jon_snodgrass

Sorry to hear that! What brand/type of tubing did you use?

Can you verify by touching the pump that it is actually on at all? Should be able to feel it vibrating (and hear it if room is quiet and put your ear near it). My XD5 has a molex connector that through some strange PSU cabling oddity connected to 5v rather than 12v (pump needs 12v) so it did not have enough power to make the pump spin. Make sure you're using the 6-pin ATX to molex cord that came with the PSU you are actually using, and not a different 6-pin ATX to molex cord that might be made for a different PSU with different pinout. Redoing my 6-pin to ATX molex cord, swapping 12v and 5v, made mine work fine. Still annoyed Corsair didn't just use SATA power, although support said it was for regulatory compliance issues. And yet there are D5s that use SATA power on the market.

Thank you. Do you know if, as I posted elsewhere, it's possible to replicate the daisy-chain terminals and effect of the XG7 block? I like that hub-like feature it has. Really wish Corsair would make a block for the EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra

How can we achieve this functionality in non-XG7 waterblocks given that Corsair is not manufacturing waterblocks for all cards?

Looks like per Corsair in another thread, my EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra will not receive a Corsair waterblock. So whatever block I buy won't have those 2 nifty daisy-chain RGB connectors that my XG7 block had. How would I convert the RGB on whatever block I buy to the XG7-style daisy-chainable cables with 2 connectors? Is it possible? DevBiker I thank you for your extremely helpful post on making the extension cables, I apologize if this question is answered elsewhere.

If there was a RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra block I'd buy it

Interesting about the lower pressure drop on the larger radiator, hadn't thought about it... O11 Dynamic non-XL 6x Noctua NF-p12 3x LL120 I do everything at an inaudible-to-me 925 RPM. CPU Ryzen 2700x GPU RTX 2080 non-super (max about 230W) Temps vary with my usage and overclock. This build spends most of its time COVID folding, with CPU and GPU usage pegged at 100% for days. I do this with XFR enabled on the CPU, so it is generating a lot more heat than stock. With these settings, CPU sits at up to 75 and GPU around maybe 55. If I turn XFR off CPU voltage drops significantly and it sits at 65 while folding, GPU drops too maybe 5 degrees. Lately I've switched to GPU only folding, with GPU pegged at 100% GPU averages 45C. Idle temps for CPU are low 40s, GPU upper 30s. I was a bit surprised to see how much voltage the 2700x gives itself on XFR with lots of cooling. I am planning on replacing this CPU in October, so if it degrades, I care not!

I am using an XD5 with XG7, XC7, 2xXR5 360mm, and 1xXR7 360mm Corsair radiators, similar to your proposed setup with no mobo block but with a thicker XR7. Been running without issue for months, temps are great, no complaints. I do notice that below about 3000 RPM on the D5, my XG7 flow meter will not constantly spin but my poor build quality is to blame for this. I am using soft tubing (not from Corsair, unbranded from performance-pcs), and there is a visible kink in one of my bends (woops!). I run the pump at an inaudible-to-me 3500 rpm, it overcomes my mild tubing fail, and the flow meter spins constantly with no issues.

I have two screens connected, Screen 1 3440x1440 Displayport, Screen 2 3840x2160 HDMI. Screen 2 is usually off and not in use (it's a TV). Windows 10 Pro 2004 19041.508 Ryzen 2700x RTX 2080 456.38 iCue seems to get confused at some point when I use the different screens. It seems to apply the higher scaling ratio (200%) from Screen 2 to Screen 1 (100% scaling is generally used). iCue usability decreases as text falls out of place. iCue window seems to be sizing itself based on overall resolution of the two monitors combined, or some combination of the two resolutions, sometimes opening an unusably large window spanning across two monitors that are several feet apart. Anyone else had this issue or can give me some guidance on how to avoid it? Thank you

I also want to know this information. EKWB now lists one on their site! Cmon Corsair! Although of course you can't even order EKWB's yet, so not really a fair criticism lol

I see two SKUs for XD5 on website: CX-9040002-WW and -6-WW Other than the web pages and the pictures and the visibly different anti-vortex, what's the difference?

it does pop off, have to really yank it. i don't think it's glue just tight interface fit. i personally removed mine the other day to clean the reservoir. i've seen that bit-tech video you're talking about and he makes it look easier than it was for me. the styled mustache must give him strength. my xd5 is fine after removing and reinstalling it.

Depends on what you mean by enough. I have 2x360mm radiators, one 54mm one 30mm, and it is not enough to cool my overclocked Ryzen 2700x (rated 105W TDP, ~120W reported in HWInfo) and RTX 2080 (~215W reported in HWInfo) when Folding@Home is keeping both pinned at 100% for hours and hours and the fans are kept at about 60%. If I jack the fans up to 100% it's fine but that's the opposite of why I got the loop to begin with. If I ease up on the overclock it's fine. At stock it's absolutely 1000% fine. But I decided to buy another 360mm rad because I don't want to ease up on the overclock or make my fans louder :) Your specific results may be different than other people's setups on different equipment. Try all the possible combinations of intake/exhaust and push/pull. With mine, pull was nowhere near as effective as push and intake was nowhere near as effective as exhaust. I've read stuff to the contrary on many other websites so I was surprised by my results. Just try moving things around, running the same benches, and seeing which produces better temps. Keep in mind that it takes a while to heat up the coolant and that your results aren't going to be accurate if coolant isn't the same temp. Happy testing!

the dampened mounts/rubber decouplers look like the same part as on the XD5 and they unscrew by hand if you can get enough purchase to turn them good luck!

Yes I saw that you have XD3 not XD5, completely different unit, just thought that video might be more helpful than no video at all because Corsair reuses as many parts as possible to cut down on manufacturing costs. For example, what appear to be rubber feet on the XD5 are in fact screws...never would've known that without that video!