OK - before I go away on holidays, here is a question to gnaw on:
I recently went to water cooling. The set-up works (Innovatek.de all the way), both the CPU and GPU are happy even with heavy load over days.
Additionally, I got a new case and power-supply (yes, it's all darn expensive, but S I L E N T has ridden my for years). So the system was cool and quiet. Celebrations!
Then the pump started making noise. It's an Eheim 1048. The sound is what you'd expect if you threw pebbels (tiny stones) into the pump and started it. I suspect it's really air, but I'm pretty certain I've managed to bleed the system as well as I can - no large bubbels moving around the hoses. I know there will be air in the water no matter the bleeding. Just wondering why it is forming inside my pump.
If I stop the pump for a moment and turn it back on: no noise for 5-10 minutes. While blissfull moments, they don't last.
One further suspicion - the flow from the radiator to the CPU to the GPU to the water tank is smooth: no bends, nice curves - works with gravity. From the pump and back to the radiator there are two bends (it's either that or sending the hose on a long and winding road back up to the radiator - same noise). While I probably should start hunting for a case built for water, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for this situation.
It's a full tower case, radiator in the top corner in the back (over the power supply), the pump in the buttom front corner.
I have found a receipt for slowing the pump, but my German isn't up to pump-tech
. And I'm reluctant to break open the thing - but if that's what it takes...
And merry Christmas all!
I recently went to water cooling. The set-up works (Innovatek.de all the way), both the CPU and GPU are happy even with heavy load over days.
Additionally, I got a new case and power-supply (yes, it's all darn expensive, but S I L E N T has ridden my for years). So the system was cool and quiet. Celebrations!
Then the pump started making noise. It's an Eheim 1048. The sound is what you'd expect if you threw pebbels (tiny stones) into the pump and started it. I suspect it's really air, but I'm pretty certain I've managed to bleed the system as well as I can - no large bubbels moving around the hoses. I know there will be air in the water no matter the bleeding. Just wondering why it is forming inside my pump.
If I stop the pump for a moment and turn it back on: no noise for 5-10 minutes. While blissfull moments, they don't last.
One further suspicion - the flow from the radiator to the CPU to the GPU to the water tank is smooth: no bends, nice curves - works with gravity. From the pump and back to the radiator there are two bends (it's either that or sending the hose on a long and winding road back up to the radiator - same noise). While I probably should start hunting for a case built for water, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for this situation.
It's a full tower case, radiator in the top corner in the back (over the power supply), the pump in the buttom front corner.
I have found a receipt for slowing the pump, but my German isn't up to pump-tech
. And I'm reluctant to break open the thing - but if that's what it takes...And merry Christmas all!
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