I9-9900K Cooling

[MJG]

On 2/7/2019 at 12:38 AM, GMart84 said:

I am pretty overkill in my system with a single 480 rad for the CPU.  In everyday tasks at 5.1 GHz and 1.29 vcore it idles around 23-25C and gets to the 55-60C range under load.

Can I see some pics of your build, also how much did your loop run you?

[GMart84]

@MJG As I mentioned my build is pretty overkill and keep in mind that my ambient temperatures in the room are lower than most typically hovering around 20-21C due to being in the basement.

 

These are the pictures that I have right now, they are not the greatest but still show the overall set up fairly well.

 

Starting with the overall view of the system I am a huge fan of the Black and Blue color scheme but the white LEDs really help make everything more visible and I like how it makes the system look.

 

I am no good at hard line tubing and therefore have had to come up with a decent strategy to keep the tubing runs as short as possible and as straight as possible.  The Tower 900 case is massive and honestly in the end I probably should have gone with something that was smaller and better suited soft tubing.  The tubing runs for both the CPU and GPU (recently upgraded) are all through 3D printed gromets that I used EKWB Passthroughs to get the tubes through the motherboard tray and into the back of the case.

 

 

This is a close up view of the the res/pump combo and in/out tubes for the CPU Loop.  The res is a Alphacool Eisbecher with a Swiftech D5 pump installed on it.  I get phenomenal flow out of this set up even through the mess of fittings and turns in the back of the case.  More often than not I have the pump running at a set 60% PWM seignal and it only ramps up when the CPU is really being worked and hits high temps which is really never.

 

 

This is the side of the case where the EKWB Coolstream PE 480 is mounted, I will take some pictures of the mess in the back when I get home today, but to put it in perspective, there are drain ports back there multiple tubing runs, and a total of 19 of the 23 fans in the system, along with two Corsair Commander Pro's that manage the lighting effects and the PWM signals for the radiator fans, the arctic fans I am using on the pull side are PST versions meaning that they can share the PWM signal.

 

 

GPU side is the same res and pump with a similar set of tubing runs for the GPU.

 

 

Same thing on the GPU radiator side, just that it is a Coolstream XE 480 radiator that is significantly thicker.  Honestly I with the move to a single GPU I am contemplating changing which radiator is cooling what.

 

All in all I bargain shopped for things but here is the list:

 

PE Radiator $75

XE Radiator $85

Eisbecher Res $75 x 2

D5 Swiftech Pumps $60 x 2

Fittings/Passthroughs/Angled Fitings/Tubing $300

CPU Block $75

GPU Block/Backplate $135

 

So all in all about $940 for the completed dual custom loop system.  If I were to go back and do it over I would have found a way to limit the fittings to fewer in order to take out probably $100 to $150 to make it less.

[MJG]

2 hours ago, GMart84 said:

@MJG As I mentioned my build is pretty overkill and keep in mind that my ambient temperatures in the room are lower than most typically hovering around 20-21C due to being in the basement.

 

These are the pictures that I have right now, they are not the greatest but still show the overall set up fairly well.

 

Starting with the overall view of the system I am a huge fan of the Black and Blue color scheme but the white LEDs really help make everything more visible and I like how it makes the system look.

 

I am no good at hard line tubing and therefore have had to come up with a decent strategy to keep the tubing runs as short as possible and as straight as possible.  The Tower 900 case is massive and honestly in the end I probably should have gone with something that was smaller and better suited soft tubing.  The tubing runs for both the CPU and GPU (recently upgraded) are all through 3D printed gromets that I used EKWB Passthroughs to get the tubes through the motherboard tray and into the back of the case.

 

 

This is a close up view of the the res/pump combo and in/out tubes for the CPU Loop.  The res is a Alphacool Eisbecher with a Swiftech D5 pump installed on it.  I get phenomenal flow out of this set up even through the mess of fittings and turns in the back of the case.  More often than not I have the pump running at a set 60% PWM seignal and it only ramps up when the CPU is really being worked and hits high temps which is really never.

 

 

This is the side of the case where the EKWB Coolstream PE 480 is mounted, I will take some pictures of the mess in the back when I get home today, but to put it in perspective, there are drain ports back there multiple tubing runs, and a total of 19 of the 23 fans in the system, along with two Corsair Commander Pro's that manage the lighting effects and the PWM signals for the radiator fans, the arctic fans I am using on the pull side are PST versions meaning that they can share the PWM signal.

 

 

GPU side is the same res and pump with a similar set of tubing runs for the GPU.

 

 

Same thing on the GPU radiator side, just that it is a Coolstream XE 480 radiator that is significantly thicker.  Honestly I with the move to a single GPU I am contemplating changing which radiator is cooling what.

 

All in all I bargain shopped for things but here is the list:

 

PE Radiator $75

XE Radiator $85

Eisbecher Res $75 x 2

D5 Swiftech Pumps $60 x 2

Fittings/Passthroughs/Angled Fitings/Tubing $300

CPU Block $75

GPU Block/Backplate $135

 

So all in all about $940 for the completed dual custom loop system.  If I were to go back and do it over I would have found a way to limit the fittings to fewer in order to take out probably $100 to $150 to make it less.

Gorgeous

[Turtle Rig]

On 12/2/2018 at 11:01 AM, xHero12 said:

I like the look of AIO's over air cooling especially in this case). I havent ever had an issue with my current AIO (240 rad from coolermaster). I just want to know if this rad will be sufficient on hitting the 5.0gz or at least close. 

You can go evo 212 Noctua DH-15 and you can OC to 5Ghz turbo with no issues and impressive temps.  Also depends how fast the fan is spinning along with ambient temps and what not.

[Turtle Rig]

On 5/9/2019 at 10:39 AM, MJG said:

Gorgeous

Man you have soo many fans your PC is going one day lift off and head to the sky and fly.

[MJG]

3 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

Man you have soo many fans your PC is going one day lift off and head to the sky and fly.

Not my machine your sending the comment to the wrong person pal

[GMart84]

@Turtle Rig You are correct there are a total of 23 fans in the PC 16 in push pull configurations on the two 480mm radiators with 3-140mm fans exhausting the air that the rads pull in, plus 2-140mm fans set up on the bottom and top of the front of the case to get some air movement over all the components in there with two 120mm fans mounted on 3D printed mounts to target the VRM, RAM, and NVME areas of the motherboard.

 

When I turn them all on high I sometimes thing there is an airplane coming in for landing, but most of the time they run around 40% PWM which means they make almost no noise whatsoever.

[Turtle Rig]

39 minutes ago, GMart84 said:

@Turtle Rig You are correct there are a total of 23 fans in the PC 16 in push pull configurations on the two 480mm radiators with 3-140mm fans exhausting the air that the rads pull in, plus 2-140mm fans set up on the bottom and top of the front of the case to get some air movement over all the components in there with two 120mm fans mounted on 3D printed mounts to target the VRM, RAM, and NVME areas of the motherboard.

 

When I turn them all on high I sometimes thing there is an airplane coming in for landing, but most of the time they run around 40% PWM which means they make almost no noise whatsoever.

Awesome glad to hear my friend.  Thanks goodness for PWM or you would be living in a airport inside your room lol  Also I think you broke the world record for most fans on a rig.. ,, insane, but 400rpm will make things quiet for shure.

[runcoach]

Similar to my build and I have been very happy so far.  I am running:

 

Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Ultra Motherboard

i9-9900K

Cooler Master ML240L RGB (too small OC'd - this was my only mistake - should've went with Corsair H150i or at least 3 fans with RGB that synced with my motherboard)

same ram

similar HD - 970 EVO 1 TB

1000W PS - overkill (future planning)

Gigabyte Aorus RTX 2080 TI Xtreme Waterforce 11G

 

My only mistake was my CPU cooling - fine at stock speeds but should've went better for OC'ing- will upgrade later

 

Don't go with faster than 3200MHz ram unless it is approved by the motherboard manufacturer

 

Good luck and have fun!