EK 295 block problem!!! assistance needed :P

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I think i may have a problem with my ek 295 double sided block in that the liquid does not appear to be going around the entire inside of it. it looks like the liquid is only going around near the inlet and otlet rather than right to the edges of the block even though loop is fully filled.

now i have connected the inlet on the bottom right and outlet on top left. manual says tops are inlet bottoms are outlet. i gather that its not going to make any difference which way round you do it since the water has to go through the entire block to get out anyway so to minimise tubing lengths just used the bottom as inlet. this is the only thing that may be causing a problem but i cant see how it would.

its possible this is just normal but seems very odd to me so thought i better check it out quick before i fire it up.

see pic below. my coolant is orange, you can clearly see it near the barbs but to the right and left of the barbs its completely clear with no liquid at all in it. have i screwed it up or is this ok??
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Is that not where its supposed to end? dont suppose anybody has taken one apart and has a picture do they? To me it looks like that end the clear part is plastic moulded into that shape, but I could be wrong.

Have you tried tilting the case around? If it is empty and just a bit of trapped air then it should move to the highest point ie not that corner if you tilt it right!
 
just re-did the picture to point it out clearly. its not trapped air the water simply isnt flowing into that area. i find that very strange as its not going to cool the whole block. as far as i can see the water isnt going round the block at all, seems to be up the lower barb and straight round and out the top barb, i cant see how thats going to cool anything.

only thing i can think of is it says inlet should be any top barb and outlet any bottom barb. but i really cant see how it would make any difference as long as its in one side and out the other. this MIGHT be normal but i cant find a clear picture anywhere to confirm one way or another.

i REALLY dont want to have to drain the entire system and start pulling all the tubes off to change it round after spending hours getting this far just to the point where i can power it up. but i wont power it up until i can confirm this is ok, not going to fry the card after all this!
 
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yeah saw that on my searches and it does look the same as mine. im just worried that looking round the side as far as i can, i cant actually see liquid even going inwards to the gpu. ill be relieved if it is ok but not totally convinced from that pic. someone around here must have one or has seen one close up in action to know whether mine seems wrong.

also seems odd to me all that plastic going all round it and no liquid using it.

it might be right, it just seems very strange if liquid isnt going to go all the way round then its not going to cool half as well as if it did.
 
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possible i guess, but surely logically it would make far more sense to put liquid round it to cool the thing.

ill wait a bit longer see if anyone else can confirm then fire it up and pray it all works :p

had the pump on full speed now for few hours and no sign of any leaks, all sems pretty secure.
 
Well Coppers a pretty good conductor so any heat from the edges should spread accross and be taken away anyway.

Anyways, all the hottest components look like they are under the water filled part... should be fine :)
 
that looks ok

just bleed the loop properly to ensure there is no air bubbles and good waterflow

[i see a heatkiller block too - good choice!]
 
ya i gots da heatkiller, was recommended as low restriction, also happens to be the most expensive cpu block haha. im hoping i can use that for whatever i get in the future too. would be a shame to have such a nice block and have to chuck it after 1 use.

4.2ghz stable so far for 1.5hrs, temp still sitting pretty at 62c. tomorrow we see how much more i can get on the chip, i suspect not much as it wasnt stable on air at 4.2. then see far the gtx will go.

just shows how crap the stock cooler on the gtx is (or how good this ek block is?). the chips dont run hot at all really, much cooler than the i7 and yet with stock cooler hitting 91c on the gtx is madness.

no more heatsinks for me, wouldnt be caught dead with a heatsink in my pc again :p all i need now is a fan controller to turn down my luvly little scythes when not needed.
 
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