high temps when adding GPU in to Custom loop

[Tír na nÓg]

No worries about the order: it doesn't matter.

 

[maxfly]

tbh your temps really arent that bad. i would leave it be until you can get your hands on a new rad. if money is an issue just pick up a solid 1x140 rad for the exhaust fan in your rig and youll be golden. another option could be to unmount your cpu block clean it off and wrap it with paper towel. then use one of your aio units to cool the cpu until money becomes available. btw i dont think ek likes silver in their loops?

 

[GTXJackBauer]

btw i dont think ek likes silver in their loops?

That's correct and they have been vocal about it. Silver hasn't sat well with their blocks.

 

[Tír na nÓg]

I just add a touch of antifreeze in my loops (like 5cl...) and never got algae in any of them.

 

[Helgaiden]

That same pump/res on the EK Fluid Gaming Aluminum kits states in the manual that it is designed for vertical mounting only. Maybe that one is different. EK sells a bracket for $20 that mounts it to your rad vertically if need be.

 

[S_I_N]

ur not going to get that aio rad to work unless you can add the right size barbs to it. most of those aios have insanely smallish hook ups and dont always equate out to the custom sizes. stress testing a card puts an actual full time 100% load on it, this makes temps higher.Not real world load. Game with it for a few hours and see what the variable load does. If its still high do yourself a favor put it back on air and wait til you can do it properly. No sense doing a hack job that may or may not result in a leak destroying you rig in the process.

another thing that may help back off your overclock(s) til you can do it proper.