MiniMike DK

2x8 is better than 1x16 for performance.

I have done this mod, and it works. Though custom water cooling works better.
Only problem I had was with bleeding the system.
The pump isn't that powerful, and is placed relatively high in the loop, so filling it wasn't easy.
But the temps were decent.
Good luck.

Looks cool
I love the corsair aio blocks. I think in my case the pump should be plenty powerful since I'm only swapping the rad and not adding a gpu block and res

Looks to me like the waterblock isn't/wasn't mounted completely flat on the GPU.
If you look at the thermal pads on either side of the GPU, you can clearly see the difference in how much pressure is/was placed on the thermal pads.
Left is good. Right and top is bad. They should be equal.
When tightening the screw on the waterblock, do it in a star pattern a little at a time. This is important if you want the mounting pressure to be even.
 
 

When it's no longer enough, start thinking about upgrades. Before that point, don't. Besides, an 8700k already allows a 1080 to stretch its legs as much as it wants, no need to consider a cpu upgrade before you upgrade your gpu here.

A 120mm AIO in my opinion is only really good for small form factor, 240mm is as good as a good air cooler. 280mm and above is where AIO's start to pull away a little.

IMHO Samsung makes the best SSD's for good prices. I'd always get a 970 Evo Plus. currently $100 for 500gb

The fan rpm is too high to keep that temp. 

Enter BIOS, check temperature of CPU. If very hot, then it's likely because the thermal paste disintegrated after 19 years of use. Remove CPU heatsink, clean and re-paste  Wouldn't post most likely if a component died. If ram died, you would most likely get BSOD. 

Should probably seperate Aio and custom water loop.

Then yeah it's unnecessary but if he wants it then he wants it. Still not a huge deal, it's his money. 

If he has the money and he is willing to spend it like that, why would he (and you) care ?

To me it sounds like you're a little over-sensitive. Yeah buying refurbished tech items isn't a bad idea, but who cares? If your friend wants to buy expensive equipment that's his business. 

sorry matey im fae scotland ya ken

You should really use punctuation!
your message is difficult to understand.

Jayztwocents, bitwit, ltt 

Just re install Windows solves all the issues

I took apart my Corsair H115i and spliced a GPU in to the loop, with a small reservoir.
It worked well, but the pump had to run at max rpm all the time to keep the flow going.
I used soft tubing and fittings made for the tubing.

Hi Guys.
 
Here is my first real attempt at water cooling with hard tubing.
Took a long time to finish and a lot of tries to get a point where I was satisfied with the result. Precision bends are pretty hard... ?
 
My build:
Cooler Master H500M Case
Intel I9 9900K
Asus Dual RTX 2080 OC8G
Asus Z390-H gaming motherboard
32GB g-Skill 3200Mhz Ram
Samsung 960 Evo boot drive
Kingston 480GB SSD
Samsung 120GB SSD
2 x 280mm radiators.
XSPC Photon 270 reservoir
Phobia DC12-220 pump
EKWB blocks on CPU and GPU.
 
 

Looks great.
Will you be adding the GPU to the loop?

one of the worst z390's out there...
 
I'm going to say aorus elite here

from this description my first guess is that the pump is not running. You can listen to hear if it's making noise, but it may still be broken even if the motor is running.

Hmmm, I think, I see here is too much of beautiful and accurate high end builds. Let me spice this forum thread with something more on budget side.
Remember this thing?


This was called "Ziptie abomination ", I posted it in January in this thread.
 
Well, we can say that this Pokemon has evolved. Let me introduce to you "Performance over style":

It's same case and mostly same components as in first build. But I like when components in case fill as much space, as possible, and i also like more compact builds, so:
1. I maked case shorter about 8 cm (little bit more than 3 inches).
2. All hard drive and optical drive baskets have been removed, front portion of case was made to mount on it 360 rad with fans.
3. Plus i mounted some brackets in coners (they behind rad on pictures, you can't see them) for improving rigidity (not enought, as I fugured it out later).
4. Small HDD basket was salvaged from donor case (btw, Inwin in early 2000s was making very sturdy cases, i will use frame from my donor for my next mod/build) and mounted directly to top of the case with roofing screws (at least it removable ).
5. Front panel was made from old one by removing center part and replacing it with galvanized mesh for plastering, power button was replaced and relocated on top center part of panel. Four neodymium magnets was mounted with hot glue in coners of panel to make it easy to install/remove from a case (but now front panel can't be used like a grip point).
6. My main mistake for this build was to trust LTT video about plasti dip (joke). I was on very strict budget, and all this work, from start to finish, i did in my rental room, where i live. So, at that time i considered plasti dip because it didn't need very heavy surface preparation, primer and also dries very fast. Also overspray is less of a problem just because after drying out coating turning into thin film, that can be peeled off very easily from pretty much any surface. But I had enough money for only two cans of "paint", ant this is not enough. Layer is to thin, it rips and peels off after any not very gentle touch, many edge surfaces was damaged in assembly process, even with me trying to be as careful as possible. End result is pretty only when you look at it from a distance, but for me it still good enough.
 
From last time i acquired some additional parts, like angle fittings (45s and 90s), proper reservoir and  better quality tube. For coolant additive i used ethylene glycol based automotive coolant premix (from which water have this light pink color), not very big amount, but enough for corrosion and bacteria growth resistance.
Also, it happens that my B350 PC Mate has RGB header, so i ordered 2 meters of rgb strip to mask defects with some bright lights. I also bought usb 3.0/ audio-mic combo for front panel, but after mounting of rad and fans there was no space to mount it, even without hiding it.
1060 was swapped for 2060, 120 Adata "NVME" ssd was changed for WD 500gb sata model.To cool vrm and memory on graphics card I made "custom" adaptor from standard fan header to smaller one, that was for stock graphics card fans. Rods and springs for stand off mount for cooling fan was salvaged from old AM2 cpu cooler mount.
 
Case is kinda on a flimsy side, but with components in it rigidity slightly improves. Paint Job is kinda trashy, but it good enough if you dont look at it very picky. Also, i decided to not make acrylic side panel and just leave case open, because acrylic is scrach magnet, and my plans to cover it with automotive clear armor film happend to be quite expensive.
 
Overall, lessons learned, experience is gained, even some good tools acquired in a process. Starting goal to fix previous mistakes and also make system more compact and neat is completed.  Next step will be after I upgrade to Zen 2.