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AMDNeko

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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Ben17 in LTT Official Discord!   
    Well....storm IS obviously from X-Men ~
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Skiiwee29 in AIO vs Custom Loop   
    Compared to most loops I have seen mine minus well be hot glued together with all the flack I have gotten from drain port placement alone  for the rads I have one HWLabs 360 GTS XFlow & one 280 GTS standard then for fans I went with push on the 360 with NB eloop B12-PS and P/P on the 280 with B14-PS. I doubt it matters too but Im using a Heatkiller AM4 block and EK block for the gpu.. Its a pretty standard D5 (Mines a D5 Strong) dual rad loop with only the cpu and gpu! though I did try and find cooling blocks for the hard drives but @PPCs-Matt fought me on that one.
     
    Also thanks for your business~ 
     
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    AMDNeko reacted to ScratchCat in In Win Launches the A1, a mITX case.   
    Remember when products could sell without being made of 50% magic RGB dust? Pepperidge farm remembers.
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    AMDNeko reacted to Drak3 in Significant price reduction for 970 pro (and a smaller one for 970 evo)   
    Marginally significant.
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    AMDNeko reacted to PPCs-Matt in Looking for help picking out water cooling components for a custom loop   
    Stealth80 has already given a great run down of what you'll need, but I'd also like to mention that PPCs offers a wide variety of custom watercooling kits that makes your first custom loop quite a bit easier to plan out. You can find them here. 

    Also feel free to hmu if you need any further assistance with parting out your loop, I'm always happy to help! 
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    AMDNeko reacted to stealth80 in Looking for help picking out water cooling components for a custom loop   
    Its a good site, I just feel that if you're going custom you may aswell get the best of everything, and no one company offers the best products across an entire range imo:
     
    Fittings - Bitspower (Barrow slightly cheaper)
    Block - EK/Heat Killer
    Reservoirs - Alphacool
    Pumps - D5 made by who ever
    Fans - Thermaltake Riing RGB (aesthetic),  Noctua Nf-12/ NF-P12 
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    AMDNeko reacted to stealth80 in Looking for help picking out water cooling components for a custom loop   
    Firstly go rigid from the off set. Honestly. If you are even considering it now, then once you have finished your loop you will wish you went rigid, problem is you cant use fittings from soft for rigid so then you need new fittings. I made these mistakes but was lucky enough to be sponsored by Primochill when I switched to rigid. As a side note to this, I have tried EK, Alphacool and Primochill PETG tubing and without a doubt Primochill's was the easiest to work with. So what do you need?
     
    Radiators
     
    Go with 120mm per component in your loop + 120mm - this is the minimum. More rad space = better cooling/lower fan speeds, that doesn't mean go with 8 480mm radiators for a cpu loop . Something sensible for a CPU + say a 1080ti and VRMs would be a 360 + 240mm, this is a nice compromise. I have 120 + 240 + 360 for vrms, CPU and a 1080, the 120mm was added purely for aesthetics. People tend to prefer Hardware Lab radiators and I agree with that. (consider material type, aka aluminium/copper/nickel - ill explain at the end)
     
    Pump / Reservoir 
     
    Go with PWM and if you can (again from experience) go with a D5 as they tend to be quieter than DDC. As for brand, it doesn't really matter, go with what you think looks good, I honestly think the light tower from Alphacool is the best looking pump/res combo but I prefer the look of a separate pump and reservoir - so a D5 + pump top to suit your look and then a separate reservoir (remember this will require an extra 2x fittings)
     
    Fans
     
    Go with High Static, Noctua are about the best, Noiseblocker are up there also - Thermaltake have the best looking with their Riing series imo. Remember if you with 140/240/420mm radiators to get 140mm fans.
     
    Blocks 
     
    Ive always gone EK, no real reason why, Heatkiller looks amazing and bitspower are also nice, Thermaltake have also started to release a range of blocks. I guess I go with EK as they tend to have a wider range of available blocks for boards, GPU and CPU's. (consider material type, aka aluminium/copper/nickel - ill explain at the end)
     
    Fittings
     
    People will say go with the same manufacturer for tubing and fittings - sound advice. You can mix and match, just make sure the internal fittings are the same, aka 12/10 tubing will need 12mm fittings, 13/10 will need 13mm fittings - compression is the easiest to work with and of course as i said, rigid and flex use different fittings. As for the amount, its 2 fittings per component +2 and a DRAIN VALVE (don't forget this or you will have problems come maintenance) - More important for rigid, but still useful for flex - 45/90 degree fittings - some bends are just too tight, even for flex so plan your loop and think about how many you will need. If you go rigid tubing you will need a heat gun and a silicone insert for your tubing (same manufacturer as the tubing as they all use ever so slightly difference internal dimensions).
     
    That's about it - as for material type - don't buy aluminium blocks and mix with copper/nickel blocks or vice versa as this leads to bi-metallic corrosion in your loop - stick to the same material type. Lastly do research on the coolant you want to use, different ones react differently, I had issues with Red Pastel in two loops (separate builds) - blue has been solid. Other people have had issues with Vue whilst others haven't - basically plan your loop, identify your components then see if there are any known issues on other forums for that coolant and your parts. Safest bet is distilled water with biocides and a coil, but I've always gone pastel.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from DarkSmith2 in Magicool 360slim G2 a bargain?   
    I had two Magicool G2 and they are really good for the cost and will not let you down just flush rad as usual. Also consider the finishes you want... the nemesis will have better longer lasting paint job so take that into consideration this is white vs black but this is how nice nemesis finishes can be:
     
    (White GTS) the indents on side give it a nice looking stance.
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    This is a Magicool G2 in action...its not really "slim" perse but it looks good and works well if you want to dump more money into other components. its just a black slab

     
    After awhile on lower quality radiators paint can start to ripple and flake off if you abuse it too much, Ive had alphacool rads ripple really bad before but nothing like that from Magi or HWLabs yet.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Nocte in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from XenosTech in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from XenosTech in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Ryujin2003 in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Beskamir in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Technomancer__ in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Sauron in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from leadeater in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from TheRandomness in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Techstorm970 in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Techstorm970 in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from SamuraiSalesman in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from TheSLSAMG in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    He said it right there in video... AMD cant prove it therefor they do not really care. Its there...probably legacy and not important. Look at how many people RMAd for segfault...AMD didnt care what cooler was used.
     
     
    *The only case I see that they would care is if you tried using a $5 30W cooler on the 1800x overclocked it fully killed the cpu and then go try and RMA it.
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from GDRRiley in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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    AMDNeko got a reaction from Razor01 in AMD Says you have to use stock coolers to keep your warranty.   
    Nope you didnt use AMD branded air your warranty is voided! *lights warranty paper on fire*
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