Excellent mate, thats good news! Seems today is full of good news! Take your time with your build, dont rush it thats the most important thing i always tell people.Awesome, thank you very much
Now just need to wait for my parts to arrive, 3080 arrives in a couple of days and the FLTs soon after hopefully.
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Drama tonight, long story short it was the cpu block. It was completely and utterly bunged up. Bits of oring mixed with what i can only describe as tissue paper. Weird... anyway rebuilt the block (alphacool XPX acrylic block), filled the loop and... disaster! The block leaks! Immediately took it apart and thankfully only a few drips onto the m.2 slot (dont worry, nothing was damaged). Checked the block, cant see why it would be leaking. Orings are in place and making contact. Did a simple test, filled the block with water and plugged it. Shook the block vigorously and still leaking. Can see water coming out where the block and acrylic meet which means the oring has failed. On further inspection i could see the oring isnt even making contact on one side. Oring looks fine though so maybe acrylic is damaged.
anyway whipped out the old bitspower block as temporary replacement. Looking at getting aquacomputers Kryo rgbpx block next. Abit disappointed with the alphacool block tbh.
new flow rate is as follows
3.89 L/M
Excellent!
anyway whipped out the old bitspower block as temporary replacement. Looking at getting aquacomputers Kryo rgbpx block next. Abit disappointed with the alphacool block tbh.
new flow rate is as follows
3.89 L/M
Excellent!
I double checked with heatkiller before on this, it fits the GamingPro card not the Gamerock cards.
Very weird then, on their webshop and website and compatibility list all say it will fit the 3080/3090 reference design which the palit gamingpro is.Ive got an email from them saying it doesnt fit my gaming pro oclet us know how you get on
will find out later when it arrives, still waiting.
The blocks arrived in the UK, however i've just had to pay some import tax and duty's damn, nearly £50 in taxes jeeeez. Paid it anyway, not much choice... gonna think twice before buying anything from Europe thanks to the change in the law just after new years.
It has somewhat to do with it but this rule came out for Europe as well so its more down to poor timing. The only way to get things cheaper now is to buy direct from the UK...i think brexit has changed things quite a lot when it comes to taxes and import fees and stuff ?
Unboxed and installed the Heatkiller V block finally 
, mega happy with it. Not tested the temps yet but idles around 26c with a room temp of around 22c, will do some game testing later for a comparison with the Alphacool block. The light distribution inside the block is insane, its very well lit and hits just the right spots around the channels of the flow. Highly recommend this block to anyone looking for one now.
Also @The_One i can confirm it fits
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, mega happy with it. Not tested the temps yet but idles around 26c with a room temp of around 22c, will do some game testing later for a comparison with the Alphacool block. The light distribution inside the block is insane, its very well lit and hits just the right spots around the channels of the flow. Highly recommend this block to anyone looking for one now.Also @The_One i can confirm it fits
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Will post something over the weekend, so far though its definitely cooler than the alphacool block but only slightly. Im starting to wonder the orientation i have it mounted is affecting its performance.LooksLook forward to your thoughts once you've tested it properly
Thanks mate! Short video posted below
Me too, already had one mishap last week with the Alphacool cpu block! So far so good though.
I was gonna go with Black ones BUT it was out of stock at the time so i opted for the silver route with black/acrylic blocks. Works well together so far anyway, thanks man!
Just watched the video, rig looks awesome.
Great work on the video too.
Cheers guys, as usual more to come! Haha not sure about winning a comp, would be nice but there are so many other nicer builds out there. Just got dispatch notification of the XSPC EDGE CPU waterblock
.Something to do again this weekend haha!
Had the intention of swapping it over this weekend, was mega stoked that it turned up early and then this happened lol. We'll see what they say tomorrow, fingers crossed something can be sorted quickly...
Got confirmation my replacement block is coming tomorrow
OCUk did me a solid on this one, top CS!
New blocks in, just doing some testing now but so far so good. Used Liquid metal for a change... forgot what an arse it is to apply! First used it way back when i had a phenom 955 and on a 3570K.
So far temps are sitting around 48-50c while playing No mans sky.
So far temps are sitting around 48-50c while playing No mans sky.
Some edited phone pics of the new block. I've switched back to normal thermal paste after a trial run of the conductonaut.
With the conductonaut i was achieving around 48-55c on the cpu block at max with a 5.1 OC @1.285v.
With the Kryonaut i achieve around 58-65c on the cpu block at max with the same 5.1 OC @1.285v.
Now compare that Kryonaut result with the bitspower summit EF block from 2012... Same settings same application i was hitting around 68-75c between the cores with high spikes of 80c+. Come along away i'd say but still keep the old block as a spare in case something goes wrong.
From the conductonaut there#s quite an improvement but noticed some staining on the IHS and block so decided to go back to normal paste for now unless im gonna benchmarking then i'll do a switch over.
With the conductonaut i was achieving around 48-55c on the cpu block at max with a 5.1 OC @1.285v.
With the Kryonaut i achieve around 58-65c on the cpu block at max with the same 5.1 OC @1.285v.
Now compare that Kryonaut result with the bitspower summit EF block from 2012... Same settings same application i was hitting around 68-75c between the cores with high spikes of 80c+. Come along away i'd say but still keep the old block as a spare in case something goes wrong.
From the conductonaut there#s quite an improvement but noticed some staining on the IHS and block so decided to go back to normal paste for now unless im gonna benchmarking then i'll do a switch over.
Thanks mate! Don't think theres much more to do unless i change case.Looking good, great pictures again.
Testing a quick external rad tomorrow to see what i can do to bring gpu temps down further. Using a simple TX360 rad that i used previously for this test, lets see if we can get it to dip below 45c!
Awaiting Alphacool QD's (£70's worth, bloody expensive!) and a rad stand for the 360.
If i get nice results i'll order the Mo-Ra3 pro and find it a nice spot.
Got 6 fans on this TX360 for push pull. I've seen in tests with push pull i can get an additional 4c of cooling, i know this wont be a direct translation for my scenario but extra cooling is welcome always.
Awaiting Alphacool QD's (£70's worth, bloody expensive!) and a rad stand for the 360.
If i get nice results i'll order the Mo-Ra3 pro and find it a nice spot.
Got 6 fans on this TX360 for push pull. I've seen in tests with push pull i can get an additional 4c of cooling, i know this wont be a direct translation for my scenario but extra cooling is welcome always.
What can i say, just wow! i've gone from 48-50c to a much lower 41-42c! I reckon a thicker radiator like a RX 360 or a GTR 360 60mm radiator would give me even lower temps in push pull config! I'm running fans at barely 1000rpm and its dead silent. The whole assembly was abit fiddly but once i got the bends in and all the heights correct it was pretty easy after that. The quick disconnects are great, you only lose about a drop of coolant, a tiny amount when you disconnect them. I used some EK ZMT for the external rad as its the best flexi tubing on the market that i basically had laying around from my older build. Had to use a pci bracket to hold the tubing runs up and then use abit of rubber seal to stop it from rubbing on the metal bracket, gives it a nice bit of area to perch on.
I think from this alone im definitely gonna invest in a MoRa3 pro rad next month, just finding space for it on my desk will be a pain unless i route it next to the window.
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I think from this alone im definitely gonna invest in a MoRa3 pro rad next month, just finding space for it on my desk will be a pain unless i route it next to the window.
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