Water Cooling Club

[ENTERPRISE]

 

It looks a bit more blue in person. I really like the color #4400FF, so I was trying my best to emulated it.

 

And yesss I love the black soft tubing. It really discourages the use of dyes, since you can't see through it [iMO], so it makes maintenance a lot easier. Also, I am super happy with the Raystorm Neo WB, looks good and performs well.

 

 

I have to say for the sake of ease and my sanity I have stayed away from dyes. Don't get me wrong, they look fantastic, especially when showcasing. However with the horror stories I hear with the Dyes clogging or going wrong, I could not be asked to keep flushing and disassembling my loop. I was advised go EPDM, get your coolant and leave it be, and that is what I am doing. I use Mayhems Clear X1 pre-mix and so far so good.

[Simmons]

Yeah definitely. If I were to go dyed, I would probably go with a UV dye since that looks the best IMO. But yeah, it's not worth it with the black tubing lol.

[ENTERPRISE]

Yeah definitely. If I were to go dyed, I would probably go with a UV dye since that looks the best IMO. But yeah, it's not worth it with the black tubing lol.

 

Yeah the only place you would see it on my rig is the res and the CPU block. Just not worth it.

[Artikbot]

All this talk reminds me I still haven't fitted the waterblock to my GPU...

[Bastiaan_NL]

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Some ...tty pictures from my rig.

Running a 240 in the top and 120 rad in the front for the cpu only.

EK block, noiseblocker fans push pull with shrouds and that's the only thing I remember.

Oh, and I like RGB lights

[Supercrumpet]

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Some ...tty pictures from my rig.

Running a 240 in the top and 120 rad in the front for the cpu only.

EK block, noiseblocker fans push pull with shrouds and that's the only thing I remember.

Oh, and I like RGB lights

 

Ah, this almost makes me miss my 932. Was my first case. I still have it, but it's just been sitting in a closet for years.

[Bastiaan_NL]

 

Ah, this almost makes me miss my 932. Was my first case. I still have it, but it's just been sitting in a closet for years.

 

Oh man, I love that case!

It was my third case. First a CM centurion 532, after that a CM 690 first gen(still have it somewhere), and the third was this one.

I had many other cases after that, but this one never left!

The only case I regret selling was the CM ATCS 840, that thing was a giant!

(all of the above had custom watercooling)

[Supercrumpet]

 

Oh man, I love that case!

It was my third case. First a CM centurion 532, after that a CM 690 first gen(still have it somewhere), and the third was this one.

I had many other cases after that, but this one never left!

The only case I regret selling was the CM ATCS 840, that thing was a giant!

(all of the above had custom watercooling)

 

Ah, the 840 looks like it was a really cool case. One of the cases I looked at fondly when I was just getting into PC building.

[ENTERPRISE]

Speaking of water cooling, is it bad that I still want to get one of those beefy Case Labs cases ?

[Bastiaan_NL]

 

Ah, the 840 looks like it was a really cool case. One of the cases I looked at fondly when I was just getting into PC building.

Oh it sure was, and so much room!

 

Speaking of water cooling, is it bad that I still want to get one of those beefy Case Labs cases ?

I'd go for it, why not?

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Oh it sure was, and so much room!

 

 

I'd go for it, why not?

 

I may have to do it for my next main build....but it will be a while as I have no plans to rebuild right now.

[Supercrumpet]

 

I may have to do it for my next main build....but it will be a while as I have no plans to rebuild right now.

 

Where would you get one, considering they're no longer being produced? Bite the bullet and get a really expensive used one on Ebay or something?

[ENTERPRISE]

 

Where would you get one, considering they're no longer being produced? Bite the bullet and get a really expensive used one on Ebay or something?

 

Yeah pretty much bud, you will end up paying a premium but it is what it is lol

[Uber_Reem]

Here is my desktop in a Fractal Design Define S case.

 

ASUS Crosshair VII Hero

AMD 3800X

Reference Vega 64

Team Group B-Die (TXKD416G4133HC18FDC01)

 

Sacrificing some airflow for noise and dust mitigation but still performs great. Really impressed with the Noctua IPPC fans!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ENTERPRISE]

Here is my desktop in a Fractal Design Define S case.

 

ASUS Crosshair VII Hero

AMD 3800X

Reference Vega 64

Team Group B-Die (TXKD416G4133HC18FDC01)

 

Sacrificing some airflow for noise and dust mitigation but still performs great. Really impressed with the Noctua IPPC fans!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is a sweet looking build ! I agree the Noctua IPPC fans are rocking. I put them in virtually all my builds these days, or if not them, then its usually another Noctua product.

[Bastiaan_NL]

@Uber_Reem Looks nice!

Usually I'm not a big fan of the Noctua brown, but with a bit of gold and copper in your case it matches ?

I love Fractal Design cases, I've got one on the way as we speak!

Been using them for builds for friends and family a lot in the past!

[Uber_Reem]

@Bastiaan_NL Thank you!

 

I'm not a fan (haha) of the brown either but it does look surprisingly good with copper. In my case, none of the fans are actually visible with the side panel on.

 

Agree about the Fractal Design cases, they just look so clean! I built my daughters computer in one too.

[tictoc]

tictoc said:

It would be a pretty nice upgrade, but I'm probably going to stick with it for now.

Next upgrade will probably be swapping out the Vegas for two more Radeon VIIs. If I go that route I might need to swap out one of my PSUs. Currently running a 1300W and a 1000W, and if I OC everything it gets pretty close to maxed out.

 

That was a lie. Upgraded it about one month after that post. 

Current state of my main machine, now with more copper!

 

 

Edited July 26, 2021 by tictoc

[Bastiaan_NL]

That's a lot of copper!

What are your temps like with all those rads?

Looks good, and added an other 1+mil ppd I see ?

 

Can't wait for my watercooling stuff to arrive. 280 and 420 xt45 rads, GPU block for the 2080ti etc.

And it's all going in a new Fractal Design Define 7 XL case :wheee:

The second folding rig will go into the Haf 932 case after I get waterblocks for those GPU's too, but that'll have to wait for a bit.

[tictoc]

GPU temps on the Radeon VIIs are around 50-55C-edge 85-90C junction, but those temps are when running the VIIs at 2121-2150MHz | 1.265v | 370W with a very heavy fp64 load. With reasonable clocks, volts, and power limits, the VIIs are around 40C edge and 75-80C junction. CPU has a static 4.3GHz OC and runs at 67C under a heavy AVX2 load.

 

Just threw the 5700XT back in the rig after having it shelved due to the unstable drivers. Seems to be running OK now, but that blower cooler is awfully loud.

[Bastiaan_NL]

Sounds like pretty good temps, although it still confuses me that those junction temps are so much higher than the edge temps.

35c is a lot of temp difference over such a small area. On my 5700xt's it's 15-20c higher than the edge temp.

 

Ah okay, you already had that card.

It's been a long time since I've had a blower cooler, but I still remember the 100% fan speed sound!

Not that running the 2 5700xt's at 100% is a pleasure for the ears ?

[tictoc]

The junction temps only start to creep up that high under very heavy loads when overclocked. By very heavy, I am talking about loads that match or exceed FurMark, with voltage set to 1.28v and the card power limits raised to 450W. One of my cards has a very convex die, and I actually have to under-volt that card to keep temps in check. Right now with the cards running lighter fp32 work, temps are sitting at 37C edge and 45C junction. 5700XT is at 47C edge and 55C junction.

[Uber_Reem]

@tictoc I love seeing all that copper, those back plates are sick!

 

Do you monitor coolant temperatures?

[tictoc]

I'm not actively monitoring coolant temps right now, because my temp probe broke. I do spot check temps if I notice CPU or GPU temps going up.

[Bastiaan_NL]

So, here's a little update on my main system.
Now running a 3950x with a Heatkiller IV Pro block, and still the same Heatkiller IV Strix block on the gpu.
Decided to change the inlet/outlet on the top radiator, this time the looks were a little less important than the ability to remove the cpu block without having to drain the whole system. 
I also installed a drain on the lowest point of the cooling system, so now I don't have to remove any of the hoses.
And the biggest pain, although I flushed every part of the watercooling system when building it a few months ago like everyone advised it and using DP Ultra premix blue it still had some nasty stuff build up in almost every part of the loop. Had to disassemble the gpu block and clean it out by hand, same for the pump/res and most of the fittings/hoses. Flushed the radiators with the Mayhems Blitz kit, and that worked pretty good. Made sure everything was done the way they tell you to, and filled the system up with Mayhems Ultra pure h2o, biocide and inhibitor. Lets hope for a little less gunk this time

PS: the second system is filled with DP Ultra red, and no sign of any gunk in that system (all blocks are clear). 

Edited September 12, 2020 by Bastiaan_NL