DDC questions..

Thanks again for the input guys, much appreciated. Think I've got it covered now. I ended up buying a SFX PSU so I should have room to to squeeze in the D5 in the space left over :) will need to book a holiday off work just to get everything done lol. Will hopefully have a build log up shortly.
 
Sounds good. Look forward to seeing what you're up to.
Should I keep an eye out for a new thread "D5 questions..."?! ;) :p
 
Haha, should be good to go with the D5! I've had it for my last 3 builds, it's pimped out with the Bitspower top and pump kit :cool: It seems a shame to hide it after paying for the extras, but I've changed my mind about this build at least 10 times now lol. I had my heart set on how I was going to set everything up until about a week ago, then had a eureka moment which meant spending another £400+.. Seems the more you think about it, the more it ends up costing lol.

Will get some photos up and start the log as soon as I can. I'm sure my first adventure into hardline tubing will be entertaining, for everyone but me!
 
:D It's hard to put a price on perfection, until you check the credit card bill that is!

I'll not give anything away before I can set up a log, but with the space being so limited I've had to have a re-think at pretty much every step of the way. My 'temporary' loop has been going for 2+ years now, quite a bit longer than I originally hoped for. The hardware has aged a fair bit since then but the CPU I'm using is a golden sample, a 1/10000 maybe so it should hopefully still be interesting to see.
 
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Bluntwrapped said:
:D It's hard to put a price on perfection, until you check the credit card bill that is!
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Spread it out over several months bills or several cards....much harder to track then so easier to delude yourself ;) :D

Sounds like it could be an interesting build with an interesting overclock. Look forward to it.
 
I have 2 DDC pumps in my system.. 18 and 10W, both with EK heatsinks, 10W is in a bay reservoir and the 18W is using a pump top, both are running at 10.5V and I can not hear them... if I go over 11V the 10W is actually noiser than the 18W.
At 12V you can hear them, but mind you my case is on my desk, on my ear's level and only 50cm away from me.

10W CPU + MB + 480 rad loop
18W 3xGPUs + 360 + 240 + 120 + 120 rads loop
 
I suspect there is less vibration isolation in the bay res as otherwise, the 10W should (logically) be spinning slower than the 18W at any specific voltage and hence should be quieter since as far as I'm aware, the only difference is the coils driving the rotor and/or their controller chip.
 
Drangueos said:
I have 2 DDC pumps in my system.. 18 and 10W, both with EK heatsinks, 10W is in a bay reservoir and the 18W is using a pump top, both are running at 10.5V and I can not hear them... if I go over 11V the 10W is actually noiser than the 18W.
At 12V you can hear them, but mind you my case is on my desk, on my ear's level and only 50cm away from me.

10W CPU + MB + 480 rad loop
18W 3xGPUs + 360 + 240 + 120 + 120 rads loop
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Thanks for this. While I think I'm sorted now this is all good to know for the next time. It'll probably not be too long before I put all the spares I've managed to accumulate into another system. Will likely be a HTPC so a DDC will be in with a shout.
 
Mikey C said:
What type of DDC was it?

I've had a few and found the 18W ones definitely need some sort of vibration dampening to make them quiet but the 10W ones were much quieter.

From what I remember the 18W variant runs around 4500RPM and the 10W is around 3700RPM so that would explain why.
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Yeah pretty sure it was th 18W version
 
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