- Jul 3, 2016
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Hi everyone, recently I have done a dual AIO build, 3080ti modified to hybrid AIO (GPU uses watercooling while other parts were windcooled) with a 240 aio radiator and the cpu uses 240 aio cooler as well. That is how graphic card looks like after modification.
https://ibb.co/Lk0fVJg
At the beginning, I thought it can be a very easy job, yet finally turns out, well, it is not the case. The 1st mistake I have made is the case that I used, it is Great Wall M66 ( https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV19M4y1N76e ) As you can see in the link, this case has 340MM allowance,which fits my grahic card. However, since I am going to make a dual AIO build, there is a radiator that must be installed on the front, this space is not enough. The only solution in this case is put either radiator or fan on one side, use the long screw to go through the front part of the case to fix another part of the AIO system, which is a hard job if you have the mother board installed already. Here is how it looks like
Then, I made the 2ed mistake. As you can see on the picture above, on the 2ed radiator that is connected to the graphic card, I made both its fan intaker. This is in fact totally wrong and the worst part of this problem is, you may not realize that you are wrong, untill you pay some exstra attention! At the beggining, I thought I was done and I test the system with Furmark. The result seems to be very good, the grahic stays at 53c when the side panel is not installed and 63C when side panel is installed. Nevertheless, I randomly touched the side panel, and the side panel is made by glass, it was so hot that I can barely touch, which indicates that I was totally wrong, those fans can should not be intaker, they must be belowing out! Finally, I pull everything apart, put the radiator in the front and the fan on its back, removed the dust filter on the front panel and used Furmark to test the system again, the GPU stayed at 65C. The side panel was no longer hot but since the hot air is belowed out from front, when the graphic card gets fully loaded you can feel the smell of plastic gets heated up 🙄 Here are some pictures shows how it looks like.
In conclusion, lesson learnt, if you want to build a dual aio/split water cooling system,
1).make sure that you put all the fans that next to the radiator below out, not intaker!
2). Find the right case. Better both of the radiator stays on the top of the case, like TT CORE V21 (MATX ONLY, WHAT A SHAME) or TT HAF 700. Otherwise, at least a EATX case
I hope this can help all of the rest.
https://ibb.co/Lk0fVJg
At the beginning, I thought it can be a very easy job, yet finally turns out, well, it is not the case. The 1st mistake I have made is the case that I used, it is Great Wall M66 ( https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV19M4y1N76e ) As you can see in the link, this case has 340MM allowance,which fits my grahic card. However, since I am going to make a dual AIO build, there is a radiator that must be installed on the front, this space is not enough. The only solution in this case is put either radiator or fan on one side, use the long screw to go through the front part of the case to fix another part of the AIO system, which is a hard job if you have the mother board installed already. Here is how it looks like
1).make sure that you put all the fans that next to the radiator below out, not intaker!
2). Find the right case. Better both of the radiator stays on the top of the case, like TT CORE V21 (MATX ONLY, WHAT A SHAME) or TT HAF 700. Otherwise, at least a EATX case
I hope this can help all of the rest.
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