Draining a loop

tintin82 · 13 Jul 2012 at 22:57

Hi guys,

Going to be building my first loop with a RayStorm D5 EX360 WaterCooling Kit. I will be adding in a XSPC EX140 Single Fan Radiator as i plan to add my GTX 670 into the loop at a later date and figure it cant hurt to have the extra rad in now.

In planning this loop i am starting to think about how i would go about draining the system (better plan now rather than when i need to drain!)? I have seen various video on youtube from cutting pipes wide open into a bucket, to drain valves and drain hoses.

Whats the simplest way to drain. Would sucking all the water from the res with a syringe through the fill cap work? Or leave enough slack in the loop so i can take a section (say the res) clear of the system and then drain into a bucket?

Also, is EX stuff that much worse over the RX? With the EX on special looks good.

Thanks

tintin82 · 13 Jul 2012 at 23:37

Thanks guys,

Not having much luck here searching for what i need to match the XSPC kit. Confused by all the hose sizes and metal types?

Sorry, complete noob. Where is best to get a T-Piece?

tintin82 · 14 Jul 2012 at 00:42

Thanks for all that.

I have found a T piece on another site that i will go for. Then a female to female adaptor and a cap on the end.

Would you recommend using plumbers tape on the fittings, or purchasing O rings, or should it be tight enough?

tintin82 · 15 Jul 2012 at 20:53

Thanks for the advice.

I have orders the XSPC D5 EX360, with an additional EX140 Rad (plan to add GPU block later).

Also ordered a T-Piece, some extra compression fittings, and a plug.

Plan is to set it up like below, with the drain valve coming of the lowest point and tucked into a spare drive bay.

Anything obviously wrong with the plan below?

tintin82 · 19 Jul 2012 at 20:06

Thanks for the advice guys.

I have all the kit apart from the T piece and plug that will hopefully arrive tomorrow, then i can get building

One question. While looking through my kit i notice the XSPC D5 dual bay res / pump has no indication of which port is in / out. The on-line manual does not state this either. Anyone able to help?

Thanks