Recent content by Smoked Brisket

I am a HWLabs fanboy/loyal customer but I wish they would update the look and fit of their rads. The dimensions and aesthetics has remained the same for years. I would rather give my money to HWlabs than EK but sometimes EK's rads fit better into a space where milimeters matter and tbh EK rads...

If I am understanding what you want to do, a crossflow from HWlabs or EK would give you rad ports on each end. Like this https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-quantum-surface-p420m-x-flow-black which is standard thickness or this https://hardwarelabs.com/hwlmain/nemesis/gtsxflow/420gts-xflow/ which is...

You have a swiftech d5 vario, that is fine and reliable unless you want to control the speed through the motherboard. In that case you would need to buy a pwm D5 like this https://www.amazon.com/Aquacomputer-41105-D5-Pump-PWM/dp/B00ZXY94KU Using a D5 combo res will indeed be simple and easier...

These are great and have a very good mounting swystem. https://shop.alphacool.com/en/shop/reservoirs-distro-plates/distro-plates/15473-alphacool-core-distro-plate-240-left-vpp/d5?c=1127 My tube choice would be this https://modmymods.com/aquacomputer-ultitube-d5-100-reservoir-34092.html Again...

Either brand of rad will be fine. Alphacool has some apex rads coming out that look cool, not sure when they will be out.

By the way, I like the copper effect you have on the res. Is that just spray paint? Looks cool, has a "corrosion" effect to my eyes.

Ok, first Declassified Systems is the benchmark IMO, good guy to try and emulate. What he is doing is hiding his tubing path around the back so it appears as if the cpu and gpu have two seperate feeds. He could have a distro back there, but likely just uturns in the loop. If you watch when it is...

Thanks for the replies to my confusing post. It was late. So consensus seems to be that the 3700 is the likely problem, and a 5800x3d should allow this kit https://www.gskill.com/qvl/165/326/1562840141/F4-3600C16Q-32GTZNC-QVL to run at xmp profile speeds? I did run windows memtest and passed no...

I am about to build my daughter a pc using my old motherboard and a new 5800x3d. My board is an Asrock x570 Taichi. My old cpu is a ryzen 3700x. When I built the pc I paired it with 4x8GB of trident z rgb 3600 memory. I have never been able to get the board to launch with xmp profiles enabled...

I would be very interested. Please post pics and info.

As I stated in the OP, if you are using a waterblock with screwed in posts, like the Heatkiller IV pro, you CANNOT twist back and forth. Intel has been using a locking frame to secure the cpu for well over a decade. This is not meant to bash amd, I have been on the platform for a few years now...

I have been watercooling for many years on both Intel and AMD platforms. This is the third board I have installed and removed a CPU block on the AM4 platform. The specific board is the latest revision of the Gigabyte VISION D b550. I had intended a few months ago to start a build with this board...

I agree that shipping to US kills this sale for me, otherwise I would grab one of those FLT combos. I dont agree with quality dropping, EK makes a polished product. I do think they have become a bit stale. What is SuperCool? If that is a new player I want to check them out.

I like that dual pump you have displayed vertically. Can i get a link, I would use that in a build, looks cool. EDIT: I am dumb you provided the link, bought it.

The plastic plate does matter. Needs to be on the bottom to prevent a vortex. A vortex will be noisy and put air into your system, which is bad. You may get lucky and not get a vortex but if you do you will want to drain the loop and put that plastic bit in. Any of the pump/res combos are good...