Corsair H70 - Water Dripping Sound

[Zoom7000]

I recently rebuilt my PC after receiving my B3 Asus board. Ever since rebuilding, my H70 sounds like it's dripping a few drops of water every 10 seconds or so. Does this sound like a faulty cooler? Or is that normal over time? I've checked thoroughly and cannot see any leakages.

[Yellowbeard]

I have not heard a problem described as having this sound. Check carefully to be sure that you do not actually have a leak.

My guess is that you have a bit of air in the loop and that the sound will settle after a few days of use.

[Ed Omega]

If you can, run the cooler outside of the PC on some plain white paper - this makes it very easy to see if you have leaks.

Not seen one of these all in one rigs in the flesh so not sure how easy it is to do that, but it is how I pretest my home built water rigs prior to installation - simple and cheap (especially compare to getting new motherboard etc).

What YB says is quite possibly right, no system is perfectly 100% filled and there will be small air bubbles in the system. Early on in the systems life some of these will follow the water flow thru the system repeatedly and the noise you hear is them being hit by the impeller in the pump. Over time the bubbles tend to get trapped in the radiator in an enclosed systems like yours (don't worry - they are tiny and will not impede the effectiveness of cooling in any noticable amount) and the noise will dissapear - usually takes about 10 hours or so of running the system, tho this can of course vary from system to system.

[adamj97]

As long as you know that there is definitely no drips or leaks... then it will probably be some air in the loop like yellowbeard said