watercoling

Forum discussion tagged with watercoling.
  1. S

    Question Which hole is the inlet and which is the outlet?

    I'm not sire which of these holes is for the fluid to go in and which is for it to go out. Or does it even matter? Can someone please help me out?
  2. C

    [SOLVED] Boost an old PC?

    !Tech Specs! Sapphire tri x 290 AMD Fx8350 w/ H80GTi Corsair closed loop watercooler Corsair xms3 2x4 gb 1600mhz Gigabyte 990fxa ud3 Rosewill Photon 650/800(I don't remember) watt 80 plus psu I'm looking for a way to boost the performance of my 5+ year old pc using software, changing windows...
  3. JerrWolf

    [SOLVED] How do I know if my AIO is empty? Improving Temperatures for PC.

    Hello everyone, I've owned this Corsair AIO CPU cooler for going on 6 or 7 years now so I contacted Corsair support and they told me that the AIO coolers tend to last 5-7 years. I was also talking with a friend who has the same CPU as me. He told me my temps were fine, but then took back his...
  4. Barry Cupas

    [SOLVED] having a Negative airflow in a water cooled pc bad??

    Hello Guys, I'm planning to custom water cooling my build (My case is Lian Li o11 Dynamic XL) , and here is the problem : 1) I'm thinking of installing two Radiators..... One at the Top and another at the bottom, and for intake It's gonna be 3 Fans placed at the Side of Lian Li case. so having...
  5. Lukeonuke

    [SOLVED] Why do AIO watercoolers mix aluminium and copper?

    Ive noticed that literaly every AIO water coller has a aluminium radiator and a copper block, but basic knowledge of water colling tells thats a bad idea. Why do manufactures use them when they know that soot will apear on the block or in the radiator
  6. C

    [SOLVED] Help with cleaning waterblocks

    Its been about a year since I did a custom loop on my PC and I think the blocks need to be cleaned. (I have flushed the system 3 times) I was wondering the best way to do this without disassembling the blocks. I've read that white vinegar is good but may dry out the o-ring (and other rubber in...
  7. cbayley

    Question CPU BADLY overheating in a prebuilt computer

    I'm having an increasingly bad CPU overheating problem on my pre-built watercooled Ibuypower PC. A rundown of the problem: from basically the time I bought it in July until about a month ago, occasionally while going full load, the CPU would spike to 80c. I'd reduce the load, not thinking too...
  8. K

    [SOLVED] Dust filters for Aluminium case (magnetic wont work on aluminium)

    Hello. So, i bought a computer case, i was thinking about buying magnetic fan filters, but then i realised the case was made from aluminium, and magnets wont stick to it. Do you guys know about any solution that i dont know for easily removeable (for cleaning) of the filters? The only filters...
  9. S

    Question Clicking sounds from water cooler

    Lately, I've been experiencing a clicking sound coming out of my water cooler Corsair H100. Sometimes it's more and sometimes less. When I'm pushing the fans there is, of course, more clicking. Does someone know why this is happening and if there is an easy fix for that? Could some of the fans...
  10. F

    [SOLVED] Upgrade but keep the cables

    Hi all I got my PC watercooled by someone and after using it for a few months I began to think that my PSU maybe isn't capable of it since I can't really overclock it. I got a I7-8700k at max 4.7Ghz and a RTX 2080 TI which reaches 1995 Mht, maybe 2010 Mhz at Max. when gaming. My PSU is only a...
  11. xoxel

    Question Which motherboard should i pick up for my comp ?

    Hi guys, definitely need your help. I'm building a big one this time (TL;DR 2080 super and i7 9700k) BUT i'm not an expert, far from that honestly. Problem is: i don't know how to chose my cm ! I'm planning to use a water cooling (an AIO one) H150i from corsair, which has 3 fans and a...
  12. FSCGeek

    [SOLVED] Leak testing

    Hello! I have just made my first watercooled loop and now I am leak testing it for 24h. I don't know if I should keep the plug from the top of the reservoir off to let the air out or if I should plug it in. Here is a picture of the loop: what is image hosting Should I let the plug off or not...