Questions tagged [water-cooling]
Computer Water Cooling
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Corsair RGB hub and fans
Does the Corsair RGB hub literally just control the lighting of Corsair water coolers or does it also have something to do with the management of fans and water cooler pumps?
On my new PC the cooler ...
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What aio do i need for the i9 13900k? is my aio failing?
My i9 13900k instantly hits 100C with high/meduim load playing games.
My cooler currently is the Corsair 360mm H150i RGB PRO XT but i suspect its on its way out because of the high temps even with ...
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How do I explain to my MSI BIOS that I don't have a PUMP Fan anymore and that's OK?
I bought an MSI prebuild PC with a MPG Z590M GAMING EDGE WIFI mainboard and CPU water cooling which I assume is a MAG CORELIQUID 120R.
The water cooling had some issues (don't ask), so I replaced it ...
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CPU Cooling System Making Noise
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I've had this computer for a couple of years and this is the first time I've heard it make any noise. I had it shipped from NYC to UT so there was a large elevation change and I suspect that ...
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Custom PC keeps destroying components
We build a custom water-cooling system with the following specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (16x 3,5 GHz)
Board: Gigabyte Aorus Master X570
GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme Waterforce WB 11G
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Replacement liquid for Be Quiet Silent Loop
I've been using a Be Quiet Silent Loop 280mm CLC for a few years, I'm considering emptying the loop to ensure that the liquid hasn't accumulated any goop or dust and hasn't evaporated. There's an ...
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Noctua nh-d15 and ram clearance
Many posts on forums say that the Noctua NH-D15 cooler will fit with low profile RAM such as Corsair Vengeance LPX (31 mm they say). I bought the RAM and cooler, but I still get a little pressure when ...
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Optimizing airflow with rear fan in a watercooled system
So I've got a straightforward build: two fans drawing in air from the front, two fans exhausting air through a radiator on the top, and a spare fan I'm considering mounting in the rear of the unit.
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Custom liquid cooling loop malfunctioning pump
I'm running into some troubles.. I have a custom loop water cooled pc.
It has two reservoirs, with little "fountains" inside..
The left resevoir running the GPU loop, it's fountain is pumping water ...
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Recurring Noise from Water Cooling System
I have a Be Quiet - Silent Loop water cooling system that occasionally drops RPM down to 10% of typical performance. This is accompanied by a loud continuously sounding noise.
I recently refilled the ...
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Does the Corsair Hydro H55 fit LGA775? [closed]
I have a LGA775 motherboard (ASUS P5GC) and I wonder if I can fit the Corsair Hydro H55 on it?
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Which metals experience electrolytic degradation with copper in a dionised water GPU cooling loop?
I have a liquid cooled GPU, after running for about a month, a leak happened and the whole system shutdown - Having drained the system, I note that there is a black powdery deposit in the reservoir. ...
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Is a reservoir actually necessary in a liquid cooling setup?
I'm planning on building a custom PC in a highly space-constrained case. I can't use a closed loop cooling kit because the motherboard I'm using requires a special CPU water block. Therefore, I must ...
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Liquid cooling a PC on liquid metal? [closed]
What would happen if you put a vast amount of liquid metal into a custom cooling loop instead of water/coolant? What challenges would you face? Would there even be any benefit to doing this?
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Is condensation on the outside of a custom water cooling loop an issue?
I recently built my first custom water cooling loop (never done any water cooling before) with copper pipes, and have gathered a bunch of comments from know-it-alls, suggesting various doomsday ...
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What does the acronym CMC refer to in this context?
I am doing a research project on SGI High Performance Computers, specifically the SGI ICE XA platform. In the datasheet (found here), I came across this image.
I am wondering what the acronym CMC ...
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Is it ok if CPU temp jumps around? [closed]
I had a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO and my CPU temp was around 36-45 idle so I bought a Corsair Hydro 105 because someone suggested it to me, and my temps have gone to 29-50.
My question is, is it ...
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How to troubleshoot a water cooling kit or system?
I purchased and installed a "Thermaltake Pacific RL120 Water Cooling Kit" in my computer, and it worked perfectly fine for past 6 months. Just few days ago though, my computer overheated and turned ...
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Can a mini-fridge be effectively looped into a liquid cooling solution for an OCed workstation? [closed]
I just finished my basement into a beautiful new home office and will be moving everything down shortly. I plan to have my computer to the left of my footwell in a new custom built desk, and planned ...
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Water-cooling system vs fans installation [closed]
I'd like to buy a workstation, but I'm hesitating between one with water cooling system and an installation on multiple ventilators. Could anyone be able to explain to me what is the better choice ...
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Water-cooled CPU fan makes squeaking noise every 5 seconds
My Antec 1250 water-cooled CPU fan makes a squeaking noise every 5 seconds.
When it does this, the other fans drop their RPMs down by about 15% for about 1/2 second. I can observe the slowdown by ...
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Is it possible to run a motherboard in distilled water?
I have read that distilled water doesn't conduct electricity. This, in other words, means that we can submerge electronic devices like PCs/laptops in it and run them without any problem. I haven't ...
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How to mount an NZXT Kraken in a CoolerMaster MasterCase Pro 5
I have been trying to build my new system, and the water cooler that I ordered, the NZXT Kraken x61, does not seem to fit anywhere in the case because it is too long. I tried mounting it in the front ...
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Coolant liquid flows extremely slowly in sealed water cooling system
I have an Artic Accelero Hybrid VGA cooler that I've been using for more than a year previously, but later had to swap out for a good 8 months for various reasons. This is a sealed cooling system, ...
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Do I need two fans on the radiator of my CPU?
I ordered a water cooling all-in-one solution for my CPU and I was wondering if I really need both fans that come shipped with it, or if one fan is enough.
What I am talking about is one of those ...
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Would a very large radiator outside at -20F help achieve significant overclocking gains over a more typical 240mm dual loop setup?
I have decided to switch to water cooling my PC. I've got a asus x99 deluxe with an intel i7 5930k CPU, 16 gigs of corsair dominator 2800mhz memory and a nvidia Titan X with an EVGA hybrid water ...
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Will my CPU get fried if my water cooler fails?
When using a conventional cooler, there is an additional safety net due to radiator's thermal capacity (even if the fan fails). What is not the case for a water cooler. Do I have a risk of getting my ...
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Is liquid cooling necessary for high CPU performance over extended periods?
I'm planning on building a system for high CPU and memory performance. Graphics performance is not a major concern, as I do not plan to use it for gaming. I noticed that liquid cooling seems to have ...
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Can water cooling sustain 100% utilization? [closed]
Can a modern CPU like Core i7 sustain a full, ongoing utilization for, say, 24h straight with water cooling?
What effects would water cooling have in comparison to air cooling?
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AMD FX8350 CPU - CoolerMaster Silencio 650 Case - New Water Cooling System
Lately after a use of 6 months of my AMD FX8350 CPU I'm experiencing high temperatures and loud noise coming from the CPU fan(I set that in order to keep it cooler).
I decided to replace the stock fan ...
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Excessive heat with Corsair H80i
I've recently purchased a Corsair H80i (liquid cooling), but the CPU temperatures are actually higher than with stock fan cooler.
My build: CoolerMaster GX550W, AMD FX 6300, ECS GTX 560, Kingston 8GB ...
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Sealing computer case against sea spray / maritime salt
I live in an area with a very heavy sea spray incidence. The sea spray is so heavy that most desktops I have here don't last past an year without changing a few parts, and even the laptops (usually ...
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i5-2500K (3.3 GHz) processor with H80 water cooling on a P8Z68-V PRO overheating/CPU fan not found
I built my computer a while back, and I have had this type of issues on and off all the time.
When my computer is actually loading Windows, it works like a charm. The idle temperature is 25-30 ...
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Thermoelectric cooling (TEC) combined a liquid cooling system (LCS) module for lower temperatures
I have a new liquid cooling system (LCS) on the way (XSPC RS360 and Raystorm Kit), and it seems like a shame letting my good nick CM V8 cooler go to waste. So in pulling a few new and old pieces ...
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Thermal risks to other components when watercooling CPU
I recently ordered all the components for a new desktop system to replace my old, dying computer. I wanted to have a really quiet desktop, so I got a case rated for being quiet and opted to try a ...
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Single liquid cooling provider for CPU and VGA
Given that there is a system with Intel Core i7 CPU and one Radeon HD 5870 VGA adapter, is there a water cooling solution with one cooler that both VGA and CPU heat sinks can be attached to?
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How to Pick the Size of Tubing for Water Cooling? [closed]
How should one pick what diameter of tubing to use on a water cooling build? Is it irrelevant and purely an aesthetics thing? Is a certain size required based on a calculation or formula?
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Will my computer shut down if my graphics card overheats?
I am going away for the weekend, and am concerned about letting my graphics cards run at full-tilt while I'm away.
They are water-cooled, and sit at ~68 on full load. When they overheat, my screen ...
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MSI afterburner is showing 0MHz for the core clock
I have run a MSI afterburner 2.1.0 for a while. I have two 6950s on my rig, watercooled, and with the msiafterburner.cfg unofficial overclock enabled.
For months I have run at 1150MV / 950MHz core / ...
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Do I need liquid cooling? [duplicate]
I'm building a computer mainly for gaming and developing games. It's going to be a three screen system with two GeForce GTX 460's and a quad-core i7. The newegg wattage calculator says I need around ...
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Will I ever need a water block for my GPU?
I am thinking of building a semi-gaming water-cooled machine sometime soon. However, most people (and kits) only talk about CPU water blocks. Will my GPU ever get warm enough so that I will need to ...
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I need a replacement heat sink thermistor for a MacPro1,1 [closed]
I need a replacement heat sink thermistor for a MacPro1,1.
I pulled the 5160's and replaced them with 5350's (2.66/1066). I then did the BSEL and VID mods to get them working at 3.3/1333.
The heat ...
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Watercooling a pair of ATI Radeon HD4850s
I have a box with a pair of ATI Radeon HD4850s. These bad boys, when in CrossFire mode, overheat like the Phoenix summer. My two options for cooling are more fans or watercooling. The case is ...
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Water cooling solution for Antec Fusion (M-ATX) case with i7
I currently have an ASUS Rampage II Gene M-ATX board with i processor in my HTPC. I would like to begin using watercooling mainly to keep the noise levels down, but also to overclock in the future.
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