Is there a way to improve custom loop cooling?

[Mick Naughty]

Better case would help. 

[For Science!]

6 hours ago, Lonehelljumper said:

 

To me, it looks like theres a tonne of wasted space in the chassis. Can you not move the pump reservoir to under the graphics card, and then populate the top with a 240 mm radiator? 120 mm in the back optional if it fits, but I would personally go for a 240 mm on top and a rear intake.

[Lonehelljumper]

20 hours ago, Enochian said:

Normally for gaming you hardly need that much power on CPU - lower your OC ,this will also help the longevity of the hardware so keep that in mind.. just down a bit the OC. You still will be able to play 100% of games  at max anyway for the next 2 years at least. 

Can you post a pic of the whole case , maybe we can think of something. 

 

[Lonehelljumper]

[Lonehelljumper]

[MaratM]

It is possible to get a 240 rad on top with minor mods.

get a ddc pump top and a ek bottom multiport

move the pump under the gpu at the front part of the case and the res above the gpu. Hopefully you will have space for a 240 rad at the top.

but the easiest way to get your temps lower is to lower you oc to 4.8-4.9 gHz. The performance drop will be minimal, but the temp will decrease by few degrees

[Enochian]

on i7-8086k not OC i never go above 60% usage in any AAA game on max settings or editing software so i can imagine that here it will be even better.

Mount a rad on the top as MaratM said. 

and just to be sure, can you check that your rear fan is pulling air out? I watched a video on yt yesterday and saw that people actually sometimes mistake the direction. 

 

[Froody129]

You either raise fan speed or add more rad space. If you really want to you can add a chiller into the loop but they are very inefficient. I'd just bolt rads onto the outside or cut space into the inside 

[Lonehelljumper]

Ok here is what I found. I ripped the factory mesh filter from the front of my meshify c. I'm now hitting 88c on realbench instead of 94c. I've also been able to change my overclock (5.1ghz and -3 avx offset to 51.ghz and -1 avx offset) at that temp. Games are now hitting 76c max (that's bfv ultra 1400p and dxr at ultra using). It's insane he amount of airflow that front filter stopped. Unsung my old settings (I plan on doing for 99% of time) I saw a max of 83c on realbench and 70c in games. 

[kurt kurtson]

There is now a Direct-Die Bracket from Der 8auer available to better cool the 9900k

https://www.caseking.de/der8auer-intel-9th-gen.-oc-frame-fsd8-026.html

 

Alternative: MoRa3 from Watercool

http://shop.watercool.de/epages/WatercooleK.mobile/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/WatercooleK/Categories/Radiatoren/MO-RA3

 

but: if you invest in such expensive hardware, why not getting a better case for watercooling with ample rad support?