Oooh, the cute teeny 970 with block. I want it please and thank you
The rise of AMD
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Chop chop! Pictures gpu waterblock? How come you chose 12mm tubing?
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Still on pre-order....
I checked a while back and they said 3-4 weeks, but that was at least a couple of weeks ago. Direct reckons 7-9 days now, so I guess we're looking at May?? I'm getting really fed up of waiting! LOL
I've always used 12mm tubing to be honest, so all my fittings have always used 12mm. There's no functional difference between tubing sizes it's mostly just ascetics and bend radius.
,for the lengths of tubing we're talking about,
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Your G1/4 fitting will have a through bore of no more than about 10mm so those are going to be your restriction for any tubing over 10mm ID. Larger bore tubing would have a lower 'resistance' but over the lengths we're talking about, I suspect it's negligible. Personally I try to stay at 10mm ID as a minimum so I don't further restrict it more than necessary. But you've already got the 'right' idea and gone hard tubing....can't go making life easier than necessary for yourself!
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The only real video comparison I could find on it is a LTT video from 6 years ago.,for the lengths of tubing we're talking about,
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But 10mm ID was 25.8c idle with 50% pump speed, and 61c at load with 50% pump speed.
13mm ID was 25.9c idle and 61.4c under load
Basically it's close enough that any difference is probably measuring inconsistencies.
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It is time....
Final decision to make is; do I mount the GPU in it's regular orientation? or since I have the vertical mount do I mount it vertically so you can see it?
Final decision to make is; do I mount the GPU in it's regular orientation? or since I have the vertical mount do I mount it vertically so you can see it?
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Looks like vertical is the choice.
I haven't had chance to take my PC apart just yet; I was deep in my 2nd play though of Baldur's Gate 3 with the new classes.
I haven't had chance to take my PC apart just yet; I was deep in my 2nd play though of Baldur's Gate 3 with the new classes.
Vertical. Only takes a bit longer to get rid of the tiny air bubbles that may, or may not, stay where the water flow is reduced, but only likely to happens if the whole loop restriction is high for the pump to deal with.
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Sorry for the lack of updates; I fell down the Clair Obscur rabbit hole and it's taken me a while to find my way out!
I finally managed to install the waterblock today; and I'll post some pictures tomorrow. I ended up going with the vertical installation.
It's looking great and the temps are really solid (50c max when benchmarking Cyberpunk @ 5210x1440, with everything switched on).
I finally managed to install the waterblock today; and I'll post some pictures tomorrow. I ended up going with the vertical installation.
It's looking great and the temps are really solid (50c max when benchmarking Cyberpunk @ 5210x1440, with everything switched on).
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Everything ok dude?
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Yeah, sorry life and some other stuff got in the way.
The Dynamic Dashboard issues have reared their ugly head again; I'm debating RMAing the motherboard and getting an alternative.
I've also been distracted by some other bits and pieces but we'll see if anything comes of that.
(The new ThermalGrizzly waterblocks, potentially a new case, the list continues).
Also given the high temps of the AMD 9950 I could be tempted to delid it, but that's all down to what happens with the motherboard RMA.
Anyway:
Fluid temps after being on for 2 hours; right is the CPU loop, left is GPU.
The Dynamic Dashboard issues have reared their ugly head again; I'm debating RMAing the motherboard and getting an alternative.
I've also been distracted by some other bits and pieces but we'll see if anything comes of that.
(The new ThermalGrizzly waterblocks, potentially a new case, the list continues).
Also given the high temps of the AMD 9950 I could be tempted to delid it, but that's all down to what happens with the motherboard RMA.
Anyway:
Fluid temps after being on for 2 hours; right is the CPU loop, left is GPU.
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Awesome F....... build dude! Good to hear back! Thermalgrizzly do blocks???Yeah, sorry life and some other stuff got in the way.
The Dynamic Dashboard issues have reared their ugly head again; I'm debating RMAing the motherboard and getting an alternative.
I've also been distracted by some other bits and pieces but we'll see if anything comes of that.
(The new ThermalGrizzly waterblocks, potentially a new case, the list continues).
Also given the high temps of the AMD 9950 I could be tempted to delid it, but that's all down to what happens with the motherboard RMA.
Anyway:
Fluid temps after being on for 2 hours; right is the CPU loop, left is GPU.
Love the double pumps!
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They have 2 coming out soon, one for the 5090 Astral and one for CPUs they look absolutely fabulous.
They will both have the nickel inside finish once they are done; looks like their fittings have just gone live for pre-order on the OCUK shop too.
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