Air bubbles

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 11:20

Hello

i have an air bubble approx 1" long in the lowest section of my loop and for the life of me i cant get it to budge, does anyone have any ideas or advice on how to remove it please

SeraphX · 4 Mar 2013 at 11:23

Tilt and shake ya case, ideally in the direction of a fill port or Reservoir

Space Monkey · 4 Mar 2013 at 11:24

Have you used the tried and tested method of rocking your case about? or laying the case in a different way? or cycle the pump speed if available?

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 11:26

ive been rocking the case all morning but no luck just wont budge and i dont have the option to increase pump speed the one i have is the xspc all in one 240mm kit.

i wondered why my gpu temp was so high now i know why

SeraphX · 4 Mar 2013 at 11:34

You're not moving the case enough then, the air has to move, laws of physics dictate that air, being lighter than water will rise, jiggle the case upside down if needs must tbh, If the case is too large or heavy, use the floor to help

andybird123 · 4 Mar 2013 at 12:08

yeah, as above, if the tube with the bubble in it is horizontal you need to tilt the case up to 45 degrees so that the "exit" of the tube is much higher than the "intake" end of that tube... follow the flow of your tubing in the direction the pump pushes the water around and you can basically force the air to keep going in the direction of your res to get rid of it

it's like one of those kids toys where you have to tilt it to get the balls in the right holes

AlbertBarkley · 4 Mar 2013 at 12:33

I think SeraphX's idea is the best..

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 16:16

tghink i managed to work it out but the GPU still sitting at 52c under load still seems a bit high to me

*Rich* · 4 Mar 2013 at 16:29

rabc1690 said:
tghink i managed to work it out but the GPU still sitting at 52c under load still seems a bit high to me

Depends what rad setup you have?

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:19

i have a 240mm fan that came with the xspc kit and a 120mm the ek rad that im pretty sur is 47mm thick. was advised that would be enough to run an 8350 and a 7970

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:19

i mean 240mm rad

*Rich* · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:31

240 + 120 cooling cpu and gpu, or just gpu?

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:45

thats colling both cpu and gpu

gcaster · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:51

That sounds fine to me. Is it overclocked and what are you using to stress it?

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:55

cpu sitting a modest 4400 at 1.400 gpu at 1100 and 1500 stockvolts. so nothin too far that way. so cant figure out why gpu hitting mid 50s. to stress i use intel bun test and valley/heaven for gpu

gcaster · 4 Mar 2013 at 17:58

1.4V is pretty high. I run [email protected].

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 18:00

nothing i do can get it stable under those volts. also for everyday use gaming etc is there any need for a big oc.

gcaster · 4 Mar 2013 at 18:26

I don't find any performance increase over 4.2GHz. Still very much GPU bottlenecked in most games.
What CPU have you got? 4.4GHz sounds low for a max OC (assuming SB/IB?).

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 18:33

its an 8350 i have. was lead to believe i needed to oc the pants off it or i would be cpu bottlenecked

rabc1690 · 4 Mar 2013 at 18:34

also i can get it to 5 ghz but volts needa be 1.51 and temps sneak upto 63 so dropped it back down. run at 4.4 as i only have a 700w psu