Recomend a good CPU waterblock block for AMD Ryzen

Felixtheflash · 31 Dec 2020 at 11:50

Im thinking about getting the techn for my 5800x, cant wait to hear your thoughts on it

Doug2507 · 31 Dec 2020 at 11:53

My techn arrived yesterday. Just waiting for a couplw of bits of gear to arrive next week then I'll swap out the ek velocity with it. :cool:

samcat · 31 Dec 2020 at 13:42

ubersonic said:
Bykski TR4 block, it's also compatible with AM4 albeit overkill, but who complains about overkill

Gotta love overkill!!
Its huge

Thats on a normal ATX board (asus Prime X370-pro if my memory serves)
Cooling my WFH Ryzen 5 2600. Same loop is a 1080 (EK block), EK 360 rad (push pull noctua rad fans) in the front and an EK 280 (naked, no fans) in the roof... D5 pump.

Mining via Nicehash (CPU and GPU) for ~10 hours yesterday neither CPU nor GPU got over 41oC (stock speeds)

midweek · 31 Dec 2020 at 16:18

I'd love to give you some insight onto the TechN but my EK 360 PE radiator decided to burst after I'd set up the loop!

Ross Thomson · 31 Dec 2020 at 17:26

samcat said:
Gotta love overkill!!
Its huge Thats on a normal ATX board (asus Prime X370-pro if my memory serves)
Cooling my WFH Ryzen 5 2600. Same loop is a 1080 (EK block), EK 360 rad (push pull noctua rad fans) in the front and an EK 280 (naked, no fans) in the roof... D5 pump.

Mining via Nicehash (CPU and GPU) for ~10 hours yesterday neither CPU nor GPU got over 41oC (stock speeds)

Your res needs a lot more coolant in it for being horizontal.

ubersonic · 31 Dec 2020 at 17:33

Ross Thomson said:
Your res needs a lot more coolant in it for being horizontal.

His res is practically full, it's just a trick of the light.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/34400026

samcat · 31 Dec 2020 at 18:48

ubersonic said:
His res is practically full, it's just a trick of the light.

Ross Thomson said:
Your res needs a lot more coolant in it for being horizontal.

It wasnt as full as needed, that was initial leak testing, and back of case was jacked up on a plastic tub to stop pump sucking air.
I have since swapped the center exit res cap for a cap with 5 exits... Mounted an extension and a 90 onto that at the highest point and run a filling tube up the back of the case and fillport inline with the top at the rear. Bit of wiggling and got ALL the air out.

All pci plates are back in at the rear excepe the one where the fill pipe exits.

Grim5 · 1 Jan 2021 at 00:18

I saw some comments that with zen2 ekwb blocks achieved best cooling on nickels blocks with no plexi. Is that still the case with zen3?

Felixtheflash · 4 Jan 2021 at 14:24

midweek said:
I'd love to give you some insight onto the TechN but my EK 360 PE radiator decided to burst after I'd set up the loop!

Bummer dude, hope it didnt mess things up too much. anyone else out there with a techN block that has tried it out yet?