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I have wanted to buy a 4k monitor for some time (around 32") but have been waiting for a decent IPS monitor with Freesync to become available. I have got fed up waiting and was starting to wonder that as I have a triple 290x set up, if I really need freesync? I can overclock the cards if...

Easy, just put a rotating angled connector on the lowest port and connect a ball valve to it. You can rotate the drain attachment up out of the way when not in use and move it down when you want to use it. Then when you want to drain your loop, just screw on a piece of tubing with a compression...

I have 2x480 and a 240 Alphacool rads in my 900D and they are excellent. The cooling performance is great. The build quality is good as well. Tipes is spot on with the advice with regards to the Blitzing and flushing. There is a lot of residual flux left behind. Unfortunately I did not know...

I agree, Primochill all the way.

I am thinking of getting one of these monitors but I am curious about the type of screen coating. I presume it is anti-glare, but I don't like the type that gives the image a sort of grainy look. Could someone that has the monitor please describe what the screen finish is? Thanks

In my 900D I have a 60mm 480 Alphacool rad at the top and 60mm 480 and 240 rads in the bottom. They all fit fine. I have the ports on the left of all three rads with a clockwise loop in the following order res-pump-pump-480 rad-CPU-GPU-GPU-GPU-480 rad-240 rad-res. I have the fans set to pull...

Have there been any reviews of this monitor yet? I want a 4K monitor to run off 3 290xs I don't want a TN panel and am waiting for a decent IPS one. This looks like the first decent one out (on the assumption this is a single panel). I don't want ultra fast refresh rates as I don't really...

If you are using slow speed fans then pull tends to be better. The other thing to bear in mind is when pushing, the dead spot in the centre of the fan has more effect. When pulling, the fan is causing a pressure drop on one side of the radiator and the air is drawn across the radiator fins...

Can you please explain why (I am not disagreeing with you, I am just interested)!

Your set up seems OK. I always like to have positive pressure to reduce dust ingress and I think you should have slightly positive pressure the way you have things although it depends on the capacity of each fan.

I have a 900D case and I used 2 x 480 and 1 x 240 radiators. A 480 in the top of the case and a 480 and 240 in the bottom. Don't bother with a 140mm radiator in the back of the case; it won't offer enough additional cooling to warrant the increased tubing and clutter. I wanted to have positive...

Presumably you mean comparing one 60mm 240 radiator against 2 35mm 240 radiators mounted separately with 2 fans on each. If that is the case then the 2 separate radiators will offer superior cooling as there will be more cool air being used. However the difference will not be large as the...

Don't bother alternating blocks and rads; it won't make a difference and the loop will be more complicated than it need be. Just go in a circular route. Anticlockwise tends to be the simplest as the gpus are on the left and the reservoir and pump tend to be on the right. Go res-pump then...

Simple answer, buy 2L.

I have read that with slower fans like the corsairs, pull works best as there is no central dead spot as the airflow is diffused through the radiator. With higher capacity fans push seems to work better. I have a 900D with 2 480 and 1 240 rads all pulling and it is seems to work fine. As a...

Providing the flow rate is sufficient, the loop order won't noticeably affect performance. It does make a difference to the aesthetics however. I chose the simplest route with the least tubing.

Aqua computer blocks tend to get good reviews for cooling performance. My 290x ones seem to be well made and are built like tanks.

For what it's worth, I recently did a 900D build with a 4930 cpu and 3 290x gpus. For this I used 480 rad in the top of the case and a 480 and 240 in the bottom. I didn't bother with a 120 or 140 in the back of the case as I thought the increase in tubing wasn't worth it. I will only put one in...

Yes on both counts. Higher heat dissipation capacity and better fans to choose from.

My understanding is that if increasing the fans speed does not make much difference to your temps then you probably have enough rad capacity. If the rads are struggling to dissipate the heat effectively then a fan speed increase will produce a more noticeable decrease in temps. I am sure...