New to water cooling, need some pointers on getting started.

[Blaylock]

If you're building with new gear there is NO need for that. That's for if you were trying to KILL anything growing in your system or if you had corrosion.

 

[EarthDog]

80+ posts and a month in... why isn't this built and running yet?!

I kid...we are here to help and answer all your questions. I know it can be tough, this is a lot of information, but try not to get lost in the minutia.

 

[infowire]

Oh boy. That's some heavy duty stuff. I'm not sure but make sure it's bare metal in there and not some coating on the rad otherwise you can kiss it goodbye. lol

well it will be diluted and a cloth near by. or ill tape it off

 

[don256us]

Oh boy. That's some heavy duty stuff. I'm not sure but make sure it's bare metal in there and not some coating on the rad otherwise you can kiss it goodbye. lol

Are you using this for your initial cleaning?! If so... don't. This stuff is for removing rust and such from an aging or aged cooling system, not new.

 

[infowire]

It's already done, tech support recommended it on the new system
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[EarthDog]

What tech support?

 

[infowire]

mayhems.net - i asked if i should do i need on a brand new system.

 

[maxfly]

make sure you rinse your loop really well. having that stuff lurking around your cpu and gpu blocks may not be a good idea.

 

[infowire]

oh i took the rad out now im going to rinse like 5 times and check the ph levels.

 

[EarthDog]

mayhems.net - i asked if i should do i need on a brand new system.

What a racket.

 

[don256us]

mayhems.net - i asked if i should do i need on a brand new system.

Fair enough. I sometimes have trouble trusting the guy who wants to sell me something. Just a bit of cynicism maybe.

 

[infowire]

so i finally put paint in =)

 

[GTXJackBauer]

Looks like your gear needed some more cleaning.

 

[infowire]

that was marker lol

 

[don256us]

Well, I'm happy that you finally got it together and that we are past the build phase. I hope that you found this exercise to be fun and that you get your expected results from your new cooling system.

 

[infowire]

yeah it has been fun, learned a lot.

 

[infowire]

First test was mining GPU 64C and CPU 55C

 

[infowire]

Done

 

[GTXJackBauer]

How much rad are you using in that loop? Reason I ask is, your GPU config isn't configured properly since you usually want to go in and out once on the GPU block and as those temps seem a bit high as most average liquid cooled GPUs stay around 40c but it could be a combination of high OCs, mining, color fluid since it will have less thermals than clear liquid etc. What's happening here is, the fluid is entering the least resistant block which I believe is the CPU as the GPU block isn't getting similar flow going through hence it's 64c temp readings. You'll have to go through the GPU to CPU back to res or rad, which ever is last inline before entering the pump. You should see temp improvements if you redo the route properly.

 

[Blaylock]

Really nice rig Infowire. Enjoy it!