WillBlake

By that do you mean I should steer clear from it? I'm looking at the DDC. I've compared their provided data with EK's and they are pretty much the same. And as another poster here said The one he bought held true. Well about the warranty, for the price of 1 EK pump res I could buy 4 of Barrow's Pump res with almost identical spec lol

Any leaks or breaks so far? How would you rate it compared to EK's on a scale of 1-10? Shipping time shouldn't be a problem for me as I live pretty much next to their address lol

https://www.amazon.com/Barrow-SPG40A-D5-PWM-Pump/dp/B01M6Y5SDP https://www.amazon.com/Barrow-SPG40A-D5-PWM-Pump/product-reviews/B01M6Y5SDP This is the one with review. https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a312a.7700824.w4002-17563287239.28.5ef078a51gn3qE&id=545922306105 This is the unit I'm looking to get if possible. I mean, they did make it into CES so that's sayin something.

Anyone have experience with Barrow DDC Pumps? I have yet to find anyone talking about it, but they go for a fraction of EK's price (also factoring in where I live, EK's products becomes very unreasonably priced as I also have to pay USD$50-60 import tax per item). I have seen an Amazon review stating that it's not authentic Laing pumps as Barrow's only uses 18W instead of 23W. Is this true? Also, what are the internals made of? Will it conflict with my Copper/Nickel loop? Finally, how does it perform comparing to EK's? All I see in Amazon reviews are 2 extreme sides of the story: one side says they are top quality and runs very quietly, the other side says its literally shit??? Please help if you have experience with these pumps. Thx!

I'm thinking to use one of these (http://www.swiftech.com/ApogeeDrive2.aspx), its basically a pump on the cpu similar to an aio configuration. It's similarly priced as an EK CPU block and it has a pump on it. Either that or I could just re-purpose the pump on my current aio so nothing extra is needed (and this rad is actually thicker than the EK rad too). I was also hoping to not install a res as well by installing a T-junction at the highest point for fillings (I lost the tiny shroud for the GPU mounting point so rn I have a hole on the case anyway), and make all sides of the case removable using clear acrylic panels. Which option do you think is better? Buy new or re-purpose? Well I have ~USD$500 for all the parts, and sg13 by silverstone is my case. I would do a 2 rad config as well but unfortunately the case only supports 1x120mm/140mm rad and I already have a 3.5" hdd on top so I can't use a 140mm rad. I'm hoping to not install a res at all as mentioned above. It's going to get louder, but at least the GPU temps could be lower and more stable.

Yes. I'm currently using the Corsair H80i v2 on push pull. That's a 48mm rad (thicker than the one I'm proposing to use).

Since you have so many fans running, you could just set them all to run at the lowest speed possible except at higher temps. This could keep noise low while maintaining good temp (obviously not as good as if the fans were running full speed but you get the point). Putting the PC in another room may help too. You could also install plastic washer in between the fans and the chasis to dampen noise further.

lol my reasoning behind this is that if I could bring the GPU temp lower I could then overclock it if I saw the need to without hitting temps like 90C in the summer.

Thx. I checked it out and they didn't have itx chasis to select so I just selected sth random. I can't use a 360mm rad (though I wish I could) coz of clearance issue (chasis is sg13 and I already have a 3.5" hdd on top so can't use 240mm either). I don't really care about noise since the pc is in another room anyways haha. I tried to select only one 120mm radiator in EK's PE series (40mm thickness) and it gave an estimate of 45C liquid temp (37C if I selected performance over silence) and I quote: Your selected radiator will sufficiently cool your hardware but temperatures will be higher. Dose that means it could run with good temps? I am quite confused of what the liquid temps means. I'm using sg13 by silverstone. I honestly want to use a 240mm rad too but I already have a 3.5" hdd on top so I can't. Maybe there would be enough clearance for the hdd right next to the GPU if I put a waterblock on it but I'm not sure. I just want to cool it further so the max load temp is lower to leave some headroom for the future.

I currently run a m-itx system with i5-7600K (watercooled with Corsair H80i V2 on push-pull @ 1400 RPM) and a Zotac GTX1070 Mini. Now the temps of the cpu is very good: 100% load at max 60C (140F) during summer (room temp = 30-35C / 86-95F), and 100% load max 45-50C (113-122F) during winter (room temp = 20-25C / 68-77F). So you see there's a lot of head room. The reason I'm considering custom loop is because the GPU temps are quite high (100% load at max 80-85C / 176-185F during summer and 50-60C / 122-140F during winter). Let's suppose I have a waterblock for the GPU, will a single 120 x 40mm rad (https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-coolstream-pe-120-single) on push-pull @ 1400 RPM be enough to cool both the CPU and GPU? My justification is to sacrifice some headroom in the CPU to bring the GPU down to ~60-70C during summer. I read in this post (http://www.overclock.net/t/1457426/radiator-size-estimator) that bigger and smaller rads at the same configuration provide similar cooling performances, and since the post was made 4 years ago and GPU and CPU are so much more efficient now hence my my question of whether I should custom loop my system. Some recap of the data above: Summer (room temp = 30-35C / 86-95F) CPU @ 100% load: 60C (140F) GPU @ 100% load: 80-85C (176-185F) Winter (room temp = 20-25C / 68-77F) CPU @ 100% load: 45-50C (113-122F) GPU @ 100% load: 50-60C (122-140F) Plan: Sacrifice CPU headroom to bring GPU temp down to ~60-70C during summer using a single 120x40mm EK radiator on push-pull @ 1400 RPM. Assumptions: 1. If this plan is feasible, I will have a full cover waterblock for the GPU. 2. I don't plan to overclock the CPU or GPU since I'm currently satisfied with the performance. Thanks!

Thanks. It does say to try to use the techniques only to the affected pixels tho mine are so small I could barely see it. Do you think I should wait or try to fix it now?

I think their policy here in HK is replacements are warranted if there are 3 (or 7 I forgot) dead pixels and dead pixels only. Though I'm not sure if this is a dead pixel problem at all since this one singular pixel is still functional in all other colors. And its is only one problematic pixel. I've heard of the "pixel massage" with damp towel method, but am reluctant to try since all those results are based on monitors with much larger pixels and am worried if I would end up spreading the damage. Do you know if this works?

Hi I has a Asus vz27aq (27" 2560x1440p @ 60Hz) and I've just noticed there's one pixel in the lower right quadrant that has difficulty producing black. By this I mean it performs fine in all other primary colors (I checked with UndeadPixel 2.2) and white, but in black it could only produce purple instead. I only found this out by luck as even now that I know its exact location I must look for it for a while in order to see it. It's not blacked out so I don't know what problem it has. I ran the flash train in UndeadPixel for about an hour to no improvements. What is this problem really? And how can I fix it? Thanks!

That looks pretty damn good! Thanks!

I'm looking to custom loop my sg13, and am looking for a pump that fits onto one of the hardline tubes if it exits (kinda sth like this that acts as a junction in the loop instead of like a station in the case of a pump plus res or a rectangular pump: http://ttpremium.com/product/pacific-g14-digital-temperature-sensor/). I'm looking to do this because I have very limited space in there since I opted for an ATX PSU (at that time it was for the lolz but now its f*cking me over due to its size), and I'm trying to avoid installing a pump/res combo outside of the case for aesthetic reasons. I did some search on EK's site but I didn't know what I was looking at because this is my first time custom looping. Anyone knows sth like this? Please and Thx!