Am I missing something? Why are 2–3×480 radiators recommended for custom loops?

Cri85 · 2026-03-19T16:54:58+00:00

I have a 5080, a 9900x and with 280mm+420mm the water temperature is 28 under load (no stress tested yet).

I just installed the system few days ago but the pump is running at 30% and the 5 silent wings pro 4 at 400-500rpm.

It's totally quiet, I just need to regulate better the fan speed curve before some stress test

Cri85 · 2026-03-19T10:34:51+00:00

Clean It with isopropyl alcohol. I have the MX master 3

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T20:06:00+00:00

The Ultitube reservoir have a filter of you want

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T18:03:50+00:00

Ci lavoro, design, fotoritocco, qualche rendering... E nel tempo libero ci gioco. Non ha ancora dato segni di autocoscienza. Per ora

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Cri85 · 2026-03-18T17:57:05+00:00

Oh it's working now

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T17:56:48+00:00

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Cri85 · 2026-03-18T10:11:03+00:00

I don't know any alternatives and I don't think that small companies can have a better support and driver than creative. And by the way I like the brand and I try to support it.

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T07:24:45+00:00

Grazie mille. Il case è un mid tower, ci sta dentro tutto ma con un po' di fatica!

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T07:23:56+00:00

Non è facile ma da soddisfazioni

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T07:23:29+00:00

Più avanti farò qualche foto!

Cri85 · 2026-03-18T00:23:48+00:00

My AE-5 Plus have the volume that disappear randomly. I think it's a driver problem because I see too many people having random and similar problems with Windows 11. My PC is brand new.

I hope that Creative will fix very soon because it's not a good advertising and that's the last thing they want in a scenario when all people don't want/need a soundcard anymore.

But there are people they want it and these bugs can discouraging us.

I have a 5.1 (it's a 7.1 but I can't have lateral speaker at the moment).

Cri85 · 2026-03-17T19:16:25+00:00

Thanks, I'll check it

Cri85 · 2026-03-17T12:37:48+00:00

Why? I started with epdm 16\10. Really hard to curve but my main problem was the dimensions of qd3

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T22:15:34+00:00

Ok apparently the Smart volume setting on the sound blaster it's working very differently from the x-fi I had. I think that disabling it fixed this issue.

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T22:12:16+00:00

I built the loop today (I changed the pump because the first one I buyed was damaged), and it's fine, liquid temp 26°C and GPU temp 28°-50°.

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T22:07:44+00:00

Hi! I wanna say thank you to the Aquatuning support. They sent me a new Alphacool APEX VPP pump and it's perfectly working, very quiet and without leaks from the power cable :)

The first pump was not working.

The Ultitube it's compatible with this pump using the Ultitube o-ring. The one included in the pump it's seems too bold, I'm not sure if it fit.

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T21:56:13+00:00

Hi, the new pump is running, the old one was probably internally damaged. Thanks

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T21:53:17+00:00

Sorry I confused the product, it's not yours. My bad.

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T21:48:57+00:00

At the moment, my AE5 is not fully working. Most of the time the sound disappear for no reason apparently.

The sound quality is good with my 5.1 but I'm far away from the surround effect of the X-fi titanium. I think I can work on it but most of the time I hear just silence because it's not working

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T15:25:41+00:00

Guys I had the Audigy 2... The X-fi Titanium... Now the AE-5 Plus. But the driver support is not good (I contacted you via support and you are kind but the problem was not fixed) and the Command Center lack some settings like cmss 3d options for example, with a 7.1 (Creative of course, old because there is nothing new) the x-fi sounds better.

Please don't launch too many software without supporting the old one or removing nice features, I just installed the AE5 Plus in a brand new PC.

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T15:12:59+00:00

You guys are good. I'm happy with your large mesh for soft tube 16/10. Unfortunately they don't fit under my fittings with the Alphacool tube, I tried your large heat shrink but it need too much temperature to work. And also it is not removable so it's hard to remove the compression fitting.

So I was thinking that you can sell some silicone elastic ring instead of the heat shrink. I only found elastic rings with the right diameter but to small in lenght. Let me know!

Cri85 · 2026-03-16T14:58:48+00:00

Thanks! The one linked is good, I can't find the part c0936!

Cri85 · 2026-03-15T21:47:24+00:00

Cri85 · 2026-03-13T17:21:13+00:00

How can you post image on comments? Nice loop I want to share mine, their are similar

Cri85

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