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[Thimblewad]

So? I did the leak test, it passed with flying colors. And it's not the first time I've water cooled stuff.

I'm sorry, I'm a noob when it comes to water cooling and I have no idea how wearable or durable the parts are. Didn't mean to flame, just saw water near electricity and panicked

 

[phill]

I'm sorry, I'm a noob when it comes to water cooling and I have no idea how wearable or durable the parts are. Didn't mean to flame, just saw water near electricity and panicked

Most things are fine and as long as you test and check a loop before you switch it on for real, you'll have no issues at all

That said, I remember a rig I had that for whatever reason decided to leak, was running whilst the water was dripping down the motherboard, over the GPU and in the PCIe slot.. Damn thing just kept going but when I saw it I was like &^%!!! lol Just shut it down and dried the hardware off and turned it back on again lol Was fine Ah, the days of Asus Rampage Extreme X48, Q6600 and a GTX 580 3GB I believe it was...

Was surprised but as long as you don't tend to use any liquid that will help conduct, it's fine I just used pure distilled water, that's all I try to find the right colour tubing but seems to be harder now sadly... Don't get many choices in the few places I go sadly...

 

[SN2716057]

I'm sorry, I'm a noob when it comes to water cooling and I have no idea how wearable or durable the parts are. Didn't mean to flame, just saw water near electricity and panicked

No need to apologize. I may have came on a bit too strong.

This is the filling and leak testing procedure.

I unplugged all the power cables from the hardware (gpu, mobo, ssd's) but not from the pump and radiator fans. The 24-pin from the psu has a (white) loop connector otherwise the power supply won't turn on. The blue/green wire is from the pump (PWM) and goes into the mobo (it looks like it's attached to said white connector but it isn't).

I have a plastic bottle in one hand and the on/off switch of the psu in the other (so to speak). One squeezes the coolant in the reservoir (not visible, behind the radiator) and flicks the switch making sure the pump doesn't run dry (or not too long). Repeat process until reservoir is 75% filled all the while making sure you see no leaks in the process. If one does, stop the process, place bottle near drain and..well..drain. Fix leak, and try again.

What really makes the process shine is to make sure no other component have power other than the pump and rad fans (and psu of course). That being said I've had, similar like Phil, my fair share of incidents and accidents. Live and learn.

 

[Thimblewad]

No need to apologize. I may have came on a bit too strong.

This is the filling and leak testing procedure.

I unplugged all the power cables from the hardware (gpu, mobo, ssd's) but not from the pump and radiator fans. The 24-pin from the psu has a (white) loop connector otherwise the power supply won't turn on. The blue/green wire is from the pump (PWM) and goes into the mobo (it looks like it's attached to said white connector but it isn't).

I have a plastic bottle in one hand and the on/off switch of the psu in the other (so to speak). One squeezes the coolant in the reservoir (not visible, behind the radiator) and flicks the switch making sure the pump doesn't run dry (or not too long). Repeat process until reservoir is 75% filled all the while making sure you see no leaks in the process. If one does, stop the process, place bottle near drain and..well..drain. Fix leak, and try again.

What really makes the process shine is to make sure no other component have power other than the pump and rad fans (and psu of course). That being said I've had, similar like Phil, my fair share of incidents and accidents. Live and learn.

Thanks for the great explanation and showcase of the build, looks totally wild!
I need to make something similar for myself because GPU hybrid mods oh yes, but I need a lot of experience and as you've pointed out, a good testing procedure before I give everything a go.
Gotta fix the car this year tho, oh the joys of being a racer
Will post some pics of my latest tinkering when I get home. Now I can have 7 case fans, 5 of them are fitted and I'll probably drill some holes to get 2 more working

 

[Splinterdog]

Talking of PC cases, I've had the CM Storm Trooper as my main gaming machine for over seven years now and over that time I've upgraded the fans, mobo, PSU, GPU and other components, but it would be a challenge to know what to replace it with. I've noticed that many current full towers don't accommodate all that many 3.5" HDDs, whereas in this case I can fit six.
I'm not in a hurry, but it would have to be full tower, tempered glass side panel and have many of the features of the Storm Trooper. The filters and removable 5 1/4" front panels (x10) are great.
I'm really taken with the CM Cosmos C700M, which is a real beast, but I'm not sure that my wife would agree

 

[Thimblewad]

Talking of PC cases, I've had the CM Storm Trooper as my main gaming machine for over seven years now and over that time I've upgraded the fans, mobo, PSU, GPU and other components, but it would be a challenge to know what to replace it with. I've noticed that many current full towers don't accommodate all that many 3.5" HDDs, whereas in this case I can fit six.
I'm not in a hurry, but it would have to be full tower, tempered glass side panel and have many of the features of the Storm Trooper. The filters and removable 5 1/4" front panels (x10) are great.
I'm really taken with the CM Cosmos C700M, which is a real beast, but I'm not sure that my wife would agree
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Nevertheless looks great and I feel you, old cases used to be super roomy. Now you usally get only two 3,5" bays, like, wtf...

Edit: As promised, pics of my latest addition to the case

 

[darrenj]

So I lied a bit promising not to post in the PC ATM forum until Ryzen 4. But I got my hands on a custom side distro plate for the Lian Li 011D mini from a guy in Georgia, USA. At least was posted from there. Radikult Custom it's called. Very bespoke, works with a D5 pump. I love it! I choose EK blood red transparent colouring. Love the effect. Whaddya think?

GOOD BEER!

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Nice use of 45 degree fittings

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Had to put the lian li fans on the bottom going in. The single link connector was too big and would not fit on the top. Have got them all linked together, and have connected the RGB to the motherboards ARGB header, screw using the lian li hub when it is not needed.
From my experience with the corsair and now the lian li fans, any 5v ARGB fans can be connected directly to the board to control the RGB LEDS.

 

[SpittinFax]

Just rotated my Noctua U9S for a rear exhaust airflow setup with new Arctic MX-5 paste on my Ryzen 5600X. Right now with PBO negative offsets and 25 degC ambient I'm seeing around 43 degC at idle and average of 60 degC while gaming. Full-bore Cinebench R23 rendering for 10 minutes at full fan speed reaches a max of 74 degC. Pretty solid thermal performance when it only has a 95x95mm footprint and doesn't touch the closest RAM stick.

 

[PLAfiller]

Just rotated my Noctua U9S for a rear exhaust airflow setup with new Arctic MX-5 paste on my Ryzen 5600X. Right now with PBO negative offsets and 25 degC ambient I'm seeing around 43 degC at idle and average of 60 degC while gaming. Full-bore Cinebench R23 rendering for 10 minutes at full fan speed reaches a max of 74 degC. Pretty solid thermal performance when it only has a 95x95mm footprint and doesn't touch the closest RAM stick.

That date on the GPU's shroud is when you last changed the thermal compound? Rly? Like some auto-mechanics do that with the oil change on the engine's cover.

 

[SpittinFax]

That date on the GPU's shroud is when you last changed the thermal compound? Rly? Like some auto-mechanics do that with the oil change on the engine's cover.

Yeah exactly like that! It really helps when working on a system to remind myself what paste I used and when because I completely forget otherwise. I guess there's more discrete areas on the GPU shroud to write on, but ah well who cares.

 

[freeagent]

Got a new fan for my cooler today, now they all match

The VRM sinks on this board are a lot beefier than on the Strix F, the last time I tried a fan like this I didn’t have any problems, my TY-143 fits perfectly right to the bottom. On this board that is as low as that fan will sit. I get a few hundred extra revs and an extra 28cfm and a 2c lower max temp. Aaand, when using the fan tuner in bios, they all go down to 5%, so nice and quiet

I might have enough room to stick those ginormous Thermalright nvme sinks in place.. doubt it though

 

[PLAfiller]

@freeagent what is the thingy on the most bottom slot? It's not a soundcard, too big. M.2 raid card or something? Just curious

 

[Deleted member 24505]

@freeagent what is the thingy on the most bottom slot? It's not a soundcard, too big. M.2 raid card or something? Just curious

Going by the mount screws showing, i would say a M.2 card.

Here is mine anyway. improved cooling on GPU.

 

[freeagent]

@freeagent what is the thingy on the most bottom slot? It's not a soundcard, too big. M.2 raid card or something? Just curious

Yup it’s an M.2 raid card. It just has a single ssd on it, so it’s fine where it is

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Got a nice, imo shot of my PC earlier this morning.

 

[skizzo]

Gave my test bench the 1080ti, not sure if I'll slap an air cooler to it.
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what is in your res that makes it look like that sandy brown color?

 

[ThrashZone]

what is in your res that makes it look like that sandy brown color?

Hi,
Looks like a foam air bubble sponge

Which tend to break down and fragments get stuck in everything

 

[skizzo]

ohhh ok, thanks! the ones that came with my pumps are smaller and black so didn't even think it could have been one of those things.

 

[ThrashZone]

ohhh ok, thanks! the ones that came with my pumps are smaller and black so didn't even think it could have been one of those things.

Hi,
Yeah ek I believe sends one that is white I've never used it though brown is pretty nasty looking though and it looks very large

Either that or it's ice coffee

 

[SN2716057]

Hi,
Looks like a foam air bubble sponge
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Which tend to break down and fragments get stuck in everything

I've not yet had this issue, but it's a temporarily setup.

 

[ThrashZone]

I've not yet had this issue, but it's a temporarily setup.

Hi,
EK's were pretty cheap and just handling it stuff was already coming off lol so I passed using it even briefly.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

My res has a steel mesh filter in the bottom of the res. its pretty good but not sure if it will cause a corrosion problem, though i do have a additive in my water.

 

[ThrashZone]

My res has a steel mesh filter in the bottom of the res. its pretty good but not sure if it will cause a corrosion problem, though i do have a additive in my water.

Hi,
It would need to be stainless steel or copper or brass
Sadly to cut costs some use cheap tin and coat it with nickel or something so they can say all parts are not corrosive, yeah I'm looking at you ek lol their old fittings from like 4 years ago are/ were shit not completely nickel plated and had bare spots inside them so they corroded.

They finally started making fittings out of brass and nickel/... plating them
But they always hid behind use premix fluids and don't mix metals but they already mix metals for you.