with Arctic.
The repair kit for my Liquid Frezer II is on the way to me right now. And you are right, this is why I'd always go with Arctic again. Instead of not helping the customer they offer a fix by themselves, extended the warranty of their product and give you an easy way to fix the problem instead of forcing you to send in the AIO. And if you are uncomfortable with fixing it yourself you can just send it in for repair if you want to. They actually stand by their product, unlike ASUS and MSI who are selling overpriced junk that is purely built to look cool instead of performing well and/or lasting a long time.
same man been having an issue with my pc and wasn't sure what the deal was sometimes i hit 67c while idling but i just put it under a stress test and could only get it to 55c..... so idk what the deal is
A huge thanks for showing that you forgot to pull the clear shield off before installing to the CPU. You’re still human and it’s easily forgotten. 👍🏻 Thanks for the laugh and all the great content.
It is a good reminder for sure. I am a bit surprised it happened in the first place because he mentioned it even before that as well xD I installed my AIO the other day and had already enough difficulty figuring out the fan placement that I am glad I did not forget this haha.
Dude thank you for bringing this up i currently am struggling with this issue myself and i know im not the only one because it's been talked alot in the forums and Msi is just downplaying by saying its a small amount of coolers affected
The pump itself isn't the issue, it's the liquid they used. It no doubt has imperfections that are causing it to go bad and thus block the fins and pump.
I've only had one AIO failure. My h100i v2 pumped died 4 years 359 days into it's life. It had a 5 year warranty so it was replaced with a refurbished h100i XT RGB Pro (which I sold). It took about 2 months for the RMA process so I had to buy a replacement before I was sent one from them since I couldn't go without my PC. I got a h100i Elite Capellix w/ LCD to replace it, but the LCD firmware was broken out of the box and Corsair support was no help. Ended up returning it and getting the one without the LCD and then getting the LCD upgrade kit separately.
Love the honesty about not removing the protecting film. When I used to work half-time doing customer support for some business, an administrive manager wanted me to go installing his toner cartridge that wasn't working, because at first he didn't wanted to pay the visit but I was in class, first I told him by phone between classes "did you removed the protective film?" and answered "do you think I'm stupid, of course I removed it". I asked him to check again and phone me later, he then left a message saying "I'm not stupid, but you were right, it was the protective tape".
I remember MSI having similar issues (not with AIOs tho) back in the days before (maybe like 10 years ago) and I had the impression they improved after this. But seeing this and reading through the comments here is making me question this again. Every company will screw up at one point but what matters is how they deal with it. It's just sad to see them making the same mistakes again now.
It's why I don't buy parts from companies that didn't make their name by making them. Asus and msi didn't get started by making cases, coolers, or power supplies. They made motherboards and graphics cards. I'll buy their boards and cards but I wont touch their cases or psu or coolers with a 10 ft pole.
@@jamescollins6085 Same thing happened with Noctua. I had some issues, all they ask were to send a proof of me breaking a blade and they sent over new ones. Their justifications were, it’s just cheaper to replace than having to ship to them, fix and ship it back, while breaking their blades were to prevent 3rd party from “trying to fix them”
I built and fixed PCs for 25 years and my customers had way more issues with MSI then all others. Yes, some get lucky but I stay away from MSI, WD red, memory not listed in manuals and AIOs with fluid that crude up the cold plate. Some cases from NZXT have fire issues and so on.
Yeah I could see all the noobs getting into AIO WC being a few years till it screwed up. This isn't the first time but it's just another wave of failures. Just go air people, it's so close it's not worth it unless you build a beefy custom loop and get really exotic.
@@marlboroman71818 That isn't even a remotely appropriate analogy. It would be more like using a car with air conditioning or without. That's the level of complexity difference we're talking about here.
You're an absolute legend. You started talking about how you wouldn't edit anything out and I thought "No way he left the sticker on the bottom" and what do you know, You did! And you owned up to it! I'm sure a bunch of us whom build computers a lot can honestly say that this is a mistake that's been made lol
Aye, these companies.. 🤦♂️ If MSI AIO coolers are known for clogging, they should issue a recall for all sold MSI AIO coolers, but it's too much work for them. I have heard to avoid MSI AIO's, that's a bad image for them unless they do better QC before putting them up for sale
Well MSI doesn't actually manufacture any of its AIOs. Haven't heard of any issues with the Asetek-made units (K and S series) which are the same as NZXT X and Z series, Asus Strix and Ryujin, Gigabyte Aorus AIOs and a crapton of others on the market. It's the Apalcool/Apaltech models like the MSI 240R and Enermax Liqtech series that are having the clogging problems.
The MAG version aio's are the ones that have issues. The Meg versions with the asetek type of pump don't have issues typically. I have the meg S360 version and it works great.
This is crazy! I have the 360R AIO I literally swapped my AIO last night after a week of noticing this. I called MSI and my model did not fall under the recall even though the same issues are happening and they told me to send it in still not sure if I will. My Pump was making a crazy whining noise, one day playing a game and temps were almost 90 degrees Celsius. You would think spending over $130 my AIO would last more than a year? Nope! Less than 10 months. I’ve gone to a Lian Li Cooler and much happier. You know this is also an issue when the 360R AIO is $99 on Amazon. Stay away from this pump completely! Until they either fix it with a new model or flat out own up to this mistake. Love this video! Keep up the great work! From Oviedo, Fl 😎
I like how he just casually mentioned a recall. That should be the first thing he should mention. Seems the Mag R versions with the pump in the rad are the ones with the issues. I have the MEG S360 msi aio with the lcd screen and so far it's cooling my 12900k well and hope it continues to do so for sometime considering the price!! Great job and content as usual Greg!!!
A month ago I bought an MSI 280R cooler and from the first moment I regretted that purchase, one of the fans was not spinning at all, I wrote to MSI support and they told me that I had to send them the entire cooler just for one fan. I would have, but I explained that I live in Nicaragua and that shipping something this size to the US would be 20 times more expensive than a simple fan. So I decided to buy a spare Artic P14 PWM PST and try to fix the fan and it turns out that one of the coil wires wasn't even soldered to the PCB! Luckily I have some experience in micro-soldering and was able to repair it but it turns out that it makes a very annoying noise. The truth is that I regret having bought an MSI cooler since reading the MSI community forum these types of products tend to have many faults and now that I see these types of problems as in the video I don't expect my cooler to live that long. In summary, stay away from MSI AIO.
At least in my case, it's not just MSI. I bought a new Lian Li Galahad 360 AIO, and after a few months, 60C temps idle on my 5800X. RMA'ed it & will see if the replacement works, but it's interesting my Scythe Mugen 5 Black Air Cooler is keeping my Ryzen 7 5800X at 26-28C idle. Go figure.
Tbf, my 5900X was sitting at 30c idle when I had nothing but a Hyper 212 while I waited for a new cooler. Load temps weren't great but the 5900X at idle is very easy to cool, especially if you have good AC or live in a cooler environment.
I'm glad I came across this specific video. I have the 360R and over the last 4 or 5 months it's been making a weird noise when any load goes on the cpu. The last week, temperatures have skyrocketed under load, to the point my computers now just a web browser (even timestamping video's on youtube causes the temps to get close to 70 degrees.) Time for a replacement methinks. Great video.
I have one of those AIO and it too stopped cooling my cpu after a few months. I didn't bother sending it back as they wanted the box and extra bits I no longer had, so I took off the fans as they were led and could go elsewhere in the PC and bought a good looking LED air cooler. No more from products from MSI for me. But thanks for taking apart the product and showing the problem. One day I might take mine apart and fix it for use in a far older PC?
I had the same overheating issue with a 240R 6 months after buying it. The RMA process was easy and MSI replaced the unit with a new one pretty quickly.
The issue is that ALL of them affected should be included in the recall. No one should have to wait weeks for the defective one to be returned, tested, and replaced. As stated in the video, their recall process involves having a replacement sent *PRIOR* to shipping out the defective unit, resulting in very little PC down-time.
@@GregSalazar totally agree that all affected units should be recalled. When my RMA was accepted, they sent me a replacement unit first with a return label to send back the defective one. MSI did drag their feet a bit when I originally spotted the problem. They did not offer this solution at first and it did take a while to eventually get things resolved. Your videos definitely helped speed things up.
Had the same problem after 6months. Got refund afther sending it on RMA. Bought another one (but broken) from ebay for 25$ and fixed it by myself. Cleaned everything and replaced liquid with destiled water and car radiators liquid. Works like a charm for about 6 months. One good thing with this AIO is that you can get if for cheap and fix by yourself.
@@luislinares-roake3522 The order of operations you're describing for the RMA doesn't exactly line up with what their rep told me over the phone. The inconsistency is a bit worrisome.
Nice to see that this is finally coming to light. I had bought a prebuilt that had one of these in it and it died six months later. Went to BestBuy and they said I needed to deal with MSI with it being an MSI prebuilt. I was like no problem, I call MSI they then give me the run around and tell me it's BestBuy that has to replace it. Needless to say I just ended up buying a Corsair AIO and set the MSI AIO on fire and then threw a party. I will not buy anything from MSI ever again.
Had this exact issue. My 240R was denied the warranty so I bit the bullet and RMA'd it. Ended up buying a Noctua NH-U12A to replace it and that replacement 240R has been sitting on a shelf in its original wrapping ever since it ended up on my doorstep.
I remember repairing a rare SIEMENS X-ray analysis unit for steel products from the National Customs Laboratory in Spain. The fast hydraulic brass connections had been corroded by the electrical activity of the atoms of the circulating cooling liquid (15% glycol bidistilled water). The coolant took the viscosity of the hot chocolate. That's why my PC is cooled by a "be quiet" dark rock 4 pro (3 fans). It is very effective.
I had be quiet and fractal aios and they are both the best imo. Price and performance are great and I really like the lack of cables. Really liked the rookie mistake of not removing the sticker on the aio 😂Happened to me to many times. Keep up the great work and stay safe.
In Turkey if you have Msi 240R v1 or 360R v1, You need to send your cooler to MSI and they'll send v2 to you without even asking a question. A lot of people have replaced their v1 with v2.
Heyyyyyyyy ULL t-shirt! I'm currently in Lafayette! Good to see us represented on RU-vid from time to time lol. Enjoy your channel Mr. Salazar. Thank you for what you do.
Can't speak to EK stuff, but random, unlucky failures are not the same thing as repeatable QC failures. These AIOs have already been "partially" recalled. More needs to be done.
I ended up getting an iBuyPower prebuilt last year because it was genuinely the cheapest option at the time for something with a >3060 card. The iBuyPower rebranded AIO in that started failing too a month or two ago, idling at 50 C and spiking up to 75 - 80C on opening any program at all. New AIO got installed and now no issues. For the longest time, I thought they were rebranding from an NZXT Kraken, but it looks like they were rebranding from the MSI CoreLiquids all along (I should have figured from the rad-mounted pump). I haven’t heard anything from iBuyPower about their old rebranded coolers getting recalls, but they may want to investigate too, based off of who they were partnering with
I had the same issue with my mine recently, got in touch with the place I got my parts from and thankfully they were okay with replacing it to v2, now it seems to be running fine :)
Thanks Greg for bringing up this issue to our attention. Sadly, after seeing this, I would tend to NOT buy any MSI products at all at this point. I have fortunately not had to deal with this issue myself, but I would be weary from this point on not to deal with MSI after seeing this! BTW, we all make mistakes in our builds at one point or another...so no big deal there! Just as long as we correct it!
I had 2 units from this AIO, for me and my brother, my brothers died first after one year exactly. At first it started making buzzing noise from the pump, but the temps where acceptable. Then the temps suddenly reached 100 c and thermal shutdown. Living in iraq is tough, no shop allows an RMA, so i took it upon myself to find a solution. I tore it down, cleaned the inside with a forceful jet of water, cleaned the copper unit, then i exchanged the liquid which was brown and gunky, with distilled water. The temps returned to normal, actually better than stock ;). And now its been running for 2 years without any issues. It has to be the liquid, thats the problem, its clotting and building residue. I did the same to the other cooler, which has the exact same issue, and again, everything is fixed. I was really surprised that no one mentioned this problem in reviews...
They need to have a “fix-as-fail” policy with a wider range of AIO serial numbers, that way If yours isn’t affected you’re good, but if it is experiencing issues it will be either replaced or refunded immediately
12:48 Haha, no joke when you showed the CPU-Block I thought to myself: "well, Bequiet could make the sticker more obvious its a bit hard to notice." ^^
Not peeling the backing sticker off the new cooler... that's an Old Guy Brainfart type of mistake. Been there, done it. You owning the ensuing ball-busting and even making jokes about it earned a sub from me.
Looks to me like they’re mounted with the logo side facing the camera. That’s usually the side that sucks air, so they’d be exhausting air from the case. Edit: upon closer examination though… I wonder if those fans are backwards. It’s hard to see the blade pitch at the angle the camera is.
OMG Greg, that sneeze caught me off guard and made me lol, that's the first time I've laughed so hard with one of your videos, thanks for that, love your work.
They did the same to me, so I decided to do it myself. drained the AIO, flushed it with and ran distilled water through it then cleaned it out again. I then replaced my AIO tubes with clear reinforced irrigation line,(basically what was already there but not black) then replaced the coolant with Mayhems Nuke XT-1 UV green, and my temps now never go above 45c on full load. $25 coolant, 75 cents for hose clamps black, and 6ft of 6$ irrigation line. grand total of $31.75, can be had for less if you buy less irrigation line.
I am so happy that the only brands for pc parts I buy are asus and corsair. Yes, even they have sometimes problems, but defniitely no problems like these.
So funny you had posted this because i just drained my MAG CORELIQUID 240R and put new coolant in it and its working pretty well. Just drained it and refilled it a couple times and refilled it again and boom seemingly the issue is fixed. Has been a month so far. I had actually got inspiration from your last AIO video containing this specific AIO. I watched how you disassembled it and i did the same just added new high performance coolant
I've used EVGA aio's for a few years now and they run just as good as new. If your looking for a solid AIO that just works I would check em out as well.
Small mistake from installing anything can happen when you get excited to see results. Dont stress about the plastic peeling, no matter how much of an expert you are lol
This is a huge yikes from MSI, glad I never bought anything from them and I will never recommend any products from them to people looking for PC parts.
@@droltihs I have had 3 MSI Gpu's either break after 6 months of purchasing or just plain arriving dead. MSI is one of those companies i will never buy from...
When the Coolermaster ML240L's were popping and spraying coolant all over the inside of PC's, I got mine replaced without a question. They even asked me to send them pictures and reciepts for everything else in my PC that got destroyed by the coolant, but luckily it only dripped onto the gpu which I cleaned up and never had a problem after that.
A friend of mine had this issue after several months After troubleshooting with me,he bought an Corsair AIO and it still runs great.Thanks for the video Greg
I had this same issue within a month with a 240R, I went through the RMA process and the replacement also had the same issue within a month. I ended up just opening the cooler, cleaning it, and refilling it. I haven't had any issues since then. I specifically chose this cooler because the pump is in the radiator and it seemed like the best cooler with that configuration, being from what I thought was a reputable company.
So it is possible to open one of these aio and clean it out/switch out the liquid? If so, why aren't msi doing the same as the other company who had aio problems by sending out service kits. Have never purchased one of their msi aio but this would make me stay away from their aio if in the market for a new unit. Sad that they can't seem to see the importance of manufacturer integrity when it comes to retaining customer loyalty.
@@tanja-k All the AIOs I've run into have been able to be opened up from the cold plate easily, the same way that was done in this video. The slightly more annoying part is getting the liquid topped off again if you drain it all out. I think more AIO manufacturers should support sending out service kits the way that Arctic has. I would guess that MSI hasn't done that because they don't trust their customers to mess with the cooler, however, I don't see how an end user could do any worse than MSI did with filling it.
After seeing your shirt... I'm fairly certain I saw you walking with PC parts one day across from Girard Park at UL. I offered you a ride, but you declined because it was a short walk. Small world! Thanks for the content!
I had the same sediment problem with my Silent Loop 2 240mm, I started having thermal throttling issues. Believing it was due to a lack of coolant, I refilled it with the bottle that came in the box and began to notice how those sediments were passing into the bottle.
Reviving this because have a Fractal Lumen and have the same symptoms as your video. So took the AIO out, opened it and long and behold it had that same white film. Also the MSI AIO pump head in your video looks exactly the same as the Fractal one. I cleaned it out and luckily didn’t spill much liquid so will see if that solves the overheating issue.
I wish this video had come out last week. I just shipped out another 360R (at my expense) to MSI via RMA after they denied me under the advance swap program. Unit was less than 12 months old. Thanks for holding them accountable. This will likely be my last MSI cooler purchase.
That is one thing that drives me insane. You buy a product new it has problems and it needs rna'd but you have to pay shipping because their shit broke....
my msi 240 did the same thing ... temps shot up to over 100c, cooler was 1 month old luckily it was one of the effected ser. num. so they sent a replacement .. but i never used it .. i put a fan aio in and it ran cooler then the liquid one ever did ...idles in the 20s and has never broke 40c anyone lookin for a new msi240 R v2 unopened ... lol cool vid !!
Friend's Coreliquid 280R V1 displayed the same issues; MSI replaced it thru the recall and they sent him a 240R V2, and now I have it lol. I haven't found any idle temperature issues.... yet
I got the 360R about a year and a half ago. Within a month the pump started making rattle noises. I removed it and rotated it in all sorts of directions to try to get air bubbles out of the pump cavity, but that didn't work. temps where fine just a loud rattle noises. I went to RMA it, but I also didn't want to go weeks without a cooler for my computer. so I ended up taking it apart, there was some of the white gunk on the copper fins and a couple bits in the pump cavity. I drained the whole loop then stretched a rubber hose over the fill port and started filling it with distilled water. I plugged the pump into another computer so the pump could push the water throughout the loop. after getting all the air out as I could, to stop the pump from rattling ( I know there is supposed to be a little air) it finally started working correctly... at least for a while. I had to repeat the process of draining and filling after 5-6 months after the rattle came back. It's working correctly for now, I know there is supposed to be an corrosion inhibitor, in there. but I'm not spending any more than what I paid for the darn thing. I bought a Deep Cool AS500 as a backup. The reviews on amazon where good, so I didn't think much of it. it was only after I got it where I found a forum where people where having similar problems. I have even watched a twitch streamer I happen to fallow remove there 240R and shop for a new AIO live on stream
+1 comment from someone that had a V1... called MSI to have it replaced under recall... and was told that it wasn't part of the batch that was recalled... even though it was less than a year old and completely dead. I wheedled a free shipping label out of them after a lengthy and frustrating phone call with the support team. They sent me a V2 to replace it after about two weeks. No issues since but I'm also constantly monitoring my temps with anxiety just waiting for it to hit 95. When money allows for it I'll be upgrading to something that isn't MSI.
I had to send back my 360R a couple of months ago, luckily it was covered by the recall. I knew exactly why my CPU was overheating because I had seen your other video, so thank you for that.
I had the same issue. High idle temps didn’t qualify for recall only rma. I disassembled mine cleaned it flushed it and replaced the fluid with a mixed metal friendly coolant and it seems fine for the last 3 months.
@@tanja-k I do not. I think they’re other RU-vidrs that have done this before. A quick search for AIO refill should get you there.Pretty simple process really.
Hi greg! First time stumbling upon your channel. I built my friend his system (r5 3600, msi b550 tomahawk) and initially it had an id cooling 360 frost flow which had a leak. We then proceeded to had it RMA'd because the leak was going to his gen4 nvme and was causing issues (bsods). Then they replace it with this, exact AIO. MAG coreliquid 240r. Things were okay at a time but then he started to notice his PC getting hot, and i monitored it to be having a temperature of 90 degrees C while only running photoshop and illustrator. Went on to disassemble this particular AIO because we couldn't RMA it again due to it being over a year old then and saw the exact same thing you did, albeit much worse i guess. I cleared the sediment, replaced the coolant with distilled water and tried to run and stress the CPU. Guess what, it didn't have any problems anymore with overheating. This clearly shows that they have a defective product, and you were right that they are really downplaying the situation. It is severe as we are located here in the Philippines. It's in a worldwide scale to say the least.
I have the same cooler, it's been RMA's once and the new one (less than 8-month-old now) is doing the high idle temps and what sounds like clicking/gurgling in the pump.
MSI's RMA is so bad. I had a MSI 1660 Super that would crash and have purple lines go across the screen when plugged into a monitor. I applied for the RMA in early May and received my first replacement in mid June. The replacement was the same card i sent out to them and had the same symptoms. Sent it back again and mid July i received another 1660s with all of the screws scattered inside the box they shipped it in. Called them again pissed and they finally sent me my third 1660s in early august... Last time im ever buying a MSI product. I had a small scratch on my 3070 from EVGA and they sent me out a new card within two days before i even sent my old one to them.
I noticed one issue, the radiator was mounted in the worst orientation possible. If their was any air in the AIO then your screwed from the get go, even if it is clogged. Incorrect radiator orientation is one of the leading causes for pump failure/excess pump noise.
Oh come on, I just bought a brand new MSI MPG Coreliquid K360 V2 yesterday to replace my Thermaltake TH360 ARGB that died in about 1.5 years. Same issue here, my idle state CPU started to show 60-70 degrees. I was already fed up with Thermaltake and didn’t have the patience to wait for a repair or RMA. And now I get this video like a punch in the guts.
My nh d15 is over 10 years old. It has been used on 3 full computer upgrades. Has not failed or dropped even on my 2700x way over clocked. I used the cooler from the 2700x and put it on my FX8350 and overclocked it. the fx 8350 was second chip to taste the d 15. Have never even had a fan fail.
Yeah, bought an MSI pre-built earlier this year. The AIO pump rattled like a 30 year old bathroom fan for a few days before it just burned out and had to replace it with a new one.
I have this same AIO cooler in my PC paired with a 10600k overclocked with idle temps at 27 celsius & a max of 55 celsius on benchmarks with no sign of any issues & I've been running it for 2 years now, been seeing a few videos on these Msi coolers having issues & I'm glad mine is still going strong! Msi has always been good to me & I've never had issues with any products so it sucks to see others having issues & not be able to get a recall.
This is why I don't trust hardware with short warranties. If the company isn't comfortable with a long warranty then either that company doesn't have sufficient QA experience, they don't have sufficient QA protocols, or they have insufficient deals with component suppliers.
buddy tossed one a couple weeks ago at work. I took it in cause i like to tinker, took it all apart from the pump to the head and it was def junked up. but cleaned it flushed atleast a gallon of diswater by filling the system and running the pump and emptying untill all the clr i used seemed like it was out. then filled with a mix of 2:1 diswater to automotive coolant. been running great for a month no stop no audible changes to pump and water sounds. temps are maxing at 60c full gaming load were on a hyper 212 they would get to 76c on an ol 7700k. the idle the other day was cooler than room temp 71f
In open water systems (that's non-AIO for the young folk), good practice is don't use dissimilar metals, avoid nickel-plating, don't use fancy coolants - just distilled water, and some sort of anti-microbial (copper sulfate is typical as is a silver coil). Sorry fellas, we generally don't have to go through what so many of the AIO coolers often seem to have. I know they're convenient and cheaper, but I'm just not sold on them unless I really can't get a tower air cooler to work for an application. Open loop > tower air cooler > AIO > OEM cooler
Not too long ago, Artic had already sent a statement about Liquid Freezer II on a certain batch had defective gasket. And they are shipping out to kits for those who has the affected batch.
This is why I tell everyone to buy EK. All their stuff is designed in-house, works great, and is fairly priced. It's a shame the marketing for their products is not great.
Their AIO coolers are either hard to find or not always in stock. Aside from that, the EK AIO's are competitive with the Arctic Liquid Freezer II and the Lian Li Galahad. For Custom loop radiators, I'll stick to the HWLabs GTX or GTR series.
I just built a new rig with 12600K and the 240R V2. I had heard about the V1 being recalled, and at the time I bought the V2 thinking the V2 existed because the V1 was recalled. I haven’t had any problems so far with the V2, but now I’m going to pay extra attention and do some stress testing to make sure it doesn’t fail on me
I have a 240R with this problem. It was less than a year old and was rejected on the recall and RMA. I will never use water cooling again.. Now using Bequiet Air coolers and getting better cooling than the 240R.
I had a Cooler Master AIO. The pump failed and they advance shipped a replacement. There was no recall. This is what they did normally. The model I originally got was banned at the time of the RMA so they honored their warranty terms and replaced it with an equal or better model as part of it.
I had the exact same aio but the 360R from MSI. There was no problem in the first 4-5 months my 5600x temps used to hover over 52-55 during gaming! But after 5 months the temperature started to spike to 80°C during normal task/gaming! The pump is in the radiator rather than on the CPU and used to make bubbling noise and when I slightly tilt the AIO the bubbles noise used to go and the temperature used to go back to being normal. But after 8-9 months it has became a daily issue hence I switched back to Aftermarket air cooler and no problem since then! I would advice everyone to avoid MSI AIOs. Try going for Corsair/NZXT AIOs.
Any chance of having the 'gunk' analyzed ? Possibly it's a material in the coolant that is used to remove water from the coolant, and too much water is getting into the coolant therby activating an over abundence of this compound. There was an aviation incident many years ago that caused a similar problem with the aircrafts feul system.
It's probably dielectric corrosion, there was alot of problems with AIO's and that problem in the past... using a coolant that allows this to happen. Copper in the block and aluminum cooling fins in the radiator.
I appreciate you leaving certain hiccups in, we all do something like sometimes even if we're professionals/experts, it helps the layman to figure out what they should watch out for and to try and not overlook.
I manage a VR lab and we ordered an MSI prebuilt with an 11700k and 3070ti, the AIO had the same issue less than a year later. I replaced it with an NH-D15. Oddly enough I’m surrounded by a lot of systems all the time, and in the past 2 years I’ve experienced more AIO failures than I’ve ever seen in my life. All the same thing - overheating, pump working, all different brands.
Same thing with me, I rebuilt it and got better temperatures. Was filled with a load of shit in the block and the rad, cleaned it all out and flushed it. Temps were still worse than new, but idling at ~50-60c instead of 100c. Pump died a week later anyway after it started idling at 100c again, removed the OC and replaced it with a heatsink
Same situation here with the 360r, tried to do the RMA but im from another country (bought on amazon, problem was about a year after purchase), they gave me the label but I had to pay both shippings which... would cost about the same as a new unit or more
