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One last post to bring everything up to speed - but one day I was randomly looking at other watercooled Ghost S1 builds and I can across this post on the LTT forums where the poster tried to fit an XSPC slim radiator on the CPU side. The poster said he wasn't able to fit the radiator but when I saw that picture I immediately thought it would be doable with the right CPU block - I just needed one with side inlets and outlets. The only block that I found was the Alphacool XPX-1U block from Alphacool's server line of water cooling products. Turns out it fit pretty well! Here's a few pictures block install and fit up:

[MEDIA=imgur]a/yeeYfDA[/MEDIA]

Full write up is here on reddit but results were pretty positive - the loop runs quieter and cooler. For a full GPU loads I saw about a 15% drop in loop temperature with the added radiator. I also tested a fully loaded condition with the GPU overclocked and PBO on the ryzen 5600X. I didn't see any thermal throttling on the CPU which what I was mostly worried about.

[MEDIA=imgur]a/QCcTqrG[/MEDIA]

I finally got in some goodies for the next update. Planning on putting everything together this weekend. Hopefully the outcome is to further split the single x16 slot into x8x4x4

<blockquote data-quote="trees_z" data-source="post: 240416" data-attributes="member: 24506">One last post to bring everything up to speed - but one day I was randomly looking at other watercooled Ghost S1 builds and I can across <a href="https://linustechtips.com/topic/1224947-louqe-ghost-upgrade-to-watercooling/?do=findComment&amp;comment=13912752">this post on the LTT forums</a> where the poster tried to fit an XSPC slim radiator on the CPU side. The poster said he wasn't able to fit the radiator but when I saw that picture I immediately thought it would be doable with the right CPU block - I just needed one with side inlets and outlets. The only block that I found was the Alphacool XPX-1U block from Alphacool's server line of water cooling products. Turns out it fit pretty well! Here's a few pictures block install and fit up:[MEDIA=imgur]a/yeeYfDA[/MEDIA]
Full write up is <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Louqe/comments/kcm72o/louqe_ghost_s1_pcie_bifurcation_part_iii/">here on reddit</a> but results were pretty positive - the loop runs quieter and cooler. For a full GPU loads I saw about a 15% drop in loop temperature with the added radiator. I also tested a fully loaded condition with the GPU overclocked and PBO on the ryzen 5600X. I didn't see any thermal throttling on the CPU which what I was mostly worried about.[MEDIA=imgur]a/QCcTqrG[/MEDIA]I finally got in some goodies for the next update. Planning on putting everything together this weekend. Hopefully the outcome is to further split the single x16 slot into x8x4x4</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trees_z, post: 240416, member: 24506"] One last post to bring everything up to speed - but one day I was randomly looking at other watercooled Ghost S1 builds and I can across [URL='https://linustechtips.com/topic/1224947-louqe-ghost-upgrade-to-watercooling/?do=findComment&comment=13912752']this post on the LTT forums[/URL] where the poster tried to fit an XSPC slim radiator on the CPU side. The poster said he wasn't able to fit the radiator but when I saw that picture I immediately thought it would be doable with the right CPU block - I just needed one with side inlets and outlets. The only block that I found was the Alphacool XPX-1U block from Alphacool's server line of water cooling products. Turns out it fit pretty well! Here's a few pictures block install and fit up: [CENTER][MEDIA=imgur]a/yeeYfDA[/MEDIA] [/CENTER] Full write up is [URL='https://www.reddit.com/r/Louqe/comments/kcm72o/louqe_ghost_s1_pcie_bifurcation_part_iii/']here on reddit[/URL] but results were pretty positive - the loop runs quieter and cooler. For a full GPU loads I saw about a 15% drop in loop temperature with the added radiator. I also tested a fully loaded condition with the GPU overclocked and PBO on the ryzen 5600X. I didn't see any thermal throttling on the CPU which what I was mostly worried about. [CENTER][MEDIA=imgur]a/QCcTqrG[/MEDIA][/CENTER] I finally got in some goodies for the next update. Planning on putting everything together this weekend. Hopefully the outcome is to further split the single x16 slot into x8x4x4 [/QUOTE]

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