Water Cooling Club

[ENTERPRISE]

  On 15/03/2021 at 14:58, J7SC_Orion said:

 

 

...Congrats ! I get to do the EK GPU block for the Strix later today ...btw, didn't you have an Alphacool block (broken stand-off on arrival) for this GPU/build ? If so, will you switch GPU blocks later ? Or did the EK Cube transmit 'resistance is futile' ?

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Thanks. 

 

Actually the EK was my original order and choice, however they were not due until April, so due to my impatience I also ordered the Alphacool. Ironically a couple of days after the Alphacool arrived, I got a dispatch notice for the EK. So I went with EK for this. The Alphacool is fixed and ready to find a new home !

[Avacado]

  On 15/03/2021 at 16:57, ENTERPRISE said:

 

Thanks. 

 

Actually the EK was my original order and choice, however they were not due until April, so due to my impatience I also ordered the Alphacool. Ironically a couple of days after the Alphacool arrived, I got a dispatch notice for the EK. So I went with EK for this. The Alphacool is fixed and ready to find a new home !

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[Bastiaan_NL]

 

  On 14/03/2021 at 23:11, J7SC_Orion said:

EDIT: ....finished soaking and cleaning 25 or so previously-used  compression fittings, now on to the 2x Swiftech rev2 mini-rez_s

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R.I.P....
I hate cleaning fittings

 

  On 15/03/2021 at 13:22, ENTERPRISE said:

Just finished adding my EK block and backplate to my EVGA 3090 FTW Ultra Gaming.

 

Yes...my PC is Borg.

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Nice! Any stresstest temperature results? 

[J7SC_Orion]

..."Some say" that I went out of focus for this pic  on purpose  --given the mess I'm making, that's probably a good thing...

 

4x rads mounted with a total of 24x Arctic P series pwm in push/pull...will be using 4x fan hubs for the actual spinnerama 

 

[mouacyk]

  On 15/03/2021 at 21:15, J7SC_Orion said:

..."Some say" that I went out of focus for this pic  on purpose  --given the mess I'm making, that's probably a good thing...

 

4x rads mounted with a total of 24x Arctic P series pwm in push/pull...will be using 4x fan hubs for the actual spinnerama 

 

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Need some UNI fans, dam! cables!

[damric]

I like the green E.

 

I see people bitching about flaking on the EK blocks, but mine never flakes while I'm staring at it so I cannot verify if it is a true claim 

[ENTERPRISE]

  On 15/03/2021 at 17:58, Bastiaan_NL said:

 

R.I.P....
I hate cleaning fittings

 

Nice! Any stresstest temperature results? 

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When running 3DMark Timespy stress test I, the max the GPU hit was between 45-50C which is great, was a little warmer than that before when running the included AIO cooler haha.

  On 15/03/2021 at 22:54, damric said:

I like the green E.

 

I see people bitching about flaking on the EK blocks, but mine never flakes while I'm staring at it so I cannot verify if it is a true claim 

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Well fingers crossed that won't be the case lol.

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 16/03/2021 at 00:19, ENTERPRISE said:

When running 3DMark Timespy stress test I, the max the GPU hit was between 45-50C which is great, was a little warmer than that before when running the included AIO cooler haha.

 

Well fingers crossed that won't be the case lol.

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...same here. On the other hand, I never had any issues with EK Nickel flaking. Also, EK is quite specific about what cleaners and fluids not to use. Finally, a 3090 owner with a new Bykski block showed some Nickel flaking after only a short use time...actually had the shape of a finger tip imprint. In short, it's all a bit of a crap-shoot 

  

EDIT: ...push/pull fans for the little desk build are mounted and ready to go (well, the rest of the PC is not mounted yet,but soon...)

  

 

Edited March 16, 2021 by J7SC_Orion

[Sir Beregond]

  On 15/03/2021 at 22:54, damric said:

I like the green E.

 

I see people bitching about flaking on the EK blocks, but mine never flakes while I'm staring at it so I cannot verify if it is a true claim 

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Both of my EK blocks from 2015 did. Sample size of one, but doesn't seem to be an isolated incident. That said, some are lucky, some aren't I guess.

 

During the life of those blocks I ran distilled + liquid utopia (came with the tubing), distilled + biocide/inhibitor, and Mayhems X1 clear.

Edited March 16, 2021 by Sir Beregond

[Bastiaan_NL]

 

  On 15/03/2021 at 21:15, J7SC_Orion said:

..."Some say" that I went out of focus for this pic  on purpose  --given the mess I'm making, that's probably a good thing...

 

4x rads mounted with a total of 24x Arctic P series pwm in push/pull...will be using 4x fan hubs for the actual spinnerama 

 

 

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Nothing a few zipties won't fix

Will there be some protection around those rads/fans? 

 

  On 16/03/2021 at 00:19, ENTERPRISE said:

When running 3DMark Timespy stress test I, the max the GPU hit was between 45-50C which is great, was a little warmer than that before when running the included AIO cooler haha.

 

Well fingers crossed that won't be the case lol.

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That sounds good! My 3090 in the 7XL is creeping towards the 70°C on air with the case closed vs 65°C in the Meshify S2 case, my current 7XL setup is not good for an aircooled GPU. Everything is ready for a waterblock on the 3090, but I'm still waiting on the release of a Heatkiller ftw3 block 

 

Edited March 16, 2021 by Bastiaan_NL

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 16/03/2021 at 16:32, Bastiaan_NL said:

 

Nothing a few zipties won't fix

Will there be some protection around those rads/fans? 

(...)

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...yes, a custom frame with coarse screen door maze from HomeDepot

[Bastiaan_NL]

  On 16/03/2021 at 17:10, J7SC_Orion said:

  

...yes, a custom frame with coarse screen door maze from HomeDepot

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Happy to hear that, not a nice job to clean blood from the radiator fins

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 16/03/2021 at 20:17, Bastiaan_NL said:

Happy to hear that, not a nice job to clean blood from the radiator fins

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...I once had a finger tip caught in a 3k rpm GentleTyphoon, a bit of blood splatter on the wall, but both fingertip and the GT survived

[Sir Beregond]

  On 16/03/2021 at 20:28, J7SC_Orion said:

 

...I once had a finger tip caught in a 3k rpm GentleTyphoon, a bit of blood splatter on the wall, but both fingertip and the GT survived

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Ouch, I felt that just hearing this description. I sliced off a corner of my thumb, nail, nail bed in a mandolin slicer Christmas Day 2019 so this is what I am imagining now.

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 16/03/2021 at 21:43, Sir Beregond said:

Ouch, I felt that just hearing this description. I sliced off a corner of my thumb, nail, nail bed in a mandolin slicer Christmas Day 2019 so this is what I am imagining now.

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...wasn't as bade as what you describe, perhaps also because fortunately, the 3k GT fan was on pull rather than push ? Also, managed to cut myself three times yesterday with new carpet knife blades  I'm normally not that clumsy, but there are days when I should have stayed in bed ... 

[damric]

  On 16/03/2021 at 00:36, J7SC_Orion said:

 

...same here. On the other hand, I never had any issues with EK Nickel flaking. Also, EK is quite specific about what cleaners and fluids not to use. Finally, a 3090 owner with a new Bykski block showed some Nickel flaking after only a short use time...actually had the shape of a finger tip imprint. In short, it's all a bit of a crap-shoot 

  

EDIT: ...push/pull fans for the little desk build are mounted and ready to go (well, the rest of the PC is not mounted yet,but soon...)

  

 

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Just curious how many fans you connect via the PST. I'm doing 3 per header, but I wonder how many would be safe since these have pretty low power draw.

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 17/03/2021 at 17:08, damric said:

Just curious how many fans you connect via the PST. I'm doing 3 per header, but I wonder how many would be safe since these have pretty low power draw.

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...using four fan hubs w/ sata and up to 10 pwm each

[Avacado]

Freezing in the office this morning. Left the windows open last night. Mind you, both cards are Mining. 

 

Loop, CPU, Voltage, Core spd, GPU1, GPU2. 

 

 

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[Sir Beregond]

  On 20/03/2021 at 14:22, Avacado said:

Freezing in the office this morning. Left the windows open last night. Mind you, both cards are Mining. 

 

Loop, CPU, Voltage, Core spd, GPU1, GPU2. 

 

 

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I had left windows open last night too, but it still got kind of hot and stuffy. No breeze going on I guess.

[J7SC_Orion]

It's alive ! It's alive...after various delays, finally got to bleed the whole loop thing and try out the 3090 Strix OC (and for that matter the 3950X) on w-cooling for the first time...took long enough coz of some injuries, but now      ...temps are fantastic 

 

...build log coming soon...

  

 

[Bastiaan_NL]

Time to clean the block   (sarcasm)

 

Maybe a good thing I removed the block, the thermal pads were dried out. 

Any advice for good thermal pads on an Asus Strix 2080ti?

[Avacado]

  On 10/04/2021 at 00:02, Bastiaan_NL said:

Time to clean the block   (sarcasm)

 

Maybe a good thing I removed the block, the thermal pads were dried out. 

Any advice for good thermal pads on an Asus Strix 2080ti?

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Those Thermalright pads are good and I think you can find them on Aliexpress. Fujipoly or even the Arctic branded pads are good. 

[J7SC_Orion]

  On 10/04/2021 at 00:02, Bastiaan_NL said:

Time to clean the block   (sarcasm)

 

Maybe a good thing I removed the block, the thermal pads were dried out. 

Any advice for good thermal pads on an Asus Strix 2080ti?

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Thermalright are very good...make sure you know the right size, though. 0.5mm, 1.0 mm, 1.5mm etc. I got my Thermalright Odyssey pads from Amazon   

[Sir Beregond]

  On 10/04/2021 at 00:04, Avacado said:

Those Thermalright pads are good and I think you can find them on Aliexpress. Fujipoly or even the Arctic branded pads are good. 

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Concur.

 

How long has the block been used for? Looking really good to me.

[Bastiaan_NL]

  On 10/04/2021 at 00:04, Avacado said:

Those Thermalright pads are good and I think you can find them on Aliexpress. Fujipoly or even the Arctic branded pads are good. 

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  On 10/04/2021 at 00:59, J7SC_Orion said:

  

Thermalright are very good...make sure you know the right size, though. 0.5mm, 1.0 mm, 1.5mm etc. I got my Thermalright Odyssey pads from Amazon   

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Thanks guys, I ordered a bunch of those and some different pads. I have a few cards that I need to repaste/repad anyways. 
The thickness was in the manual for the strix block, 0.5 and 1.0mm. 

 

 

  On 11/04/2021 at 04:44, Sir Beregond said:

 

Concur.

 

How long has the block been used for? Looking really good to me.

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The block was cleaned 6 months ago, but it went in a system with red fluid and has been online 24/7 since that day. I should have flushed that system like I did in the main system and use distilled water with biocides etc. Instead I was lazy and refilled it with the red dp ultra and the whole loop is red again. 
The block is clean now, and so is the CPU block and the radiator. Waiting on the pads so I can install the block on the GPU, the loop is almost ready.