r/watercooling

I’m changing the GPU so I had to. This has been running for 4 years, without any maintenance except for a couple of top-ups. Honestly it’s not as bad as I thought it would be.

Most of the gunk in the CPU block looks like residue from o-rings from the fittings, some dust, maybe a bit of color pigment, not sure really. Tube was acrylic, it’s not stained at all.
The CPU block cleaned nicely, except for a very light stain mark.

The GPU block took a toll though, I didn’t get to disassemble it yet to check how bad it is and how much it would clean. That’s what it looks like after emptying.

I have EPDM and DP ultra clear ready to replace the tubing and coolant this time though, it will be much easier to do future maintenance hopefully (provided I’m less lazy this time 😅)

I designed a custom mount for the Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro II (non-Wired version) because I wanted a white setup, the freedom to use my own cables, and more flexibility in where I could position the device compared to the Wired version.

Following Thermal Grizzlv's advice, I connected the WireView Pro II to the GPU using a MODDIY bridgeless extension cable. This way, the GPU's actual voltages are still measured.

The mount was designed for the Alphacool Core waterblock for the MSI RTX 5090 Suprim X / Vanquard but it can be adapted to other waterblocks. It could also be modified to accommodate the Wired version of the WireView Pro II.

The GPU power cable I'm using is a custom CableMod cable I had made a few years ago, which I've reused across several builds.

I've shared the 3D-printing files (STL + STEP) on GitHub, along with some instructions for adapting the design.

Download: https://github.com/Techbaguette/WireView-Pro-II-Waterblock-Mount

Summer is arriving and the morning and midday sun hits my little workshop of horrors so hard that I had to activate the jank to keep my Tesla V100 from hitting the thermal limit.

After about a week of work (couple hours everyday). My first ever attempt at water cooling is complete

I think she turned out quite pretty

Yes I could have done better runs
Yes I could I have used some 90s to not block the cpu port
Yes I was shitting bricks the whole time I was doing it so I just tried to make it as easy as possible for me.

After all if I wanted to redo this build in this economy it would cost me upwards of 15k CAD
Ryzen 7 9850x3D
32GB Ram
4Tb storage
Rtx 5090 astral

Some tips for beginners.

Don’t rush it, once u feel overwhelmed stop for the day, and come back tmrw, you are not racing anyone

Buy alllll the tubing, I went through 3 packs of Corsair’s hardline tubing from all the mistakes. most of it was wasted on that pipeline going from the back rad to the bottom rad

Try to keep your run as simple as possible, keep it to one bend

Buy more 90 fittings then u think you will need, they are extremely useful

I used PMMA and the frosted white one, I feel like this made my life a lot easier as I didn’t have to worry about bubbling or wrinkles that much since the matte finish covers it all up.

Buy a leak test, I used the EK one it saved my ass

Distilled water and additive is 100% the way to go

Don’t buy a case that u can’t easily take off all the panels like me, it made my life a lot harder.

It’s okay to change the order of your loop 100 times before your happy with it

Focus on the small details, after all your building a piece of art, people may not know what they are looking at, but you will and you will know all the small things you did

Keep your work space organized, the amount of boxes, screws, and wires you will have around your room will make you want to jump off a bridge if you don’t keep everything organized

Upgrading my current build from 5900x to a 9850x3dd. Just wondering besides looks is there any difference on cooling performance on the blocks?

Struggling to find this info, I'm building a custom case so I won't be using the 120mm/140mm conversion brackets.

I imagine the dimensions for bottom mounting is the same as the rear mounting, but could someone confirm the spacing of the screw holes please?

I made my first custom loop (and first major case mods) in an Azza Overdrive case. Before now, I'd only used AIO CPU coolers.

I tried to make it look like a sci-fi engine or an alien power core from a spacecraft.

I call it the "Hephaestus Apex."

Primary Hardware:

• Case: Azza Overdrive
• Motherboard: ASRock X670E Taichi
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-Core 4.40 gigahertz
• GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition
• RAM: 64 Gigs G.SKILL Trident Z5 DDR5
• PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1650 Watt
• OS drive: Samsung SSD 990 EVO 1TB
• Games/applications drive: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 4TB

Water Cooling Components:

Alphacool

• EPDM tubing,
• Core 1 Aurora CPU waterblock,
• 5080 GPU waterblock,
• NexXxos UT60 360X60mm radiator x2
• NexXxos XT45 200x60mm radiator
• Water flow/temperature sensor
• in-line water temperature sensor
• quick disconnects x4
• Tec Protect 2 Premixed PC Coolant x2.25 liters

Bykski

• "Full Armor" D5 pump
• Cylindrical DNA 50x260mm Reservoir x3

Primochill : green soft tube fittings (not the reservoir plugs, though. I forget where I bought those)

MDPC: braided sheathing

Other components:

• Extra USB ports: 4 USB 2.0, 4 USB3.2 Gen1, 1 USB3.2 Gen2
• 3 ARGB/fan hubs
• Aquacomputer Quadro
• Azza Hurricane III 120mm fans x12
• Cooler Master SickleFlow 200mm fans x2
• 720x2560 LCD touchscreens x2
• 16 custom-made steel panels/components
• Enough vinyl car wrap to cover a Mini Cooper
• Enough LEDs to be visible from Earth orbit.

I bought the case in 2023. I bought the GPU and its water block in 2026. I bought the rest of the primary components when I first started this project in 2024.

I've got a bunch of videos on YouTube, if you're interested in seeing more. I've included links to a short (5 minutes) showcase, a longer (17 minute) showcase, and the playlist of all case-related videos.

TLDW showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBkWWYcY44s

Full length showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcwu8fnWrF8&t=4s

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBkWWYcY44s&list=PLX8bSzypR_yM

Decided to move away from ITX builds. Got a Gigabyte x870 Stealth rear-connect motherboard and the new Fractal Summit case. Going for the clean walnut and black/grey Scan esthetic.
This is a big case with some quality issues, but I am enjoying it and plan to stay in this case for a while. Had to get universal vertical GPU bracket to use up some of the massive space in the case. I also hid the aquacomputer flow/temp meter behind the gpu coming off the PCI pass-through port attached to the vertical bracket.

Temps and sound. Almost completely quiet. Under load, the GPU stays mid to low 40C @ 530-550W. CPU varies. I am still tweeting the CPU but under load at 230wW it was staying in low 60C.

Hardware:
Gigabyte X870 stealth
AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3d2
64gb Gskill 6000mhz c30
Asus Tuf RTX 5090
Noctua 120mm top and back
Noctua 140mm front
Heatkiller 360mm Radiator top
Mo-Ra 400
Heatkiller cpu and gpu blocks.

I have some Heatkiller d5’s and passive controller coming to clean up the wires running from mora to the case.

So I was doing a rebuild using some new and existing parts and this is my first vertical GPU attempt.

The card had been running in my old case since summer 2025, that's the age of the GPU block. Though the rest of the loop was older.

My new case has, 3 new rads (all flushed multiple times before use) a new CPU block and new pump and distro plate.

I was running some EK Cryofuel Superflush for 24 hours and noticed that there was a good deal of crud / gunk caught in my GPU block.

Truthfully I didn't look too closely when I was disassembled my last build so it could be that the block was like this in the old build but because it was mounted horizontally I just didn't see it.

Big question is what's the best way for me to clean the GPU block?

Thanks.

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7800x3D

9070xt

32 GB DDR5

Mostly ek parts with primochill fitting

Msi x99a gaming carbon

I7 5930k

Msi 1080ti Seahawk x EK

Bitspower x msi mono block

32 gis of ram on water

1200 watt evga psu

256 gig nvme

Bitspower pump res combo

52mm, 240mm rad

Ngl js picked this up for 500 cad with like 2 cpu waterblocks, few hundred it tubing, like 30 bitpower fittings, enough loose cables and biocide to last a life time, a webcam, a drone, a suitcase, lots of rgb lights, lots of coolant, a microphone, a reservoir.

To note id say the seller is pretty happy with me cause I've spent more than 500 on stuff before, hes always given me great deals but I think he just gave me all of his final projects.

I love Facebook dude.

Anyways im looking for recommendations on how to upgrade this build I like sli but I've done it before with my 970s and this gpu is rare and lowest price untested is like 550$.

Lmk all the freaky ideas for this pc!!!!