creepybob

I went to go play some games but they weren't working because I store them on my hdd and it said it couldnt "read"

please help.

8 hours ago, tikker said:

Do not use tap water for your loop. Use distilled water with either PT Nuke or a kill coil, or use a premixed fluid that contains everything you need.

can i use a kill coil if i have a nickel gpu waterblock? i have heard a kill coil will do bad stuff to the nickel.

I recently installed liquid cooling on my computer and need a disinfectant.

here is my system:

rad: alphacool xt45

gpu: EK-FC1080 GTX G1 - Nickel

tubing: ek Duraclear

res: xspc tank v3

pump: alphacool vpp655 pwm

coolant: tap water

please help me choose a coolant because i am sort of a noob at water cooling. 

read title. for htpc. don't care if it is from eBay.

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

Does the EKWB cooling configuration take into account ambient temps? 

 

Also, I wouldn't put too much trust in EKWB's configurator as they're obviously going to sway it to make their products seem better. Load temps are what really matter. For idle, a difference of 5C doesn't make any difference.  

thanks, (there was also no way I was gonna pay $25 for shipping and $10 tax for the EK rad)

ekwb recommended the EK-CoolStream SE 240 (Slim Dual) radiator but i thought i could get a better one for the same price. on ek's cooling configurator it said the system would be 27c at idle while mine is 32c. i bought the alphacool nexXxos xt45 because it seemed better in every way because it had more fpi, and it was a full copper radiator. was i wrong, or is ekwb's estimate incorrect?

16 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

If it is coil whine, I found running my 1060 at Heaven max settings for like a full day helped, my card is now completely silent

can i use furmarks burn-in test instead? i like the fuzzy donut.

2 minutes ago, ImperialSteele said:

You have attached a screenshot of your Hard drives? The HP Recovery is the recovery partition to restore the system to fac. settings. The SYSTEM is a system partition, and your C: Drive and F: Drives are (should be) data partitions. What happens when you try and open a program?

Just now, Froody129 said:

If it is coil whine, I found running my 1060 at Heaven max settings for like a full day helped, my card is now completely silent

ok i'll try that

WTF IS THIS?! I CANT OPEN ANY PROGRAMS! PLEASE SEND HELP!!

1 minute ago, UMxMarky94 said:

hmm you are a tad close to the max wattage output of that rad but still try and move that air bubble 

should i get another rad or some new fans

Just now, UMxMarky94 said:

it is a high for a custom loop, what rads you have 

240mm alphacool nexXxos xt45

1 minute ago, UMxMarky94 said:

try cycling the system to move the air pocket but it could be coil wine

are the temps abnormal?

i made a custom loop, and i just hooked it up and ran heaven benchmark at extreme settings. i notices a buzzing sound like zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz coming from the gpu. i notice that there is a air bubble in the gpu waterblock but this is my first time watercooling so i dont know if that effects performance. i was getting around 76c on my 1070 i dont know if that is good or not but here are some pictures.

5 minutes ago, manikyath said:

food coloring is probably the worst kind of dye to use in a loop, because well.. it's for food.. kinda implies that it is bio degradable.. which.. i guess you dont want your loop to slowly rot away

 

that said, the linus man himself, who is probably one of the most "oldschool" watercoolers on the forum, drops the bomb here and there that he just uses tap water, and if he says it's distilled water, it's tap water and he just says distilled to appease the distilled water folks.

Could I use all natural spring water?

I am very sick right now so sorry if this is brief. Can I use tap water with red food coloring and leave it in my loop for a week until I have a metal coil disinfection thing?

Yeah you shouldn't need 75hz

3 minutes ago, DocBrown said:

How can i make this build cheaper? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QrgmRG I'm trying to get it closer to 800, I'm going for and red/black theme and i can only use amazon.co.uk

Cheaper monitor.

Probably a problem with the motherboard. I don't know for sure, but that's my best bet. Might want to call your motherboard manufacturer and talk to them about it.

I had this problem too, just turn off computer, shut off psu, turn on psu, turn on computer, and then it should work.

11 minutes ago, W-L said:

What are you intended on cooling your PC GPU? If so you could do a custom loop on just that or get an AIO and GPU adapter bracket.

Because I think gpu adapters are ugly, and I love building stuff.

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

For a computer you will want something else but Idk maybe on a Rasberry pie or network switch if you wanted to watercool that little thing could be of some use. A PS3 may be a little too much for that. 

I have another rad, it's a alphacool xt45 240mm

2 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

Including SSD's and the like? 

Nope, just my gpu

14 minutes ago, W-L said:

Maybe if you had it running really high RPM fans, not sure where this would be of good use really unless they just want to tinker and watercool everything. 

I just want to go completely overboard on muy custom loop.

Look at this thing https://modmymods.com/alphacool-nexxxos-xt45-full-copper-60mm-single-radiator-14222.html

i was planning on doing a mod where I puta small rad on the PS3 cover of my case. I was wondering How much performance it would have.