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Update: I just double checked and the pump has died on the LT Solo which might explain a lot of the issue. Unfortunately it’s JUST out of warranty. Anyone know if Alphacool happen to be lenient?

That’s what I had before. I did it purely for the looks to be honest haha

Already got Noctuas but will try an undervolt. Thanks

I’ll check this, but I’m also getting almost 100C on the CPU on start up so there’s definitely something else (possibly as well)

Might need to invest in a bigger case then Thank you

Hi, I just built my first full custom loop and am getting very high temps. It’s an SFF build so I expected temps to be higher than a regular loop, but I am getting 90C on my GPU when running heaven (60 on the CPU) with the pump and fans on full. The water temperature is about 40C. Is my pump just not strong enough? I saw Optimum Tech use a smaller pump in a faster system with a full loop so I thought it would be fine. I tried running it upside down etc to let any bubbles go into the radiator and not the blocks but it didn’t change. My specs are: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 GPU: RTX 3070 TUF CPU block/pump: Alphacool Eisbar LT solo GPU block: EK Quantum Vector I am using EK coolant with a 240 Alphacool rad. Any advice greatly appreciated.

It is supposed to just be a fill port so it might not be suitable:

There is a port on the top that I was using for the 45-degree fitting. Could I have the tube go up and through that port, then back down through the pump and out of the bottom of it?

It's definitely not ideal. Might it be a good idea for me -- since it's essentially a custom aio -- to take the whole loop out, fill it up as full as possible outside the case, then install it back again?

So I have a sort of custom-aio in an itx build and due to the size constraints, I have the pump/cpu block at the top of my loop (I know I shouldn't ). Since it's at the top, it tends to get little air bubbles stirring around which causes an annoying vibration in the pump. I'm sure it's probably not good for it either. I've attached a little diagram of what's going on behind the gpu using my amazing paint skills. I have a small 45-degree fitting (blue) coming off the top of the pump (red) to act as a tiny reservoir, but it wasn't as great of a solution as it was on paper. I was wondering, is there anything I could do to stop the annoying noise (aside from re-doing the loop completely)? Thanks

Solved: it was the classic gen 3 riser issue. I thought I had already set it to force gen 3 in the bios. I was wrong

Hi, so today I installed my first custom loop into my PC. I just tried to boot it and the fans spin as normal but there is no output to the display and the "VGA" light is on on the motherboard. The only think I can think that it could be is the GPU riser cable as this is the first time it has been used. Any other ideas are welcome and any help appreciated Also sorry the video isn't great I was struggling with the max upload size. Essentially the lights go DRAM (orange), CPU (red), then VGA (white). It sort of double booted when I recorded it which it does sometimes but it gets stuck on the white light regardless. 20210824_175353_1_1_1_1.mp4

Should I worry about it? Or will I be ok to leave it

Well I am very happy with my build, but not that happy...

Hi, I built my first custom loop yesterday and I noticed that there appears to be a weird white thing in one of the tubes. I have no idea what it could be, especially as the loop is pretty much brand new. Any ideas?

I'm currently building my first custom loop and I've noticed that one of the tubes rests on my m.2 heatsink. Is this dangerous or will it be ok?

I'm planning a custom loop in my NR200 and think I'm going to go with the Alphacool Eisbaer LT Solo as my CPU block/pump solution, however, my plan was to bottom mount my radiator and vertically mount my graphics card. I know the famous Gamers Nexus video said that custom loops weren't really a concern with mounting the pump at the top of the loop, but he said that assumes you have a reservoir above the pump, which I wont. The solution I thought of was to mount the Eisbaer with the fill port facing upwards and then attach a 90° adapter to it and plugging it to create a sort of small makeshift res to act as a collection point for air in the loop. Would this work or am I overthinking things? Thanks in advance

So I'm planning on doing a custom loop in my NR200 using this Barrow CPU pump block which is 72mm with the Koolance low profile fittings according to this Optimum Tech video, however those fittings are not available in my country (at a reasonable shipping cost). The Koolance fittings are 23mm according to their product page, which is 5mm shorter than the fittings I plan to use so the whole assembly should be 77cm. I measured the space between my current AIO (Kraken x63) and my GPU, vertically mounted and got just over 25mm, which means I should have about 80mm of clearance, (Kraken is 55mm thick according to the NZXT product page) meaning my cooler should fit. The Coolermaster product page, however, says 76mm which would mean it would not fit. Is this just to compensate for thicker GPUs? I'm not sure what the best thing to do is. Any advice welcome, thanks

So I need some low profile fittings 90 degree for a build I'm planning, however the Koolance ones would cost about £60 to ship to the UK. I was looking for some recommendations for any other similar fittings that might have more reasonable shipping costs? Thanks

Sorry if this is the wrong category, but I was wanting to place an order with Alphacool, however one of the items is not in stock and is not expected for a couple of months. Wondered if anyone knew whether if I place the order, will the parts that are in stock be shipped now or will I have to wait until it is all in stock? Thanks

Probably a dumb question, but I'm looking at buying a couple of addressable RGB devices and was wondering if they would both run from one header as my motherboard only has one Thanks

It seems to have stopped, thank you!

Sure, my AIO is mounted on the side of my NR200 as shown

When I turn on my PC, my CPU temps will rise to about 70 degrees until there's a strange sort of splashing noise followed by my pump ramping up (see video attached). The temps are fine from then on but it's concerning me what's happened. Is my pump dying? My AIO is a Kraken x63 (280mm) and my CPU is a Ryzen 5 3600 if it helps Thanks 20210216_163020_1_1.mp4

Thank you!