MoonFrost

Yea I doubt ill notice a difference, more curious than anything figuring out why it works under the scenario I mentioned. Why the 2nd monitor being -plugged in prevents it. Unless its an issue with the 1080ti losing performance. dunno.

I have a 1080ti, 2 Asus monitors, one is an older 144hz connected via DVI, and the other is the PG278QR 165hz 1440p, been using this setup for a few years. Today after an update (power might've flickered before I saw computer restarting, not sure) So my secondary older monitor was fine, but Main monitor, the 165hz 1440p, would not detect display port input and no display, but I kept hearing it connect when I unplugged/plugged it back in. I should mention I had the 165hz Overclock enabled in the monitor settings. Troubleshooting steps ive taken: Unplugged display port cable from monitor, and tried both ports on the 1080ti. Unplugged power from the monitor Unplugged power adapter from wall, thinking maybe I needed to cycle the adapter brick instead new nvidia drivers device manager disabling/re-enabling device. What has worked to get the monitor to function, 2 things: 1. I disabled the overclock and let monitor restart, 144hz works just fine as far as i can tell 2. Now this is what made me decide to come here, I unplugged my 2nd monitors dvi cable (also going to the 1080ti), re-enabled the 165hz on primary monitor, and it works. but when I have 2 monitors plugged in now., 165hz no longer works. Thoughts?

Apparently I needed to plug in the sensor into the commander pro itself in order to set fan curves to follow water temp instead of my gpu. I thought it would detect it if I just put it into the motherboard header. Oh well. Edjt: For a final update I hope.. : my ambient is roughly 21C after a session gaming: coolant = 41C at idle: coolant = 31C That's with the case as is, with dust filters and glass panels with fans peaking around 1200rpm. I think I might flip the front radiator to also make it an exhaust in the future, id remove the glass panels and/or dust filters but I have a very curious cat that I caught leaning on the tubing and would hate a CATastrophe if left unattended.

So... Installed the sensor, it reports w. Out temp in bios, as well as my screen in the motherboard itself. Trying to figure out how to setup a fan curve that uses the sensor reading. Corsair Commander Pro isn't showing a Water Out Temp to direct the curve at, only the 6 cores for cpu plus package, my 1080ti, and 7 or 8 general temp probes that are labeled 1-8. I'm trying to figure out how to find out which is which, but nothing is making sense with HWMonitor either

Yea.. Slim rads with this case is rough with overclocks, gpu is mid 40s at stock with the cpu at 1.28v/5ghz and vrm in same loop. Thanks again, I'll keep the liquid around 35-40 and pray the plug doesn't leak into my psu shroud that has holes in it, which happens to be directly underneath the gpu plug..

Ok thanks, one is on its way. What temperature is a good temperature to shoot for? At 1000 rpm for my 6 fans, my gpu maxes around 50C during gaming since overclocking it. And after I stop the game, it drops to 39/40C, so I'm assuming my water temp is under 40C max. I got my tubing from EKWB and I think they rate the Petg 40C, but that seems low compared to what I've read elsewhere about tubing.

You got a specific plug you use? I'm tumbling down the review hole and can't make a decision. Every one I find that I like has a few negative reviews about leaking or faulty sensors lol.

Alright, I'll look for that as well. I was leaning towards the other type (stopper?) so I wouldn't have to redo/cut down a tube and probably mess up lol. As always thanks for the help.

So.... I took the block apart. And guess who's the dumbass who didnt read instructions clearly? <- this guy. On all 7 screws, I used the M2.5x6's They were supposed to be the M2.5x4's 3 years.. fml I think I fixed the problem, after a gaming session temps were around mid 40's with all my fans on 1,000 rpm. Now I still gotta buy a temp sensor. If someone has an idea where they'd put one in my case that wouldn't look ugly lemme know. Im thinking either the reservoir port where the EK plug is currently, or the plug under the 90degree fitting on the graphics card, and somehow hide the cord. (my radiators dont have extra ports, just one inlet and one outlet)

I didn't even think about that. Thanks

Side question sorta. Trying to think of everything that changed. I adjusted my cpu overclock to 5ghz at 1.29 instead of 4.9 at 1.28. But in order to get 5ghz stable I followed a guide that adjusted like 20 settings in the bios, load line calibration level, Max wattage, a lot of stuff I don't even remember. Now I'm thinking to reverting back to a simple 4.9 just to test how high Gpu gets, incase the cpu adjustments have pushed my system to the point where it can't keep Gpu as cool as before. So my question : if I choose to Load Optimized Defaults on an Asus motherboard... Will that delete any saved overclock profile from my motherboard memory? I know it'll override my settings, but idk if it's like a factory reset where I can't go back to my saved profile later.

what are your fan/ pump speeds? Im keeping my d5 at 75%, any higher introduces an annoying hum. My fans peak at 1200, but I could raise them, just trying to reduce noise. I plopped a meat thermometer in one of the inlets in my rad and played subnautica until my gpu hit 64, the fluid was around 38C after 2 hours or so, ambient is around 20C. 8700k averaged around 70C, spiking up to 85C, again not delidded though. Im kinda leaning towards thermal paste on the gpu again... I followed EKWB's directions but i still think the amount of paste they suggest is insane. They say to do it in a criss cross pattern X and + all over the die. edit: currently trying Heaven, fans will max out at 2000 rpm if it hits 65C. All glass panels are off. Currently at 50C /1300rpm.

I would think 5 fans pushing warm air into the case from the radiators wouldn't be optimal with 1 exhaust, especially with the turbulence both intakes would cause, I'd imagine hot air would get trapped everything to the right of the center of the case. I might take off the front glass though and see if that helps

Top rad and rear is exhaust, front rad is intake. The fans are corsair hd120 rgb

I have a i7 8700k at 5ghz all cores 1.29v. Not delidded. Asus 1080ti, not overclocked. Asus Formula that also has the VRM water cooled. Corsair 570x case with 6 static pressure fans at 1200rpm on load. EK Slim radiators, one 240, one 360. I flushed, refilled loop with fresh fluid. I've taken apart the block and reapplied paste twice to the 1080ti. The only difference is I've adjusted the 8700k overclock from 4900 to 5ghz and adjusted a lot more settings after watching a video tutorial for the 8700k. I was playing subnautica for a long session and noticed I was around 64C at the end on the 1080ti, 8700k hanging around 60-70c. Is it possible that the 8700k is heating the fluid that much more? I think before I did the flush I was maxing around 55C. Edit: maybe I need to clean radiators? I didn't have any buildup in the blocks really after two years with no maintenance.