JordanLindsay

For anyone that comes across this, the pump is an ek-Xres, I actually found a fix. I was watching the video below and decided to clean the impeller, and behold there was black build up inside. it now runs perfectly quiet.

I took the pump apart cleaned it and installed in new loop with the same issue, what could it be? IMG_0832.MOV

Nice build I like the res

Luminescent sounds interesting, got any links / ones that you would recommend, I don’t want anything that may ‘gunk’ the loop

Had a fault with my GPU today and whilst fixing it I drained the loop, didn’t want to reuse the same liquid but had a spare bottle of azure blue EK mix that I bought but didn’t use. I don’t think I like it though had white before. what other liquids do people recommend that might look good in this build? (Anything else interesting out there like these ‘cloudy’ ones from EK)

SOLVED!!!! I don't know exactly what bit was causing the issue. However I drained the loop Removed water block. Reapplied new thermal pads. Reapplied thermal paste. Change the loop fluid. Gains were huge:http://www.3dmark.com/spy/11196236 60% performance gain!!! (or 60% loss from something I did badly during the build)

It must have some meaning, I have had scores around 12,000+ before and smooth game play on the same set up. Now a score around 8,000 and noticeable drops in FPS in games. The only change is a new monitor ironically to take advantage of the higher FPS I was getting (resolutions were the same on old and new monitor) hopefully a 3080ti comes out later this year, don’t want to buy another 2080ti just yet.

Update: Wiped the SSd’s fresh install of windows going on now.

Regardless of GTA, the main post was about the 3D mark score being so low. (And I have turned off g sync for that)

see attached, sorry I'm not sure what stat you needed

Fist ever loop, lots of RGB in there too.

Played gta v for 20 mins using Nvidia optimal settings for graphics, got 20-30fps in the hills, 40-50 in the city

See attached it does increase

I know my old gtx1080 had a better score Power limit is set to 100% it shows at 1350mhz, how would I know if its ‘stuck’ at this?

I'm not maybe the best person to answer specifically what you can and cant uninstall. However I have always done a clean install of windows after a major hardware change.