Here's my build:
It's a beast of a machine, but the noise during load is stupid loud, so building my first loop to incorporate CPU and GPU. I'm a bit restricted in terms of the space inside my case (Corsair 460x), so am thinking of going with one vertically-mounted 360mm rad, 3 fans, and potentially a smaller res/pump mounted to the rad.
A few questions:
- Corsair 460x case
- Ryzen 3800x
- Gigabyte 5700 xt gaming OC
- 2x m.2 SSDs
It's a beast of a machine, but the noise during load is stupid loud, so building my first loop to incorporate CPU and GPU. I'm a bit restricted in terms of the space inside my case (Corsair 460x), so am thinking of going with one vertically-mounted 360mm rad, 3 fans, and potentially a smaller res/pump mounted to the rad.
A few questions:
- Since the gigabyte isn't a reference board, I ordered a Bykski waterblock that should be 100% compatible over aliexpress (pray for me). I suspect using this will provide me with at least 40mm of front radiator clearance due to the backplate for the Gigabyte heatsink (PCB doesn't actually make up the full length), so the first question is, assuming typical fans are no more than 20mm thick, should I maximize the radiator thickness to best future-proof my loop?
- I get the difference between DDC and D5 pumps, but am unsure what the guidance might be for the proposed setup I'm thinking. Does it all come down to personal preference and maybe cost?
- Was thinking of going with a kit like the alphacool gaming 360, since it has mostly what I need, minus extra fittings for the GPU block. As far as I'm aware, so long as the tubing and fittings all work, it should be fine?
- In some builds, I see tubing going to the rear expansion card slots, but can't see what that would be for? Valve for drainage?
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