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1 hour ago, Lays said:

Thought about it, but then I'd still have to deal with soft tubing "woes", maintenance of my loop right now is stupid easy due to just being able to move crap wherever I need, I like the convenience.

 

I may be buying a 1/2 horsepower chiller soon, so I may be changing stuff around again.

i think you need a bigger rad. :D are you going to use the chiller instead of or as well as the rad? 

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Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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5 minutes ago, Jumper118 said:

i think you need a bigger rad. :D are you going to use the chiller instead of or as well as the rad? 

My guess is use the chiller to chill a large reservoir

Res>Pump>Cpu>Gpu>Rads 

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3 minutes ago, JDMFTW said:

My guess is use the chiller to chill a large reservoir

Res>Pump>Cpu>Gpu>Rads 

yeah i was thinking the same, but if the ambient is hotter than the water after the gpu you would take the rad out. otherwise the rad is heating the water :P 

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AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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23 minutes ago, Jumper118 said:

yeah i was thinking the same, but if the ambient is hotter than the water after the gpu you would take the rad out. otherwise the rad is heating the water :P 

True I assumed worst case that gpu exiting temp would be well above ambient still.

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4 hours ago, JDMFTW said:

True I assumed worst case that gpu exiting temp would be well above ambient still.

That's not how watercooling works, the water doesn't really heat up when it goes from part to part, it goes round so fast that it heats up over time, rather than in each part. 

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16 hours ago, Jumper118 said:

yeah i was thinking the same, but if the ambient is hotter than the water after the gpu you would take the rad out. otherwise the rad is heating the water :P 

 

15 hours ago, JDMFTW said:

True I assumed worst case that gpu exiting temp would be well above ambient still.

 

As Lays says, not correct. While there may be a very minor difference between certain parts of the loop (which you'd only be able to tell with temp probes placed throughout), it will only be a couple of degrees if that, and makes no difference to performance. It has been proved many times over that loop order doesn't matter... temps will equalise over a loop in a very short period of time.

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It has to be hotter once it has come out of a block wear it has had energy transfered to it. It isn't possible not to,  even if you might not see the difference it is still there. 

 

If it goes through 2 cpus and 2 gpus you can literally feel the difference in temps between the inlet and outlet. 

 

If I use 4 gpus it's even worse.  

 

I can see it would not make a difference in a small loop in a case with a single gpu and cpu but when you are talking 1080+1800 rads and chillers with multi gpus and cpus it can make a big difference. 

 

 

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AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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21 hours ago, SmashinMachine said:

Hi

I want to represent my Revision 3 Custom Loop of my Mastercase  Maker 5 

Nice, never knew you could fit 480 rad in maker5, always thought it was max 360+240 or is that 420?

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8 hours ago, ShiftyFella said:

Nice, never knew you could fit 480 rad in maker5, always thought it was max 360+240 or is that 420?

Thanks man. Yeah there is a 420mm Radiator from Hardware Labs. All 420mm Radiators under 460mm can fit in these case with a little modification. And HW LABS have the shortest Rads.

 I cut only the gap bigger under the Front I/O Panel 

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That's my watercooled gaming pc.

In that external case, there's a triple radi, laing pump, flowmeter, aquero controller. So only 2 tubes and some wires are going into my pc.

 

The 980Ti is cooled by an Corsair AIO Watercooler.

 

i don't really care about looks, what i want is a silent and fast pc. :)

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Not as crazy as other systems here, but i thought its worth sharing:

 

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On 12/11/2016 at 8:30 AM, KWelz said:

Don't think this is breaking the rules.   It is Water cooling.  Just Water cooling in Progress.   

 

I finally got tired of screwing around and trying to "make it work"  

 

I think this will come together well....

 

Kina of... ;)  post it in the build log section :)

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5 minutes ago, NoobCase said:

Kina of... ;)  post it in the build log section :)

I really should have.  But I got impatient and just started building.   

 

Turned out really good and have been tweaking it here and there.  Decided to make it less flashy than it was original.   I went for class over flash.  

 

Only thing left at this point is to replace the plexi window with glass.  

 

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Finally jumped onto the water bandwagon. Need to clean up the cables a bit, but it's working.

 

New 750D case, HUE+, GRID+ v2, XSPC kit. Changed out some of the fittings for Monsoon's, and put in the t-fitting for a drain. Need to superglue that LED into the res I think. Stupid thing just keeps coming out.

 

 

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15 hours ago, KWelz said:

I really should have.  But I got impatient and just started building.   

 

Turned out really good and have been tweaking it here and there.  Decided to make it less flashy than it was original.   I went for class over flash.  

 

Only thing left at this point is to replace the plexi window with glass.  

 

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Is that Skunkworks??

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Here's some various pictures of my build! Debating between a few cases. It was originally in a Phanteks Evolv ATX TG, but, I never completely finished it in that case. (Hence SLI bridge/bad wire management.) The case was too small for my needs. I'm currently debating between a few cases. I'm also curious; how much of a difference do you guys think fans will make when I'm using three radiators? A 480 x 60, a 240 x 60, and a 360 x 40. I'm guessing with that much radiator surface area, fans won't make any more than a couple degrees difference.

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13 hours ago, NoobCase said:

Think Skunkworks has the pumps seperate in the basement. 

@KWelz looks really clean.  Have you considered changeing the rubber Cornelis on the noctua fans for Black or green? 

I did indeed base it off skunkworks.   Didn't want to honestly but J2C has figured what is probably the cleanest and most attractive setup for a dual loop system in this case.   So I went with it and made just minor changes.  For instance I had to curve the feed line for my GPUs where it comes out ofd the midplate.  these MSI Seahawks are taler than stock 1080s and I have a thick rad down there so I had to make allowances.  I also went soft tubing in the basement where he uses PETG there as well.  

 

I have thought about changing the rubber on the fans.  However I am not sure if I am going to stick with green and black makes them blend in far too much.  The brown doesn't look terrible but only time will tell.  The fans up top were originally Noctua brown but I painted them.   The ones in the front and bottom are Industrial.  

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8 hours ago, Sazexa said:

Here's some various pictures of my build! Debating between a few cases. It was originally in a Phanteks Evolv ATX TG, but, I never completely finished it in that case. (Hence SLI bridge/bad wire management.) The case was too small for my needs. I'm currently debating between a few cases. I'm also curious; how much of a difference do you guys think fans will make when I'm using three radiators? A 480 x 60, a 240 x 60, and a 360 x 40. I'm guessing with that much radiator surface area, fans won't make any more than a couple degrees difference.

 

With only 4 blocks Id go with a 360+240. Unless you Narrow down the cases that can fit a 420. Then it would be 420+240. I ran 3 360's for the hell of it, got me the same temps as running two. Just stuck with a 360+280 and would turn the fans up if I wasn't happy with the numbers. Normally keep them at 40%.

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4 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

With only 4 blocks Id go with a 360+240. Unless you Narrow down the cases that can fit a 420. Then it would be 420+240. I ran 3 360's for the hell of it, got me the same temps as running two. Just stuck with a 360+280 and would turn the fans up if I wasn't happy with the numbers. Normally keep them at 40%.

I'm running a single 480x60 right now. The question was more about fans than rad space.

 

The case I'm most likely going to get will house a 480x60, a 240x60, and either a 360x60 or 360x40. Considering with just one rad right now my max CPU and board temps are 60°C and 55°C, and my GPU's too at 45°C each, I think with the extra radiator space, fan choice become irrelevant.

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So switching to petg. thought about doing parallel flow. I've noticed a few of you have done it even with single gpu setups. Is there any downsides to this?

I have no reason to run it other then I think it looks cleaner. 

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2 minutes ago, JDMFTW said:

So switching to petg. thought about doing parallel flow. I've noticed a few of you have done it even with single gpu setups. Is there any downsides to this?

I have no reason to run it other then I think it looks cleaner. 

No down sides, some air bubbles got trapped a bit longer.

 

I forgot, more fittings but that shouldn't be an issue.

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here is my current loop

 

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CPU:I5 6600K / , MOBO: MSI z170 M Mortar RAM : Kingston 16GB 2133MHz  GPU: EVGA 1070 SC HDD :BRAK SSD :Kingston 2.5'' SSDNow V300 120GB/ GOODRAM CX100 240 GB, GOODRAM C100 240 GB PSU  :  Seasonic Prime 850W 80+ Titanium CASE :Hyperion

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Water cooled back plate, round 2 this weekend.  Out with the new in with the old. 

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Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

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