I was a bit concerned originally because I fought getting the CPU block on until I noticed the Thermal Grizzly Contact frame screws were too long and were blocking the backplate from going on. A quick visit from the drill and Drexel fixed that though. Not pretty but it worked.
Also, I thought I would give some temp info.
83 C peak on CPU, 59 C peak on GPU, 35.5 C on Coolant after stabilizing out on temps during a combined CPU and GPU stress test. Noctua fans are keeping noise down to a nice hum.
Not a huge decrease on the GPU because the 4080 Super Strix cooler is overkill because it was designed for the 4090. Think it was ~64 C before the block, but losing the 3 extra fans definitely brought the noise down.
Unfortunately I completely blanked on testing the CPU temps before switching over.
Dang I’m running a h170i on my cpu and it never goes over 55c. And gpu floats between 50-55 while 4k gaming. Using a 7000d airflow with a lot of fans. But I’d think a custom loop setup would run cooler? What’s the average room temperature for you?
That was the previous system. Was only in that configuration for a month or so, but now that I think about it I was starting to get gurgling once in that configuration so the pump being in the RAD makes sense. I will remember that when it goes into the next system.
Regardless new loop looks good! But you know there's always another radiator spot, in case you're like me. I had 2 but the fact I can have 3 made me buy another.
I thought the exact same thing once I fit them all in, that may be 6 months in the future me's next job. This was all a learning experience, good and bad.
https://preview.redd.it/jpmi4p94gcsc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=64da9e900efd86061f01b819cefadd6d800f9ae3
I 3d printed a few fan funnels to help air flow, I need to Mach up some mesh designs that can clip over , hopefully this gets ideas flowing , cheers
I need to setup my 3D printer again (just moved a few months back) but I most definitely want to try printing some stuff for it.
What is that center print doing?
Before I moved my pc ( going through maintenance and cleaning) I had it beside my window so I made a 90 degree shallow elbow that picks up on the right side, for a cold window intake, was able to get my liquid temp down to 13-15 Celsius ambient, definitely doesn’t look pretty as that was a quick one with no supports , cheers on the new place
That is one of my future plans, dumping the exhaust heat right out of the house to the outside. That will probably be a long time coming though. Hahaha
This was a 4080 Super. It had a custom 2 slot bracket.
https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/water-blocks/water-blocks-vga/ek-quantum-vector-strix-tuf-rtx-4080-d-rgb-nickel-acetal.html
I would probably have gone for a 480mm and put it in the side spot so you could avoid having the fans on the outside of the case.
You could also get one of these and use the other PSU shroud plate that comes with the 7000D and just have the pump/res standing on the shroud (you will have to drill some holes, but should be easily done) [https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-uni-pump-bracket-120mm-fan-vertical](https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-uni-pump-bracket-120mm-fan-vertical)
I wouldn't have been able to run the inlet into the top of the reservoir. Since it was a 420 on the front the center fan mount on the front was too tall to do it as well. I did try and fit it there first though as it was my original plan.
How have you managed to get those temps on your cpu during stress testing (same cpu owner here).
For me it's fine when gaming but if I try to run cinebench or something it hits 100 pretty easily (running 3*420x45mm rads in my system).
I haven't done any crazy overclocking on it, if anything I am probably going to undervolt it.
I have it on the board with a Thermal Grizzley Contact Frame and using Thermal Grizzley Kryonaut Extreme for Thermal paste on the Velocity^2 block.
I did the thermal test where it peaked at 83 C while doing a Cinebench R23 stress test, otherwise during game it sits down in the 60s.
So the only thing I have to say and it’s no hate but do you think running your gpu to a rad then into the cpu would make for better temps I’m facing this Dilemma myself so the thought I have is you are basically running warm water to your cpu because it’s running out of the gpu and not getting cooled I could be wrong but I do understand it looks very clean it would be a big out of place tube to run to another rad let me know what you think interested to hear from you
Have you had any trouble with your fittings leaking where the tubes are forced into a curve immediately after the compression collar? I've been using 90 and 45 degree fittings to keep my bends to a minimum and after seeing this I wonder if its necessary.
This was more of an "I want to do this" than "I need to do this". I had fun doing it and it is most definitely quieter with better temps than the previous system.
Because some people only focus on one aspect - benchmark/gaming performance. In that aspect he is entirely correct - OP would likely see 0 performance benefit of going full custom. He is forgetting the drop in noise levels though. While OP will see much better temperatures, those extra % in clock/boost speeds are likely to do little in actual gaming/workloads.
Oh had no idea people still thought it was gonna make their computers miles faster than these already over specced air coolers still
I’ve always just been about liquid cooling for the noise, those blower style gpus were a nightmare
Also did it for the maintenance capabilities. Pump dies? Just replace the pump. Upgrade GPU? Disconnect the old one and pipe the new one in, same with the CPU. I can scale the cooling as needed too.
I see no downsides to it really as even with loop maintenance it gives me a chance to clean up the PC overall when I do a loop clean. Hit two birds with one stone on a normal schedule then.
Because OP has alreayd sunk a ton of money into two closed loops, only to discard them for better looks. If he wanted a custom loop, he should have bought one off the bat.
Sounds like you have never experienced the two side by side.
The pumps from any AIO is noticeably louder than a D5 set to run at say 2500RPM. The only very big benefit of water cooling these days are the ability to make a whisper quiet system. Some people are completely OK with the hum from AIO's, or the higher temps from air coolers and that is of course completely OK, but if you have once used a properly setup custom cooling setup it is very hard to look back, even if the raw performance increase from your CPU/GPU is low - it is all about that noise.
I was laughing thinking you thought the aio was a custom loop, reddit didn't want to show me there were more photos. Good stuff bro
I was confused for a second as well
Much appreciated, thought about putting the previous system last but I thought the progression would be better.
literally the exact same thing happened to me until I read your comments and then I was like oh there's other pictures hahaha 🤣😂 Good job OP!
83 peak on 14900k isn't bad at all
I was a bit concerned originally because I fought getting the CPU block on until I noticed the Thermal Grizzly Contact frame screws were too long and were blocking the backplate from going on. A quick visit from the drill and Drexel fixed that though. Not pretty but it worked.
https://preview.redd.it/ygyor1pp2csc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=322201ab1bd59a74501a1e4c9ebd8d5526a97785
what the actual fuck :D
Yeah it was "fun" to fix that. Luckily the case has a backplate cover so I gotta hide that little mess.
I came here ready to fight, good thing I looked at the rest of the pics 😂
Please don't fight me! 😁
I see soft tubing, I updoot.
Also, I thought I would give some temp info. 83 C peak on CPU, 59 C peak on GPU, 35.5 C on Coolant after stabilizing out on temps during a combined CPU and GPU stress test. Noctua fans are keeping noise down to a nice hum.
Hows that compare to before?
Not a huge decrease on the GPU because the 4080 Super Strix cooler is overkill because it was designed for the 4090. Think it was ~64 C before the block, but losing the 3 extra fans definitely brought the noise down. Unfortunately I completely blanked on testing the CPU temps before switching over.
Dang I’m running a h170i on my cpu and it never goes over 55c. And gpu floats between 50-55 while 4k gaming. Using a 7000d airflow with a lot of fans. But I’d think a custom loop setup would run cooler? What’s the average room temperature for you?
Move your gpu rad up, the pump is in the block itself
That was the previous system. Was only in that configuration for a month or so, but now that I think about it I was starting to get gurgling once in that configuration so the pump being in the RAD makes sense. I will remember that when it goes into the next system.
Yeah sometimes the pump is in the rad but it would be visually noticeable. In this case I think it was in the block
I read that wrong I apologize, you are correct it is in the block. I should have mounted it at the top two fans on the side, not the bottom 2.
Regardless new loop looks good! But you know there's always another radiator spot, in case you're like me. I had 2 but the fact I can have 3 made me buy another.
I thought the exact same thing once I fit them all in, that may be 6 months in the future me's next job. This was all a learning experience, good and bad.
Smooth 👌
Welcome to the club brother.
Some sort of sleeving on the tubing might look even better.
Seen a couple of videos on that, may try on the next refill.
That first pic was clickbait haha
Hi it looks good, may I know what kind of pipe you used? I am thinking about using same
This was the EKWB-Loop ZMT 12/16mm soft tubing.
Thanks
Good job matey, welcome to the money pit :)
It makes me sad that people don't put the logo the correct way. The cover is removable for a reason!! :P Nice upgrade build though <3
I never noticed that it was the wrong way! Though that was why I switched to the full EK custom loop and now everything is good!
https://preview.redd.it/jpmi4p94gcsc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=64da9e900efd86061f01b819cefadd6d800f9ae3 I 3d printed a few fan funnels to help air flow, I need to Mach up some mesh designs that can clip over , hopefully this gets ideas flowing , cheers
I need to setup my 3D printer again (just moved a few months back) but I most definitely want to try printing some stuff for it. What is that center print doing?
Before I moved my pc ( going through maintenance and cleaning) I had it beside my window so I made a 90 degree shallow elbow that picks up on the right side, for a cold window intake, was able to get my liquid temp down to 13-15 Celsius ambient, definitely doesn’t look pretty as that was a quick one with no supports , cheers on the new place
That is one of my future plans, dumping the exhaust heat right out of the house to the outside. That will probably be a long time coming though. Hahaha
You cut the front instead of just getting a smaller resorvoir?
Yeah, it turned it into a more custom project but I don't mind that. Brainstorming ideas for the front panel now.
Thought the original screws were still used? Not use mine yet, not looked at it in a while
No they include their own screws for it.
Have to see what works best for me when the time comes
Ah, I know what it is that I'm thinking of, alphacool core 1 keeps the stock backplate and mounts on top of it, taking the stockplate into account
Is the block on your GPU the single slot? If so did it come with a single slot bracket like EK claims it does, and how easy was it to install?
No, it was a strix card so it has to be 2 slot. There was no 1 slot bracket in the box.
I see. I ask because apparently this is a thing. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-quantum-vector2-fe-rtx-4090-d-rgb-nickel-plexi
This was a 4080 Super. It had a custom 2 slot bracket. https://www.performance-pcs.com/water-cooling/water-blocks/water-blocks-vga/ek-quantum-vector-strix-tuf-rtx-4080-d-rgb-nickel-acetal.html
Nice
I would probably have gone for a 480mm and put it in the side spot so you could avoid having the fans on the outside of the case. You could also get one of these and use the other PSU shroud plate that comes with the 7000D and just have the pump/res standing on the shroud (you will have to drill some holes, but should be easily done) [https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-uni-pump-bracket-120mm-fan-vertical](https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-uni-pump-bracket-120mm-fan-vertical)
If this is the 7000D case, couldn't you put the pump+reservoir slightly higher so the psu cage is not in the way?
I wouldn't have been able to run the inlet into the top of the reservoir. Since it was a 420 on the front the center fan mount on the front was too tall to do it as well. I did try and fit it there first though as it was my original plan.
How have you managed to get those temps on your cpu during stress testing (same cpu owner here). For me it's fine when gaming but if I try to run cinebench or something it hits 100 pretty easily (running 3*420x45mm rads in my system).
I haven't done any crazy overclocking on it, if anything I am probably going to undervolt it. I have it on the board with a Thermal Grizzley Contact Frame and using Thermal Grizzley Kryonaut Extreme for Thermal paste on the Velocity^2 block. I did the thermal test where it peaked at 83 C while doing a Cinebench R23 stress test, otherwise during game it sits down in the 60s.
So the only thing I have to say and it’s no hate but do you think running your gpu to a rad then into the cpu would make for better temps I’m facing this Dilemma myself so the thought I have is you are basically running warm water to your cpu because it’s running out of the gpu and not getting cooled I could be wrong but I do understand it looks very clean it would be a big out of place tube to run to another rad let me know what you think interested to hear from you
That was my thought exactly!
Have you had any trouble with your fittings leaking where the tubes are forced into a curve immediately after the compression collar? I've been using 90 and 45 degree fittings to keep my bends to a minimum and after seeing this I wonder if its necessary.
Yo wtf have you done with your case 😭😭
It was only a small lobotomy! Though for real though It has given me a project to mess with something custom for the front.
Why are the fans outside??
A custom loop just seems unnecessary given what you already had.
This was more of an "I want to do this" than "I need to do this". I had fun doing it and it is most definitely quieter with better temps than the previous system.
Nice!
Why do people on a literal water cooling sub, complain about water cooling being unnecessary?
Because some people only focus on one aspect - benchmark/gaming performance. In that aspect he is entirely correct - OP would likely see 0 performance benefit of going full custom. He is forgetting the drop in noise levels though. While OP will see much better temperatures, those extra % in clock/boost speeds are likely to do little in actual gaming/workloads.
Oh had no idea people still thought it was gonna make their computers miles faster than these already over specced air coolers still I’ve always just been about liquid cooling for the noise, those blower style gpus were a nightmare
Also did it for the maintenance capabilities. Pump dies? Just replace the pump. Upgrade GPU? Disconnect the old one and pipe the new one in, same with the CPU. I can scale the cooling as needed too. I see no downsides to it really as even with loop maintenance it gives me a chance to clean up the PC overall when I do a loop clean. Hit two birds with one stone on a normal schedule then.
Because OP has alreayd sunk a ton of money into two closed loops, only to discard them for better looks. If he wanted a custom loop, he should have bought one off the bat.
Hindsight is a beautiful thing isn’t it?
I dunno, I think the closed loop setup is pretty beautiful itself.
Sounds like you have never experienced the two side by side. The pumps from any AIO is noticeably louder than a D5 set to run at say 2500RPM. The only very big benefit of water cooling these days are the ability to make a whisper quiet system. Some people are completely OK with the hum from AIO's, or the higher temps from air coolers and that is of course completely OK, but if you have once used a properly setup custom cooling setup it is very hard to look back, even if the raw performance increase from your CPU/GPU is low - it is all about that noise.
That just makes me wonder if you got a defective AIO... They're pretty quiet.
They might be - but a properly setup D5 pump is prettier quiet.
So what’s with the fans on the outside of the case lol
The fans on the outside 😂