I run my D5 at 100% all the time. DC motors, and pumps are at their most efficient this way.
There is noticable temperature differences between running 50% and 100% while gaming. I have some pretty wicked OC's and they are not stable at 50%.
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I run my D5 at 100% all the time. DC motors, and pumps are at their most efficient this way.
There is noticable temperature differences between running 50% and 100% while gaming. I have some pretty wicked OC's and they are not stable at 50%.
EK blocks are generally low resistance. My Techn AM4 CPU block probably has almost as much resistance to your GPU+CPU block combined. You could find reviews that measure the pressure drop on your blocks and radiators and then find the flow and pressure vs pump speed on your pump/res combo, then add a little bit for tubing and you would have rough guestimate of your flow rate. For a precise reading you would need an in-line flow meter, but a guestimate would probably be accurate to +/- 0.2gpm.
I use EK Kinetic D5 comboes as well (EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 D5 PWM). When I am at around 1gpm I can barely see a hint of a vortex with about 2.5-3cm of air left to the top of the res. At 0.7gpm I can se a tiny bit of movement on the top of the water in the res, but barely noticable.
Found some old numbers from when I used a 5900x on the same waterblock running cinebench continously (stable state temps). Water temp was measured exiting the water block before the radiator. The higher temp on the lower flow rates Each waterblock is different though and the Techn AM4 barely cares about flow, but IIRC the EK block I used to use differed much more between 50% and 100% and I definitely had more flow rate.
Pump at 100%
- Die average: 56.1
- Watertemp out of CPU block: 27.1
- Flowrate: 266.8 l/h
- Die average: 56.7
- Watertemp out of CPU block: 27.3
- Flowrate: 102.6 l/h
- Die average: 58.7
- Watertemp out of CPU block: 29.3
- Flowrate: 31.6 l/h
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here my buld...
7950X3D+RTX4090 with Corsair Hydro X components and soft tube.
7950X3D+RTX4090 with Corsair Hydro X components and soft tube.
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Wrong thread lmao
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Jesus Christ, how did that happen? I swear to God I was in the correct thread when I posted that.
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This is my latest build. I think it is my best yet. This is the first time where I set out with a vision and achieved exactly what I wanted. I don't have unlimited funds so it has taken me years to get enough builds under my belt to feel like I really know what I am doing. As usual I am still terrible at pictures, one day I will get that right. Hope you all dig the build.
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Love it- but why the snake from the top tube to the res plate? I feel a floating 90 and straight pipe would make that corner look cleaner (but this comes from a soft tube slob, so grain of salt and whatnot).
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Looks like all the tubes are single-bend, but that one would require two bends because it comes down, over, and then back. The CPU has two multi-swivels as well (one each in/out), but it's not as obvious due to location.
Could've put a 90, straight tube, then swivel, but that'd look goofy imo, and he did have to come back up a bit anyway, so the snake does make some sense. Looks like a pita any way.
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Yeah, I just feel like a few mm shaved if the long run would allow a single 90 instead of the snake, but I might not be seeing it correctly.
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So that was an artistic choice. I had that snake fitting and I wanted to break up the aesthetic and show off what could be done with fittings. In past builds I have achieved some tough double and triple bends, I wanted to perfect perpendicular lines and have that parallel effect that this guy https://www.youtube.com/@DeclassifiedSystems has in all his builds. I wanted to use the snake because it gives it that art deco/futuristic styling. I dont want to sound like I think I am some kind of artist but think Logans run or THX 1136. It was actually harder to incorporate the snake fitting and it still be parallel than to do a second bend. I tried both and preferred this look. Thanks for the feedback, it is appreciated.
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You are correct. LOL, I was realy feeling myself I think and wanted to show off all my watercooling gear!
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How do you guys feel about the inlet and drain ports/tubes being black? This was on purpose because there was only one unique/cool looking block on the market for the 7900xtx. It was a black block so I tied it in with the fill and drain ports as well as the custom cables. The black alphacool pump helps as well. The idea was to showcase a perfect loop with a fill at the top drain at the bottom, textbook "this is how you do it right," combined with artistic elements. I really appreciate the feedback.
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I didn't even notice those being a different color, so I guess it's fair to say it works. Honestly, unless you are building a cookie cutter build there is always something that needs some adjustment.
Definitely not the "norm" a simple drain valve and a plug at the top would have been more clean, but ultimately I can understand the decision. Nothing wrong with being different. I made a conscious effort to hide all my tubes in my last build. I really need to post up some pics.
Overall I dig it and I think you do as well, which is the most important part
New 9950X is running a bit on the warm side, and I already had almost all of the parts I needed to WC it, so I figured I'd give it a shot and see how much it helps. Loop is a random assortment of parts I had laying around -- EK Coolstream 280 radiator, EK Supremacy waterblock, pump of some sort I last used on a 2600k years back, and a $13 Chinese reservoir (the only new part), and all inside a legendary CM Stacker 830. No frills, no RGB, but happy with now it's coming together. Currently bleeding the air out, and hopefully tomorrow I'll throw the system into the case and see how it does.
Fully assembled! Temps are down a bit, CPU clocks are up a bit. For $13 in new parts, doesn't seem like such a bad deal. 5GHz on the CPU still seems out-of-reach, but it's doing a few hundred MHz higher than before, and temps are down a few degrees, so a decent tradeoff.
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Decided to go back to water cooling myself. So much easier to work with this sleeved tubing as well.
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Corsair products are top notch, loving them.
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Yeah my corsair stuff has always been super nice... sometimes pricy but worth it. I love the sleaved tubing also... man that's a nice build.. Maybe I'll go back to water in my next iteration.. Been itchen' to go back to AMD with a 9800X3D... anyways.. great build there!!
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How does the sleeving work? Like after you shorten it? Do you just cut the sleeving also? With the tube?
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So corsairs sleeved tubing now:
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/cus...s-xt-softline-mesh-tubing-black-cx-9059011-ww
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I have a similar rear radiator setup but I also added dual exhaust fans outside the back rear to keep the clean look inside the case. Do you have a fan mounted on the outside rear as exhaust to pull through? If not consider it because it helps with directional flow even if temps are fine it aids in moving air across the motherboard towards the rear and also any slow quiet air flow through the rad is better when controlled.
Sweet setup though love it.
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Thanks. The fans are mounted on the back but the case allows space for them and they are hidden by a rear door.
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I finally rebuilt. System specs in my signature. I now have an alphacool cpu block with offset mount and an alphacool gpu block. Both are very nice, but I'm not happy with their quality control. The gpu block was missing a thermal pad...well not missing...but too short. I found a replacement from my old 3090 block. The AMD offset mount for the cpu was designed wrong, it expects you to use the AM5 screws from the stock mounting solution to mount it. Problem is, the heads of the screws are too large to fit. I scrounged some radiator screws that fit. However, in Alphacool's defense, they responded to emails I sent within a day in both cases. They offered to replace the thermal pad for free, but said it would take weeks to ship. They also said they knew about the offset mount, said AMD changed the design. They offered to replace them, but it would be weeks.
Anyway, pics.
I couldn't make a quick detach work on the CPU out because of the proximity to the gpu. But, I can remove the cpu block with a length of tubing
I have 5 total quick detach fittings by koolance. All other fittings are bitspower. Tubing is EPDM from different manufacturers.
MORA with Phanteks T30s in pull. This is mounted on the shelf below the system on a cart. I can separate this from the system with quick detaches.
Backside of the MORA. Arctic P12s hidden under the furnace filter in push configuration.
Aquareo 6LT for control.
Dual DDC pumps under Heatkiller dual top. It's got plenty of power to push through quick detach fittings. In this system, form definitely follows function. The system is set up to ramp up based on the delta between the coolant temp and the ambient air temp. It's pretty much silent.
Anyway, pics.
I couldn't make a quick detach work on the CPU out because of the proximity to the gpu. But, I can remove the cpu block with a length of tubing
I have 5 total quick detach fittings by koolance. All other fittings are bitspower. Tubing is EPDM from different manufacturers.
MORA with Phanteks T30s in pull. This is mounted on the shelf below the system on a cart. I can separate this from the system with quick detaches.
Backside of the MORA. Arctic P12s hidden under the furnace filter in push configuration.
Aquareo 6LT for control.
Dual DDC pumps under Heatkiller dual top. It's got plenty of power to push through quick detach fittings. In this system, form definitely follows function. The system is set up to ramp up based on the delta between the coolant temp and the ambient air temp. It's pretty much silent.
This is my system.
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D with an XSPC RayStorm EDGE water block connected to the top-mounted 360mm radiator
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 with a Barrow BS-NVG4090-PA water block connected to the side-mounted 360mm radiator
Asus ROG X670E Extreme motherboard
64 GB DDR5-6000 CL30 RAM kit from G-Skill
2x NVMe SSDs (2 TB PCIe 5.0 for boot, 4 TB PCIe 4.0 for primary data storage)
1x 8 TB SATA SSD for secondary data storage
Asus ROG Strix 1000W ATX 3.1 spec PSU
Lian Li O11D EVO RGB case
Custom cable extenders, ARGB fans and controller hub, loop design and build by VIXIA computers
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D with an XSPC RayStorm EDGE water block connected to the top-mounted 360mm radiator
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 with a Barrow BS-NVG4090-PA water block connected to the side-mounted 360mm radiator
Asus ROG X670E Extreme motherboard
64 GB DDR5-6000 CL30 RAM kit from G-Skill
2x NVMe SSDs (2 TB PCIe 5.0 for boot, 4 TB PCIe 4.0 for primary data storage)
1x 8 TB SATA SSD for secondary data storage
Asus ROG Strix 1000W ATX 3.1 spec PSU
Lian Li O11D EVO RGB case
Custom cable extenders, ARGB fans and controller hub, loop design and build by VIXIA computers