coolant

Forum discussion tagged with coolant.
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    Question AMD Threadripper 3970x - best settings for improved thermals and retained performance / Lowest possible temps with the lowest possible loss in perform

    Hi! I recently finished my dual-3090 Threadripper 3970x custom watercooled system. It will be mainly a workstation for simulations (mostly bioinformatics), video editing and 3D rendering. I have 3 360mm EKWB blocks for cooling. An SE, PE and an XE. My issue is, that I am worried about the...
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    [SOLVED] AIO liquid temprature - is it normal?

    Hi all, I'm running a 5950x CPU cooled with a 2 year old NZXT x62 (280mm with 140mm fans). Let me list PC specs: Case: Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL CPU: 5950x Cooler: NZXT x62 (280mm with 140mm fans) GPU: Red Devil 6900 XT Fan setup: 3x bottom and 3x side QL 120 intake running at 1000 rpm, 1 QL 120...
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    Question What is my radiator coolant capacity?

    There's nothing on my radiator that tells me how much coolant I need. https://www.amazon.com/Alphacool-14191-NexXxoS-Radiator-Radiators/dp/B00BEZOR90/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=alphacool+monsta&qid=1621283955&sr=8-2 I purchased a couple 24 FL from coolance I hope is enough.
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    [SOLVED] flush rad with tap water then use premixed coolant?

    hello, i am building my first water-cooling loop and i am having trouble finding distilled water, for some reason its especially hard to find in the UK, would it be possible to flush my rads with tap water as i am using EK premixed coolant with anti corrosives in anyway? or do i need to buy some...
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    Question Aluminium and only Purified water ( distilled water)

    Hello I’m getting EK fluid gaming case So it’s all aluminum loop , I consider it as a start then I will move to copper ( change whole loop) at least the Aluminium parts So my question is ... Can I use only distilled water and change it every week or so ? Or will need to change it like every 3...
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    [SOLVED] Need suggestions for a CLEAR coolant.

    I couldn't tell which coolant/additive is the most popular. When I go to the retail sites and rank coolants according to "best selling", different sites give me different results. This is my first watercooling build, so I just want the safest bet, and I figure that would be the most popular...
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    Question Rad to Outlet Pump A240G AIR/Gap in Tube - Watercooling issue help!

    Hi Guys, Firstly, thanks in advance for any advice/troubleshooting ideas you can offer. Recently changed over to a new MB, RAM, CPU etc. flushed the system a few times with distilled water and then put in my new Mayhem Pastel White liquid. The problem is as follows: As you can see from the...
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    Fugoo Style-S vs. Style XL: Which Fugoo Speaker Is Best?

    Fugoo's Style-S and Style XL are both excellent Bluetooth speakers. Which is right for you? Fugoo Style-S vs. Style XL: Which Fugoo Speaker Is Best? : Read more
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    Ryzen 7 1700 bottleneck MSI RTX 2070 Armor 8G?

    Hello Community! My question is: Would the Ryzen 7 1700 bottleneck the RTX 2070 Armor 8G from MSI? Thanks! -kisageorg
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    need help automatic repair could not repair your pc

    So today I had my computer on and i left for a while to get some stuff done. when I com back I accidentally turned my computer off with the power button because i thought it was already off and was meaning to turn it on. After I turned it off I tried to turn it back on and was met with the...
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    Password trouble loggins

    I have an acer aspire 15 laptop. Screen powers up but when I try typing in my password, it starts duplicating numbers and letters and comes up invalid. I’ve tried the reboot thing and others suggested to no success. Help asap
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    Can't set custom resolution in amd drivers

    Hello, I am using amd radeon 17.11.4 and I need to create custom resolution at 144hz for playing csgo, I need it to be 1280*960 stretched. I watched some tutorials online but in all of them when they open custom resolution option in their drivers they have everything filled with correct...
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    Computer won't detect my other hard drives

    Hi I've been trying for a while now to find a fix to this problem but it just won't work. I have a second computer I decided to build to be my entertainment computer, have movies, tv shows, music etc on it, and I used the parts from my old computer. As for specs what comes to mind right now is...
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    Motherboard won't post, blinking underscore

    Hi guys, I brought this up more than a month ago but found no solution. - Board is a Gigabyte z97x gaming 5. - Been using the board for almost two years now (I should still have a month of warranty left on it) - No board speaker to listen for beep codes Steps I've tried so far: - Used...
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    H440 vs R5 vs Silent Base 600

    Hello! I'm wanting to get a quieter case, my fans are starting to annoy me.. I was wondering what the best case out of these 3 are? I've narrowed it down this much due to price mainly, however i'd like the case with the best noise dampening and airflow (or compromise between the 2) Many thanks,
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    PC Build questions

    hey guys, I am about to build my very first gaming PC. Just wanna make sure it's compatible and wether you have any better ideas. specs: Case: NZXT SOURCE 340 Midi Tower PSU: AeroCool Strike-X Gamer ATX 600 watts Motherboard: MSI 970A Krait Edition CPU: AMD FX 8350 4,0 GHz CPU-cooler: ARCTIC...
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    Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 With 775 motherboard

    Hello all, wanna ask this, my computer its a Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 With 775 motherboard and wanna upgrading my graphic card but I dunno what card really suit with this gpu.I'm not a hard gamers but sometime I do play dota 2..Hope to get best answer here. 1 more is can I up my ram to 8...
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    GPU Driver Support

    Hey all, So I’m slowly making plans on migrating to a Linux/GNU OS, however I can’t seem to find driver support for my GPU (It was expected). Are there any particular distros with generic drivers that give basic functionality? (As I still haven't chosen a distro). I really want to avoid...
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    Problems Identified In Device Manager - Other Devices

    I have just did a clean reinstall of Windows 7. Upon installation, I took all Window's updates, and applied as many current drivers as I could muster up for installed hardware. I have an ASUS P8Z77-V motherboard, and downloaded from their site all the current drivers I felt were appropriate...
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    i5 4670k overclocking

    Hey guys, I recently overclocked my i5 to 4,4 ghz (1,215v) and I would like to ask you if there is some way how to make the cpu to underclock when I am not gaming/editing etc.., because 4,4 ghz when I am just browsing internet looks like waste of cpu power. And my second question is, if 4,4ghz...
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    what's the best vidfeo card can i fit on my gateway dx4840-15c

    i'm just wondering what is the best video card i could put on my computer
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    Buy mobo and cpu, or just cpu

    Okey so i can choose 2 options 1. Buy AMD FX 8350 USAIN BOLT EDITION (4,0ghz) and put that on my motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 or 2, Buy Intel Core I7 3770K and a new motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD65, Socket-1155. I have a GTX 780 Ti SC, wich option would give me the most fps with my card? :pt1cable: