Refill Worth It?

[IDGamerLife]

Heyo, so after 2 months of bleeding, this is what my res combo looks like done completely of bleeding, it used to be 1 inch below the fill line and after 2 months guys can you tell me... should I refill it all the way or just leave it until next maintenance? My other concern is all that big bubbly condensation, which is normal is it? Thanks.

[RONOTHAN##]

It's recommended to keep it topped up, but honestly if it's above the pump line it's fine. The condensation is also normal in my experience. 

[IDGamerLife]

1 minute ago, RONOTHAN## said:

It's recommended to keep it topped up, but honestly if it's above the pump line it's fine. The condensation is also normal in my experience. 

Thx, yeah thought for a sec it was too low and that it would get hot or boil lol.

[RONOTHAN##]

1 minute ago, IDGamerLife said:

Thx, yeah thought for a sec it was too low and that it would get hot or boil lol.

If you run into a problem where your water is boiling, you're probably doing something wrong. You CPU and GPU shouldn't get above 90c, 10c short of water's boiling temp assuming perfect thermal transfer between the liquid and the CPU.

[IDGamerLife]

3 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

If you run into a problem where your water is boiling, you're probably doing something wrong. You CPU and GPU shouldn't get above 90c, 10c short of water's boiling temp assuming perfect thermal transfer between the liquid and the CPU.

Yea no, cpu stays... 55-60 c under load, gpu max 49c, under bench cpu maxed to 84c

[RONOTHAN##]

5 minutes ago, IDGamerLife said:

Yea no, cpu stays... 55-60 c under load, gpu max 49c, under bench cpu maxed to 84c

Those are honestly better than mine. 77C in RDR2 for CPU and 50-60 GPU for dual 360s. Granted a 5900X and a 3080, but still.

 

But yeah, you should be fine. The main way to know "I need to fill this res" is if you can hear the pump. You generally don't want it to get to that point, but it's good to know.

[Moonzy]

if your water level is going down constantly at a rate quicker than expected, there might be a leak somewhere so do pay attention to that possibility as well

[IDGamerLife]

17 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Those are honestly better than mine. 77C in RDR2 for CPU and 50-60 GPU for dual 360s. Granted a 5900X and a 3080, but still.

 

But yeah, you should be fine. The main way to know "I need to fill this res" is if you can hear the pump. You generally don't want it to get to that point, but it's good to know.

Yeah, I have a 3070 fe and a 10700k, so anyways last thing, is it still safe to top it after 2 months of that ekwb cryofuel being in there with the same mixture and color? Thanks again.

[Whiro]

1 hour ago, Moonzy said:

if your water level is going down constantly at a rate quicker than expected, there might be a leak somewhere so do pay attention to that possibility as well

I agree with that. Had similar problem with my loop on the beginning, there was tiny leak from the res, I didn’t screw it all the way to the pump. 

[Mick Naughty]

One of my rigs I keep topped off. The other gets what ever. Prolly lower than yours and I wont be adding any unless the parts change.