Hi,
I just built my first watercooling rig. I had my pump plugged into the CPU header on the motherboard, with auto/default settings and had my radiator fans plugged into a Sys_Fan header. I read elsewhere that the pump should be run full speed on a different header, and the radiator fans on CPU header. I did this and moved my pump to the CPU_OPT header, and set it to max speed in the BIOS.
Previously my pump was idling at about 770rpm and went up to 2445 during a stress test. I didn't run this stress test long enough for the water to reach max temp, as I read about the pump needing to be full speed, within a few minutes of running the stress test. Now, with the changes made, the pump runs permanently at 4750 rpm. Speeding it up definitely revealed more air bubbles in my loop. I keep reading that pumps usually have variable/adjustable speeds, so I'm just wondering if running it at Max 24x7 is necessary?
Also, the loop had been running for 24 hours prior to this. Do I need to run another overnight leak test at the higher rpm?
I also feel like my reservoir water/coolant (EK-Cryofuel) got darker, to the point where I can barely see the anti-cyclone device inside. Is that normal?
Lastly, after first setting it up, I left it running for about 8 hours. Upon returning, the reservoir looks to have a lot of bubbles in it, but tapping or tilting the case doens't move them. It almost looks like they are stuck or they are white specs of dirt inside it. This doesn't appear in any of the tubing though, so I doubt it's dirt. Any idea what this could be?
Before pump was set to max speed - bad pic but the anti-cyclone was definitely more visible:
After pump was set to max speed:
I just built my first watercooling rig. I had my pump plugged into the CPU header on the motherboard, with auto/default settings and had my radiator fans plugged into a Sys_Fan header. I read elsewhere that the pump should be run full speed on a different header, and the radiator fans on CPU header. I did this and moved my pump to the CPU_OPT header, and set it to max speed in the BIOS.
Previously my pump was idling at about 770rpm and went up to 2445 during a stress test. I didn't run this stress test long enough for the water to reach max temp, as I read about the pump needing to be full speed, within a few minutes of running the stress test. Now, with the changes made, the pump runs permanently at 4750 rpm. Speeding it up definitely revealed more air bubbles in my loop. I keep reading that pumps usually have variable/adjustable speeds, so I'm just wondering if running it at Max 24x7 is necessary?
Also, the loop had been running for 24 hours prior to this. Do I need to run another overnight leak test at the higher rpm?
I also feel like my reservoir water/coolant (EK-Cryofuel) got darker, to the point where I can barely see the anti-cyclone device inside. Is that normal?
Lastly, after first setting it up, I left it running for about 8 hours. Upon returning, the reservoir looks to have a lot of bubbles in it, but tapping or tilting the case doens't move them. It almost looks like they are stuck or they are white specs of dirt inside it. This doesn't appear in any of the tubing though, so I doubt it's dirt. Any idea what this could be?
Before pump was set to max speed - bad pic but the anti-cyclone was definitely more visible:
After pump was set to max speed:
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