I dropped off of the watercooling world a few years ago when I got my 4090 mainly because I didn't want to bother putting a block on it. In the last year or two, I've been fed up with the heat and noise that the 4090 and 7800X3D give off, so I've already put my PC into the closet of the adjacent room. While that's working and USB is easy enough with a Raven ICRON extender. Getting HDMI 2.1 across distances is a little more challenging without signal loss, but it's doable.

All of that said, I'm bored, and watercooling is fun. With the 50xx series launching soon, I'm thinking about getting back into the swing of things. I had a full external MO-RA3 setup before and I toyed with the idea of running 3/4 OD tubes through my walls to the attic and sticking the external rad up there.

The plan was to use two D5 Next pumps with dedicated 12v power for the pumps and for the fans. Are two D5s enough throughput for a loop like this:

CPU block >

GPU block >

13mm QD3 quick disconnects >

~5ft 3/4 OD tubing >

13mm QD3 quick disconnects >

15ft 3/4 OD tubing up wall >

either a 420mm or 1080mm rad >

15ft 3/4 OD tubing down wall >

13mm quick disconnects >

~5ft 3/4 OD tubing >

13mm quick disconnects >

CPU block, etc.

I'd be curious to hear what other people are using.

Does anyone have any experience with these two? Ideally I’d like to go with the barrow am5 to cool the new 9800x3d and save a little money on the overall build, but I’m struggling to find any details on how it performs on temps (apologies if I’ve missed any obvious sources)

It will be a sff build on the nanoq s so a waterblock and pump combo is a must but open to hearing other options

Hi new to reddit here. I'm trying to build my first Custom watercooled pc. I Have 18 Phanteks T30 Fans. Might buy another 16 for total 34 fans. Trying to do Quad 480mm overkill build. Price is not an issue. But i don't know what is the maximum Push/Pull radiator thickness for top and front with these 30mm fans. I also open to the other Rad combinations like Top: 2x360/Front: 480mm for much thicker rads combination or even more thicker with just 16 fans no push pull. Don't know which is the best and what is the max rad thickness with each of these combinations. I would be very happy to get help from people who are knowledgeable and experienced about liquid cooling, Thank you.

I just got water cooling and live in a cold country. I was wondering will the water cooling break if it gets too cold. I'm new when it comes to pc:s. Sorry for bad English.

Hey everyone, do you know if the hardwarelabs radiator would be a signifikant upgrade over the EKWB? Some reports say hardware labs makes a big difference, others say there are no differences if the size is the same. I am aiming for 4-5 degrees less coolant temp.

Current Set-Up: Rx 6800 xt 5800x3d

240 Quantum Surface Rad, Push only Hardware Labs Black Ice SR2 Xtreme+ 120 MP Multi Port Radiator, Push Pull All Epdm Tubes Tower 100 build, so theres no more space for more rads, the 240 is already Part of a Ghetto mod :-D

Fans ramp up at 43 degrees coolant temp, then coolant maxes out at 40-42. If I can keep it at that range without having to ramp up the Fans that would be great.

I've been using this case for just about a year now. I was looking into using an aio but a quick google search revealed that the official Silverstone bracket has long been discontinued. Are there any other alternatives I can look for? Maybe some aftermarket radiator bracket for a pc case?

So I’m doing my first build. I want to make forsure the drain and fill valves are perfect on this leak shield. The fill ports are the pcie slots. I’m going to add a ball valve to the right of the in ports. Do I still need to add a ball valve at the top of each loop for air intake to drain? I have the ek torque drain valves on the out valves of each pump. I’m going to do high flow next sensors off each out valve of each pump. I have the rads looking at each other like a v8. They are hardware lab black ice nemesis gtx rads. Corsair lx fans. I just want to do this right.

Not really a watercooling question but the fans are on the radiators.

Hi would cutting of the daisy chain tails on these Arctic fans effect anything ? They are plugged into an Arctic fan hub.

Just built my first custom loop and filled it with distilled water. I knew I had to put biocide in it or something, so I ordered a small amount on amazon and the shipping is delayed, so how long do I have to get my biocide in my loop? Also if it doesn't arrive or I cancel, what quick things can I add? Would Windex be ok? I really don't want to add things that will change its color from being clear since I want it to work with any lighting.

I bought the 6900xt xtreme waterforce wb and have been running it in my custom loop but I want to repaste because when I'm pushing the card to around 500w the hotspot will be in the 90's while the regular core temp has never been above 60c. I am currently trying to find which thermal pads I need to buy to repaste this GPU so if anyone knows I'd appreciate it if you responded and let me know about it.

Doing my first custom loop and hoping for some advice, I have 011d mini case with 360 rads top and bottom and the option of a 3rd 240 on the side.

My plan was to use bottom as intake, top exhaust and 2 140 or 120 fans on side also intake. No room for rear exhaust but could possibly find space for a 10mm fan if necessary.

My main question is will intake through the bottom rad significantly effect performance? Can't really see any way to avoid, I can cad and 3d print so was considering making some shrouds to direct airflow from the side fans, and running bottom side as exhaust but would probably still just be recirculating warm air anyway

Currently configuring a custom loop in a NCase M2 and I am wondering if the set up work in regards water movement.

Alphacool radiators:

Top- st20 280mm Bottom- st20 280mm Side- st25 240mm Opposite side- st20 120mm

Pumps: Iceman rez and Alphacool DDC310 pump Solo top and DC-LT 3600 pump

Flow path Iceman>gpu>bottom 280mm rad>solo top pump>side 120mm rad>cpu>side 280mm>top 280mm>Iceman

Will those pumps and their orientation with radio move the water effectively?

TLDR: I'm looking for either: a simple dial to control seven fans speed manually, OR 10' sata/fan cables.

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One side of my desk has my computer, sitting behind my monitors. The opposite side of my desk has 560mm and 420mm radiators mounted underneath, nice and quiet and away from blowing hot air into my crotch.

I can't find a SATA or fan cables long enough for that distance without daisy-chaining them. Normally these fans just sit at a quiet steady rate, so I'm not terribly concerned about automatic control. So, if you know about either 10' (3m) SATA or fan cables, OR a convenient separately powered unit I can control with a dial, I'd love to hear about it!

With 5000 series on the horizon I want to update my 3080 depending on how stupid Nvidia goes with pricing, it's Nvidia so it's likely :(

EVGA was obviously 1 of the best brands but are now gone. I don't want to pay the silly Asus strix ROG tax for no benefit, not to mention they known to have the worst RMA support and are quick to fight and claim customer damage.

What brands get good water block support? Is nivida reference board from founders just the way to go? Often the cheapest, cooler doesn't matter when it's getting ripped off anyways...

Edit: I've learnt Nvidia FE cards are no longer reference boards like older generations

I was looking at doing a water-cooled build. I have an older 3080ti xc3 ultra card, but when I found the parts on EKwb, it said the estimated ship date was 2022. Should I try to order directly from them or keep looking? Has anybody ordered anything from them recently?

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Hi! I have a year-old Arctic Cooling Liquid Freezer III 240 for Ryzen 7 7800X3D4 CPU, and recently it started making an odd "rustling" noise. This is the noise at full load during OCCT stress-test: https://whyp.it/tracks/240889/aio-noise?token=VbtZK

I tried to isolate the origin of the noise, and reducing pump speed doesn't seem to affect it. When I gently stop fans with my finger for a second, the noise also persists. The only thing that affects the noise is the CPU fan speed setting. When I turn them off completely in BIOS or FanControl, the noise stops.

It seems like the problem is in the fans, but I don't understand why the noise does not stop when the fans are stopped manually. Also, the noise itself does not seem to be coming from the fans but from the pump.

Temps are okay so far. About 44-45 idle and up to 70.5 on OCCT stress tests. Usually stays at 60-65 during gaming, but I did see a spike to 83 a couple of times.

Do you have any idea what could be causing it and whether it is something I should worry about?

Thanks!

Hello, good afternoon.

I currently have eight work computers that are kept running 24/7. Each computer has its own case, pump and radiator with 10900K processors. These processors are not constantly working at 100%, it is always an alternating job between one and the other, or if they all work it is with a low load, very rarely do they all work at 100% in unison.

Now that I have to add more computers and I want to water cool them, to avoid having to put in cases that take up space, more radiators and pumps… I have a question: how many water blocks and quick connectors could two D5 water pumps support in series, taking into account that I want to add a 480 radiator?

If you have any ideas about other types of pumps, radiators or anything else, it would be of great help to me. Thank you very much.

• Quick connectors would be: Alphacool ES quick release connector kit G1/4 IT/IT - 17569
• Dual pump tool: Aquacomputer ULTITOP DUAL D5 - 41132
• Water blocks: Aquacomputer cupelex kryos NEXT - 21847

Hi,

I am looking for a block to water cool GB RTX 4080 Super Windforce v2 card. Has anyone managed to fit something?

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N408SWF3V2-16GD#kf

Checked usual suspects EKWB, Alphacool, BYKSKI, so far no luck for a match from their part configurators.

TechPowerUP does not have PCB photos of this revision, just external shell but one difference to other revs from GB is placement of 12HPWR connector. It goes to side not up. Nothing about holes placement or possible collision with the connector though.

I prefer not to take it apart, break warranty seals to take pictures and end with no solution. It would be for nothing.

Regards,

mmx01

I've got a ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Taichi and I'm wanting to water cool it and wanted to see what everyone would recommend. I've also got a Ryzen 7 5800x3d and I'm looking to water cool that as well. I've never water cooled before so whatever information I can get I will take.

I forgot about the drain valve and now I'm thinking how can I install it without a mess

I own a Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom and recently purchased the Alphacool Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-N RTX 4090 GameRock + Phantom. According to the instructions, the backplate requires 4x 100x8x3mm thermal pads, but I only received two. I have a few questions:

• Is it possible to adequately cool the GPU with only two thermal pads of this size on the backplate?
• I have these thermal pads: Amazon Thermal Pads and could stack them to achieve the required 3mm thickness. However, will the thermal conductivity remain effective in this configuration?
• What are your general experiences using this block with the Phantom GPU?

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