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So I finally was able to get my hands on a new GPU, MSI 3060ti ventus 2x. It's a great card, but the cooling is absolute garbage. My main question is there are some waterblocks for the 3070 ventus series so does anyone know if the PCBs are the same or if they are compatible. I'm willing to hotglue a block on if I have to lol

Hello everyone I have a small question for everyone. Why don't manufacturers make more GPUs like the ASUS EKWB GeForce RTX™ 3070 but make them compatible with AIO's . it seems like a really good idea especially for people that don't want to do a custom water loop. I do understand there are Solutions like the Kraken G12 but they are not compatible with all graphics cards

Linus, just watched your 3090 personal upgrade video. I had a thought: how about integrating the house plumbing with the home server cooling. I mean water-cooling EVERYTHING. My idea would likely reduce the need for water pumps and reservoirs. And you'd have a constant source of cold water. Two ways come to mind. The first is to incorporate the server radiators into a reservoir that the house plumbing flows through, before it goes to the water heater. The second would be to directly tie the house plumbing through all water cooled components. This would allow a constant cold water supply through your components and before again heading to the water heater. Both would have the effect of heating the water a bit before needing to be heated. I expect it might help with the heating needs. These ideas could also be tied into the floor heater (or both). If you value my feedback, please reach out to me, I'd love to contribute Edit: I know you tried in Langley and it was janky as balls but now you have the resources to do it right. And overdo it like you do

Budget (including currency): US dollars. virtually limitless within the scope of this single case. Country: USA Workloads that it will be used for: dual-system, Servers - software development start-up small business (yet to explode!) Hi Linus and team, I am seeking advice for an explanation that will satisfy the question in my head that's been brewing for weeks. I have come to the time where I need to make a decision and I find myself still grasping the straws of this project with information missing. The facts of the case: I came to realization that any enterprise virtualization solution requires at minimum 2 nodes to function. You can hack the 2 into 1; however, the time it would take to accomplish this is not worth the instable result that would come to fruition. After creating a second budget, I purchase what I hope to be the end of this long journey of setting up the hardware, to the infrastructure, that I could/would use to build my company. And then... forced-my-hand situation, not totally in my control, resulted in the lost of several of the components in these systems that I had built, that took me years to have enough saved up to buy in the first place. Case: MASSIVE Thermaltake W200 Supermicro X11spi-tf+- Intel Scalable Silver 4108 (started here) 6x RDIMM DDR4-2666 160 GB Kioxia 1TB SSD XG6 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe (plan to buy GPU for combo use as processors and for video-rendering overloading for VMs) Supermicro X9dri-ln4f+ Dual Intel E5-2620 v2 (started here) 2x RDIMM DDR3-2133 32GB (must buy more for both CPUs) PCIe 3.0 8x adapter to 256 GB nvme 10 HDD 7200rpm SATAIII This dual-server rig will be running 24/7/365, unless hardware issues arise that require full shutdown. QUESTIONS: ------------------- I understand that putting CPUs back-to-back ("warm" water from one CPU to the next CPU) is a BIG no-no!! However.... ** I'm purchasing 2x 560mm radiators (4x 140mm fans each, with 60+CFM each) EKWB EK-CoolStream CE 560 Radiator, Quad, Black Noctua NF-P14s redux-1200 PWM (1) Can I build a single loop with this? (2) Can I connect the dual Xeon E5s back-to-back? (3) How do I calculate the number of pumps and the amount of total reservoir I need for this system? (4) Is there any such coolant that has something to it (color, tint, glitter, anything) that I can leave in the system forever and never have to clean, as recommended once a year, and that allow me to see moving liquid thru the tubing? (5) I still have plenty of room for more radiators. Do you suggest using the space differently? https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1ILA8R9OQB1RK?ref_=wl_share I would greatly appreciate any advice, help, direction, suggestions, etc you could provide me. In return, I will accomodate any request (within reason) you may have for me. One of your great fans, Miki G 20+ years IT --> Sr. DevOps Engineer Teaneck, NJ

Hi, I have an open loop with 360ml EK classic radiator, thinking of getting another radiator to cool my 9700K @5.2ghz. My current open loop set up is as below: Pump out Rad in Rad out Block in Block out Pump in 2nd rad set up option: Pump out 1st rad in 1st rad out Block in Block out 2nd rad in 2nd rad out Pump in This option would cool the water coming into the pump. Can my entry level pump handle this? EK SPC 160 with 250L\hour flow rate Thought?

So, I was worried about doing this, the Kraken G12 is a mounting bracket that will take certain fitting CPU AIOs (mostly NZXT branded ones) and fit it to your GPU card so you can water-cool it. I'm sure most members of this forum have heard about it, but I couldn't find anyone who had actually water cooled an old mid-tier card like the GTX 1060 6GB (mine was like the stock one that came with an OptiPlex or something - Dell 2FNM3) I think it would be cool if LTT did a video where they take cards like this one and show its possible to water-cool it easily and relatively cheaply, I did mine for less than a $100 USD, because I went used on the AIO. I normally wouldn't do this but 1060s right now are going over $400 USD USED! I needed a way to get even more life out of this already old card, because I don't know when I will be able to afford a new one.

I found a deal on some hardware and am curious on if my current waterblock for my lga 1155 cpu would work for a LGA 2066 cpu? I see that most blocks look to be compatible, just not sure of the actual mounting hardware. Cheers.

Hi there! I'm working on a build for a friend. He plans to take his pc regularly along his travels - - - 1000km every other month by car. I was thinking to add expansive foam bags so the pc doesn't suffer too much. He wants a big tower for convenient and minimal cleaning without fancy rgb stuff. I need advice on the choice of the case, are there any good cases with handles and advanced filtering systems that dont hinder airflow too much ? Lian-li has nice cases but they're too small. Other models that seem interresting are : - The VENGEANCE® C70 Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Mastercase 5 by Coolermaster (the handles look w e a k!) - ASUS TUF Gaming GT501 Mid-Tower Case (not a fan of the tempered glass...) - Cereberus X (expensive but fracking neat edit: from EU... case + shipping = 400€ thats too much..) Another point would be the cooling. I'm hesitant about watercooling in general, and in the context of frequent moving even more. Should I go for watercooling regardless or stick with good ol' noctua for the sake of peace of mind...? The core components will be: Ryzen 9 7950X Rtx 3090 32gb DDR5 5600 mhz corsair vengeance (the only affordable ddr5?!) Seasonic gx 850w Motherboard: X670 but idk what manufacturer..

I am planning a very basic looking wall mounted PC and am planning on water cooling. I am planning out my loop and placement right now and I noticed that my water block of the GPU would make it vertical, as shown below. I've seen photos of air cooled GPUs in this position, but not water cooled graphics cards. Do you think it will cause any issues? Additional information: -Inlet is currently on top -I'm like 90% certain I will replace that pump before I even start the loop -My use case is 1080p gaming at and above 60 Hz and YouTube (with occasional editing and 3D modeling)

I'm thinking about doing a new build. It's going to be water cooled but it's my first time doing a water-cooled PC. Would be nice if you could give me thoughts and recommendations. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/fpTP7h

So this is going to be my first post. I hope to have more soon. This rig has been a work in progress for the past 2- 1/2 years. It was done then I wanted a different case cause of slight damage and it wasn't a new case when I got it. The original case was an Inwin 707 which i absolutely loved. It is roomy enough for all that I wanted to do plus the tool less design made it incredibly easy to swap out drives on the fly. I used it for a while but during my move to my current residence the case got dented in on the front some which I wasn't happy with, so I decided that it was time to move on and find something new. I fell in love all over again with the EVGA DG-87, and absolute monster of a case with six tool less drive bays, 6 optional SSD and 3.5' drive cages on the back of the motherboard along with front USB 3, type C and HDMI input for VR. Plus the enormous capacity for water cooling made it almost the perfect case. Then I got word that i was about to move again (military life) so i decided to look for a case that could be easily transported better. I was looking for large cases but in a cube shape so it could be either crated or boxed up, which in my opinion, would be the best for transport. So I settled on the Thermaltake Core X9. It was originally the snow edition but I ended up painting it blue to go with the rest of the blue theme I have going on. So here are the specs: Thermaltake Core X9 Snow Edition MSI Gaming Pro Carbon X99 Intel i7-6800k Corsair 16x2 gb ram @ 3200mhz 2x Gigabyte G1 1080 graphics cards in SLI Samsung Evo 850 2.5' SSD 1tb Western Digital Black 2.5' 1tb Western Digital Green 3.5' 1tb EVGA Supernova 1300 G2 Water-Cooling Specs: Thermaltake Pacific 280 and 420 rads Cougar 140 mm fans in push config EKWB Supremacy - EVO (CPU Block) EKWB EK-FC1080 G1 (GPU Blocks) EK-XRES 140 D5 PWM EKWB fittings (a boat load of them lol) Primochill flex clear tubing If there are any questions I will be happy to answer anything. Bear in mind some of this is still a work in progress but for now here it is. I will upload photos soon (once I have decent pics lol)

Hi Guys, I have purchased a kit containing the following: - Water Pump + Reservoire (built-in). - Liquid Cooled GPU - CPU Water Block - VGA Card with Water Block- 2x 360MM Radiators (3x120x120 ventilators each) - Everything else necessary (pipes, fittings etc, liquid etc). My question is on the way liquid flow should be setup. Apparently, all the flow schemes I have seen on internet are as follows: Pump -> Radiator 1-> CPU Water Block -> GPU Water Block -> Radiator 2 -> Pump again. The issue I have with this scheme is that apparently, the water going throughout my GPU blocked, will be already heated from the CPU, hence I will not get optimal temperatures for my built. My logic would be to add the 2nd Radiator between CPU/GPU in order to resolve this specific issue, resulting in the following scheme. Pump -> Radiator 1 -> CPU Block -> Radiator 2 -> GPU Water Block -> Pump again. Could you please lend me more details on how these should be set-up, as I'm new and I am just using some entry-level knowledge to set up this right. If you need more information to decide whether of the 2 above setup is better, please let me know and I will provide more information. Kind regards, Emanuel

Hi, I just upgraded my gaming rig to an i7-7700K. I was previously using an i5-6500, so the normal temperatures I'm used to with the i5 don't really apply for the 7700k. I was hoping some of you here who know more about the standard temps this thing can put out would be able to give me your opinion on the temps given the following setup: SETUP Intel Core i7-7700K (@ Stock 4.2 GHz / Turbo @ 4.5 GHz) Asus Z170-A Motherboard Corsair H100i V2 Stock 120mm Corsair Fans Mounted on the front of the case an intake NZXT H440 Case (x7 Fans) The 3x 120mm stock Fans that are normally mounted on the front were moved to the top 2x 120 mm Stock Corsair fans (as stated above) are on the front mounted to the radiator 1x Cryorig QF120 Fan (1600 RPM max) on the front of the case, populating the third 120mm slot 1x Stock NZXT 140mm Rear exhaust fan Other: MSI GTX 1070 Gaming 8G 16 GB (2x8) Kingston Hyper X Fury DDR4 2133 x2 SSDs Additional Notes: I have attached an image illustrating the airflow of the case. Each arrow is a fan. All fans (Except the two radiator fans) are connected directly to the NZXT H440 PWM Fan Hub on the back side of the case, which is powered with 1 PWM header from the mobo The two corsair radiator fans connect to the provided Y-splitter on the pump, which in turn connects to the PWM Fan Hub. I have not messed with any overclocking whatsoever. The cpu is running at default settings (4.2 GHz w/ 4.5 GHz Turbo). Corsair Link is being used and is on Balanced Mode. With that, I've pretty much described my entire build. Now on to the reason why I'm here. With my current setup, I am reading minimum temperatures with CoreTemp of about 27 C, with roughly a 23.5 C ambient room temperature. This looks great to me. However, I now I want to know how the temps hold up when the computer is stressed. I always see Linus videos where they temperature test different coolers and fan setups. However, I have never learned a controlled/standard way to benchmark my cpu temperatures. I think i've seen that most people use Aida64 or Prime95. I've used Prime 95 before, and know that there are 4 different tests, but it's never been clear which test is the "standard go-to" test for benchmarking cpu temperatures. As for Aida64, I have never used it, and from what i've seen it is paid software. The reason I ask is because I want to compare my temperatures vs other setups with the 7700k, and I want to have as many controls as possible for my experiment. Also, just to know whether everything is running as it should. That was a lot to type up, so hopefully it makes sense, but let me know if something isn't clear. Please feel free to give general comments on my setup. This high-end build/cooling is new territory for me, so any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Hello LTT forums, I'm trying to find a mid tower case that (preferably) is between $70-120. My other constraints are: -mid tower (space is a luxury) - good water-cooling support (240mm rads in top and front - good airflow and dust filters (my house is dusty and gets very hot) - acrylic side panel window (no tempered glass, I have got kids and glass isn't a good idea) Support for E-ATX motherboards. Thanks for your help guys, if I've posted this in the wrong place/format then please let me know. Have a great day.

I recently water-cooled my build because it's something I've always wanted to do. It was working fine but sometimes would crash during gpu stress tests, and be unable to boot into windows randomly. I rolled back my overclocks. However after I rolled them back the screen would black again. Then eventually I couldn't go past stock clocks for both the memory and core. I took my graphics card apart to see if all the modules we're being cooled. Bought more thermal pads and reapplied them. That didn't fix it. WhenI could get into windows. I tried to uninstall and reinstall the drivers. No difference. I used older drivers no difference. I switched power supplies, checked ram sticks and individual slots. I used a friend's GTX 1060. And it worked. I reformatted windows, using my friends card, thinking that something had boinked amd the drivers. Even after a clean install of windows and the vega installed, I still can not get past the bios splash screen. I can enter the bios through my Vega card. And using the board explorer application I see that when the Vega 64 card is installed, the motherboard calls it a AMD PCI to PCI bridge. I have no idea how that happened. Is my video card dead? Is there a way to fix it? Is my motherboard pci slot screwed up and that causing the problems? Thank you for your help in advance. Specs: CPU Ryzen 5 1600 OC to 3.9 AMD Vega 64 MSI PC mate B350 Corsair Vengence 4x4 slots Thermal take 850 W power supply.

Hi I just drained and and upgraded my loop then filled it up with de-ionized water, I remembered I had some part 2 of the blitz kit and I'm just wondering if I could just pour some into my res and run it for a few hours... Opinions?

So I just recently sold my GTX 970 which was cooled via NZXT's Kraken G10 and a 120mm radiator. I am currently looking to get either an EVGA Hybrid FTW 1070, an air-cooled 1080, or and air cooled 1070 if the price is good and water-cool it possibly in the future. Temperature-wise, the basement of the NZXT Manta makes aftermarket cooled cards starved for air. Ideally I would just throw an Asus Strix 1070 in there, but pricing for 1070s right now are terrible. Looking at buying a 1070 for nearly 480$ when I can buy a 1080 for around 520$ with Destiny 2 seems absurd. Does anyone have a Manta or similar issue with a small build and have any suggestions? The max I am willing to spend on a GPU is around 600$. Ideally I would like to keep that closer to 500. Thanks for the suggestions.

Hello! I am gonna get the Corsair Crystal 570X RGB Tempered Glass So I could get some help gathering the most usefull fan for me Im a huge RGB nerd right now and wanna get full red to match my pc setup And I would love to get the best fans for good airflow with RGB and very quiet Also Im getting water cooling I have never had this before So I want a really good one that could not leak and has ofc RGB.. In short Fans- > less noise RGB Good airlow / cooling down the pc overall Water-Cooling Quality RGB Good cooling Yes I am very new to pc building myself allways had ppl build my stuff via workshop

My PC gaming performance was perfectly fine before I decided to watercool my PC! I did have some mishaps on the water cooling. The back port of the gpu was loose and it leaked a bit on the GPU PCB. I left it overnight and hoped it worked. I did all my tubing and finished my loop. It worked! I boot up and Run Modern Warfare. Only to experience horrendous PC performance. It wasn't like this before I water cooled! 30 frames on 2k at high settings. Temps are Fine. Specs: Asus Maximus IX Extreme Intel 6700k RTX 2070 Super Founders Edition Corsair Vengeance Rgb 16 gbs How can I fix this?

Hi all, first post. Hope this is in the right section, I'm assuming it is. I recently bought a used 1080 TI for around 320$, and the temps were mid 80s, so I decided to get a kraken g12 and CPU AIO, which heavily reduced temps. Anyways, a few days later, the GPU died due to water residue on the back of the card (PC was left in car all day and froze is my best guess). I digress. I bought a GIGABYTE 2070 SUPER and the temps are much better, around 62 max with overclock. However, I've now got a bracket and AIO sitting around. Would it be worth it to install it? Or just sell it. If I should water cool it, do I need to put heat sinks on the tensor cores? Not sure how those work to be honest. I heat sinked most things on my last card but am not sure about the architecture on the new RTX cards. Thanks in advance.

I'm planning on getting an AIO once I upgrade my CPU, and all the AIOs I look at have the two same things in common: pump noise isn't mentioned, and the fans are insanely loud (most with nearly 40db). So I'm already planning on replacing the fans with quieter, high-pressure fans (like the Cougar Vortex) but I was wondering if there's a way to find who has the quietest AIO pump. Thanks!

I've been on a kick customizing my ML08 case because I love the portability. I was hoping for a little more graphics performance and was thinking about cramming a water cooled card in. The problem with the ML08 is there is no place for even a 120mm radiator. However a card like the ROG Poseidon could operate with or without the radiator. I could slap a pump and 360/280 on my desk and implement QD for the water. This way I could overclock at my desk, then tune it back on the go as I won't need full power for gaming on my $60 LAN screen. The Poseidons are crazy expensive costing almost 5x the 1070 I have in there right, but with Turing around the corner... To make it work, I was thinking of mounting the male disconnects with a plate on the chassis with soft tubing back to the card. Bring a fan header off the card to a similar cut out on the back of the case. Then probably provide a 12v off the power supply via a two pin connector. I could then extend the cables for the pump and fans down the tubes. The pump res combo could sit on my desk with my rad hidden under my desk with a big snaking cable sleeved bundle with a pair of tubes, a pwm fan cable, and DC 12v pair of wires running down to my rig.

Hey who would want to see a video heading off a standard watercooling loop vs a ridiculously long, curved, and bendy loop? Not only would the 2nd loop look awesome but I'm interested to see what effects it would have on performance.

I'm upgrading from a Phenom X6 to a ryzen 5, and I'm wondering what the value of a 2600x over 2600 would be if I have an antec kuhler 920. Since it's only a single rad, I figured just get the 2600 and let xfr 2.0 do its thing, but I'm not sure what kind of thermal overhead the 2600x needs to really get an advantage over the 2600. The loop was refreshed recently and has 2 fans on it.

I'm building a system and I want to go with a full custom waterloop, for reference i have not built a pc in a long long time 8 years ++ probably. I never done a water loop before but i do make stuff constantly i enjoy building and working with tools, i do small woodworking projects and 3d printing, this will be a hardline loop. for my pc specs: Core i7-8700K Asus - Prime Z370-A G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4-2400 Memory x2 32GB total Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AORUS Video Card Corsair - TXM Gold 750W 80+ Gold this setup is already working without the water cooling (basic air cooling) Case: Thermaltake Core P3 I went with EKWB for the loop components: EK-CoolStream XE 360 (Triple) EK-XRES 140 Revo D5 PWM (incl. pump) EK-RES X3 - TUBE 400 (354mm) (for looks) EK-Supremacy EVO - Nickel EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Aorus - Nickel (rev. 2.0) EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Aorus Backplate - Black EK-AF Angled 90° G1/4 Black x4 (not even sure if i will end up using them) EK-HD Tube 10/12mm 500mm (2 pcs) x4 (8 tubes are probably way too much, but as i never bend tube before i got extra for practice and probably replacements) EK-HDC Fitting 12mm G1/4 - Black x8 EK-AF Ball Valve (10mm) G1/4 - Nickel (for draining) EK-ATX Bridging Plug (24 pin) EK-CryoFuel Blood Red Premix 1L EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3-Fan PWM (10cm) i already have a few Enermax fans and NZXT fans i can use on the radiator NZXT AER P140 x2 enermax T.B Silence x4, i may end up using this as they are super quiet. Tools: i already have the tools needed to cut and bend the tube from other projects. i read the threads in here and watched a few tb videos on watercooling and tube bending, but not sure if i picked the right things, or if im missing anything. is there anything i should take into consideration for this?