Full Loop with XSPC?

Sounds like you got it. Looking forward to your tests.

I was really, really glad when I saw the numbers. I dread having to disassemble the whole thing someday, and if I do, I’ll probably just switch to hardline so I have a decent excuse.

I should get a real fill bottle too because this was my hastily gathered version from the hardware store:

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Don’t judge. :laughing:

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Well this seems to have saturated the loop pretty well:

The temperature stuck right around 41-44° for at least the last 10 minutes of the run. I’m pretty happy with that considering the limited scope of the case.

Eh you dont need anything special that works good enough

Played Just Cause 3 for a while tonight. Max GPU temperature got up to 38° and the HBM up to 41° while the T_Sensor 1 (temperature sensor is between GPU and 280 rad) hit 38°. The room is probably about 22°C.

The computer is much quieter than before the loop, and the only thing I wish I could improve immediately would be direct control of the CPU and CPU_OPT fans from the coolant temp, but Asus doesn’t like that apparently, and I’m not sure it’ll let me just plug them into chassis headers, of which I have only one left anyway (could use a splitter, but blecch).

So far very pleased.

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Pretty sure there is software you can use to accomplish that

Well I was hoping to stick to Asus AI Suite III but I’m probably going to have to look into something else. I don’t really care about anything else in the Suite so suggestions are welcome. Preferably something lightweight of course.

Edit: anyone have experience with Speedfan?

Their AI suit is pretty bloated and not the best, but works well enough usually. I have used speed fan before and it worked well. That was back when I was on AM3.

Just tried Speedfan and it doesn’t do voltage control (I know, I know, I should get PWM fans) so no luck there at all.

It’s also seemingly completely unaware of what Ryzen is or Vega.

Quick read Looks like 3pin is not controllable via software, so your probably stuck with AI suite since it interacts directly with bios

Well poop. Guess I know what I’m buying next paycheck! :joy:

Your prob gonna have to tear down the loop to get to those front fans

Nah, soft tubing, and you only need to angle the front rad to wiggle the fans out.
Much more importantly is the choice of which PWM fan to choose… I’m personally a Noctua fanboy since the PWM range is massive (350-1500rpm on the beige 120mm and 450-2000 or 750-3000 on the industrial… with none of them having any tick, noise or odd behavior in that range I won’t recommend the redux. But others equally love Noise blockers, EK-Vardar and others. Also while it probably isn;'t the case here, for bigger loops it can be economical to go to an OEM supplier directly, like Delta… they are huge reliability and have a massive range of options, just be warned many are not the standard form factor, mounts or voltages (also more 24v fans won’t run happily at 12v, even though most 12v fans are happy at 6v).

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@SheepInACart is right. Worst case scenario I believe is kicking the bottom out slightly to slide the fans out one at a time. If I’m careful it should be just fine.

Noctua is making black fans now, right? No way can I put those mud-and-tans in there!

Edit: ah the redux are the black ones. I’d be almost positive the only thing that changed for those are the plastic dyes. Anything else would just be silly and more expensive.

No, the redux is the horrid grey cheaper ones. The Industrial is the black, so you don’t have a 1500rpm option, but then again the PWM range on the 2000rpm makes it my preferred suggestion anyway… however it comes with no accessories, unlike the beige consumer line, so you’ll need to buy any splitters, voltage reducers or extensions you need separate (and the factory fan lead is quiet short, which can be a really good thing in small cases or for fans close to the mobo, but assumes that you have an extension in the pack as provided with the consumer line).

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You’re right, they have different specs.

Honestly I could just get the redux for the rear fans and the highest pressure 140’s for the front since they can’t be seen with the side panel on. Might do that.

The grey redux are worse in all ways but price, I don’t see any time where they make sense honestly. Although the layout you suggest may be possible with some of the airflow optimized versions consumer line fans in the back, I almost recommend getting fans all the same… makes you life easier later on when you change something on the build ect, and you can run them at different PWM speeds anyway.

DarkSide Gentle Typhoon

Not in 140mm.