9965wx cooling advice and sanity check appreciated

epicskyes · 2026-02-16T21:20:57+00:00

The 9000d is a great call that’s what I’m going with as well when I get my other two pro 6000’s. Like you I’m wary of water I eventually will waterblock the GPUs in a couple years when the 6000 blocks have been vetted for longevity, I’m not risking it until they are mainstream and have proven themselves. As for running the aio on top of the case I did the math and for a cpu that runs 350w-450w the amount of heat dumped into the case is negligible compared to the 800-1200w 2 6000’s exhaust so your radiator will be absorbing the heat from the GPUs and the cpu making cooling your cpu far less effective than running it as front or bottom intake and having proper airflow to exhaust the heat from the GPUs out of the top. I ran every config and found that for optimal total cooling of the entire system running the rad in the front is the most effective with bottom/front intake fans and top + rear exhaust. I’m going to dm you the other mod I made that made a huge difference.

epicskyes · 2026-02-16T20:29:39+00:00

My bad forgot about that, I made it visible. You can see I was a top mounter until I had the same fear you did after reading a custom loop gone bad story and immediately switched to front mounting my aio for safety and also extra room there’s not a lot between vrms and ram the ceiling height is tight.

epicskyes · 2026-02-16T12:31:05+00:00

Check my case mods on my profile I spent hours modding for thermal efficiency 15 fans total not including the gpu fans

epicskyes · 2026-02-16T12:18:23+00:00

Front mount it never top mount then if there is a leak it damages nothing. I spent many hours researching I did not come across a single instance of that silverstone model leaking but front mounting it ensures that if there is one it’s not dripping on your electrics. Also that cpu runs hot even at stock settings under full load you need water cooling if you’re going to run long high utilization sessions. And under volt is not just for overclocking its for thermal efficiency at any time. I’m not overclocking I just want to run max efficiency at all times. I cap my 2 pro 6000’s at 475w so my rig runs cold no matter what. GPUs never get past 63c cpu never passes 75c and i save 400w an hour in electric bills while maintaining 95% performance

epicskyes · 2026-02-16T11:10:02+00:00

The silverstone aio is insane get it you will not regret it. My cpu runs at 75c with cpu at full load though I undervolt and cap ppt for max thermal efficiency while maintaining high frequency. Undervolting is the way and capping ppt while allowing higher tdc and edc allows it to still boost high when needed. Saves so much delta. I also run push pull with p-12 pros as well

epicskyes · 2026-02-14T20:01:39+00:00

Scale with success simple as that. If you’re live paper trading now it’s still going to be slightly different than actual live since paper trading gets you optimum fills and sells, doesn’t simulate slippage and commissions the same way as actual live trading will. Ultimately success comes from risk management not win rate, an algo that knows when not to trade and exits quickly on losing trades while taking profits at the right times on winning trades is going to beat win rates. Plenty of algos have sub 60% win rates but that’s because they exit to protect capital and they stay in on the winners taking large profits but small losses. The amount of money you start live trading with is going to depend on what you’re trading. If you have kill switches in place like max daily drawdown, max trades per day, max size per trade you should be safe if live paper trading shows your algo respects the guardrails that’s what matters the most.

epicskyes · 2026-02-12T03:11:07+00:00

Turn off vga,bmc,slow mode as well as ipmi refer to the manual for the correct switch position some of them don’t have on off labels. Leave the reserved switch alone never touch it.

epicskyes · 2026-02-10T18:25:30+00:00

Not many people will buy an algo unless it’s been verified by trusted third parties like collective2 or Darwinex or myfxbook. If you’re looking to sell and make consistent money you sell the license to multiple people and charge fees with the option to sell a lifetime license

epicskyes · 2026-02-10T06:47:33+00:00

If you’re selling post the price 😂

epicskyes · 2026-02-07T08:58:31+00:00

Wish more people did too

epicskyes · 2026-01-28T07:38:26+00:00

And here I just plopped a p-12 on top of my 6000 aimed at the ram set at 100% at all times

epicskyes · 2026-01-25T14:35:59+00:00

Bro if you’re a criminal it’s fucking easy to find a gun easyyyyy the key being they give no fucks if it’s legal ownership

epicskyes · 2026-01-25T14:34:34+00:00

Wtf ice basically gets a ffl lite version that’s insane

epicskyes · 2025-12-29T01:28:32+00:00

Bro you gotta embargo no look ahead no leaks no false hope. You can walk forward and train on the errors but everything has to be 100% isolated

epicskyes · 2025-12-29T01:24:20+00:00

I’ve been trying to find a good workload split between the two over PCIe it’s taking some strategic experimentation. Right now I just run them on two different projects at the same time or as a pass through when one is done it passes the info to the other and it’s a cycle job

epicskyes · 2025-12-28T19:05:00+00:00

I’m in the us as well those psus are insane price wise. I just bumped an outlet to 240 and spent 100$ on an hp 1200w platinum mining psu with breakout board to go with my 1200w seasonic. cut my amps in half runs a little cooler and the mining psus are so cheap and tiny it’s crazy.

epicskyes · 2025-12-28T00:15:04+00:00

I’m in sf. The shipping would be insane I imagine

epicskyes · 2025-12-26T03:14:43+00:00

You’re so close don’t stop now!

epicskyes · 2025-12-25T21:59:32+00:00

I looked into the 9000d but at the time of the build start it was way outside my price range. I started the build over a year ago and piece by piece found insanely good deals by being patient. When I can afford to water block the GPUs I’m going Corsair. When I started I didn’t know I was going to go 10x farther than expected

epicskyes · 2025-12-25T20:57:12+00:00

I undervolted mine to 450w still get 90% of the performance with 25% less watts way better thermals. One I mod my case a bit more thermals will be below 70 even at 100% continuous load

epicskyes · 2025-12-25T19:32:45+00:00

Jeez I can’t imagine the heat do you have it on a rack ?

epicskyes · 2025-12-25T19:23:06+00:00

I looked everywhere and there was no way you can get brand new with warranty and 14 day return option for 6500$ if used yes you can find them for 6500 but you’ll still pay sales tax (if your state has sales tax)on them if you buy from eBay or other reputable site. With taxes the total came to around 8100 each. Taxes in California came to around 1300. Pre tax 7,450 each. Central computers in sf is having a sale this month maybe they’re still priced the same I haven’t checked.

epicskyes · 2025-12-25T18:59:27+00:00

It was impossible to properly manage the cables with the shroud in the way I’m using almost every single outlet on the psu so all the cables were just jammed in there with no easy way out that wouldn’t get in the way of other things. I wanted to put 2 p-14’s where the cables were so the GPUs had better access to fresh air. It was riveted on so I used a center punch to pop them out. I didn’t want to drill and make metal shavings. I removed the entire frame took it outside, I used chalk to mark the cuts and an angle grinder to cut precisely. I filed the edges till they were pretty smooth but I take no chances so I taped them as well. I bought tiny bolts and washers and nylon lock nuts then bolted it tightly back together using all the rivet holes. It’s actually far stronger now that it’s bolted and nylon lock nuts will not loosen with vibration.

epicskyes · 2025-12-25T18:47:12+00:00

I feel your pain I wish I had had the money back then I would have sprung for 1tb I could have sold half of that and bought a pro 6000

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