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My last water cooling adventure was in 2006 with a Core 2 Quad lol. Previous build to this one was a 10900 and a 3080 with 32gb ram and 2tb nvme. Great system but the heat got a little high. This time I wanted to build something dumb and my last one for a while. Case: Corsair obsidian series 1000d with top fan tray swapped for second dual 480mm fan tray. Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS Z790 Dark Hero CPU: Intel I9-14900KF GPU: Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC edition RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 48GB X 4 PC5 54400 = 192GB SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 PSU: Asus ROG Thor 1200 Platinum ii Liquid cooling: 2 EKWB Quantum kinetic TBE 300 D5 water pumps. All hardline tubing is Corsair XT 14mm satin clear tube. 3D printed mount for the two water pumps to mount to the 120mm fan mount that goes to the 3.5 hdd bays. System 1 CPU liquid cooling is Corsair XC7 RGB Elite LCD CPU water block, (2) Corsair Hydro XR7 480mm radiators with (16) ThermalTake SWAFAN EX 12 fans in push pull configuration. With Corsair Hydro XL8 coolant in blue. System 2 GPU cooing EK Quantum Vector Strix RTX 4090 water block, (2) Corsair Hydro XR7 360mm radiators, (12) ThermalTake SWAFAN EX 12 fans in push pull configuration. With Corsair Hydro XL8 coolant in Green. I got the Corsair MP600 4tb SSD to add to the GPU loop but the M.2 slot by the motherboard I/o made the pluming not fit. I also wanted to make both water cooling systems dual 480mm radiators but the thickness of the rads made that not possible, and I didn’t want to shrink the thickness of all the radiators to make it work. Overall I am very happy with the setup, and hope to not build another for a while.

Just looking for some tips in regards to picking fittings to use with this distro. I watched a few videos and with that have decided to use push fittings with this distro for ease of use and long-term maintenance. However, I was wondering if anyone could post some pictures close ups of what extensions are being used and how they are connected. I can't seem to find any super close ups and I need to visualise this to have a better understanding. Please and thanks if you can provide such pictures. Any other things I should know as well? Jot them down below if you think it worth while.

I can't seem to find a place that sells any of this type of tubing. Mostly just white silicone tubing (which I'm told is fine) but nothing to fit 10/16 size that I'm going for. Is there any companies that makes this as a standard, or am I just going to have to improvise and find the best suite for my build?

going install custom loop for ryzen 9 5850x with rog 3090 oc, need suggestions on cases having at least quad 140mm fan/radiator support regardless of size

After watching several LTT videos, such as the Lower your heating bill... with GAMING (heating a room with your PC), I am curious to know if there was a way I could direct the heat my computer outputs to the bottom of my Geko's terrarium. I have a leopard geko who has a current heat mat that produces around 95~100 Fahrenheit it is stuck right underneath the right side of his enclosure. My home gaming server and my girlfriends gaming PC both output around 95~98 Fahrenheit when measuring surface temps on or around the exhaust fans. I was wondering if maybe there would be a way to direct, with custom fan setup or computer cooling solution, the heat output of my computers towards or directly on the same area under the terrarium. Currently we are getting a setup where we will have two desks along a wall and will be placing a shelf/rack in the middle of our desks that would house the computers. There would be enough room on a shelf or the top shelf to place our terrarium. I would be interested in saving on electricity by heating the bottom of the terrarium using our computers (gaming/work server is on 24/7). Are there any suggestions or ideas? Thank you.

So I bought a liter of pre-mixed Hydro X coolant, and I have about 1 liter of distilled water and 250ml of EKWB Concentrate. Is it okay to mix these? We don't have many stores here in Norway who sells custom cooling and such, so I just bought what was available.

Good evening, So I've been planning to custom water cool my system for a while, the deciding factor was an excess of funds to play with, but a little assistance is required, I had the idea of having one rez/pump but splitting the loop after the pump to go separate ways (GPU, CPU, individual rads 120/240) then having them rejoin back before the rez. My question was, is this an okay idea? Will it work? The reason for splitting the loop is 1; not combining CPU heat into the GPU line/vice versa, and 2; aesthetics, it's a relatively small case, but I think the highway like tubing setup will look pretty cool. And also, having the split loops/rads, do you think the Delta T will be enough to cool everything Any help would be appreciate, I'll post my specs and proposed parts down below System Specs: Fractal Design Define C Case i7 7700k CPU @ 4.7Ghz Galax GTX 1080 HOF GPU @ 2ish Ghz 16GB Corsair DDR4 RAM @ 2666Mhz ASrock z270 Extreme4 Mobo 2TB HDD 256GB SSD EVGA Supanova 750w PSU 6 Noctua NF-F12 Fans (maybe overkill but they look nice Proposed WC Parts: EK Coolstream PE 240 (GPU) RAD EK Coolstream PE 120 (CPU) RAD EK X-REZ 100 REVO w/ D5 pump Bitspower Galax GTX 1080 Waterblock EK Supremacy EVO CPU Waterblock White Edition EK HDC fittings EK AF X-splitters Primochill 1/2' Rigid Tubing Cooling on Water with Mayhems Pastel Extreme White Concentrate

Alright guys, you know the drill. I post a dumb, ridiculous question that has probably been answered and then I feel like a fool, but here's another "is this a thing", er, thing. Can you use a soldering iron (like a larger one) or some type of soldering method I guess, to connect multiple pieces of copper and stuff together? Basically, can you solder stuff like laptop heat pipes, small fin assemblies (likely connected to those wimpy pipes, maybe a fan), to make a larger heat sink? I would take the aforementioned laptop heat pipes and solder them to a small block of copper cut to a decent size to cover the cpu (if cannibalizing a gpu air heat sink wasn't possible) and just SOMEHOW getting it all together. Even if it was ugly, I don't care. It's all for shiggles and gets to me. I wouldn't try to mount it to a laptop or am trying to improve a laptops thermals/performance. I just wanna mod me up a heat sink for the hell of it, maybe create a rad heat sink that could maybe later be upgraded with water cooling for a custom pc; custom sound dampened enclosure, just a sweet custom rig. I couldn't find really anything on this topic, or know how to google it best. I doubt using torch solder for connecting pipes would work, would damage the components. I thought maybe you could connect flat surfaces and "weld" a nice rim around the two pieces, basically weld it together best you can and hope the heat transfers well. I don't think the solder would soften during heavy loads and disconnect or whatever. And with a good, powerful soldering iron you wouldn't have to heat the metal I would think. I don't know obviously, about any of this stuff. So any friendly advice or knowledge would be awesome! Also before I end the post, I can post pictures of some hardware I had thoughts of connecting together, or pictures of stuff I think would work well; I guess now that I think about it, this question gets more and more into is custom air cooling possible? I've seen videos by people like DIY Perks that make me inspired to try stuff, so I've been dismantling decommissioned gear, mostly a couple computers in hopes to use them in a future project. I think a custom cooler would be fun. PS. I just want to reiterate I know this is a terrible idea and wouldn't use this on my main computer, I figure it must be too hard or not possible seeing no posts on it so maybe it's common sense it is out of reach but I'm hoping someone knows whether it is safe and possible to try it. Thanks!

So I start with that right now I have thermaltakes ultamate water 360 AIO with 3 Noctua 120mm 3000PWM IPPC fans and it works good but I want to upgrade to a custom loop so I can get better temps and include my gpu to watercooling eventually. My case is an NZXT H630 and all the hard drive cages are out and the support bracket on the bottom out too. I can remove the 2 drive bays too and I probably will remove them. Right now I'm trying to find a triple 120mm rad for the front and it does not matter how thick it is but I want to get the most performance one but I can't figure it out. I've looked around and I have some ideas but I'm not really sure. But like I said before I only know a little but I want to get the best so I don't have to upgrade my cooling again. So if anybody can help that would be awesome. My specs Cpu: Core I7-5820k @ 4.7Ghz on all cores Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 Gpu: EVGA 1070 FTW Ram: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory Case: NZXT H630

i need help to find 2 360 radiators that have following specifications: 1. ek waterblocks rads you can detach the shroud and paint it(want it white) i want this one or a similar one 2. max 40mm thicc 3.like alphacool nexxxxos to have a drain 1/4 hole for easy drain casue 1 rad is gonna be at the bottom and is the lowest point in the loop! if there is one with my specification please tell me! thanks in advance

i found some awsome byski and barrow gpu and cpu blocks but i found them on ali express so im kind of weary! 1 awsome byski cpu block is only 39 bucks:https://de.aliexpress.com/store/product/Bykski-CPU-XPR-A-MC-V2-For-Intel-Lga115x-2011-CPU-Water-Blocks-RBW-Lighting-System/431286_32918719813.html?spm=a2g1y.promotion-20181111.promotePruductList_43774017.15 or the barrow one: https://de.aliexpress.com/store/product/Barrowch-FBLTFHI-04N-For-Intel-Lga115X-2011-X99-X299-CPU-Water-Blocks-Digital-Display-Temperature-Microwaterway/431286_32841605570.html?spm=a2g1y.promotion-20181111.promotePruductList_43774017.4 are these brands good? they are on sale at the moment so im thinking of buying a pair of cpu+gpu blocks!

When I told my friend that I was planning to build a PC, he sends me this rough sketch of this crazy idea to build a custom water cooling. I don't know if this is a good idea but I guess I should try it out and see but I'm posting here, to get some opinion and suggest his crazy idea. So technically he trying the method where the copper pipe was used to cool down liquid with ice packs. Rest assured I won't use this on New PC that m planning to build but rather on old PC that I have for testing. My concern is what if we keep ice packs and liquid start to condensate and drop of water start forming around the tubes. Should I use coolant or water? Don't mind the drawing, I haven't told him that I would be posting here. XD

Can i get a Gpu block for the MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO and if so where can i get a Gpu block for the MSI RTX 2080 TI GAMING X TRIO?

Hey all, So this is my first time posting to the forum. I am trying to build a beast of a liquid cooling setup. I am the Software Engineering Lead on a team to build a robot that can theoretically mine for future Martian colonies. We are using some standard off the shelf parts and a budget of several thousand US dollars. The problem is we want to cool this without the use of fans. Basically, we are going to take a cooling block and pump liquid around the CPU that then is pumped into a massive radiator array. Pictures and comments will follow, but I just wanted to see what people think about this or if anyone had questions about the system in general. Again, pictures and videos of the interior of the system will follow. Edit (4/17/2018): It is looking like we will use an electric thermopile to chill the coolant in the radiator/reservoir that will, in turn, bring down the CPU temps so not that far off the "CPU cooler bong" brought up by RoyalGamer1.

Ive been looking at many different ways people have tried to cool their systems. The common oil cooling being mercury, gallium and mineral oil. Im thinking of doing oil as well but not as the main source of cooling.My idea is to use water as the main fluid but to add food coloring or oil to obtain a effect. Im trying to go for a swirling effect in the tubs while the pump is running. To not cause stress on the pump im thinking of using 80% water and 20% food coloring or oil. So you see any problems with this like bacteria or corrosion please and thank you.

Hiya, just got this in my YT Inbox and must say, it doesn't look nice but does an awesome job. Here the link to the video from DIY Perks: Cheers

Im thinking about trying to use my h440 as a basis to do my first watercooling build. I hear it's not perfect but I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas to make two rads work well.

I'm using AIO liquid coolers and I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to adapt the NZXT Kraken G10 bracket on one of the new gtx 10 series. If not, is there a bracket out that would work on the 10 series?

Hi guys, With the not-so but somewhat recent release of NVidia's latest instalment of potentially dubious pocket-pickers, namely the GTX 1080 and co.,I've decided to pick one up for an intensive build that I've been planning. It's my first time assembling a custom pc and decided on having a custom water cooling loop. Now here in lies the question. Am I right to assume that a founders edition card will perform equally/ be overclockable to similarly to a custom card when water cooled? From what I've seen there is a clear distinction in performance when benchmarking with a traditional blower, however I've yet to find sources which compare them with water blocks. My current understanding is that all of the gpu's will perform basically identically given enough cooling, since a lot of the discrepancies I've noticed has been caused by thermal throttling. So in summation, should I go for a founders edition or an after market card for the best bang for buck, and if after market, what would be a good option if I was looking for RGB (assuming the leds are not on the cooler shroud) and not too crazy power consumption? Thanks for your time in advance! Xcydus

Im building a PC ( you can find the parts here: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/sx8Gcc ) and I'm wondering if any one can give me help to find parts for a custom water loop as its my first build. I would like it to cool the CPU and GPU, I'm also looking for a pastel colour and any other things I may need to put in the water eg, to clean keep it clean and things like that. If it can be kept around £300 or lower, I may be willing to spend more if the system I like the system, thanks.

Hey, I posted my rig in the forums, and I need some opinions on what I should do for cooling on my GTX 980. So here we go, on my GTX 980 I have the blower style cooler and while gaming it will hit around 81 degrees centigrade, but I do have a custom cooler (arctic Accelero Extreme 4) But I was wondering what looked better in my system, so here are the links below: Before with custom Cooler (on a GTX 760): https://imgur.com/a/297HY After with stock cooler (GTX 980): http://imgur.com/a/jmzwz So there you go please let me know what looks better and thanks for reading! CPU:Intel Core i7 2600k (Overclocked to 4.5Ghz) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GPU: GeForce GTX 980 4GB (Overclocked to 1450Mhz on the Core) RAM: 12GB DDR3 1333 Mhz XMS3 PSU: Corsair RM750X Watt PSU 80+ Gold Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 HDD1:120 GB Intel 120GB SSD x2 HDD2: Western digital Cavair Green 1TB HDD3: Seagate Barracuda 1TB Case: Fractal Design Define S

I've been shopping around for a 980 for a while and noticed that gigabyte has 2 cards at different prices. I do notes some clock speeds is that all that's different? Can't i get the same results myself overclocking?*Note I live in Canada so prices are around 620 - 800$ CAD Links 1)Plain http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125696&nm_mc=OTC-sho6b0tCA&cm_mmc=OTC-sho6b0tCA-_-Video+Card+-+Nvidia-_-GIGABYTE-_-14125696 2) G1 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125682

I am planning to get an H220x in my new PC. I want to get some clear tubing and RED fluid. I have seen some horrors on forums of what happens with pre mixed fluid. I am pretty sure that the H220x has a silver coil so that should help. What should I use? I don't want to end up buying all new parts due to corrosion. I was thinking maybe distilled water with some kind of dye. If you guys don't have a definitive answer, I can always ask around at Microcenter when I buy the parts. By the way the CPU is a 5820k.

Hello, I'm water cooling my rig and I would love some clarification on a few things. Parts in loop *Cpu *Two graphics cards *Motherboard (Debating if this is necessary) Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro Proposed mounting positions - *Top - Up to a 420mm *Bottom - Up to a 240mm Would a 420mm in the top work? Would splitting up the radiators in another configuration work better? The Enthoo Pro does allow for a reservoir mount on the HDD cages but I would like to take those out to keep clear airflow for the 200mm front fan so I've decided to go with a dual bay pump/reservoir combo Would something like the XSPC x20 DC-750 be a good pump combo for the system? Should I choose a different pump combo? Or should I ditch that idea and get a dedicated reservoir for the HDD cages? I would love any insight! Thank you!