about to start my 1st wc build...couple of questions though

Thekwango · 8 Jun 2017 at 21:09

so, finally got all (our at least the important parts) for my build but just a quick question.

I've sort of come up with the below plan - can anyone spot anything glaringly wrong with it.

the case is an InWin 303, the rad is at the top with 3 x 120mm fans drawing the air back out of the case over the rad. can't be the other way as the psu is behind that! for a drain i'm just going to have a 'Y' Valve on the outflow of the pump with a short bit of tubing and an ek ball valve at the end.

does this all sound and look ok? or am I likely to set the house on fire and or blow myself up!?

Brizzles · 8 Jun 2017 at 22:44

Looks sound enough.

Thekwango · 8 Jun 2017 at 23:23

Brizzles said:
Looks sound enough.

Cheers mate. Just wanted someone with a but more knowhow than me to cast their eye over it for me.
Is the water flow ok, i.e. from pump/res to cpu then onto the rad? Wasn't sure if it be better pump/res to rad to cpu.

Brizzles · 9 Jun 2017 at 00:26

Thekwango said:
Cheers mate. Just wanted someone with a but more knowhow than me to cast their eye over it for me.
Is the water flow ok, i.e. from pump/res to cpu then onto the rad? Wasn't sure if it be better pump/res to rad to cpu.

Whichever way works better when routing the tubing.

Either way will perform the same.

Thekwango · 9 Jun 2017 at 00:31

Brizzles said:
Whichever way works better when routing the tubing.

Either way will perform the same.

perfect, the way I have planned it is the easiest for routing. cheers again fella

Aberfala · 9 Jun 2017 at 11:07

Just to add my agreement that this looks good and that loop order doesn't matter.

Thekwango · 9 Jun 2017 at 20:25

another question.......

best way to rinse out a rad? I've read you should always rinse it out well before first use to remove flux etc. is boiling water ok or should I be getting some of that nuke stuff? if boiling water suffices, does it need to be distilled?

BriT · 9 Jun 2017 at 20:45

boiling water is fine, just use distilled for the last rinse. Fill her up and shake for a couple min then drai nand repeat. To be honest when i rinsed out my magic cool 140mm hardly anything came out and has been fine for 5 months.

Thekwango · 9 Jun 2017 at 20:51

BriT said:
boiling water is fine, just use distilled for the last rinse. Fill her up and shake for a couple min then drai nand repeat. To be honest when i rinsed out my magic cool 140mm hardly anything came out and has been fine for 5 months.

Cool. Cheers.

Brizzles · 9 Jun 2017 at 21:00

BriT said:
boiling water is fine, just use distilled for the last rinse. Fill her up and shake for a couple min then drai nand repeat. To be honest when i rinsed out my magic cool 140mm hardly anything came out and has been fine for 5 months.

Exactly what i do

queeg · 15 Jun 2017 at 23:09

on first soak of a new radiator I add some distilled vinegar to the water. and after adding boiling water be careful it gets hot

Thekwango · 24 Jun 2017 at 23:09

anyone happen to know if ek do an equivalent to this

xpsc male to male conntector need one to connect to the ball valve i'll be using as a drain, don't have enough room to connect the 2 via a piece of tubing.

as all the other connectors are ek the ocd in me tells me it needs to ek and not xspx - though if ek don't do one am I right in saying as they are all g1/4 connections this will do anyway?

Brizzles · 25 Jun 2017 at 00:02

The XSPC one will be fine as it's G1/4.

But,

If you are connecting direct to a T-piece/block i recommend you use a rotary/adjustable one - that way when it is tightened your tap doesn't end up facing in an awkward direction.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bits...ng-male-to-male-rotary-adapter-wc-141-bp.html

Thekwango · 25 Jun 2017 at 00:16

Brizzles said:
The XSPC one will be fine as it's G1/4.

But,

If you are connecting direct to a T-piece/block i recommend you use a rotary/adjustable one - that way when it is tightened your tap doesn't end up facing in an awkward direction.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bits...ng-male-to-male-rotary-adapter-wc-141-bp.html

Yea sorry should have been a bit more explanative (is that a word?!)
I have a y valve on the out flow, 1 x 90 degree piece going off to the cpu then on the other side of the y valve a 45 degree piece to connect the ball stop to. But using tubing between the y valve and ball stop doesn't give me room to 'twist' the ball stop out of the case, the case lip will catch and stop it, if you know what I mean.

Just found the EK equivalent on their website but not stocked by OcUK. So I guess I'll just have to go with the XSPC one (damn OCD will be the death of me!) Though I can take some solace in the fact both brands look identical!

Edit: cheers for taking the time to reply.

Thekwango · 1 Jul 2017 at 00:28

jesus h Christ I didn't realise how fekking awkward hardline tubing was going to be.........near 4 hrs to install 3 fans the cpu block and bend and fit 1 piece of tubing - not perfectly mind you but it'll have to fekking do!