Hardware Thread 2020

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Since it states it's a drawing doubt anything professional needs to be done
Didn't say anything about a voting process = most votes wins just a simple drawing.

You miss my point (intentional or otherwise); in some of those photos you can't see what going on. Some are badly lit, and others show a closeup and nothing more. I'm not saying you need to be a master photographer to win, I'm saying a lot of those submissions could be a lot better. And for clarity, I'm not saying mine would be a lock to win either.

Anyway, those are my opinions. YMMV

Peace

Ok, so I disconnected fans and radiator temp jumped by 10c +, that should mean that pump is running. Going to try to turn radiator around and see if that happens.

CountMike said:

Just installed new cooler, Arctic Liquid freezer II 240 and temps are much worse than with my old CM Nepton 140XL.
By default it has only one PWM connector for both, pump and 2 fans which is supposed to be connected to CPU_FAN header. On this cooler pump doesn't show rpm so I'm not sure if it's actually running or how fast. Radiator is very cool to the touch like there's no water running thru. Fan speed doesn't matter, even at lowest rpm temps are same. I also split pump from fans and connected it to AIO_PUMP header which I know sends full 12v all the time so pump should run full speed all the time.
Going to experiment a bit, first to disconnect both radiator fans and see if temps change at all.
If no change maybe I should turn radiator so hoses are at bottom instead at top like I usually install. Maybe there's air inside at top radiator reservoir.
How do you guys install it ?

I just put the connector to the CPU fan header and set to 100% in BIOS

Dude said:

I just put the connector to the CPU fan header and set to 100% in BIOS

What is orientation of your radiator ?

CountMike said:

What is orientation of your radiator ?

Dude said:

Mine is at front blowing in, I have 2 120mm om top but there's no space for radiator. If it can cool 3900x, it should do better job on my 3700x. I will have to investigate some more.

Good luck Mike