So I finally cleaned my loop..

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So I took the time yesterday to dismantle my loop completely and clean all the blocks, 3 gpu's (EK) and a cpu (XSPC).
All were a bit guncky, but cleaned up well with ketchup. Only exception was the uppermost of the GPU's, it was very stubborn requiring many applications & soaks in ketchup. I resorted to a knife to help clean the fins in the end.
The clear plastic on this gpu has gone a bit cloudy, as has the exit pipe leading into the second GPU. Is this a sign of excess heat in the waterblock?
I am running them in parallel so I guess if it has got a bit blocked it would have been getting less cooling. Temps were reaching 65C in the top block and low 40's in the other two.
Main reason for cleaning was the fact I had started to get artifacts when gaming.

Any reason to be worried about the cloudy plastic?
 
no it's definitely matted plastic, not a coating.I know I cant see it, but it still bugs me that its happened.
This may be the excuse i need to buy a proper controller for my loop, so i get some warning next time if the water gets too hot.

i've just been using the gigabyte motherboard software to alter all the fans automatically with the cpu temperature. There's no temp monitoring at all really. Whats good controller? I have a bitfrenix recon but think its rubbish and don't use it.
I have 6 x 140mm fans to control.
 
im not convinced that normal temperatures are enough to do that to acrylic

do you have any particles in the loop? something that would scratch as it whizzed around the loop?
 
between the fins on the cpu and gpu blocks there was a stubborn black gunk stuck at the core area. No lose particles though.
This black gunk is plasticiser left over from when I had the original xspc tubing in the loop. (I changed to Primoflex last year)
If it was loose bits I would have expected to find the cloudy plastic everywhere not just in the top gpu.
 
Scotspaul said:
I don't have any free space for that. Is the 5LT version any good?
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Aquero 5 LT is a great bit of kit. If you don't need/ want a front panel or the extra power output of the 6, I'd definitely recommend the 5 LT. takes a while to work out the software but it's absolutely amazing.

I use a mixture of hardware sensors, software sensors (forwarded from Aida 64) and virtual sensors (which are averaged or highest/ lowest values from multiple other sensors).

So currently the fan speed is controlled by an average temperature of my cpu, gpu1 and gpu2. I've in the past even used a a delta (temp difference) of the intake air temp and loop water temp to manage fan speeds, there's so many ways you can run it.

I also have about 5 temperature sensors placed in various places (air in and out on rads etc) and a couple of in line water loop sensors to take water temp in a couple of locations (pre and post rad for example.

Just be aware that you can't power a pump like a D5 direct from the aquero 5 (draws too much power). PWM would be fine as that's only speed controlled by the aquero, I bought the Aquacomputers PowerAdjust Ultra module to control my XSPC vario pump as I don't have easy access to the speed control on the pump itself.

I'd really reccomend!

E-I
 
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My XSPC bay res has a D5 pump. I currently just have it set at about 40% motor speed via the adjuster on the back of the pump.
Will the wire with a 3 point connector allow me to monitor out control anything with the 5LT?
 
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