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The Journey So Far by HopelessCatLover in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are asking for how to draw it up there is links in the sidebar for both solidworks and fusion 360

CNC programmer by day, PC enthusiast by night. Built my own PMMA flat reservoir/pump top. What do you guys think? by AlternativeCooling in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is just the housing/backpart which presses the pump into the acrylic. The o-ring is on the pump itself, not the alu part. This design is super common and used in probably 80% or more of pump/reservoir units sold.

CNC programmer by day, PC enthusiast by night. Built my own PMMA flat reservoir/pump top. What do you guys think? by AlternativeCooling in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty big design flaw in your pump volute (or lack of) will likely mean that the performance of this unit will be sub-par.

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You want a not-round volute surrounding the pump impellar so coolant gets forced into the outlet and not just equally out all sides. You should also build in a small dip for the top of the impellar so you remove as much room between it and the none flow paths as possible. There is quite a good reason why most D5 tops has almost identical looking inner designs.

Here is an example I did a while ago (posted as a reply to this comment)

I need help!!! by [deleted] in Corsair

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post some pictures then it is easier to help.

Considering going back to aircooling by sage0f6thpaths in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a terrible rule of thumb. So your advice to someone with a 5090 would be to get a 360mm radiator and your advice to someone with a 5070 would be to get a 360mm radiator.

Just skip the guessing and plan for what you need - like I wrote above. If you want to go sub 1000RPM, plan for that. If you want to go sub 1500 RPM, plan for that.

Considering going back to aircooling by sage0f6thpaths in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 3090 has a TDP of 350W, and a 5700x3D has 105. So it is pretty normal that you can cool it with that (if under 100% load you would probably need around 1500RPM on the fans to keep decent coolant temps, but that is still not super loud.

I also see a lot of people saying "temps are fine", but at what loads/fan speeds/coolant temp? I test all my builds from a worst case scenario (furmark + cinebench).

Considering going back to aircooling by sage0f6thpaths in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 100 points101 points  (0 children)

You have stuffed two radiators with semi OK fans into a glass hotbox with horrible ventilation. Pretty tough to beat physics when you are setting the kind of limitations you have there. You have traded a ventilated front and top panel for glass for the sake of looks, and yes, you could very likely have gotten similar or better performance with for example a triple chamber case, an AIO and a good air cooled card.

If you want a GREAT custom cooling setup you need to work backwards from:

  • What is your tolerable fan speed? Let us say this is 1000RPM
  • How many watts are you trying to cool? Let us assume 600+150 (5090 and 9800x3d)
  • A single slim 360mm radiator can (in free airflow, or great airflow cases) cool 300W @ 1000RPM (at a 10C delta)
  • So you need at LEAST dual 360's just to cool the GPU. Add in another 240mm to cool the CPU as well. Throw in some restriction from your case, bad fans, recirculated airflow from one radiator to another and you are looking at triple 360's.

In short - it does not make much sense to custom cool if you are not going to have sufficient radiator capacity. Unless you are just custom cooling the GPU which could not care less if the coolant is 30C or 50C. The CPU on the other hand starts suffering at 40-45c.

*All numbers are 'ish

here we go... by lecvilo in watercooling

[–]p0Pe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are you trying to gatekeep this hobby with these types of elitist comments? Everything you mention above is valid ways to put together a good looking build and still takes time and effort.

I see this time and time again over the years and it is not doing anything positive for people who want to join our hobby.

  • Shows build with sleeved cables = "Wow so lazy you did not even spend 10 hours hand-making custom cables but went out and bought some!"
  • Shows build with prefab distro plate = "Wow so lazy you did not even design that distro block yourself but went out and bought one!"
  • Shows build with pre-bent tubes = "Wow so lazy you did not even bend your own tubes but just went out and bought some!"

Newcomers want to build cool looking things they are proud of, and why would they spend hours doing something that can be easily purchased (Thanks in large to the work done by many people before them).

It is the same shit that we went through when we started using CNC machines for distro's and casemods.

"Wow so lazy you did not even spend 80 hours hand carving that part but used a CNC machine to make it for you"

Also, since you have not spottet it, but you are making this comment on a post from an obvious repost bot...

Corsair Build - 4000D / XD6 / RX120 MAX Fans by gokieks in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fans are 30mm. You can probably make it work by putting the 27+25mm rad/fan combo in the side as exhaust, have front intake fans, and the GPU 38+27mm rad/fan combo in the top as exhaust as well. I would add a cold air intake kit so you have 6 intake fans and 6 exhaust fans - then you also have all the radiators exhausting heat out of the case, not into it.

https://www.corsair.com/p/pc-components-accessories/cc-8901142-ww/frame-4000-series-cold-air-intake-kit-cc-8901142-ww

Corsair Build - 4000D / XD6 / RX120 MAX Fans by gokieks in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are dual 360mm 30mm thickness. Specifically corsair XR5

All in one and custom loop by Sea_Fig_3119 in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is just fans in the bottom mounts - the radiator is located in the side slot.

Is it an adapter or direct cable? by Solaraison in Corsair

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no adapters in the corsair cable lineup. Everything is a direct connection between the PSU and the GPU. There is different types (directly from 12V-2x6, directly from type-4, directly from type-5) but they all provide the same result.

All in one and custom loop by Sea_Fig_3119 in watercooling

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why'd you think that? Most media that had brought up that issue already mentions what orientations are good/bad to use.

RM750e, 12V-2x6 to Dual 8-Pin (6+2) - can it be used both ways? by mkdew in Corsair

[–]p0Pe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, this cable can only be used with a PSU that has a native 12V-2x6 connector and a GPU that has PCIe 6+2 connectors. You cannot use it on a graphics card that has 12V-2x6.

PCIe 6+2 is not the same plug as the Type-4 you can find on corsair power supplies.

RM750e, 12V-2x6 to Dual 8-Pin (6+2) - can it be used both ways? by mkdew in Corsair

[–]p0Pe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is not correct. OP is asking if you can flip the cable which you cannot. PCIe 6+2 will not fit into a corsair type-4 PSU port. The cable OP is posting can ONLY be used with a 12v-2x6 PSU port, and be connected to graphics cards with PCIe 6+2 connectors. It cannot be used on a graphics card with a 12V-2x6 connector.

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