The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

[Zarathustra]

Oh, and by the way,something tells me there will be a 4090 and matching water block in the FS/FT subforum in the not too distant future

 

[DrezKill]

Secondly, since this water loop is going to be cooling two PC's (and maybe even more later) and I can't predict when one or the other will be on, I wanted something that could manage the loop independently of the PC's, so I can turn them on or off at will, and have the loop continue to function. And that's the beauty of the Aquaero. You plug sensors into it, and program its profiles, and it takes care of itself. No need for it to communicate with the PC at all.

Oh shiiiat man, that's pretty awesome!

And this is where I had to stop, because the other Aquaero I need is still in my current workstation, which has provided a bit of a dilemma that has been slowing me down. There are also other things in the loop on that machine I need in the new loop, like the reservoir, some flowmeters, temperature sensors, etc.

You see, once I break into that workstation, it is down until phase one of the project is complete, and I use that thing for work, so I can't have it down during the week.

This fact has made me hesitate when working on the project some weekends. Would I really have enough time to finish it? This has wound up being a large contributor to the fact that this project has been making such slow progress lately.

Aahh yyyeeeaaahhh, I know how that game goes. It's understandable.

Unfortunately when it arrived there were signs that it had been opened. The bracket had been removed from the bottom and rotated in the wrong orientation, and there were fingerprints on the otherwise shiny cold plate.

Normally this would piss me of and have me initiating a return and replace, but then I'd have to sit around waiting for another cooler to arrive, and miss the opportunity to make progress for yet another week, so I cleaned it off, re-oriented the mounting bracket, and prepared to install it.

Oh well sh1t dude! Over $100 to deal with that crap?! But I understand that you don't want the project delayed even longer. I know that can be frustrating. But yeah my @ss definitely would have returned that sh1t.

I'm a little rusty at this, having not done good wire management in a long time, especially in a place where it would all be visible (unlike the good old "shove everything behind the motherboard tray, and mash the rear cover closed whether it wants to or not" approach. )

Hahahahahahahahaha I know that game too!