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After accidentally slipping into and looking at the case gallery, I finally decided to jump on the band wagon after much deliberation in the past. I've looked a lot at water cooling and feel confident enough to attempt it.

My rig is in my sig, I'll be adding the GPU later as it'll probably take some time to find a decent block for it.

Here's my attempt without the fitting. I know I'd need G1/4 13/19mm but not sure where to go from there completely or what would be best. I'm buying a carbide 540 soon so this is where it will be all be homed.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £200.71
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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How does this look?
 
Looks good, only thing I would personally change is get 16/10 primochill tube. Also get more than you need, few metres extra.

13/19 is very thick and the fittings themselves are on the large side. The tube on my build in my sig is 16/10. But its to your preference I guess.

I just used EK advanced compression fittings on mine with same size as the tube. And any angled fittings if you require them.

I'm sure EK do 780 Ti blocks as well. Don't know if you can get them from OCUK, but you can get them from scan if its a reference board
 
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Have a look on the bay for a gpu block, also you can get a 240mm in the roof aswell as having the 360mm in the front.

As for tubing do the above as getting 13/19mm on is a nightmare, apart from that it all looks good.
 
tyler_jrb said:
Looks good, only thing I would personally change is get 16/10 primochill tube. Also get more than you need, few metres extra.

13/19 is very thick and the fittings themselves are on the large side. The tube on my build in my sig is 16/10. But its to your preference I guess.

I just used EK advanced compression fittings on mine with same size as the tube. And any angled fittings if you require them.

I'm sure EK do 780 Ti blocks as well. Don't know if you can get them from OCUK, but you can get them from scan if its a reference board
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You would recommend compression fittings then? How many do you need? 2 for rad 2 for pump 2 for block? I'll have a look around for a 780ti block. Not sure if the classy has a reference board.
 
Think you need 2 fittings for each component, so you would need 8 fittings if you include the gpu block

Google "EK-FC780 GTX Classy - Acetal+Nickel" for the block.

Also, i don't think you can get that res/pump combo any more.

This is the new version

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £109.85
(includes shipping: £9.90)
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Are you going to put some sort of drain valve in the loop?
 
I wasn't thinking of doing. Was thinking of just using the lowest point in the loop to drain.

Would you recommend a drain valve instead?
 
What are some decent fittings and a drain valve? A friends for a couple of 240's he has said I can have so I won't be using a 360 for now. Also means I might be able to add my GPU sooner.
 
My other question is, what is best, running res to CPU to rad to rad or res to rad to block to res? Or is the difference negligible?
 
I would change the block if it was me. Don't get me wrong, the Raystorm is a excellent block, it just has a truly awful mounting system. It was fixed with the release of the pro version but it's not sold on here. The EK Supremacy Evo is the same price and has a excellent mounting system.

I agree with the others too. Do the gpu now as well because it will save breaking into the loop later on. You should be able to pick up a block second hand for a decent price.
 
Struggling to find a second hand block for cheap. I'll carry on looking though. Tbh I'm not fussed about having to go back into loop. Give it a month or so and there will be something else I wished I had done.
 
Yeah, second hand blocks don't seem to come up unless you ask, got a thread open in MM?

You say that, I've been meaning to go into my loop for months but i was too lazy to do so as it is a pain!
 
Haven't hit mm access yet sadly. Trying my hardest though haha. I'll keep an eye out for one at other places though.

I'll bear that in mind though ;)
 
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