A quick update to some of the loop and cooler changes.
For a while I've been trying to figure out ways to get some more GPU thermal head room out the loop for an future upgrade to an RTX 3080. One thing I wanted to test was if I could adequately cool the Ryzen 5600X CPU with a low profile CPU cooler stacked with radiator and sharing a fan. I ran through a couple of test-fits and ended up with the following stack: CPU -> Thermalright AXP-90 -> Noctua NF-A12x15 -> XPSC 20 mm radiator for a total thickness of 67 mm. Here's how it fit up:
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Seems to be working well enough for now but temperatures on the 5600X are definitely higher than there were previously. Loop liquid temp is definitely down though which was the goal here. Will need some more thermal testing to figure out if the 5600X is under control.
I also made some other minor changed to the set up. First thing is the Noctua fan swap on the Corsair S750. I didn't have any complaints about the stock fan, but I had an extra Noctua 92 mm fan sitting around and some spare time.
I was planning on switching out the 24 pin power cable with the J-Hack M2426 but unfortunately received of the faulty ones from the second batch. I guess that swap will have to happen once that situation gets sorted out.
I also ended up switching around the PCIe slot order on the bifurcation PCB. So the GPU is now running in the first slot and the SuperMicro bifurcation board in the second slot. From some previous tests, that seems to allow gen 4 bifurcation without having to use the redriver card. It also looks a lot cleaner from the front as both the add in card and the Quadro are hidden now.
Here are some pictures of the newest set-up as it stands today:
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