Summary and conclusion
That times an AiO or a cooler itself breaks, such things happen. It’s just a shame that in my case it happened after only 6 months, because actually the AiO more than coped with the requirements. What happens in terms of aftermath there remains to be seen. I can only recommend it to everyone, document your temperatures, make sure your coolers, pumps and fans are running. Otherwise it makes one day times “blick” and black becomes the screen. Then the protective measures of the CPU or GPU pull the emergency brake. You don’t have to do that!
The rebuild today was easy to do, except for minor things. The components you get from Alphacool are all off the custom loop shelf and in the case of the Eisbaer Aurora 360, pre-assembled into an AiO for the end user – as you would expect. However, you still have the option of configuring a fully-fledged custom loop from it afterwards. You can push this so far that you can even create pump redundancy in the end. For those with mild paranoia – an internal tranquilizer for sure.
Assembling the GPU ice block is easier than Lego building and the cooling performance is excellent, as expected. Building the custom loop is chill thanks to the easy-to-use fittings and tubing. When you’re done, pour the premixed Alphacool water into the ice bucket and let the pump fill the system once. Attention, since this can take a little while, you should either bypass the power supply without turning on the mainboard. Or don’t put the GPU in the slot yet, and certainly don’t plug in the power cables with it. If the system boots like this, then it can go full in the pants!
The entire conversion of the testbench was feasible within one day! The performance of the Alphacool components speaks for itself, especially the fans, they not only look good, but have a really awesome performance! Other well-known manufacturers can take a look at that. They don’t perform as well by far, they only look great, but they cost more than twice as much in comparison. If you need it… Unfortunately, the (I do not name – fan) by every other YouTuber as the ultimate – the gullible buyer more or less talked up! The REAL advantage with Alphacool, in my opinion, is that Alphacool uses copper in the heatsink and radiator. It’s a little more expensive, but it doesn’t have the issue of intergranular corrosion.
I for one am very happy with the cooling system I have installed here and am well prepared for the future. More details about the custom loop from Alphacool and its installation (including hard-tubing) will follow, as a big project is planned for November. High-end gaming PC, it will be big and above all very colorful. I can spoil that much in advance! May the next tests come. That’s it for today, read you as always in the forum.
The components from Alphacool were provided to me without any conditions and without any influence from the manufacturer!
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