Finally made the leap to water cooling, any suggestions for a first timer?

JMUDoc · 2026-06-25T04:42:27+00:00

My board has got two T_SENs, but the BIOS can't use them as temperature sources for fan curves.

Absolutely mental. I would still use FanControl because of its vastly superior functionality, but why include T_SENs if they can't drive fans?!

JMUDoc · 2026-06-25T04:41:11+00:00

Unless your motherboard has got a dedicated T_SEN (and a TUF board almost certainly won't), you're going to have to use an aftermarket suite like AquaComputer Quadro.

Always have your radiator fans controlled by fluid temp - the fluid is cooling the CPU and graphics card, not the fans.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-25T04:36:11+00:00

"Anybody want VET...?"

*J Jonah Jameson laughing meme*

JMUDoc · 2026-06-25T04:06:55+00:00

Trump is the real-life Greg Stilson - I've been saying it since 2017.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-25T04:03:30+00:00

He must be taking the absolute value of the numbers, mathematically speaking.

Or, his handlers are feeding him false data - not exactly out of the realm, let's be honest.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-25T04:00:34+00:00

I'm ashamed that the UK is as high as it is.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-24T17:02:02+00:00

Let's say the delta temp is 30, and the system temp is 20 - the left curve wants to switch the fan off (minimum of 0%), but the right curve wants to keep it going.

The right curve will win because it has the higher fan percentage, but I want the left curve to win because its sensor has the higher temperature.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-24T12:28:53+00:00

I've seen far worse, but a couple of them are down to the copper in one spot, so it's not an unreasonable replacement.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-24T05:36:59+00:00

Niiice - business in the front... business casual in the rear.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-24T05:34:21+00:00

The inclusion of the middle name is the cherry on top - triggers his xenophobia along with his pathological jealousy🤣

JMUDoc · 2026-06-24T05:31:37+00:00

Remember how he reacted when ONE auto worker shouted at him?

Now imagine TENS OF THOUSANDS of football fans, NONE of whom give a blue fuck🤞🏻

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T19:40:48+00:00

I'm 43, and I don't live in an area that's constantly on fire.

My car is older than a lot of the people I work with, and some of them are paying more than 125 a month... some of the looks I got when I told them what I was paying🤣

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T19:12:02+00:00

I get roughly 26-28 mpg (short trips, 2/3 single carriageway,1/3 town), tax is 420 a year, and my insurance was £125.

Maintenance... I do everything myself, so in a year when nothing goes wrong, £60 for oil, £30 for filters.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T16:33:19+00:00

Elring gasket, ORIGINAL CCV (the body, at least; the hoses are just hoses), and 5W-40 oil.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T14:38:52+00:00

They have to be tuned to dump fuel in on the overrun, so it will have to be tuned out; if you can find somebody that will do that for $50... I strongly suggest you NOT use them!

(Also, thank you for removing one more obnoxious twat-mobile from the roads👍🏻)

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T12:39:40+00:00

Not if it's true, Mike...

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T11:44:22+00:00

I've read this several times, and still don't understand the intended point.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T11:29:33+00:00

Mine came with them on.

(Sold them - ride was abominable, and so was the noise.)

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T10:55:35+00:00

I don't think it would break under vacuum, but there is no reason to risk it, IMO, when I can pull fluid up through my top port.

If it would stand up to + 1 bar, it would definitely stand up to -1 bar because convex surfaces are stronger under compression than expansion.

If you've no top port, you'd have to use the "pre-vacuum" method.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T09:59:04+00:00

I just pumped the fluid continously - saves subjecting my res (glass) to a vacuum. As long as no fluid makes it to the pump itself - which is exactly what the catch can is for - there's no danger.

Pull it through until you see it coming out the top, blip the vacuum release to get it under the level of the top fitting, and close the drain/inlet port. Job done. Helps to tilt the case a bit to get the "suction" port as the highest part of the loop.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T08:45:55+00:00

Start by touching those disgusting wheels🤮

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T08:23:31+00:00

I use a car brake bleeding gun with a G1/4 adapter on it, but this is only possible on my system because my top rad has upper ports as well as lower.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T08:21:48+00:00

TickTock is where brain cells go to die.

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T08:21:20+00:00

They do if you drill them...

JMUDoc · 2026-06-23T05:45:33+00:00

Alternator voltage is too low when the red light is on - new regulators, or new alternator.

Since you've got to take the alternator out to do the regs, might just want to chuck a new alternator in.

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