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General question about a drain port. I assume that the drain port has to be at the lowest point in the entire loop. OK, I get that. What I don't know is how you drain the reservoir and the tubing? You can't just run the system on until all the coolant is drained. Wouldn't that result in overheating?
This mostly works. If you have a vertically mounted video card, or anything else that creates a "U" in the fluid path, then the loop will not totally drain from gravity. Some case gymnastics will be required.Pure physics. You don't have to do anything but open the port. If the drain port is indeed at the lowest point of the entire loop, physics takes care of everything. You open the drain port, the water gets replaced with air and completely drains from the loop. No need to run it. Of you course, it goes without saying that you should have another opening (like at the top of your reservoir) to let air in.
Tube length needs to be within a couple millimeters. A hair too short is okay, as long as the OD seals against all of the o-rings in your fittings. Too long will put strains on your components, which you never want in a watercooled system. With hard tube, if you have to bend things to get the tube to fit, it's not right. As for angle, it doesn't have to be machinist-grade 90 degrees, but it does have to be close enough so that you're not coming out of either of your fittings at a dramatic angle. Of course, as long as your tubing is coming out of your fittings straight, it doesn't have to be a 90 at all. It can be two 45s. Or a single big sweeping bend. Or a curly-queue. Just as long as the fittings fit right and can do their job, any bend is legal.Questions about rigid tubing. How accurately do you have to measure tube length? How carefully do you have to bend the tube exactly 90 degrees? And what tools for measuring and what tools for bending?
(from someone who has yet to do his first loop).
This mostly works. If you have a vertically mounted video card, or anything else that creates a "U" in the fluid path, then the loop will not totally drain from gravity. Some case gymnastics will be required.
Don't run your pump at 100%? It's honestly overkill. I'm betting you'll find your cooling performance much the same through most of your RPM range, so set it to a speed that's satisfactory from a noise standpoint and forget it. =)So I moved on from flex tubing to some hard tubing in my build now. I also swapped out the EK stuff for some Corsair Hydro X stuff. The only small issue I have is the pump on the Corsair unit at 100% is a little loud. Right now I have the pwm plugged into the motherboard and was wondering if it would be better to plug it into the Corsair Commander Pro? The only small issue is then I would have to use a pwm splitters for 2 fans to use one port to free up one. Thoughts??
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I'd run all your rad fans of 1 pwm header, makes it a lot easier imo.
phantek makes some that are good but pretty cheap.Awesome, any suggestions on splitters?
I bet you could get 4.8ghz out of that 5930k if you cranked the voltage. Maybe higher on a core or two if you OC them individually using Intel XTU. Nice loop
I bet you could get 4.8ghz out of that 5930k if you cranked the voltage. Maybe higher on a core or two if you OC them individually using Intel XTU. Nice loop
I never posted mine so here's what I built last year.
9900k@5ghz
Aorus Master
32 gb corsair
Titan X Pascal
Mainly EK with two rads
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New Ryzen build complete, I used subtle rgb, only mobo and ram. Asrock software is not compatible with my ram so it is still rainbow for the moment. Overall the build is complete but I have some tweaks in mind as budget presents itself. Asrock Taichi x570, 5700xt, 3700x, Gskill Trident Neo 3600 32gb, Samsung Evo plus 1TB, Lian Li PC011 1st gen, Hardware labs gtx rads, Noctua Chromax fans, Barrow fittings, Proteum d5 pwm pump, EK waterblocks and reservoir clamp and bracket, primochill tube res.
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sig says [email protected] so he needs it.All that radiator for just a CPU? Are you pushing a heck of an overclock?
There's no such thing as too much radiator.All that radiator for just a CPU? Are you pushing a heck of an overclock?
I felt like I needed more. XDThere's no such thing as too much radiator.
I have the Core P5, which is similar, and you pretty much have to use exactly one 480mm rad, or it looks unfinished, with a big fat hole in the front.
More than a 480 in the P5, you mean?I felt like I needed more. XD
Here's the new water cooling upgrade and case I also switch from soft tubing to petg and acrylic tubing (I tried both, and I'm not too fond of it) didn't come out the way I wanted and this is after taking it apart and redoing it three times.
My previous water cooling
specs in signature
Here's the new water cooling upgrade and case I also switch from soft tubing to petg and acrylic tubing (I tried both, and I'm not too fond of it) didn't come out the way I wanted and this is after taking it apart and redoing it three times.
My previous water cooling
specs in signature
Great build! Can we get a more zoomed out pic so I can get a good look at the case in its entirety?
Great looking build. What fans? I really like their lighting effect.
I designed it and had ModMyMods fabricate it. They might be willing to make another for you if they still have the tooling. It was kindof an ordeal for them.Is that bracket a part that ModMyMods sells via their website, or do you have to call and ask for it?
They're NB Eloops with Phanteks Halo rings on them. =)I'm not VanGoghComplex, but the fans really look like Corsair fans to me - Corsair has those exchangeable corner pieces where the screws go. Judging by the fact there is no outer ring lights, I'd guess HD-120's...
Thanks! Can you post a link to it on Thingiverse?I designed it and had ModMyMods fabricate it. They might be willing to make another for you if they still have the tooling. It was kindof an ordeal for them.
If they won't make one, I've got 3D printable versions published on Thingiverse!
I've got a few versions depending on what radiator you want to mount. Shoot me a DM with your radiator model and I'll link you the right one. =)Thanks! Can you post a link to it on Thingiverse?
That's a handsome machine, BTW, if no one mentioned it before.