First Time Thermaltake Core W100 EKWB build

[Menthol]

I think we all let it run for 12 to 24 hours the first loop we build, then every time after that a shorter amount of time as you gain experience and confidence in your abilities
I test my systems for as long as it takes for the air bubbles to disappear but wouldn't recommend that to anyone else

[mjohnson24]

Yea EK said after i emailed them that if i have ran it for 14 hours so far then it should be good to go ahead and get everything connected and up and running now. I can see a few extremely tiny tiny bubbles in the monoblock but thats about it. I jsut cant wait to see what my EVGA FTW2 1080 ICX cards do during gaming. They were getting around 55-60c roughly (give or take) during gaming so im anxious to see what they do now. Cant remember what my CPU was but it was on a corsair AIO but gonna run Prime 95 as well as other benchmarks to see what it does as far as temps. Hoping the custom watercooling gives me better temps on everything.

I built this beast for not only jsut gaming but to start getting back into 3d as well.

[mjohnson24]

Got everything powered up last night and played a game of Battlefield 1. I got the 4 fans on top XE480 radiator that cools coolant after the GPUs but before the CPU plugged into the CPU_Fan Header. I have the 3 Fans on the front PE360 Radiator plugged into the CHA_Fan1 header (I Think) but the pump is unplugged from any header. I had it plugged into the same as the 4 fans on top rad and then i switched it to the CPU_Opt Header but the pump would spin up and do its thing but after posting and booting to desktop it wasnt pumping. Not sure what that issue is. So i unplugged it and just let it run 100% the whole time.


Right now my CPU idles at around 32c from what i see. Under load during game i think it got to like 39 or 40c but cant remember exactly. By GPUs, the Top GPU got around 48-49c max but did get down to around 42c some and the bottom around 39-40c. I dont see the 26c like was mentioned in the EKWB configurator and from what EKWB tested in their office.

I have the Asus x99 deluxe ii mobo so it has H_AMP_Header, W_Pump Header, CHA_Fan1 and Cha_Fan2 Headers, CPU_Fan and CPU_Opt Header. My one big problem i have is im not familiar with dialing in the fans with any software etc or anything if thats the case. Never really dove this deep into it and Watercooling is my first time so im as green as they come lol.

So sorry for asking the stupid questions now and in the future. just trying to learn from all of yall pro's thats done this before.