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Happened to have mine die the other day so I figured I'd make a quick post on how to swap it if anyone needs to or is thinking about swapping the pump instead of ordering another complete pump block. It's pretty easy except for removing the top plate as you'll see in the terrible photos. Part needed Alphacool DC-LT2 replacement pump Tools needed PH2 Screw driver Optional Heat gun and floss or metal wire H6 Allen key Remove pump block from the CPU Not necessary to remove fill plug. Remove Alphacool Eisbaer LT cover. Stuck on with a huge piece of double sided tape. If you want to reuse it you'll need to heat it with a heat gun (preferred} and some floss or metal wire. ^^^Note residue on the cover Unscrew the 4 Phillip screws on the corners. Remove top cover. Unscrew DC-LT2 pump. Reverse for reassembly. *****Careful not to over torque and strip plastic housing!***** Hopefully this helps out someone someday!

Got a used 3090 on ebay. It came with an alphacool eisblock es waterblock that the previous owner used it with. I looked at it after unboxing and it looks visibly bent at the edge especially, and I think it's because of this capacitor https://www.reddit.com/r/ZOTAC/comments/10r8e05/rtx_3090_trinity_pcb_question/ Doesn't go back to straight even after taking it off. I asked the seller and he said he used it like this for around a year with no issues. How bad is this on a scale of 1-10? I tried sanding it down but I think it wasn't enough. Can't really tell if doing more will fix it considering the kink is visible even on just the bare board. Should I sand it down more or leave it like this?

Hi guys is Eisblock Aurora Acryl GPX-A Radeon RX 6700XT compatible with the Radeon™ RX 6750 XT GAMING X TRIO 12G. Thanks Budget (including currency): Country: France Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Please rate my setup with constructive ideas to improve. Design was to allow for 100% usage of the CPU and GPU for crypto mining as well as small enough to take while traveling for work. Its a bit heavy at around 33.6 lbs but thermals are great (55C max while mining). Loud!! Thermaltake 100 case, Alphacool Monster 120mm rad + generic 120mm rad in back, i7-12700k, AMD 6800XT Sapphire Nitro+ with Alphacool waterblock, D5 Swiftech pump with Alphacool Block, EK CPU waterblock, ASUS Mini ITX Z690 motherboard, 32GB ddr4 Gskill RGB, and 5000RPM 120mm Server Fans for cooling. Custom temp gauge for water temps and PWM fan speed controller.

I have a corsair hydro x loop for my cpu controlled by my commander pro and I would like to add my gpu to the loop, I have a Asus dual 3070 which has a waterblock available for it from alphacool. I have all the functional aspects of it sorted out but I need help with the rgb situation. I would like to control the rgb lights on the gpu block with my commander pro. I know that I can get an adapter to connect the gpu leds to the second open lighting channel on the commander pro but does anyone know if I can somehow tie the gpu rgb into the same channel as my pump and res? Also I think alphacool uses a non standard rgb connector but I can't find much info about it. I've looked at the adapters from piratedog tech on ebay but can't figure out exactly what adapters I need if I want to tie all the rgb leds into a single channel in icue. Any advice would be appreciated! Please enjoy this poorly drawn diagram of my current rgb setup.

Hi, Recently I saw on Jayztwocents channel that they used an alphacool Eisbaer AIO (see attached) that looks very different compare to any other Eisbaer AIOs available both on alphacool store or 3rd party. Has anyone seen this version somewhere else? I have a eiswolf gpu AIO that has exactly the same tubes and I can't find the ones that match.

Budget (including currency): €3000+ Country: Denmark Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: python, excel and the occasional game Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Last time i build a pc it was an aircooled pentium in an Aopen tower, little more than 20 years ago when i was living with my parents, drinking beers and studying. Since then i have been crunching accounting spreadsheets for the man on corporate laptops for the past decades - don't know how this trip down "pc" memory lane started - but its been a hell of a lot more fun than building ikea furniture for my kids rooms, which i have done a lot of lately. In December (May now) i started ordering the first bit and pieces, initially i planned on making my own case with room for the massive 4 x 200mm radiator from alphacool - then later i fell in love with the master cooler gulf mod theme - but eventually thought it through, and i would have to build something that the wife woulnd't be "to" disgusted by (TO MUCH RGB WAS DEF A NO GO), and i couldn't really take out the (family) time to make something unique. so after intensive research i decided to go with a be quiet case Dark Base 700 - mainly because its supposedly silent, and about as stylish and clean as clumbsy consumer midtower cabinets comes. however inspired by the many youtube videos on watercooling i HAD to try it. its been fun doing research on the subject, and finding the bits and pieces that (hopefully) would fit. so here it is, almost done, of cause it will be placed on the floor out of sight ~ married. Under the hood its: Asus Strix 570Xe Asus 3060 12GB OC - i am not a big gamer and had ordered a 3070 in december, but had to buy this one just to get my hands on a graphics card. 4 x 32GB 3200Mzh G.Skill 1 x TB SSD m.2 WD (the fast one) 1200W Be quiet Straight Power 11 Platinum (would have settled for a 1000W - but due to stock shortage had to buy this one) Resevoir - EK-RES X3 150 - initially i would have gone for an alphacool, alas stock shortage and EK also makes nice quality i think Pump - Alphacool Eispumpe VPP755 - G1/4 inner thread including Eisdecke D5 - Acetal V.3 Top Rad Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 360mm radiator 3 x be quiet! Lüfter Silent Wings 3 - 120mm PWM H Front Rad Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 360mm radiator 3 x be quiet! Lüfter Silent Wings 3 - 140mm PWM H (had to squeeze the fans in, in the front a little bit - but very silent and works perfect) CPU block Alphacool NexXxoS XP³ Light - Acetal - Fittings Alphacool Eiszapfen 16/10mm compression fitting G1/4 - chrome sixpack I bought three packages + a Y connector and some other that i didnt end up using. Drain pipe Alphacool 2-way ball valve G1/4 - Chrome Tube Alphacool tube AlphaTube TPV 16/10 - Black Matte 3,3m (10ft) Retailbox for some reason the black tube wasn't as tight as the clear one, so for safety reasons i used the clear - which i luckally also ordered. Alphacool tubing AlphaTube HF 16/10 (3/8"ID) - Ultra Clear 1m (3,3ft) Retailbox Flowmeter Barrow SLFV1-RGB Acrylic Water Flow Meter LRC2.0(5v 3pin) Lighting System Multiple Blade Colors i also got a GPU block for the 3070 card that never became available, its just lying in my drawer laughing at me - and aparently watercooling a 3060 isnt a thing - i can't find a block anywhere ;o( Barrow 3070 GPU Water Cooling Block For ASUS RTX3070 Graphics Card , Full Cover A-RGB Cooler, BS-ASS3070-PA BS-ADS3070-PA

So as the title says, I'm trying to find parts for a custom water loop. But I have some fairly specific requirements as it's a rackmount case and it isn't possible to simply use an AIO. So I want to cool my CPU (Ryzen 9 3900X) and GPU (Zotac RTX 2080ti Gaming) on the same loop. I don't have any issues with GPU cooling, but running a Noctua NH-D9L on a 3900X doesn't lead to the most happy temps under load. The radiators I plan to use: 1x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper Dual Radiator (see here) 3x Alphacool NexXxoS XT45 Full Copper 120mm Radiator (see here) I chose these radiators as I need to have 3 sperate 120mm radiators (thanks to a central fan panel in the case with about a 2cm gap between each fan, so triple rad is a no go) and a dual 80mm radiator at the rear of the case, and I figured that high quality pure copper radiators would be a good idea, and I'm not looking to save money on this, I want to do it properly and I want a really high quality loop that will last a long time. However, There are a lot of things I don't know too much about. So I need some help finding a CPU block, GPU block, tubes, pump, and fittings. I am sort of hoping to get everything from Alphacool as I understand that they make really high quality parts and it would just be simpler to be able to get everything from one place. I'll add some photos below showing the layout of the case and why I need this weird combination of radiators, along with what I think would be the ideal flow path for this weird loop. Thanks for reading, and thanks for any help you can provide Forgot to label it, but in the photo, left is the front of the case. so Air flow moves left to right, and the blue squares are the fans, yes I plan to run Push/Pull on every radiator because noise is no issue for me, I just want the best thermals possible

2020 Build thread for a new machine. Started at the beginning of the year with this and slow and gradually over a 12 month period i've upgraded numerous times and swapped out a stupendous amount of components, not to mention the money spent on all the parts. Here we are end of 2020 and we are still upgrading and still tinkering... let the build log begin... Q1 2020 Planning Parts used: My basket at Overclockers UK: 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 240 D5 PWM D-RGB Pump / Reservoir Combo - Plexi= £169.99 1 x ThermalTake Riing 120mm LED RGB Fan Sync Edition - Triple Pack= £44.99 1 x XSPC TX360 Ultra Thin Copper Triple Black Radiator - 360mm= £52.99 1 x Corsair ML120 Pro LED White 120mm Premium Magnetic Levitation Fan= £19.99 1 x Corsair Hydro X Series XT 14mm Hardline Clear Tubing - 3 x 1m (CX-9059003-WW)= £17.99 1 x XSPC G1/4" to 14mm Rigid Tubing Triple Seal Fittings - (Black Chrome) - 8 Pack= £28.99 Everything else i've had previously so was reused in this build. One thing i learnt through this rebuild, the corsair hydro x tubing is much harder than the usual PETG stuff im use to. I didn't see this when i bought it and thought it was standard PETG but turns out its PMMA which is an acrylic/poly carbonate plastic so had to use a saw to cut it. You can imagine my face when i first tried to cut it with a new tube cutter lol! I do love this tubing way more though, its much more resistant to scratches and looks clearer. Would definitely be using this again over PETG. The EK Quantum Kinetic FLT 240 - First impressions... It's very solid, very good quality and weighty! The machining is top notch and the material itself is very scratch resistant as i found out when i dropped a few heavy fittings on it by accident! It comes with all the necessary mounting hardware and an allen key tool to remove the G1/4 plugs. I got the FLT version with the D5/DDC mount at the back. As standard, the ports on the face are plugged leaving 2 open ports at the bottom. I feel like the ports at the bottom should have been plugged instead, its very easy to miss and forget that there's actually ports down there.. just something to look out for. The block also comes with a built in LED strip which i have yet to test out but does fit on a standard 5v ARGB header. One thing i did notice and that i always do with EK blocks is testing how tight the screws are in. In this instance the screws were loose. If i was to fill this res block, it probably would have leaked eventually if not straight away as the vibration from the pump. I would 100% you check all your blocks from EK when you first get them to make sure they screws are in tight! As usual, a couple of pictures of the process and a short description. Getting the EK Quantum Kinetic mounted with the D5 pump mounted at the rear. Getting all this mounted together with the fan at the back for intake was an absolute ball ache to do! The standard screws that came with the kit is not long enough, i had to dig out some old screws i had to make this all work. Also note to remember to block off the bottom ports on the res block before you install it. Last thing you want is to fill it and have all the coolant fall out the bottom! New fans, Thermaltake Riing! Came with the controller which i strategically placed under the res for easy access. ML120's at the top, nice crisp but not over the top bright White led fans This bitspower EF Summit that i've had for a millennia now... GPU installed with the riser kit from Phanteks. There is no room underneath, the verti mount sits on the fans shroud... The first bend! Used a mixture of tools and free hand to get the bends right, took a few attempts but PMMA is quite easy to work with provided you get it hot enough. Minimizing those angled fittings and adding more complex bends, something my last build lacked. Finally getting the last of the piping in but need to cut some down to fit a flow meter inbetween. Also not 100% happy with the top bend, its slightly sacking downwards. OCD kicks in, will need to adjust it. More to come later! Another thing to note, i found PMMA tubing fits much tighter in XSPC 14mm fittings. Probably due to the fact that it was designed for PETG and not PMMA. They do fit but takes alot more force to get them in, really have to twist and wiggle them to get them past the orings even with a nice chamfer edge.

Hello everyone, I'm here to ask for your help regarding a future purchase. Currently inside my case (corsair carbide 275r) I have a radiator of a corsair h100i platinum 240mm mounted in the upper part with air flow that draws from the inside and throws it outside. For a "wrong" non-low profile ram purchase, I had to buy 2x120mm 15mm high noctua fans (Noctua NF-A12x15) to use on it (h100i) because the corsair standards provided were too high. After that .. In the future I would like to buy the product (linked below) to cool my rtx 2080. Alphacool eiswolf 240 gpx pro rtx What advice could you give me regarding the positioning of a second 240mm radiator? Inserting it on the front of the case would greatly increase the CPU temperatures? I hope you can help me or make me think in some way. Thanks so much (Sorry my english could be bad)

I want to add a noctua 200 to two 240 full copper radiators using custom mountings. Springs from each corner of the fan to the outer corners of the Radiators with suitable screws to fix it in place. My only concern is about the difference between a one 200 mm fan and four 120 mm fans regarding efficiency. Knowing that: 200mm has a 150 CFM, direct contact area is π x r² » π x 10 = 314 Sq cm 120mm has a 107 CFM, direct contact area of four fans is 4 x π x r² = 452 Sq cm I just multiplied the CFM by the area affected to determine the difference between both methods: 200mm ». 150 CFM x 314 Sq cm = 47100 4 x120mm »107 CFM x 452 Sq cm = 48364 I don't know what are the final numbers but i think that they determine the difference between two methods.. Are my calculations correct? If they were correct then there will be no difference regarding cooling performance. But way less noise with the big fan and probably a better performance in real life, plus the easier control with just one cable and less power consumption of course. Thank you for reading and answering Please see the image provided

Hi, I need help to choose my AIO for my new build. I will using a AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. I don't know which one to pick : Artic liquid Freezer II 240 Alphacool Eisbaer Extreme I would like your opinions/advices/experiences. Your help is much appreciate. Best Regards GenePatton

Hi I have RTX 2080 Super FE which is noisy and hot. I want to change that by using water cooling without changing my CPU cooling. There are no AiO for GPU so at first I started to look at custom loop and while checking all the options available, I stumble upon Alphacool Eiswolf 240 GPX Pro that is basically custom loop in AiO disguise. And now I wonder: should I pay more for custom or less for AiO? What are your thoughts about that? Do mind that I still would go for budget version of custom loop, also from Alphacool as they are the cheapest here in Poland: Alphacool Eisblock GPX-N Acetal, Alphacool Eisstation DC-Ultra incl. Alphacool DC-LT 2600 Ultra, Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper X-Flow 280mm (my case can't have anything bigger, only 2x slims that aren't too wide), Some coolant, fittings and tubes. That would give me something like 256€ with shipping, where Eiswolf would cost about 200€ with shipping. I don't care about the looks. All I want is to bring down temps and noise. From what I understand Eiswolf can be upgraded by changing radiator around the block to fit new cards. So that's definitively something worth mentioning. Edit: Sorry for black text. Thx @Fasauceome for noticing! Fixed Edit2: Updated with new knowledge!

Hello everyone, i need some help here. I have a i9 9900KS overclocked to 5.2GHz on 1.22 Vcore (HWinfo) my problem is that it's getting quiet hot 90 to 92°C and that's with a Alphacool Eisbear 420mm aio plus an aditional prefilled 280mm expansion rad from alphacool. I have checked the mounting and that's all allright and manually spreaded the thermal paste (Thermal Grizzly) and before anyone asks i have removed the plastic from the bottom of the cooler. specs: CPU: i9 9900KS MOBO: ASUS ROG Maximus XI Apex RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB 4000MHz GPU: EVGA GTX1080 FTW CASE: bequiet 801 Window PSU: Coolermaster V850 Gold

Which would be better for cooling an overclocked 9900k? Also, In term of filling the reservoir, do I fill it up to full in both the reservoir and the tubings? or just the reservoir itself? Thanks, I'm new to the not-so-custom loop-slash-AIO.

Ever since the first Cosmos I have had a dream to own that case. When the C700P was released I knew I HAD to own it and mod it. Making it extra special for me to enter the CMWS19, both on the 10th anniversary, but also with this amazing tower. The idea of the mod is to pay tribute to the case. Modding it, but still leave it as untouched as possible. I also want to expose 100% of the case. To do that I will spend as much time on the backside as the frontside. To crown that idea, I got a 2nd window to ensure the backside is Unhidden It will be a custom water cooling hard tube setup with dual loops. I also plan to 3D print a lot of the parts I want to thank my sponsors for this project Coolermaster Sweden / Nordics Alphacool And with continuous support of: add:north - Swedish Filament Ryobi

Has anyone used the alphacool eisfrost xtreme liquid metal, and can LMG do a review on it. I only saw one review of it on the whole of youtube, or can anyone direct me to another, Thankyou

Heyho! Simple question, probably complicated answer: Is there a way to connect the Alphacool Aurora System with the Asus Aura System? Got an Asus Mobo with both the regular and the adressable LED's and I would like to simply have the regular LED's in sync with my Alphacool Aurora System. Any way? Even getto? Or no-go?

So there is no real test info on actual heat output. While I am not a PC noob I have always steered away from liquid cooling. Well this next rig I am doing it! I was always worried about the the maintenance, and it looked like more work than I wanted to put into it. I was looking for an above average CLC/AIO and I found the Alphacool Eisbaer Extreme and thought that might be a good option. A few people were quick to tell me about past Alphacool pump failures. I really like the Phanteks Distro block they showed at Computex but for that I would want hard tube PETG or Acrylic. While i think it would be easy to lay out a system with that, the tube bending for the uninitiated looks like a daunting task. I thought about using elbows and only straight sections but that does not look as good. I Don't want a Corsair product, but I really like that 5 year warranty vs 2. I really would like a 280 or 360 radiator. Looking to get my feet wet (Pun intended but not literally) I would start with Just CPU and add a GPU Block later maybe... Sorry for jumping around so much. I plan on using a Fractal R6 TG White. I know its not the best but it has above average filtration and that is very important to me in my use case. I wish I could take my build to a expert have them help me do the bends and installation. I am quite comfortable with building the system and wire management. So summary 1. Which CLC do you recommend? 2. Why do you like that model? 3. Should I bite the bullet and buy a EK Performance Kit but $600.00 bucks that's gonna sting! 4. Thank you for your help in advance! 5. To early yet but I was leaning towards a ASUS X570 Prime Pro (White Board) 32 gigs of QVL Ram Dominator or Gskill a 970 Pro (Hope they launch a (980 series) a second NVME EVO for steam A RTX Super card Not sure on which 1. any thoughts on this setup? Already purchased Seasonic Prime Titanium 850 PSU. 6. Again thanks for any help !

Hello, today my Eisbaer LT started to make weird noises. First of all I thought it would just be the water starting to flow, but even after hours the noise was still there. I started shaking the case a bit, turning my pc off and on again in the hope that the air, that is probably in the loop, would go away but the noise was still there. Now I laid down my PC on the side and it started to get really weird. I immediately turned my PC off and I messaged the Alphacool support (waiting for their answer). Maybe someone who had similar issues with a water cooler could tell me what it might be and what I can do to fix the issue? I attached a video where you can hear both noises. First more like a "rattle" noise and laid down it sounds like the thing is wrecked. Sorry for the english and thank you for the help in advance ^^ Eisbaer Noises.mp4

I was looking at that or a similar arrangement for upgrading my aging Corsair H110i GTX. I was originally looking at going to a large heatsink with 7+ heatpipes and at least two fans but none of the ones I saw really seemed to improve substantially on the performance that I already get from my H110i and moving up to a 360mm AIO seems to be the same situation. Going for a premium custom open loop would be expensive and I don't really know where to start with something like that. I found the Alphacool Eisbaer Extreme when I was browsing performance-pcs.com for options on either reducing the price of a custom solution or other aio options. Since it uses QDCs, its expandable, which I like and it does use a D5 pump, which is good, I think. (I don't really know much about the different type of pumps except that everyone seems to say D5s are the best.) If I wanted to add the gpu to the loop, I could get something like a Eiswolf to cool the gpu or something pieced together and add a second pump if the one included with the Eisbaer Extreme isn't strong enough to provide the flow needed for a second radiator and a second block. But yeah, my question is what sort of performance should I expect out of a Eisbaer or something similar from any of the other companies that make modular systems, and what they're like to live with and if they require the same amount of maintenance that a fully custom loop would require. I'd be using it to cool my Phenom II X6 1090T, once I'm in a better financial situation, then transplanted into my next system (likely a Zen 2 based system) and I'd also like to cool the gpu when I get to that point (either a Vega FE again or a Radeon VII).

Hello all, Another newbie question here. I have managed to undervolt both my gpu and cpu in my laptop and so far so good with cooling. My next step is to repaste and replace the thermal pads as well for good measure. My question is, how to know what thickness to buy? I've seen thickness ranging from .05 up to and beyong 4mm. Obviously I don't need anything as thick as 4mm, but how to I know what's right for my laptop? If it helps, I have an Asus Rog Strix 2 GL503VD from 2017/2018. Running an i7 7700HQ and a 4gb GTX 1050. Not that this will neccesarily help with pad sizing, but who knows, just maybe. Any advice is greatly appriciated, thanks in advance!

So the specs on this cooler say it fits a (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Windforce OC), I have the exact same card except it is not an OC model. Does anyone know if it will fit? I plan on sending Alphacool an email but I thought I would see if anyone else knew if the PCB design was the same between the RTX 2080 Windforce OC and the Windforce (Vanilla). http://www.performance-pcs.com/alphacool-eiswolf-240-gpx-pro-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-black-m01.html#Specifications

So I installed a custom loop from alphacool a while ago, and I want to make sure that I plugged everything in where It was supposed to go. First is the pump, I plugged that into system fan and then pcie in my psu The CPU block has a bit of light on it and I plugged it into CPU fan. The fans are connected to a thermal take fan hub and they work great (I took them from my old aio) I am mostly nervous about the pump because I have no idea if it's plugged where it needs to be. If anybody can help me with this that would be soooo amazing.