Big bubbles in water loop.

Evian · 21 May 2015 at 00:57

One of those horror stories where it keeps me away from watercooling, Still want to get it eventually though. :eek:

Disco_P · 21 May 2015 at 02:05

Evian said:
One of those horror stories where it keeps me away from watercooling, Still want to get it eventually though.

One of things I was told before watercooling was be prepared to pay for reliability. I cheaped out on rotary barbs and they have failed me, I splurged on a good pump res combo and despite dropping it, it's been flawless.

Leon Axel · 21 May 2015 at 12:25

Evian said:
One of those horror stories where it keeps me away from watercooling, Still want to get it eventually though.

There are horror stories about everything. So long as you check your equipment before installing it, and know what your doing, It should be fine.

BRIGGBOY81 · 21 May 2015 at 12:28

Can't believe ocuk would send a system out to a customer with that much air in the loop. That is so bad.

skyripper · 21 May 2015 at 13:11

Thats not what the OP says happened.

He said a pump failed, he drained the loop, took it out, RMA'd it, and reinstalled it.
He then refilled it, and now has an air lock / bubble which is affecting his temperatures.

Getting coolant on the motherboard is badluck, but I don't see how that is OCuK's fault either.

If you get coolant on a piece of equipment and its not powered on, you can rinse with deionised water (cheap from Halfords/Tesco etc.) and leave to dry in the airing cupboard.

Leaks are unfortunate, but a risk of having a live plumbing system inside a PC case.

Serial45 · 21 May 2015 at 16:08

I've rma'd the whole system and paid for a d5 pump instead. With being on my second x20 and reading horror stories about the poor reliability on them decided to upgrade. Being collected tomorrow.

BRIGGBOY81 · 21 May 2015 at 21:00

skyripper said:
Thats not what the OP says happened.

He said a pump failed, he drained the loop, took it out, RMA'd it, and reinstalled it.
He then refilled it, and now has an air lock / bubble which is affecting his temperatures.

Getting coolant on the motherboard is badluck, but I don't see how that is OCuK's fault either.

If you get coolant on a piece of equipment and its not powered on, you can rinse with deionised water (cheap from Halfords/Tesco etc.) and leave to dry in the airing cupboard.

Leaks are unfortunate, but a risk of having a live plumbing system inside a PC case.

my bad, i should have read from the begining

Serial45 · 23 May 2015 at 07:43

skyripper said:
Thats not what the OP says happened.

He said a pump failed, he drained the loop, took it out, RMA'd it, and reinstalled it.
He then refilled it, and now has an air lock / bubble which is affecting his temperatures.

Getting coolant on the motherboard is badluck, but I don't see how that is OCuK's fault either.

If you get coolant on a piece of equipment and its not powered on, you can rinse with deionised water (cheap from Halfords/Tesco etc.) and leave to dry in the airing cupboard.

Leaks are unfortunate, but a risk of having a live plumbing system inside a PC case.

Sadly though to top it all off the pump started leaking from the LED light hole. Starting to see these pumps are very poorly made. I mean 2 in under 6 months is unacceptable

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Leon Axel · 23 May 2015 at 12:07

You'll find that D5's are much better.