Watercooled Case Gallery
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It'll be fine! Nothing is powered up besides the pump and there's no risk of damage if anything was to leak anyway.
If anything does leak, sort the leak out and test again. Clean up everything you can see and leave it a day or so before powering it on.
You can also do a test POST to make sure your build is working without any fluid. Just don't leave it running for too long or your CPU will thermal shutdown.
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Oh yeah a pressure tester is so handy, but it's one of those things you have lying around for 99% of the time but so useful 1% of the time
I went from this
To this
I loved working on hard tubes, theres an artistic element to it that really makes it a craft to make those perfect bends and align everything. However temps in that case were crap and maintenance was a nightmare. Draining and filling was something that really did my head in with that setup. The final straw was when one of the tubes started to develop a micro fractures and a drop of coolants fell on the GPU block. So I decided to move to soft tubing with a bunch of QDCs to ease any hardware troubleshooting or upgrades in the future. Sold my rads and bought a Mora, have not looked back since.
To this
I loved working on hard tubes, theres an artistic element to it that really makes it a craft to make those perfect bends and align everything. However temps in that case were crap and maintenance was a nightmare. Draining and filling was something that really did my head in with that setup. The final straw was when one of the tubes started to develop a micro fractures and a drop of coolants fell on the GPU block. So I decided to move to soft tubing with a bunch of QDCs to ease any hardware troubleshooting or upgrades in the future. Sold my rads and bought a Mora, have not looked back since.
I went from this
To this
I loved working on hard tubes, theres an artistic element to it that really makes it a craft to make those perfect bends and align everything. However temps in that case were crap and maintenance was a nightmare. Draining and filling was something that really did my head in with that setup. The final straw was when one of the tubes started to develop a micro fractures and a drop of coolants fell on the GPU block. So I decided to move to soft tubing with a bunch of QDCs to ease any hardware troubleshooting or upgrades in the future. Sold my rads and bought a Mora, have not looked back since.
Look great. Would love to do another WC build been over 2 years.
Looks really good mate. The QDCs make everything so much easier. I bet the temps with the mora are goodI went from this
To this
I loved working on hard tubes, theres an artistic element to it that really makes it a craft to make those perfect bends and align everything. However temps in that case were crap and maintenance was a nightmare. Draining and filling was something that really did my head in with that setup. The final straw was when one of the tubes started to develop a micro fractures and a drop of coolants fell on the GPU block. So I decided to move to soft tubing with a bunch of QDCs to ease any hardware troubleshooting or upgrades in the future. Sold my rads and bought a Mora, have not looked back since.
And when you come to need it you either forget you have it or can't find it...
Ya the QDCs are everything.
So the card has +350 on the core and +3000 on memory. CPU is OC’d to 5.45ghz and goes to 140w has never crossed 77c, but usually sits at 48 when idle. It performs just like a good quality AIO difference is the AIO will get to mid 80s when CPU is pushed to 100% usage, whereas in this setup it doesn’t.
GPU memory never grossed 62c, core never gone beyond 59c in any application at 600w, but sits lower on average. Water temps max I’ve seen is around 38.4c, this is in ambient temp around 26c. I love the Mora, temps are decent. This rig is currently in a hot country (Thailand) and the room has a crappy portable AC in it, so decent results. If I had this rig back in the UK I would assume it would be a few c cooler (expect when we get heatwaves in the summer months which can be unbearable). When it was in the closed case the water temp can get to low/mid 40s, so the combo of open case and Mora probably slashed water temps by 5c to 7c.
Sounds good mate. Yes would agree it would be be a few c cooler in the UK. Thanks for the details
Just waiting on my white wireviev pro 2 to arrive.
Looks nice what does the wireviev do? been looking for a BTF card so I can have a cleaner look.
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Wire view shows stats
Stuff like power draw of gpu
Amps per pin/Wire
Audible alarm if amps too high
I assume possibly can shutdown pc
If amps are too high
And some other stuff
Good invention
For a problem that just shouldn't exist
On expensive gpus
That looks really clean mate. Looking forward to seeing it with a white wireviewJust waiting on my white wireviev pro 2 to arrive.