I am building a computing rig featuring AMD 3960x, PNY P2200 and ASUS Prime TRX40-PRO. This rig will do 24/7 simulations, so I am looking for a costom loop with high performance, stability and least maintenance. After reading many reviews, I choose WaterCool Heatkiller IV, EK EX360 with Noctua Industrial 3000, EK ZMT and a Fractal Meshify S2, but when it comes down to pump, reservoir and coolant I am absolutely clueless.
There is no need for color or bling, just pure performance and availability in germany. I would be very happy for every advise you can provide to get this system as maintenancefree as possible.
I realise in the watercooling section that this may not be a popular view, but after having a good pump die on me overnight on a 24/7 box... I've only every stuck to air cooling for boxes that are going to spend significant amounts of their life unattended. The system survived (though I was slightly amazed it did, given the temps it was reporting in the morning) but... once bitten, twice shy.
On boxes I get physical access to much more frequently, custom loops are fine. But if it will be at 100% load all the time... minimal points of failure are a good idea.
You need protections in software to shut down if temps are high, to notify you when fluid is low or flow is low and potentially shutdown as well.
Sadly the D5 etc. pumps for retail consumer market are as chinsy/cheap as it gets.
You probably want to look into more industrial/server use water cooling parts than these D5/DDC which are yes common parts, but questionable reliability and construction to be used for anything of high worth and high use with no supervision.
For home PC you see all the time, sure why not use the common parts.
Of course we will get the CPU block in the Threadripper-Editor. According to your recommendations, we will get two WaterCool D5-Vario and a WaterCool Tube 200 D5. I will keep the dual pump thing in mind, but as there are protections for the CPU, we will keep the additional pump in stock to replace if the installed fails.
Should I go for the EK ACF (as recommended by EK) or are the well reputed Barrow fittings the better option?
The Mayhems X1 sounds like an environmentally friendly option, but are Biocide+ and Inhibitor+ 'better'?
DP ultra from Aquacomputer is another excellent coolant for long term use. Ran mine for five years and zero issue. Blocks and fittings were nice clean when I tore it dowm this past weekend. Coolant never changed colors or did anything goofy
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