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Post Date: 2020-06-12
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    Posted: 12 Jun 2020 at 5:07pm
Hello! So I am getting a Bolt X and having the cpu and graphic card water cooled and I’m curious if they will require maintenance like other water cooled pc’s such as draining out the fluid and adding the fluids again, TIA!
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Congratulations and welcome. Awesome
Some time in the future you will probably need to drain, flush and refill.

That is a long ways off in my experience with clear fluid. Mine is about 4 years old and still crystal clear and temps are same as new. Do order some extra from DS (or find out what they used) for normal topping offs. The coolants are constantly being "improved" and you cannot mix.  I use about an inch/year.
You did well in having the gpu lc'd. The Bolt, like all SFFs, tends to run warm when the card is air cooled.

Enjoy. Big%20Smile


BTW, what did you order in it? We are obnoxiously curious here. Big%20Smile


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Here’s my config

Chassis Model: Digital Storm BOLT X
Exterior Finish: Exotic Paint Finish - Storm Blue
Side Window: Edge to Edge Premium Tempered Glass
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (6-Core) 4.4 GHz Turbo
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X570-I Gaming (Wi-Fi) (AMD X570) (Mini-ITX) (Up to 1x PCI-E Device)
System Memory: 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro (RGB Light Bar)
Power Supply: 700W Digital Storm Performance Series (Modular) (80 Plus Platinum) (Supports up to GTX TITAN Xp)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD (1TB Samsung 860 EVO)
Storage Set 2: - No Thanks
Storage Set 3: - No Thanks
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
HPC Processor: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: Digital Storm HydroLux PRO LITE (CPU + Graphics Card)
HydroLux Tubing Style: HardLine Tubing (Requires HydroLux PRO Custom Liquid Cooling System)
HydroLux Fluid Color: Blue Fluid + Clear Tubing (Requires HydroLux Liquid Cooling System)
Cable Management: Exotic Cable Management - Blue - (Cable Combs with Custom Color Sleeved Extension Cables)
Chassis Fans: Standard Black Fans
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced RGB Internal + Front Panel LED Lighting
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: Stock Factory Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking
Graphics: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows 10 Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows 10)
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Hi there. I don't see a lot of Bolt X orders on this forum so I was excited to see yours. I ordered one as well with the HydroLux cooling (CPU only) back on April 25. I'm still waiting on it as I found out the pumps are on back order and not expected until June 24. I told them I didn't care that much as I went with cool factor over what I think I need and dropped down to the standard no maintenance cooling. The PC was built, just waiting on the pump - it moved to Stage 5 that day (6/10) after I made the change. Maybe with some luck I get it next week. Anyway, hopefully yours stays w/ in 6 weeks shipping time.

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Thanks man! I’m surprised as well with the lack of Bolt X owners
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Posts: 46 		  Quote LibertyLoaded Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 22 Jun 2020 at 11:13am
Originally posted by XanderRSC

Thanks man! I’m surprised as well with the lack of Bolt X owners


I can’t wait for mine to arrive!
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