Lian Li 011 Mini EK Distribution plate Rad Help

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Ok guys, ive got a 011 mini and the EK distro block and 3 rads.

They are all fitted (what a pain in the arse) and are the XSPC TX series, ive gone for 2 x 360 (top and bottom) and a 240 for the side.

I have a Asus Dark Hero board a EK CPU block and a EK 3090 GPU block too.

What i need help with is what route do i take and what fittings should i get to make it look mint.

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I would be tempted to put a water block on the CPU too to give yourself a bit more room, the founders edition water blocks have the inlets and outlets at the end, opposite to where your radiator inlet/outlet is. As you`re horizontally mounting your GPU it will be difficult to route you pipes as they will have to run under the GPU and with the air cooler restricting routing to your top radiator it makes it a bit of a puzzle.
 
Gavster said:
I would be tempted to put a water block on the CPU too to give yourself a bit more room, the founders edition water blocks have the inlets and outlets at the end, opposite to where your radiator inlet/outlet is. As you`re horizontally mounting your GPU it will be difficult to route you pipes as they will have to run under the GPU and with the air cooler restricting routing to your top radiator it makes it a bit of a puzzle.
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Both the CPU and GPU will be watercooled as i already have the blocks.

I put this in my original post pal.
 
Ok first of all you have to decide if you are going for soft or hard tubing.

Question, what EK cpu block did you get ? is it the Velocity? If so then the inlet/outlet are quite close together and large fittings like 16mm will not be able to sit flush and you will need 45 or 90 degree angled fittings for them if you are going to use thick tubing. In such a small case I would avoid large fittings altogether because some of the rads inlet outlets look very close to the distro plate and at other points as well. I would say a fair few 45 and 90 degree angled fittings will make your life a lot easier. The chrome extender fittings look very nice but it would be easier for you if they were 45 or 90 fittings.

Like others have said the EK FE water blocks inlet/outlets are at the end of the card. Look in the builds sections to see some good pics of how they look in a system. Your routing will be a bit odd with the lower rad, Shame it cannot be turned so inlet outlets are at the other end but I can see the pump would obstruct and make life difficult.

Ok your question was what fittings to get to make it look "mint". All of the fittings I have seen or felt all look great and it is purely down to personal preference what you go for. Make the decision on soft/hard tubing and go for what you like.

Suggested route with the EK FE GPU block in mind Distroblock → gpu → lower rad inlet close to window → lower rad outlet close to mobo → cpu block → upper rad inlet close to window → upper rad outlet close to mobo → side 240 rad , if you are using soft tubing you can go in and out of either point and personal choice what you like best → distro plate

That route will only work with a vertical mounted gpu and you will have a tube partly behind the gpu going upto the cpu.

I am starting my first WC build tomorrow in the Dynamic so all of the above are only suggestions using my very limited experience. What I have found out is that you just have to get the parts and then try to make it work the best you can. No doubt you will realize something will just not work and you will have to order a new fitting to get you around an issue that will arise.
 
Haz123 said:
Ok first of all you have to decide if you are going for soft or hard tubing.

Question, what EK cpu block did you get ? is it the Velocity? If so then the inlet/outlet are quite close together and large fittings like 16mm will not be able to sit flush and you will need 45 or 90 degree angled fittings for them if you are going to use thick tubing. In such a small case I would avoid large fittings altogether because some of the rads inlet outlets look very close to the distro plate and at other points as well. I would say a fair few 45 and 90 degree angled fittings will make your life a lot easier. The chrome extender fittings look very nice but it would be easier for you if they were 45 or 90 fittings.

Like others have said the EK FE water blocks inlet/outlets are at the end of the card. Look in the builds sections to see some good pics of how they look in a system. Your routing will be a bit odd with the lower rad, Shame it cannot be turned so inlet outlets are at the other end but I can see the pump would obstruct and make life difficult.

Ok your question was what fittings to get to make it look "mint". All of the fittings I have seen or felt all look great and it is purely down to personal preference what you go for. Make the decision on soft/hard tubing and go for what you like.

Suggested route with the EK FE GPU block in mind Distroblock → gpu → lower rad inlet close to window → lower rad outlet close to mobo → cpu block → upper rad inlet close to window → upper rad outlet close to mobo → side 240 rad , if you are using soft tubing you can go in and out of either point and personal choice what you like best → distro plate

That route will only work with a vertical mounted gpu and you will have a tube partly behind the gpu going upto the cpu.

I am starting my first WC build tomorrow in the Dynamic so all of the above are only suggestions using my very limited experience. What I have found out is that you just have to get the parts and then try to make it work the best you can. No doubt you will realize something will just not work and you will have to order a new fitting to get you around an issue that will arise.
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Yes bud it is the velocity CPU block and have already got the hardline tubing and 12 x fittings, i have around 3 x 90s and 3 x 45s and the tubing is 16mm so the biggest hardline i think.

Im lost with it all.... Now if i just did it it would look like a dogs dinner hence me asking for the Gurus on here for advice.

Appreciate your time to reply im going to look into the routing later.
 
Take your time, start with the bottom rad and graphics card I’d run the tube in series so only using two ports on the distro. This is going to be a busy build no matter what routes u take
 
I started my build in the O11 Dynamix today and I now know why you need those spacers on the rads. Will be ordering some myself as well.

Having tried to find instructions for the EK products and looked at what they do publish I can understand your confusion.
 
Haz123 said:
I started my build in the O11 Dynamix today and I now know why you need those spacers on the rads. Will be ordering some myself as well.

Having tried to find instructions for the EK products and looked at what they do publish I can understand your confusion.
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Yes they dont even give any examples to help people along the way.
 
With the EK 3090 waterblock you can mount it in your case without the GPU attached and it will give a better idea on how much room you have and a better idea on the possible pipe routing. Looking at the last photo with your GPU in place I think your only feasible route to keep it tidy would be distro > bottom rad > GPU >top rad >CPU >side rad > distro, it`s not ideal but you don`t have much room to play with.
As I have only done one custom loop I may be wrong with that and I`m sure someone will come along and correct me if so but that is how I would do it if it were mine to avoid any unnecessarily long pipe runs.
 
Gavster said:
With the EK 3090 waterblock you can mount it in your case without the GPU attached and it will give a better idea on how much room you have and a better idea on the possible pipe routing. Looking at the last photo with your GPU in place I think your only feasible route to keep it tidy would be distro > bottom rad > GPU >top rad >CPU >side rad > distro, it`s not ideal but you don`t have much room to play with.
As I have only done one custom loop I may be wrong with that and I`m sure someone will come along and correct me if so but that is how I would do it if it were mine to avoid any unnecessarily long pipe runs.
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but to do that u have to put links on the distro so u still have flow as distro where designed to used Distro>Block>Distro>Rad>Distro>Block. Etc
 
hlennie said:
but to do that u have to put links on the distro so u still have flow as distro where designed to used Distro>Block>Distro>Rad>Distro>Block. Etc
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Understood, I thought you would be able to use just one inlet and one outlet same as a normal reservoir.
 
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