first time watercooling advice

jimbaw · 20 Mar 2014 at 21:54

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EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 X-RES (Incl. Pump) EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 X-RES (Incl. Pump) £79.99
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EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
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Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - White Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - White £5.99
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Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.99
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EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black EK Water Blocks EK-CSQ Fitting 10/13mm G1/4 - Black £2.99
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would i need anything else? sorry it's my first loop

Avenged7Fold · 21 Mar 2014 at 00:09

I would grab some EK rotary angle fittings to make routing your tubing easier. Not a must but it make things tidier, easier and can be used to avoid kinks or awkward loops.

Get two meters of tubing too. You will use it sooner or later and itd suck if you run out. Start with the longest part of the loop, so if you overcut you can use it for a different section of the loop.

jimbaw · 21 Mar 2014 at 08:15

Thanks I will do

jimbaw · 21 Mar 2014 at 12:31

I've found a second hand d5, 6 alphacool fittings, 4 45° fittings, 4 90° fittings and 2m of alphacool HF tubing for £80.
I'm just gonna buy a bay res and some fluid and ill be good to go

frostdragon · 21 Mar 2014 at 13:38

Hey there, aS of my testing for waterblocks on CPu's

You might want to bare in mind different waterblocks have a range of contact methods and some are better than others.

I have completed some pressure testing results, which can be found on here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18587484

Please consider IC-Diamond as one of your choices for Tim btw

jimbaw · 21 Mar 2014 at 13:49

I've read it before and it's really good info! thank you. I will consider it thanks

jimbaw · 24 Mar 2014 at 07:55

I have the option of buying this for £55: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-429-EK&groupid=962&catid=1519&subcat=2286

Is there any performance improvement over the acetal block?

GiraffePencils · 24 Mar 2014 at 10:37

Not really any performance diff.
Though some people like them because you can't crack the block if you over tighten it.

jimbaw · 24 Mar 2014 at 13:42

Ok thank you. I was just wondering why there was a £16 difference.
Right, so now I'm just waiting to find a second hand d5 compatible bay reservoir and I'm good to go

Avenged7Fold · 24 Mar 2014 at 21:11

£16 is likely to cover the extra copper used.

If i were you i would forget about a D5 res and grab a pump top, as it will make things quieter and give you more freedom with your loop.