Prototype Oki-Doki : a GPU bifurcation and watercooling dedicated case, from 9 to 14L
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What is the 1U PSU (Flex ATX?) you're running? is that the 520W EVGA you mentioned?
Silent blocks are well hidden, as if the combo bay is levitating!
Congrats for this V3, as you say black and shiny makes it really beautiful!
And full packed with the SFX PSU, no wasted space!
Why leak testing with water when you can do it safely with air?
https://www.overclock.net/forum/61-...-how-correctly-leak-test-your-loop-101-a.html
Impressive temps with silent fans @5V, even more if your i7 is not delidded!
Looking forward to seeing this! Manual check though as it seems that the notification feature on the forum is working when it wants to... nm.
Just wondering...
Do you use big screws to hold the rad / alumium inner pannel / fans together or is the rad attached with something else that we don't see?
@Testifier : by simply moving the pump, I now have room for a SFX PSU
The bad news is that I sold my SF600 the very day I finished this prototype
Perfect excuse for you to get a platinum one then
@BaK : the 2 mm aluminium plate, the radiator and the fans are held together thanks to 30 mm screws (included with the Magicool rad).
The sandwiched plate is also acting as a shroud, filling the gap between the radiator fins and the unusual frame of the BeQuiet! fans.
What kind of tempratures did you get on your 6700K ?
@Testifier : I really need to get rid of the 24-Pin cable so it's the perfect excuse to test @Thehack One2 board with a Meanwell and PicoPSU DC plugin.
The sandwiched plate is also acting as a shroud, filling the gap between the radiator fins and the unusual frame of the BeQuiet! fans.
What kind of tempratures did you get on your 6700K ?
@Testifier : I really need to get rid of the 24-Pin cable so it's the perfect excuse to test @Thehack One2 board with a Meanwell and PicoPSU DC plugin.
Same screws I am using on the Ncase fans bracket / push fans / rad then, thank you Magicool!
Real Temp is running though and shows temps like 40°C for the CPU when doing light gaming. But at idle the displayed temp is some few degrees lower than ambient temp, so it's obviously not accurate.
I check from time to time the max temp on GPU Z which goes up to 50°C, again after some light gaming.
I would be glad to check what I get compared to your build thank to HWinfo 64, but while I know OCCT, I never tried Octane.
Is there a bench tool in it or do I have to choose a specific model to render?
I actually never took the time to bench this computer...
Real Temp is running though and shows temps like 40°C for the CPU when doing light gaming. But at idle the displayed temp is some few degrees lower than ambient temp, so it's obviously not accurate.
I check from time to time the max temp on GPU Z which goes up to 50°C, again after some light gaming.
I would be glad to check what I get compared to your build thank to HWinfo 64, but while I know OCCT, I never tried Octane.
Is there a bench tool in it or do I have to choose a specific model to render?
Here is what I get when running both OCCT Linkpack and Octane render with :
- cooling: 1x 240mm rad push/pull + 1x 120mm rad pull (slim fan)
- quiet fans but not dead silent (unknown speed and voltage because of the 4 fans hub and MCubed FanAmp)
- ambient temp: 23°C
-> delidded i7 6700K max T°: 59°C
-> GTX 970 max T°: 47°C
(The limit temp I've set on the FanAmp was never reached so the fans never sped up to 100%)
- cooling: 1x 240mm rad push/pull + 1x 120mm rad pull (slim fan)
- quiet fans but not dead silent (unknown speed and voltage because of the 4 fans hub and MCubed FanAmp)
- ambient temp: 23°C
-> delidded i7 6700K max T°: 59°C
-> GTX 970 max T°: 47°C
(The limit temp I've set on the FanAmp was never reached so the fans never sped up to 100%)
As expected, your cooling is better than mine, even when being quieter, well done!
I am getting a better CPU temp but I guess yours is not delidded, right?
Now that you got me back on testing this build, next thing to do is to disconnect the pull fans to verify if push/pull is indeed not useful with slim rads.
I will update my build log when done.
I am getting a better CPU temp but I guess yours is not delidded, right?
Now that you got me back on testing this build, next thing to do is to disconnect the pull fans to verify if push/pull is indeed not useful with slim rads.
I will update my build log when done.
So, it's pretty weird but my EVGA Flex ATX PSU won't shut down and, as a consequence, neither will the Dynamo.
For instance, just after shutting down the computer, if I take the tensions at a Molex connector, I can read a 10.43V voltage on the 12V wire and a ~ 5V voltage on the 5V wire.
No wonder why the Dynamo remains ON, as it's triggered by the 5V coming from one of the Flex ATX Molex connector.
Leaving the Dynamo always ON doesn't help either.
It's the Flex ATX that isn't properly shutting down. I have to manually switch it OFF then switch it ON again to solve the issue.
I suspect the motherboard to be responsible.
It may have something to do with powering USB devices when the computer is OFF ??
This is not the first issue I have with PSUs not shutting down.
For instance, just after shutting down the computer, if I take the tensions at a Molex connector, I can read a 10.43V voltage on the 12V wire and a ~ 5V voltage on the 5V wire.
No wonder why the Dynamo remains ON, as it's triggered by the 5V coming from one of the Flex ATX Molex connector.
Leaving the Dynamo always ON doesn't help either.
It's the Flex ATX that isn't properly shutting down. I have to manually switch it OFF then switch it ON again to solve the issue.
I suspect the motherboard to be responsible.
It may have something to do with powering USB devices when the computer is OFF ??
This is not the first issue I have with PSUs not shutting down.
Yep that's the mobo of my NCase build.
No problem to check, but how should I know?
Maybe I already have a clue.
I had to ask the Asrock support because the light on my USB hub (USB powered only) was still on even when the computer was off.
They pointed me to the Chipset option in the BIOS where I had to enable Deep Sleep for S4 and S5, which worked fine!
Apart from that, this board is behaving strangely... it sort of resets itself each time I unplug the PSU from the wall. 'Sort of' because the BIOS is reset but the setups I saved are still available. So I have to load one and I'm good to go again.
I changed the CMOS battery but that didn't do any better.
I think I also checked if it was a side effect of the S4/S5 being enabled, but it wasn't from what I recall.
Let me know if such strange thing happens to you also.
No problem to check, but how should I know?
Maybe I already have a clue.
I had to ask the Asrock support because the light on my USB hub (USB powered only) was still on even when the computer was off.
They pointed me to the Chipset option in the BIOS where I had to enable Deep Sleep for S4 and S5, which worked fine!
Apart from that, this board is behaving strangely... it sort of resets itself each time I unplug the PSU from the wall. 'Sort of' because the BIOS is reset but the setups I saved are still available. So I have to load one and I'm good to go again.
I changed the CMOS battery but that didn't do any better.
I think I also checked if it was a side effect of the S4/S5 being enabled, but it wasn't from what I recall.
Let me know if such strange thing happens to you also.
Thanks !
I also enabled Deep Sleep but it did not change a thing... I did not use this board for long but it seems pretty picky power-wise.
Only my SF600 did not produce strange behaviours (the only PSU that did stop after shutdown !!).
I recently purchased a Gigabyte GA-Z270N-GAMING 5 which also supports Bifurcation.
If the Asrock Z170 is not compatible with @Thehack One2 Distro board, then I'll swap boards.
I also enabled Deep Sleep but it did not change a thing... I did not use this board for long but it seems pretty picky power-wise.
Only my SF600 did not produce strange behaviours (the only PSU that did stop after shutdown !!).
I recently purchased a Gigabyte GA-Z270N-GAMING 5 which also supports Bifurcation.
If the Asrock Z170 is not compatible with @Thehack One2 Distro board, then I'll swap boards.
So at least that's not only my Asrock Z170 which has a weird acting with power, thanx for letting me know.
Just in case...
I was using the following cheap KVM switch between the builds in my sig to share USB mouse and keyboard between them:
Everytime I tried to turn off the NCase / Asrock Z170 while the MiniCube was running, the former restarted itself and I knew I would need to reload my BIOS setup.
And that was because of this switch, it took me time to figure that out...
I am now using a better switch from UGreen with which I don't have that problem any more. It's a powered one so that could also help as my keyboard is RGB.
Just in case...
I was using the following cheap KVM switch between the builds in my sig to share USB mouse and keyboard between them:
Everytime I tried to turn off the NCase / Asrock Z170 while the MiniCube was running, the former restarted itself and I knew I would need to reload my BIOS setup.
And that was because of this switch, it took me time to figure that out...
I am now using a better switch from UGreen with which I don't have that problem any more. It's a powered one so that could also help as my keyboard is RGB.
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