Sir Beregond

Well upon removing the pump again, the arm finally snapped. A dab of gorilla glue fixed that right up.

I don't know, but I do know the memory of type "in my skull" needs an upgrade.

Yeah, considering rising energy costs, it just feels kind of, I don't know...irresponsible? I'm willing to be in the minority for thinking that way in the enthusiast community as I know many won't care in the pursuit of performance. But just seems like going the wrong direction to me. You used to get more performance AND lower power draw. This feels more like hitting a wall and throwing as much power through it as possible to get the performance.

This was a new box of Primochill Advanced LRT in white purchased in September 2020 at Micro Center in a case swap rebuild that was supposed to be temporary until I got to current rig build. That said, the EK gpu block was flaking nickel badly at the time. Anyway to any new readers, so far this is just the loop tear down of old rig as I needed the res/pump so I can proceed with the next prep step (Blitz part 2 of new loop components). Nothing else is being reused as I have new radiators, blocks, fittings, tubing, and a Mayhems Blitz kit. Hoping to get Part 2 going tonight. Results of Blitz Part 1 and 5 distilled water flushes each of the new rads are shown towards the end of page 1. My goal with part 2 is to setup everything in the bathroom and run the part 2 and then necessary distilled flushes. I got some cheap barbs and using the rest of the flexible tube I have left for this. I also have an inline filter I will be using for this step. Probably going to go res/pump -> rad 1 -> rad2 -> filter -> gpu block -> CPU block -> back to res/pump for the Part 2 run and flushes.

Do they mean GDDR6X? Anyway, I think this card is a joke personally. 100W more power draw for 5-10% more performance? They've hit diminishing returns on this. I wonder what the actual MSRP will turn out to be.

This is why I decided to just pull my old AX850 out of retirement. It's 10 years old, but in good condition upon inspection. Right now seems like a bad time to buy new PSUs.

Oh hell no. Only thing out of the water cooling parts I am reusing out of this teardown is the reservoir/pump. I will be using the 14mm Corsair hardline tubing in white. Still wanted white tubing, but thought I'd try hardline.

Well that's true, just didn't think they'd wear out that fast. I'll be sure to grab some inhibitor/biocide and treat it every few months. I purchased MMM Modwater clear for this new build. But nope, I've never ran a colored coolant in my loops ever in the 10 years I've been watercooling now. I was always a distilled water guy. Had a bad experience with Liquid Utopia on my very first loop, and from then on ran with Mayhems inhibitor/biocide without issue. Aside from the reuse of the XSPC 240 rads, the EK GTX 980 block, Monsoon fittings, everything else in the loop, including the tubing was new. Now I did not get a Blitz Kit for this loop as like I said it was supposed to be temporary like maybe up to 6 months use, but didn't work out that way. That said, I did thoroughly re-clean the rads (had been Blitz-ed previously) and ran multiple distilled water flushes with everything before throwing it back up.

Any reason why I would not have seen any of it inside any of the other parts besides the tubing? I did not realize you had to treat premix so often. Yeah admittedly this temporary loop lasted a lot longer than intended given the new build hiatus from basically March 2021 - March 2022. It was put together September 2020 to tide me over as I started getting parts. Honestly first time I've ever encountered algae. I previously used distilled water with inhibitor/biocide and had that loop up for 2 years and never had algae. Treated that one after 1 year (and topped it up) and then tore it down at 2 year mark. I usually switched the water out every year or two. I'd really have questions for this premix if the distilled water lasted longer.

If I scrub it, it will come off. If it's wet it will come off as well. I have a pic of it somewhere here with a q tip, probably back on the first page. I am thinking copper oxidation because I was using Mayhems X1 clear. Unless I ran the stuff too long (18 months), don't think algae should be a thing going on. And the blocks and rads were clean. Blocks themselves were pristine. The EK gpu block was in rough shape going in (flaked off nickel) and is 7 years old now, but the CPU block was perfectly pristine. Rads are a bit worn, one is 10 years old and the other probably 8. I am probably retiring them. All to say, no green inside anything except the tubing.

That's very kind, thank you. I'd definitely be interested if you do! On another note, regarding the green inside the old tubing I ripped out in the teardown this weekend, tried submerging it and soaking it for about an hour or so in some white vinegar, but the inside of the tube was still green. Still no idea what the green is. It's only on the tubes.

Ok, some updates. Was able to clean up the reservoir tube quite well with some Meguiars PlastX clear plastic cleaner/polish. Reservoir looks great. Bad news, when attempting to remove the D5 pump from the mounting bracket so I could better reattempt to reconnect the pump to the pump top, managed to snap back this plastic arm that wraps around the pump. It didn't cleanly break all the way through, so is still attached, but I'm going to pick up some super glue tomorrow just to make sure is doesn't break all the way through in the future. Worst case, just another battle scar as you can see this line where it bent now. Was really my fault as I overestimated how far it could swing out once unscrewed from the other side. Turns out just loosens it enough to allow you to pop the pump out. Oh well, could have been worse. Still didn't get around to doing the Blitz Part 2 run yet, maybe tomorrow.

Ah, yeah I didn't think about paint vs plastic polish. Good call.

I started with the soapy water and microfiber. I do have some car polish in the garage (Meguiars Ultimate Polish I think) I could try then. If that's not fine enough, can look for headlight stuff.

I may take a small piece and try that just to see what happens. Otherwise the new tubing is pmma (which I was led to believe is an acrylic). I think if I do flexible again, I'm ditching the Primochill Advanced LRT (what this white tubing is) and going to Tygon A-60-G. Anyway, I spent a good amount of time tearing the old loop out and starting cleanup on parts I am reusing, which includes the reservoir and pump. I am wondering what the best solution might be to clean up the tube part of the res. Can clearly see coolant level lines as it slowly evaporated (loop was in use for 18 months and this room is a high sunlight area). Anyone have any suggestions? As these projects always go, took me way longer to take everything apart than I intended. Did not get to setup the Blitz Part 2 loop today for the new stuff and I want to figure out how to clean this res tube first. The rest of the time was spent reinstalling the air cooler on my 980 and finding an air cooler for my 4790k so I can keep using my system for now. Had to resign to the stock cooler as I could not find what I did with the mounting hardware for an Arctic cooler I had in the parts closet. Oh well. I also couldn't find normal case screws for my existing fans (that we're on radiators) so I opted to install 4 of the new SW3 fans I got for the new build to try them out and I am liking them a lot.

Something. As you can see the CPU block I was using for far longer than the temporary replacement it was supposed to be looks perfectly fine. But the inside of the tubing is green.

So started the teardown of current rig since I needed the res/pump to proceed with the Blitz Part 2. Anyway, blocks and rads were in good shape but the tubing had a weird green substance all on the interior of all tubes. Mayhems X1 clear was used so no idea if plasticizer or some sort of reaction or what. Everything else is fine and the green stuff is only on the tubing.

I will say, the 5800X3D is not looking promising to me at all. Why I went with a 5900X instead.

Sometimes how it goes unfortunately. Thanks for sharing your experience. Will let you know if I encounter any similar bugs when I get mine up and running.

In comparing Windows 10 vs 11, was I correct in thinking you need 11 to take advantage of this as it rolls out in games?

Risky click of the day.

Exactly! Equal opportunity hater of everything. Well I am getting my first AMD based system since probably the mid-2000s with my 5900X build. Will see how it goes.

I'll keep this paint in mind, thanks!