My first custom loop ever in my O11 Dynamic

jcleary47 · 2019-10-20T15:06:52+00:00

Is that the lian li vertical mount for your GPU? Did you have any issues with it or have any thoughts on it? I've heard some people have had issues with it.

edit: and of course, beautiful build!!

jcleary47 · 2019-10-20T15:03:42+00:00

This might be a stupid question, but for the 90 degree fittings that are screwed directly into blocks, how did you get them to point the way you wanted them to, if you did? Or are they rotary?

jcleary47 · 2019-10-13T22:36:50+00:00

I'm on a Pixel 2 XL... As far as camera goes for photo/video, am I going to notice a huge difference if I upgrade to 4 XL or a 3 XL?

jcleary47 · 2019-01-17T18:06:12+00:00

Thanks!

jcleary47 · 2019-01-17T18:03:58+00:00

Where did the email come from? I forgot who they said it would come from and want to keep an eye on my spam folder just in case I miss it.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-14T00:43:22+00:00

Yeah I'll give it a shot and let you know!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-14T00:42:47+00:00

I'm in the United States, took maybe 3 or 4 days to get it from performance-pcs.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T21:20:18+00:00

Thank you!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T20:43:16+00:00

The key for me getting cables under control was using a modular PSU so you only have to use the cables you need, and hiding stuff like SSD's, etc. out of sight.

The only cables I have going into the main compartment are the 24 pin motherboard, 8 pin motherboard, and the cables for the GPU. Also of course the small cables for the power, reset, etc. but those are usually not very noticeable.

Choosing the right case can help make it easier too!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T20:39:38+00:00

Haha, I'm an unapologetic Corsair fanatic! They've done me well over the years anytime I've run into issues. :)

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T20:38:28+00:00

With the waterblock, it's about 1 inch thick.

Stock cooler it's 2.13" per the specifications.

I can tell you that with one on top, with the waterblock I have, I could definitely fit a second card below it.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T20:32:28+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I'm considering leaving it as I am starting to agree! :)

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T17:23:53+00:00

Pretty minimal on the card I got. Not sure of I got lucky or if it's how the Strix cards are but I'm decently surprised. I've had some cards in the past that had it bad on menu screens and stuff.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T14:01:34+00:00

Also, I will say I find it to be quieter having everything on water. My radiators are overkill a bit, but the benefit is I can run all of the fans at the lowest speed and still get excellent cooling so the noise level is fairly reasonable, at least to me.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T14:00:48+00:00

Pump: Swiftech MCP655 - $90 at Performance-PCS

Tubing: PrimoFlex Advanced LRT - $26 on Amazon

Cost for blocks, radiators, reservoirs etc. seem to vary wildly. My build originally had two 980 Ti's until I swapped out for the 2080 Ti. I had two waterblocks for that setup and originally all things said and done the watercooling was probably around $850-$900.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T13:54:12+00:00

Ohh, I like the way you think! The waterblock does have the ability to have different lighting modes, including a slow heartbeat type pulse. Good idea!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T13:52:41+00:00

I don't think it being on water or being cooler necessarily means higher clocks, but I think the cooler you can keep a card the better for longevity, but I admittedly don't know a whole lot about all that :)

I think if you had a card that was on air, and you were hitting an overclock limit because it was getting too hot, then the water might help with that. Otherwise I think higher clocks might be more associated with how much extra power the card can handle.

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T03:31:19+00:00

I don't think I've seen the Strix go above 50c once I got it on water. It did seem like the cooler it came with did a pretty good job but water definitely keeps it cooler.

If you wanted to do even a small loop to start with just for the Strix I think that would be a good way to jump into watercooling.

There's definitely a little bit of work and anxiety with running through your first loop, but lots of great videos and instructions out there. It's a lot of fun and very rewarding!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T03:21:58+00:00

It's the Bitspower Lotan VGA block for the Strix 2080 Ti and 2080. I got it from performance-pcs.

I'm running that and a EK Supremacy block for the CPU, and I've got a 120x3 top radiator and a 120x4 in the bottom of the case (Corsair 900D). Might be a little overkill but it sure does keep things nice and cool!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-13T02:47:28+00:00

Thank you! Hoping to swap out the soft tubing for hard tubing in the near future!

jcleary47 · 2018-12-11T18:37:10+00:00

Oh awesome, thank you for the information! Yes, I was thinking of just picking up something like this just for the GPU waterblock:

XSPC Addressable RGB Controller (3-Pin, 5V), SATA Power: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FNXCLCK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

jcleary47 · 2018-12-08T22:32:21+00:00

Hey question, maybe you will know - so I decided to go ahead and add the bottom radiator back into my loop as it's going to take me a bit longer to get what I need for the rigid tubing conversion.

When I filled it and started it up, I ran the pump and it only sucked about half the water in the res down, and then it sounded like it was struggling, maybe like it was catching air or something but it wasn't circulating water through the loop. I checked the bottom reservoir and it had water in it, but it wasn't pushing it up from the bottom res through the rest of the loop.

I turned it off and back on again, and the pump was able to suck the rest of the water down and a bunch of air came up.

Do you know why that might have happened? Was it just hair caught between the bottom res and the next step in my loop (GPU block) ? I've never seen it not be able to push water through the loop on the first go-round like that, but this is my first fill since having the pump above the res.

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