PC Refresh with Phanteks NV7

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FTLN

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Hello Boys & Girls,

This summer has been a nightmare for me with temperatures in my O11D Mini very high with the root cause most probably the hotter summers we are getting here in Paris. Last night the temperature did not drop below 29c :(

So this means I need to optimize my gaming rig and my custom NAS (the NAS will be another thread).

So for the gaming RIG I have gone with the following components:

  • Phanteks NV7 White
  • 15 x Phanteks D30 PWM (3 of these are reverse model)
  • Heatkiller EPDM Flexi Tubing Black
  • ALphacool 16/10 black compressions fittings
  • Aquacomputer High Flow Next sensor
  • Aquacomputer splitty 9 fan splitter x2
  • Alphacool NexXxos UT60360 Radiators x2 for top and bottom with push pull
  • EK 240mm (thick or thin, did'nt decide yet) for back with push pull, they were originally black rads, sprayed them with house radiator white paint :D
  • Alphacool Core 360 Left distro plate

Component's I alreayd haver are:

  • 7950x3d
  • 4090 FE + EK Waterblock
  • Asus Gene X670E
  • 2 x 48Gb DDR5 6400

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For Airflow, I have two options, input appreciated on which would be the best ?

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Or

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Nice one. It was 32 here yesterday, and I am sick with a stomach bug. Ugh, I can think of cold places I would rather be right now lol.

Look forward to seeing this !
 
Be prepared for wavy hosing, this is not gonna be a straight tubing build :)

I need all you input on the air flow ?
 
Good. I hate straight tubes.

No idea on the airflow in honesty. Might be a "suck it and see" type of build.

Given you have left nowhere to bring air in it might be a good idea to leave the side panel off, and just have them all bringing air in through the rads.
 
FTLN said:
Hello Boys & Girls,

This summer has been a nightmare for me with temperatures in my O11D Mini very high with the root cause most probably the hotter summers we are getting here in Paris. Last night the temperature did not drop below 29c :(

So this means I need to optimize my gaming rig and my custom NAS (the NAS will be another thread).

So for the gaming RIG I have gone with the following components:

  • Phanteks NV7 White
  • 15 x Phanteks D30 PWM (3 of these are reverse model)
  • Heatkiller EPDM Flexi Tubing Black
  • ALphacool 16/10 black compressions fittings
  • Aquacomputer High Flow Next sensor
  • Aquacomputer splitty 9 fan splitter x2
  • Alphacool NexXxos UT60360 Radiators x2 for top and bottom with push pull
  • EK 240mm (thick or thin, did'nt decide yet) for back with push pull, they were originally black rads, sprayed them with house radiator white paint :D
  • Alphacool Core 360 Left distro plate

Component's I alreayd haver are:

  • 7950x3d
  • 4090 FE + EK Waterblock
  • Asus Gene X670E
  • 2 x 48Gb DDR5 6400

5RGAUii.png


Oqj1pti.png


DyTWqPB.png


For Airflow, I have two options, input appreciated on which would be the best ?

aepwLR2.png


Or

1ZWL0kH.png
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I'd go with the bottom option for airflow. Heat always rises. Nice to see a normal loop :)
 
Given how toasty this gets Id go more positive pressure. Maybe lower and rear rads as intake, and exhaust through the top with maybe higher rpms. Also comes down to where the PC will be placed.
 
I'll see if I can get outside air in from behind the the Core 360 distro plate, it might be tight due to the pump in the distro plate being close to the bottom rad, similar to this build, may need to get some slim fans:

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I have the same problems. The claustrophobic effect generated from packing in all the watercooling, negates the increased cooling gained from watercooling.

As much as I like the look of my Lian Li EVO. I regret trying to pack in an E ATX board, massive GPU and distroplate. It forced me to have to use slimmer rads. Luckily, the phanteks T30 fans are such good performers they helped more than my previous ML120 fans.
 
Might the common denominator here be the use of a distro plate? Pump / res might not be as fashionable but you're not closing a good chunk of possible air intake real estate to a distro plate?
 
robbiec said:
Might the common denominator here be the use of a distro plate? Pump / res might not be as fashionable but you're not closing a good chunk of possible air intake real estate to a distro plate?
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Depends where you put it. If its in the front, you lose out on nothing because the front is covered with a glass plate anyway.
 
NOTES :

The Alphacool VPP pump is quiet as a mouse compared to any other pump I have used (D5/DDC) even at 100%, currently set it 160L/ph which equals 40% in my fan controller.

I used a 3 pin RGB hub but not all RGB strips are created equally, the Water Block (Mycro Direct Die) and GPU Block (EK 4090 FE Block) dont work when in a splitter, had to use motherboard headers.

Filled the loop with Mayhems X1 Clear but my flow meter was showing this liquid as 46% quality, so I emptied and bought from the supermarket 5 litres of deminerilised water for 2,80 euros, this shows up now as being 96% quality. Would be intresting to know how the flow meter measures water quality ??

Ambient temp last couple of days is around 25c and the water in the loop never gets above 32c after a long gaming session with fans hovering 50-70%

Here is my fan profile:

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