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Hey guys i just reinstalled my water cooling loop.
My XSPC X20 750 res/pump combo died about a year ago
and I decided to get back in the water cooling game with the
XSPC Photon 170 and a separate D5 Swiftech MCP655 pump which I
purchased from performance-pcs.com


So I installed my loop and notice
that i'm getting around the 39-42C for the
CPU temp on idle which was around the same temps I was getting on air cooling

Did I do something wrong?
Do I need a better CPU block or bigger radiator?
My main goal is to over clock this CPU

Any suggestions to improve temps please let me know.
BTW my room temp is around 80F or 26.6C



Case: Corsair 600T
CPU Intel i7-2600K
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080
RAM: Corsair Venegeance (4x4GB) 16GB
PSU: Cooler Master V1000 80 Gold

Water cooling parts:
XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 Extreme Kit
CPU Block: XSPC Raystorm CPU block
Radiator: XSPC EX240 240mm radiator
Pump: Swiftech MCP655-B D5 pump with speed control.
Reservoir: XSPC Photon 170 tube reservoir
 
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I meant I would use compression fittings. It's cleaner vs using a regulars barbed fitting where you have to use ugly hose clamps or in your case zip ties as clamps. I RARELY see any barbed setups around the web but see TONS of compression fittings. Guess it's preference but half of not most of water cooling is looks so making it as clean as possible especially if you have a windowed case is some what important. Just give the 3rd pump a go and see what it does.
 
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I feel you. I would like to go compressions too. But its just that I already had barbs laying around.. That and I wanted to budget it just on the CPU loop for now. I thought why not just use what I got. It is always a working process. My ultimate goals is to have to two separate loops in my build.
Its going to have all the following parts:

-Two XSPC photon 170 reservoirs.
-Two Swiftech pumps.
-Three Radiators: 360mm rad on top. a 120mm on the rear. a 200mm rad in the from.
-TWO GTX 1080 GPU water blocks with the SLI flow thingy + backplates (because I have two 1080's the second one is still in the box.)
-PETG except for drain valve (that will be soft tubing)
-Compressions fittings probably all bitspower brand.

What is crazy I budget about $200 to just get my cpu loop back up and running. I could say i'm close to $300 now with the loop still not functioning.
Worst part is that I begged my GF to go half. Now i'm regretting it I should've just copped my DX racer gaming chair and
just sit down and shut up lol.
 
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When you are filling the loop, how long is it running before you go straight into a running state? When filling and priming my loops, I will let them run for about 30 minutes with the reservoir cap open so it will allow it to purge any air. Leaving the cap open allows the pressure build up of pushing water into air to actual displace it, whereas if it is capped, the trapped air will actually push back.

Let me know more info on your filling and air purging...this might be the problem.
 
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I let it run about 30min just like you before I turn on the system. Yea I left the cap of the XSPC res as well. Only thing I don't know if you heard this XSPC photon 170 res is a pain to fill up. There is only a little bit of space where the water can fall down into the res. It was made like this on purpose so water can't getting into the acrylic tube that houses the LED light. But this was not a prob for me all I did was fill the res with it tilted about 45degree ankle forward and that fix it. easy to fill at that point. XSPC does state that the res is already pressurized so maybe that might cause some problems down the line. But I don't think its that the cause in my situation. Pump not vibrating at all.
 
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it was working fine then it stopped. It hard to say when exactly it stops working. I was playing Street fighter for 30mins then checked temps again and they went up to 60- then 90C. Then that when I know the pump stopped working. Felt the pump no sound no vibration and water was not moving.
 
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I suspected that too. But everything else seems to be working fine via molex connection.
 
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I am aware of this, but it is not a new PSU and I have experienced similar issues with CoolerMaster PSU's in the past. I would recommend trying your next pump with a different PSU just for the process of elimination, and I'd go a step further and try your current pumps with another PSU as well.
 
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I hear you but i tried with my bro's brand new 'test' psu and it work. I tried with my psu and it worked as well. I setup my loop with my psu and it worked for like 30mins straight then stopped working again. Guys I shouldn't have this much problems with a quality pump like this. Imma send it back. Imma get the XSPC acrylic D5 pump top and that primochill sys prep stuff and some additional barbs and t-valve. Probably another coolant then pray that it works. If you guys have any pump tops that you recommend over another please link it let me check it out. I def trust u guys opinions.
 
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Thought I would update you guys even if its a small update. I received my XSPC acrylic pump top in the mail today. I'm not in love with the look of it but whatever. I am still waiting for performance pcs to give me store credit so I can order another swiftech MCP655 pump
 
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Ok cool. I guess its clean but its foggy and has a lot of water marks now. But idc I just want my loop back up. Finally I get store credit for the defective pump. I just ordered another one and I hope it gets to by this weekend so I can try it out with the new pump top.
 
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Ok round 3. Finally got my replacement Swiftech pump. Installed it on my XSPC pump top and setup my loop. Used some primo chill sys prep with distilled water and filled my loop with that solution. I let it run for 12hrs. Pump was working fine. I then drained the distilled water solution and replaced it with my XSPC white coolant. I primed and bleed system then let it run for 24hrs. At first the pump was a little loud but after running a few hours it quieted down. Checked to see if pump was working and running and it was. Hooked back up all my PC parts turn on system and got 33C on idle and 66 C on load on stock 3.4Mhz. This all happened yesterday. This morning I decided to fix up the tubing that goes from the res to the pump inlet. Because the pump was slanted. So I just removed the tube and cut it shorter and attached it back to pump. Started pump and NO movement.. I turn it off and power it up again still No movement. I didn't any vibration coming from pump and it was not moving any water. Since this morning I've been trying to get this pump to move again but it has not

Here are the things I tried so far:
-Draining loop and refilling from scratch again.
-removing pump and tested in bath tu
-removed pump top and tested just the bare pump with the impeller in water

Still no movement and I think it just stopped working.
Any suggestions because I'm about to give up on this Swiftech pump for good this is my 3rd one that stopped working all of a sudden.
 
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you did rinse out the sys prep stuff before you ran it for 12 hours right? That stuff is a put in run the loop for a few minutes tops then flush it out. Do that 2 or 3 times THEN when its all clean and no dirt or debris or bubbles comes out you fill it (after flushing with straight distilled water) with your fluid of choice. At least thats how i understood to do it. If the pump is out again it has to be something with your power supply or something. Something is shorting out the pumps.
 
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