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deviation said:
Yeah, I can understand the benefit of doing it with software, I think I will still do it the old way, as I'm already used to that torture with air :cry: that way I just 'know it works' once I have it dialed in.
I'm guessing then that the AIO doesn't override any BIOS entries when you plug it in? And nor does the software if I chose to use it?
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Not 100% sure there's no software
That can over ride bios for fan/pumps speeds
I know Asus armoury crate can over ride
The bios with rgb/led settings

So would say most software won't
But its possible that there
May be one as not tried everything out there

Usually when plugged in I would expect it
To default to either minimum rpm
Or maximum rpm
For custom watercooling there's pumps that
Do either until you are able to use bios
Or software to set the speed
 
Software will override bios (depending on software) if you want 100% silent you need 2 thick 360rads or maybe 420 to keep cpu under throttle temps and fans at 800-1000rpm. Most fans at these rpm are hardly audible
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
Not 100% sure there's no software
That can over ride bios for fan/pumps speeds
I know Asus armoury crate can over ride
The bios with rgb/led settings

So would say most software won't
But its possible that there
May be one as not tried everything out there

Usually when plugged in I would expect it
To default to either minimum rpm
Or maximum rpm
For custom watercooling there's pumps that
Do either until you are able to use bios
Or software to set the speed
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I'm hoping Arctic just does it off the BIOS to be honest, either way it will when I've finished setting it up :cry:
Ah interesting, I always find it very rewarding once you've faffed about for ages and finally dial in the fan curves for the best noise vs performance ratio :)
loonyk said:
Software will override bios (depending on software) if you want 100% silent you need 2 thick 360rads or maybe 420 to keep cpu under throttle temps and fans at 800-1000rpm. Most fans at these rpm are hardly audible
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Is there any quiet but effective fans that you'd recommend replacing my 2 room 140mm's, also I'd like to fit 2 120mm's below my GPU as I wont be now needing the 1 behind my current CPU HSF after I go AIO...
I've heard the fans that come with the AFIIIP are pretty quiet/effective so I'm hoping they don't need swapping out :)
 
Less than 15L on the desk, 4m of tubing to put my external rad behind the bed.

9950X3D & 5090.

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momo56 said:
Less than 15L on the desk, 4m of tubing to put my external rad behind the bed.

9950X3D & 5090.

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This is the way! So happy to see that you haven't put any radiators inside the case. See so many builds with external radiators that are ruined by heating up the case with a rad. Lovely work!

Would love to see some basic temp results!
 
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I have gone through on a few different iterations of the 'classic' EK/Lian Li Dynamic Evo build.

The default setup with the Reflection 2 Distro Plate has one pump and with 2 radiators and CPU,GPU etc. in the loop the maximum flow I have seen is about 170l/h at 100% pump speed (which is louder than my fans, possibly due to connection area on the distro.)

Without the GPU in the loop it hits just over 200 and very close to 1 gallon per minute.

I have been thinking about trying to add another pump to the loop and have added it to the 'side radiator' inlet and outlet ports.

I had to remove the top radiator with the push in fittings to change one fitting. This was an absolute nightmare and definitely not as easy as advertised.

This probably could have been done in an easier more aesthetically pleasing way, but I am happy with the outcome.

Have not had the chance to turn it back on yet as the top rad issue led to a small leak, so I am waiting a little while just in case.

I know pump speed is not everything, but I would love to get higher flow and maybe turn pumps down too, even if there are now two to add to the noise.

Its an Alphacool 5090 and 14900KS with the Asus Apex Z790. x2 D5 pumps (EK and Watercool Heatkiller.)

Hope you guys think it's interesting!

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0121danwilliams84 said:
I have gone through on a few different iterations of the 'classic' dual loop EK/Lian Li Dynamic Evo build.

The default setup with the Reflection 2 Distro Plate has one pump and with 2 radiators and CPU,GPU etc. in the loop the maximum flow I have seen is about 170l/h at 100% pump speed (which is louder than my fans, possibly due to connection area on the distro.)

Without the GPU in the loop it hits just over 200 and very close to 1 gallon per minute.

I have been thinking about trying to add another pump to the loop and have added it to the 'side radiator' inlet and outlet ports.

I had to remove the top radiator with the push in fittings to change one fitting. This was an absolute nightmare and definitely not as easy as advertised.

This probably could have been done in an easier more aesthetically pleasing way, but I am happy with the outcome.

Have not had the chance to turn it back on yet as the top rad issue led to a small leak, so I am waiting a little while just in case.

I know pump speed is not everything, but I would love to get higher flow and maybe turn pumps down too, even if there are now two to add to the noise.

Its an Alphacool 5090 and 14900KS with the Asus Apex Z790. x2 D5 pumps (EK and Watercool Heatkiller.)

Hope you guys think it's interesting!

w3VHJJG.jpeg
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Looks lovely and as longs you're happy with the outcome that's the main point . My new build with one DC5 pump managed to push 200, that pump is from Watercool. What's the temps like with the 14900KS and 5090?
 
bitsandbytes said:
Looks lovely and as longs you're happy with the outcome that's the main point . My new build with one DC5 pump managed to push 200, that pump is from Watercool. What's the temps like with the 14900KS and 5090?
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That’s a good result at 200. Is that at 100%? All depends on the loop and restrictions I guess. I am just trying to fight that. Temps on 14900KS are not too bad now I undervolted. Goes to about 1.35v max but still mid 80s highest. I locked the cores to 5.9GHz. Not using a contact frame or direct die or anything. The 5090 is a dream on the other hand. That is also undervolted to 0.900v @2827MHz and doesn’t go over 50c. Pleased with the Alphacool block. I don’t let it run 600w though.
 
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0121danwilliams84 said:
That’s a good result at 200. Is that at 100%? All depends on the loop and restrictions I guess. I am just trying to fight that. Temps on 14900KS are not too bad now I undervolted. Goes to about 1.35v max but still mid 80s highest. I locked the cores to 5.9GHz. Not using a contact frame or direct die or anything. The 5090 is a dream on the other hand. That is also undervolted to 0.900v @2827MHz and doesn’t go over 50c. Pleased with the Alphacool block. I don’t let it run 600w though.
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Yup, that's running at 100%. Indeed, I try not to have too many 90 degree turns in the loop. I would suspect running a pump at 100% would shorten the life pretty quickly.

That's a really nice temperature for the 5090, I'm still waiting for my GPU waterblock (ordered back in March, it's for a 5090 second build). Hopefully will get delivered next week.

My current temps for the 3080 Ti is 55 degrees and that's running at around 85% when gaming with medium to high settings (normal volts). For the CPU I get around 60 degrees when running at 60 to 70 %.
 
0121danwilliams84 said:
I have gone through on a few different iterations of the 'classic' dual loop EK/Lian Li Dynamic Evo build.

The default setup with the Reflection 2 Distro Plate has one pump and with 2 radiators and CPU,GPU etc. in the loop the maximum flow I have seen is about 170l/h at 100% pump speed (which is louder than my fans, possibly due to connection area on the distro.)

Without the GPU in the loop it hits just over 200 and very close to 1 gallon per minute.

I have been thinking about trying to add another pump to the loop and have added it to the 'side radiator' inlet and outlet ports.

I had to remove the top radiator with the push in fittings to change one fitting. This was an absolute nightmare and definitely not as easy as advertised.

This probably could have been done in an easier more aesthetically pleasing way, but I am happy with the outcome.

Have not had the chance to turn it back on yet as the top rad issue led to a small leak, so I am waiting a little while just in case.

I know pump speed is not everything, but I would love to get higher flow and maybe turn pumps down too, even if there are now two to add to the noise.

Its an Alphacool 5090 and 14900KS with the Asus Apex Z790. x2 D5 pumps (EK and Watercool Heatkiller.)

Hope you guys think it's interesting!

w3VHJJG.jpeg
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That's beautiful mate! Fair play!
 
TrojanWhore said:
Is that actually two separate loops, or one loop with two pumps? - had a look at the distro and thought it was one.
Looks awesome either way and temps seem decent!
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It’s one loop with two pumps. Regular D5 on the Distro plate and new D5 pump added to the ‘side radiator’ inlet and outlets of the distro, as it is designed for up to three rads and I have two. I took radiator as more of a guide and presumed it would work with any block, which it does as I just did the leak test and all good. Flowing in the right direction at least! Not powered on yet though to test. Soon. Thanks!
 
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TrojanWhore said:
I miss the good ol' days.... was a cold day and those were idle temps (CPU was I think my 2500k at around 4-4.4GHz). CPU and GPU were both around 45 degree loaded (SLI 2x 670!)

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I miss when I used to be pedantic about ambient temps. Basically unless that room was probably below 10°c that temp report is wrong.
 
matt100 said:
I miss when I used to be pedantic about ambient temps. Basically unless that room was probably below 10°c that temp report is wrong.
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Yeah it was definitely below 10, had left the window open for a few hours and no heating, only saved the screenshot because I thought it was amusing how cool it was.
I did love how cool those components ran generally though, before boost algorithms were a thing.
 
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