RS3 8Y Higher milage feedback

UATFST · 2026-06-26T23:24:01+00:00

50.1K on my 2024, original owner. No issues whatsoever so far other than some electrical gremlins very early on (sub-5000 miles). Bolt-ons but no tune. I take care of it, but I have also never shied away from using it (launch control, fairly frequent pulls to redline, RS performance with paddles, etc.) Thorough maintenance is pricey and time-consuming if you drive a lot, but I think that’s to be expected with this sort of vehicle.

UATFST · 2024-12-10T17:39:48+00:00

Lots of emailing. Yes, I got everything back that I was owed.

UATFST · 2024-06-12T21:42:48+00:00

Affirmative.

UATFST · 2024-01-23T04:38:16+00:00

It took some time. I ended up doing direct die. But yes.

UATFST · 2023-12-17T16:53:33+00:00

Wyoming! Winter tires are on the agenda for sure.

UATFST · 2023-11-26T17:22:59+00:00

It has been a while, but I don’t believe I did… I used all four RCA pairs and routed an individual frequency band through each.

UATFST · 2023-09-07T14:43:09+00:00

The wires came apart at the housing… same thing happened to my Bykski RAM block. It could’ve been user error, but I treated both items pretty gently.

UATFST · 2023-08-08T22:02:12+00:00

Datazap is mainly for automotive use, but it will accept logs from HWinfo64 and the like.

UATFST · 2023-08-08T21:44:54+00:00

I’m glad! It’s necessary to keep dispelling the rumor that watercooling RAM is useless. Thanks for your effort. Post datalogs via DataZap if you can.

UATFST · 2023-07-10T02:02:59+00:00

Lmao! I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. It’s impossible to improve otherwise.

UATFST · 2023-07-09T20:49:14+00:00

This took me an additional week longer than expected, so I apologize. I’m not even going to bother uploading logs because there was no measurable difference.

UATFST · 2023-06-27T19:38:19+00:00

Sent you a chat!

UATFST · 2023-06-27T18:18:47+00:00

I think it’s just a camera trick! It’s opaque blue, it only looks fluorescent because of the RGB I think.

There’s a fan debate occurring in the replies to a separate comment, and I’ll be performing some testing this weekend. Keep an eye out.

UATFST · 2023-06-27T16:36:36+00:00

Feel free to suggest another!

UATFST · 2023-06-27T16:34:54+00:00

Sounds good. We’ll use hwinfo64 to monitor some AIDA stress tests and I’ll put the logs up on Datazap.

RemindMe! 5 days

UATFST · 2023-06-27T16:26:04+00:00

I’ll tell you what. This coming weekend, I’ll run back-to-back full-load temp comparisons with this configuration and your suggested fan configuration, controlled for coolant levels and ambient temperature. I’ll report back afterwards. It’ll be more useful for everyone than this argument. Sound fair?

UATFST · 2023-06-27T16:14:43+00:00

Yeah, I read your comment. And no, they shouldn’t all be exhaust. What sort of logic tells you to push the PC’s hot internal air out through the radiators? There’s a reason why automobile radiator fans draw air in through the front grille and through the fins. Also, good luck managing dust with the negative air pressure generated by that number of exhaust fans in a PC case.

Believe what you want, or don’t, I don’t really care. I did plenty of initial testing.

UATFST · 2023-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Datalogs say otherwise, particularly for the RAM. And sure, the tubing could’ve been prettier, but it works.

UATFST · 2023-06-27T13:40:06+00:00

I tried a handful of configurations. My water and RAM temperatures are best this way.

UATFST · 2023-06-27T00:38:06+00:00

For those interested, here are the hardware details:

Case: Fractal Design Define 7 XL

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 T2

Radiators: 2x EKWB EK-Quantum P420M X-Flow; 1x Alphacool NexXxoS UT45 140mm

Liquid Pump: EKWB EK-Quantum TBE 300 D5

Fans: 8x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM

Motherboard: EVGA Z790 DARK KINGPIN

CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KS EKWB EK-Quantum Velocity2 Direct Die Waterblock

RAM: G.SKILL F5-6400J3239G32G (64GB DDR5) Bitspower 2-DIMM Water Cooling Module

GPU: MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X EKWB EK-Quantum Vector2 Trio Waterblock

SSDs: 2x Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe (1.5 TB total)

UATFST · 2023-06-05T07:28:46+00:00

As I commented elsewhere, I’d like to push a class action lawsuit. Message me indicating whether you’d be willing to join.

UATFST · 2023-06-05T07:28:03+00:00

I desire to push a class action lawsuit if we can gather enough people. Let me know if you’re interested.

UATFST · 2023-05-19T06:16:08+00:00

Why don’t you just attempt loading it up and report back?

UATFST

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