Watercool help!

archerz

archerz

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Thanks for looking and your assistance in advance!

Looking at watercooling my system again as my gets 3090 is crazy hot in my little office. This is what i'm looking at. I've WC before but about 5 years so assuming most things are still the same.

With hard tubing, is it worth it? difficult to bent or can i just use 90degree connectors to make it easy?

I already have the case listed below (lian li lancool2), so can fit the 240 and 360 and thinking the distro panel for the rear.

Just need to sort fittings and piping i think? any changes, missing i would need?


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £696.74 (includes shipping: £0.00)​
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hardline isn't worth it in my opinion. Much harder for maintenance and more expensive to fit. looks pretty but not something I particularly care about.

If I were you, get a single pump/res. Drop the Glacier D140, the EK-RES 150 and 250. Just get a EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 D5 PWM D-RGB

Then if you're OK with soft tubing, the EK ZMT black stuff is great. the 16/12 is a good balance of flexibility and size. The EK-Torque STC 12/16 fittings are really nice.
 
MikeTimbers said:
hardline isn't worth it in my opinion. Much harder for maintenance and more expensive to fit. looks pretty but not something I particularly care about.

If I were you, get a single pump/res. Drop the Glacier D140, the EK-RES 150 and 250. Just get a EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE 200 D5 PWM D-RGB

Then if you're OK with soft tubing, the EK ZMT black stuff is great. the 16/12 is a good balance of flexibility and size. The EK-Torque STC 12/16 fittings are really nice.
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Thanks, yeah i'll stick with the soft tubing, I'll take a look at the ZMT; want to keep it pretty straight forward for now.

At some point EK will make an active backplate for the asus so will add that into the loops and cause myself some pain retubing/positioning :)

i went with the seperate pump just for looks, i can hide the pump out of site and keep a clean res. Just need to add a rad mount or find a way to add to the plate at the back. probably will need to drill some new holes.
 
If you want a separate res attached to your radiators, and want to stick with EK, what about the EK FLT 120 or 240? You can get them just as a stand alone res (no pump mounting point) and they come with a small bracket to mount to 120mm fan/rad holes.

I have one. Looks tidy.
 
Hewligan said:
If you want a separate res attached to your radiators, and want to stick with EK, what about the EK FLT 120 or 240? You can get them just as a stand alone res (no pump mounting point) and they come with a small bracket to mount to 120mm fan/rad holes.

I have one. Looks tidy.
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Do they look ok from the side? If i'm attaching to a rad i'm concerned that it will block the airflow? at least with a tube it'll pass round it?
 
It is just another option. I like the look, but it sits out from the radiator or fan on a bracket so it doesn’t directly block the air. However it will clearly cause some limit to air flow. Comes down to aesthetic preferences, and this is your system so you should do what your heart is telling you.
 
Hewligan said:
It is just another option. I like the look, but it sits out from the radiator or fan on a bracket so it doesn’t directly block the air. However it will clearly cause some limit to air flow. Comes down to aesthetic preferences, and this is your system so you should do what your heart is telling you.
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Thanks. it gives me an option :)
 
MikeTimbers said:
Then if you're OK with soft tubing, the EK ZMT black stuff is great. the 16/12 is a good balance of flexibility and size. The EK-Torque STC 12/16 fittings are really nice.
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I can't see the 16/12 tubing. is 16/11 ok? it'll be a bit of a tight fit on the EK-T STC 12/16?
 
Problem with hardline is that most of the time you won't be able to run perfect straight lines. Can't remember many loops where all the tubes were straight. That would annoy me much more than soft tubing.
Particularly love my ZMT.
The only places I can see the coolant is in the blocks and reservoir. Clear coolant and changing (solid) colours when fancy a change, but no unicorn vomit.
16/10 is quite nice to work with. 16/11 or 16/12 should be easier as the wall of the tubing is thinner.
 
ok, ordered some parts and now organising myself with the layout/routing of the tubes etc.

quick question, does it make any major issue having vertical rad with the connections at the top.

Looking to have the top rad with connections towards front of the case, then out to the top connections of the vertical rad at the front. out of the front top to the res which is attached to it, then out the bottom to the pump.

I'll try make a diagram of what i'm thinking to explain better.
 
No issues. A bit longer to bleed the air, but no issues.
Exactly how I've done mine.
Would be more of an issue with AIO as that area usually acts as a reservoir and the air would stauly there, generating noise.
 
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Drumroll said:
No issues. A bit longer to bleed the air, but no issues.
Exactly how I've done mine.
Would be more of an issue with AIO as that area usually acts as a reservoir and the air would stauly there, generating noise.
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Thanks, good to know! makes the plumbing a bit easier then!
 
Your plan should be spot-on.
As you're using 2 rads, I would also recommend the top as exhaust and the front as intake. The first rad gets rid off most of the heat, an the second drops the temperature. Even if the second affects slightly the first (top) rad, not an issue, as the front would be under optimum position, working with fresh air, just before starting the round again.
 
Drumroll said:
Your plan should be spot-on.
As you're using 2 rads, I would also recommend the top as exhaust and the front as intake. The first rad gets rid off most of the heat, an the second drops the temperature. Even if the second affects slightly the first (top) rad, not an issue, as the front would be under optimum position, working with fresh air, just before starting the round again.
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that's what I'm hoping!

i have some old NBLoop fans but tempted to replace them but not a clue what is nice and quiet but good push these days. I'll do some forum reading :)
 
Unless you have issue with your fans, don't worry.
They're good fans. There's better fans, sure, but unless you need ultimate performance, don't worry.
If needed, the Arctic P12 are very good and well priced.
I love my BeQuiet Pure Wings 2. I would go with either.
 
make sure your gpu block is happy going in reverse which is how you've drawn it. Most have the inlet on the left and the outlet on the right.
 
MikeTimbers said:
make sure your gpu block is happy going in reverse which is how you've drawn it. Most have the inlet on the left and the outlet on the right.
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thanks for the reminder, i checked and its' good in any direction.
i'm vertically mounting the card and the connections will hopefully be on the back so shouldn't matter which side really.
 
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