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Hi all, i'm looking into some guidance into quieting my PC build. Although I did some research on my pumps before, I never figured they would cause so much noise. Let me be clear I understand there is noise from water flow but the current pumps I have (2 Koolance PMP-400's in a RP-401X2 Single 5.25in Reservoir) produce around 50 db from 6" away and around 42db at 3 feet away; the distance from me to my PC. I Have a fan controller on the PC and can get the fans to silent (even off) and know the noise is coming from the pumps themselves.
 
My questions is there a way to either dampen the noise, or change the pumps while keeping or even improving cooling performance as under load I still hit 80-90C on my cpu @4.5ghz. EDIT: Even hit thermal wall on the cpu core 0 today while playing some games. My setup used too keep my system relatively cool considering I do live In Florida where heat and humidity is an issue. However lately the performance is dwindling with newer games and more demanding task on my PC.
 
 
My Cooling Setup consists of 3x (3x120mm radiators) cooling the setup listed below. All is in a single loop cooling [CPU,2x Titan blacks, AND the motherboard.]
 

 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($366.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($366.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($366.99 @ Amazon) 
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Thanks in advance for any help!

 

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Hi all, i'm looking into some guidance into quieting my PC build. Although I did some research on my pumps before, I never figured they would cause so much noise. Let me be clear I understand there is noise from water flow but the current pumps I have (2 Koolance PMP-400's in a RP-401X2 Single 5.25in Reservoir) produce around 50 db from 6" away and around 42db at 3 feet away; the distance from me to my PC. I Have a fan controller on the PC and can get the fans to silent (even off) and know the noise is coming from the pumps themselves.
 
My questions is there a way to either dampen the noise, or change the pumps while keeping or even improving cooling performance as under load I still hit 80-90C on my cpu @4.5ghz. EDIT: Even hit thermal wall on the cpu core 0 today while playing some games. My setup used too keep my system relatively cool considering I do live In Florida where heat and humidity is an issue. However lately the performance is dwindling with newer games and more demanding task on my PC.
 
 
My Cooling Setup consists of 3x (3x120mm radiators) cooling the setup listed below. All is in a single loop cooling [CPU,2x Titan blacks, AND the motherboard.]
 

 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($366.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($366.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: BenQ GW2765HT 60Hz 27.0" Monitor  ($366.99 @ Amazon) 
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-08 19:27 EDT-0400
 
Thanks in advance for any help!

 

 

You could try getting some foam and using it between your pumps and the mounts, not sure how much of a difference that will make other wise a D5 pump would do the trick very powerful and quiet.

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The block I have is the Koolance 380I it has been on for about 10-11 months. I'll try to re-set the cooler today and see if that makes a difference. If not then I may change to the d5 pump as you guys have recommended. Will update after work today.

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Definetly get d5s

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So I re-set the CPU block with new thermal paste and left AIda64 running for about 2 hours and these are the temps I was left with.

 

 

If I were to upgrade the cooler to 2 PMP-450 Pump's will I see an increase in cooling performance over my existing pumps?

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Deleted.  Missed a couple things from later posts.

How long has it been since you flushed, refilled your loop?  Also....what kind of coolant are you running?

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GPU: 1080 FTW PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1000P2 / EVGA SuperNova 750P2  SSD: 512GB Samsung 950 PRO
HD: 2 x 1TB WD Black in RAID 0  Cooling: Custom cooling loop on CPU and GPU  OS: Windows 10

 

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So I re-set the CPU block with new thermal paste and left AIda64 running for about 2 hours and these are the temps I was left with.

 

 

If I were to upgrade the cooler to 2 PMP-450 Pump's will I see an increase in cooling performance over my existing pumps?

You'll probably get a little more flow rate out of 2 x D5s.  But.....I'm not thinking that'll help your CPU heat issue.

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GPU: 1080 FTW PSU: EVGA SuperNova 1000P2 / EVGA SuperNova 750P2  SSD: 512GB Samsung 950 PRO
HD: 2 x 1TB WD Black in RAID 0  Cooling: Custom cooling loop on CPU and GPU  OS: Windows 10

 

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I am going to go pick up some more coolant for the system and clean the loop. It has been running now for about a year and my stability test upon first build the CPU max temp was 79C in the same environment. Not sure what has caused the increased temps, but seeing as resetting the block didn't cause much change hopefully cleaning the loop will.

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