- Feb 18, 2010
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I have been using AIO's in my rigs since they were first introduced to the market many years ago. Never had any complaints as they worked just as well (if not better) and than most top end air coolers. Never had any leaks and never had any break down (mostly Corsair units). They were easy to re-position and move from case to case. I would have recommended them to anyone........until today.
My current workstation is a 7820X build OC'd to 4.4Ghz (3.6Ghz AVX) I had a Corsair H100i GTX as my AIO and temps were pretty good. Upgraded to Corsair's ML120 fans (super quiet) in a push pull config and was fairly happy. Mid 60s during non AVX stress tests and low 70s during Prime AVX2 stress tests. LinX (AVX512) put me in the 80s however.
I was on the fence for awhile to try my hand at a custom loop. But fear of leaks and fear of me screwing it up always kept me from pull the trigger. But a friend of mine recently completed his and gave me a little confidence. Couple that with how nice and clean these setups can look, I have really been having the itch lately.
So after much research I decided I would try it. I purchased the EK Performance 360 kit along with other parts (90 degree connectors, mounting hardware, etc.) separately. After about 4 hours of careful prep and installation, I was running my leak tests and looking forward to running some stress tests. My expectations were low as I know the 7820X CPU was not soldered which does impacting the effectiveness of water cooling (or so I read).
Fast forward to my stress tests (No leaks). At the same CPU speeds, I was now low 50s for non AVX stress tests, mid 50s for Prime AVX2 stress tests and LinX was pushing low 60s now. On average I was seeing around a 12-14 degree drop across the board. Impressive and very unexpected (for me anyways). I have since turned up my AVX clocks to 4.0Ghz and still only pushing mid 60's. I will be pushing my clocks up higher over the next few days (trying to keep my temps right around 70 max).
Now that I went to a custom loop, I can not imagine ever going back to anything else.
My current workstation is a 7820X build OC'd to 4.4Ghz (3.6Ghz AVX) I had a Corsair H100i GTX as my AIO and temps were pretty good. Upgraded to Corsair's ML120 fans (super quiet) in a push pull config and was fairly happy. Mid 60s during non AVX stress tests and low 70s during Prime AVX2 stress tests. LinX (AVX512) put me in the 80s however.
I was on the fence for awhile to try my hand at a custom loop. But fear of leaks and fear of me screwing it up always kept me from pull the trigger. But a friend of mine recently completed his and gave me a little confidence. Couple that with how nice and clean these setups can look, I have really been having the itch lately.
So after much research I decided I would try it. I purchased the EK Performance 360 kit along with other parts (90 degree connectors, mounting hardware, etc.) separately. After about 4 hours of careful prep and installation, I was running my leak tests and looking forward to running some stress tests. My expectations were low as I know the 7820X CPU was not soldered which does impacting the effectiveness of water cooling (or so I read).
Fast forward to my stress tests (No leaks). At the same CPU speeds, I was now low 50s for non AVX stress tests, mid 50s for Prime AVX2 stress tests and LinX was pushing low 60s now. On average I was seeing around a 12-14 degree drop across the board. Impressive and very unexpected (for me anyways). I have since turned up my AVX clocks to 4.0Ghz and still only pushing mid 60's. I will be pushing my clocks up higher over the next few days (trying to keep my temps right around 70 max).
Now that I went to a custom loop, I can not imagine ever going back to anything else.