Sir Beregond

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!

What is "DDU"?

May try to straighten it out a bit, but otherwise a fan is likely going to be covering it. Though haven't necessarily determined how I am going to orient that one yet.

24 hours of Blitz part 1 and 5 flushes of distilled water later. And also the first oops of the build. I dropped a plastic funnel on it and managed to do this..

Which thread?

A little preview:

Rather interesting read, thank you. Looks like some of these versions gimp performance a bit? Ouch. Yet, earlier on there were random issues like USB right? Guess I really need to read up here. I'll have to see what version I am currently on with my Dark Hero board. I have no idea. Will probably be starting the Blitz part 1 for my rads tonight since I sourced some distilled water finally. Probably won't be till this weekend that I get any of the new parts setup. Also still figuring out if I should do W10 Pro or W11 Pro. I am leaning 10, but not sure if long-term I am better served just starting with 11.

I have not been keeping up at all. Thanks for the info!

So sub-$2k, but even so you still have reservations on price, which I don't blame you for at all. Realistically what's your real budget you are comfortable with?

Feels like Reddit these days.

What are the prices in your area? 6900XT can be had for sub $1500 and 3080's should be around $1200 now give or take depending on model. 3070 Ti now sub $1k here.

All good! I went ahead and signed up for stock alerts here as well as MMM and PPCs.

Hmm...shows out of stock to me.

Help, help, I'm being repressed!

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