final W/C part check before ordering

tim967 · 30 Jan 2014 at 20:59

Hi all,

Heading up to OcUK tomorrow to fetch my watercooled GTX770 and will also be purchasing the rest of my watercooling setup.

Below is a screenshot of what I plan on ordering when I get there, the build will be inside a Corsair Carbide 540. I already have the EK HD adaptor fittings.

Please can you all check the list and make sure I'm not missing anything as I want to make sure I have everything that I need.

Also can anyone confirm if the Carbide 540 fits two XSPC EX240 rads in push/pull config?

Current basket below:

Shawy · 30 Jan 2014 at 21:10

It's going to be pretty tight running push-pull.

I'm not sure how well the UV and Pastel coolant is going to mix but it sounds awful. Stick to just the Pastel. And don't buy the cold cathodes, it's not the 90s any more: get some white LEDs instead.

tim967 · 30 Jan 2014 at 21:35

Shawy said:
It's going to be pretty tight running push-pull.

I'm not sure how well the UV and Pastel coolant is going to mix but it sounds awful. Stick to just the Pastel. And don't buy the cold cathodes, it's not the 90s any more: get some white LEDs instead.

Yea you're probably right, guessing if I have both rads in a push config that would be enough? would also save me 50quid on fans which could be spent elsewhere.

Didn't think about how well they would mix either, now dropped the cathode and uv dye and sticking with the 2 pastel blue as my coolant and then will look into some nice led's too, thanks

Can you recommend anything else that might need changing? Having saved 50 on the fans am I better spending it on a different pump/res combo or anything like that?

skylineboy · 30 Jan 2014 at 22:50

~~you will need fittings for the loop.~~ As you are also using acrylic tubing you will need angled fittings too. Most likely quite a few

tim967 · 31 Jan 2014 at 08:35

skylineboy said:
~~you will need fittings for the loop.~~ As you are also using acrylic tubing you will need angled fittings too. Most likely quite a few

ok thanks,

I took a look at OcUK and unfortunately most of the matt black 90degree fittings are showing as out of stock. May have a go at doing most of it with just bending the tubing and if that doesn't work out will have to wait for them to come back in stock I guess.