Enthoo Primo Watercooling build
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I decided to upgrade my long serving i7-2600k to something more modern. Not messing about, I decided on a 5960X. Went up to OcUK to get it all and I was looking forward to having it up and running today. But I forgot the spacing on my new motherboard is different so need a different terminal block. Highly frustrating!
As you can see, the tubing and/or fluid isn't looking too great. I think it's the tubing to be honest, so I'm trying to source some Primochill now! And yes, I know the RAM is in the wrong slots, just put the sticks there to keep it all together while I wait for parts to arrive.
As you can see, the tubing and/or fluid isn't looking too great. I think it's the tubing to be honest, so I'm trying to source some Primochill now! And yes, I know the RAM is in the wrong slots, just put the sticks there to keep it all together while I wait for parts to arrive.
Hi all,
I thought I would show what my Masterkleer tubing looks like after 8 months of medium usage with Mayhems Sunset yellow fluid.
All of my EK blocks and XSPC res look nice and clean after flushing through with distilled water, but the tubing isn't so great. I had read about it doing this before ordering but nothing else was in stock at the time.
I'll be using Primochill for the new loop.
I thought I would show what my Masterkleer tubing looks like after 8 months of medium usage with Mayhems Sunset yellow fluid.
All of my EK blocks and XSPC res look nice and clean after flushing through with distilled water, but the tubing isn't so great. I had read about it doing this before ordering but nothing else was in stock at the time.
I'll be using Primochill for the new loop.
I nearly have all the parts to get my new build together. Specs will be something like this:
5960X
Gigabyte SOC Force X99
Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel
2 x R9 290X
Watercooling parts nigh on the same, just the appropriate EK Terminal for the new board and Primochill tubing instead of Masterkleer.
I'm also going to go with the following loop:
Res > CPU > quad > EK Terminal > triple rad > back to res.
This should neaten up the loop, and, with well placed QDCs should make managing it a little easier. Only going for two now, then next year when I get new GPU/GPUs I will put QDC 4's around the place to make it simple to swap bits out etc.
5960X
Gigabyte SOC Force X99
Kingston Predator 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel
2 x R9 290X
Watercooling parts nigh on the same, just the appropriate EK Terminal for the new board and Primochill tubing instead of Masterkleer.
I'm also going to go with the following loop:
Res > CPU > quad > EK Terminal > triple rad > back to res.
This should neaten up the loop, and, with well placed QDCs should make managing it a little easier. Only going for two now, then next year when I get new GPU/GPUs I will put QDC 4's around the place to make it simple to swap bits out etc.
I've decided to put both quick disconnects going to the bottom rad. Male end at the top, so I can take the rad out as it isn't screwed in and in theory the rest of the loop should drain as it's at the bottom of the loop. Then I can manually drain the bottom rad. Postman has been and I'm missing the male side delivery, frustrating!
I have the blocker for the EK terminal, the triple should be getting delivered later at my local UPS access point. So getting it running today is all dependent on the post man coming again.
I have the blocker for the EK terminal, the triple should be getting delivered later at my local UPS access point. So getting it running today is all dependent on the post man coming again.
Well, I haven't had much luck with the new build, due to my inability to do the right amount of research first! So, the triple terminal arrived, but I'd ordered the wrong blocker for it!
So, I decided to use normal tubing between the blocks. And I'd been let down by the post man as well, so QDCs can wait as well. I've done it so I can pull the bottom rad out and empty it into a bucket, so I'll sort the QDCs at a later date.
Just leak testing for now, I have to say, the motherboard and Orange Mayhems coolant looks pretty nifty.
So, I decided to use normal tubing between the blocks. And I'd been let down by the post man as well, so QDCs can wait as well. I've done it so I can pull the bottom rad out and empty it into a bucket, so I'll sort the QDCs at a later date.
Just leak testing for now, I have to say, the motherboard and Orange Mayhems coolant looks pretty nifty.
Another update. Finally up and running but this time with quick disconnects fitted. Wow, they are so easy, everyone should be running them!
Some quick pics. I still need to do a fair amount of tidying up, cables, getting the case panels on right etc.
Some quick pics. I still need to do a fair amount of tidying up, cables, getting the case panels on right etc.
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Very clean looking rig. thumbs up.
I'm not really happy with the tubing between the cards, but I do like the see through aspect it offers. The reason why I'm not a fan is because I'm a DUY muppet, I could never get both bits of tube the right length. As a consequence the cards slightly strain in the slot as they don't sit 100% true. It's probably not an issue at all, but it bothers me and I miss the sturdiness that the EK Terminal offers. So this turned up today along with the respective blanking plate for the middle slot.
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that looks very nice mate! quite like that card
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Hey dude love your build as Orange is my favourite color that case looks sleek!
Just wondered why no hard tubing? Soft tubing looks messy and sags.
Where did you get the desk from?
Just wondered why no hard tubing? Soft tubing looks messy and sags.
Where did you get the desk from?
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