Is this tubing run possible with acrylic?

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I was wondering if using Bitspower or EK 45/90 degree fittings with 12/10mm tubing. Also would running the CPU block and GPU block in paralell cause any issues to the loops performance :)
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Yes it would work. It would probably make your temps slightly worse but nothing major.

It was what I was trying to achieve with mine but I couldn't make it happen in that case sadly.
 
savagesam117 said:
Yes it would work. It would probably make your temps slightly worse but nothing major.

It was what I was trying to achieve with mine but I couldn't make it happen in that case sadly.
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Excellent news that it wont effect temps that much but I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience with the tubing and fittings on the Asus X99 Deluxe and a R9 290X/GTX 980TI with the setup as it would be with acrylic/PETG. I don't want to to buy the fittings to find it wont work as they are pretty pricey :D
 
Sorry, i'm confused as to why the hardware matters? I used bitspower 90 degree fittings in my hardline build and have used both on a soft tube build.

In fact, i've got a 90 degree bitspower thing you can have, if you want it? Kinda pointless with no WC loop now!

If you can get tubing there, it will work. The fitting from the CPU block on mine, were almost directly below the GPU. Not sure how much X99 differs.
 
savagesam117 said:
Sorry, i'm confused as to why the hardware matters? I used bitspower 90 degree fittings in my hardline build and have used both on a soft tube build.

In fact, i've got a 90 degree bitspower thing you can have, if you want it? Kinda pointless with no WC loop now!

If you can get tubing there, it will work. The fitting from the CPU block on mine, were almost directly below the GPU. Not sure how much X99 differs.
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Excellent news :D
I was just worried as my CPU block outputs require me to bend the tubing to reach the GPU (As you can see in the photo) and in the next lot of tubing runs that I do I don't want to have to bend any of it :)
 
If you can bend the pipe or use fittings and make it fit it will work. Im not a fan of parallel with cpu and gpu and the resistance differential will be high so one will likely get a lot more flow than the other with no control from yourself. However lots of people do it with no ill effect, my view is i went custom loop for best performance some do it for the look each to their own. Personally i would run it in series but thats just me.
 
Randall8686 said:
If you can bend the pipe or use fittings and make it fit it will work. Im not a fan of parallel with cpu and gpu and the resistance differential will be high so one will likely get a lot more flow than the other with no control from yourself. However lots of people do it with no ill effect, my view is i went custom loop for best performance some do it for the look each to their own. Personally i would run it in series but thats just me.
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I can deal with slightly higher temperatures, however I was wondering if the tubing run was possible as the GPU and CPU input and output ports are offset :)
 
Deathjester said:
Yeah, it's entirely possible.
You'll need spend some time with the heat gun to get it right.
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That's what I'm trying to avoid, I was wondering if it would be possible by using straight pieces of tubing and fitting (45/90 etc) like this PC by Montymole :D
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You will have to measure the angle from gpu to CPU. Then if it's not 45degrees you will have to find out how many fittings you will need to make it 45degrees.
 
Also how does that work with the gpu? On the block I just got the wholes went straight through so no resistance therefore forcing it to skip the gpus mechanisms. ie. You can only use two at a time.
 
D1craig said:
Also how does that work with the gpu? On the block I just got the wholes went straight through so no resistance therefore forcing it to skip the gpus mechanisms. ie. You can only use two at a time.
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It's a parallel flow the the flow between the CPU block and GPU block is split :)
 
i still dont get it lol.

my gpu block isnt special so im guessing all gpu blocks are like that. nothing in the middle of them holes so surely it wont make any circulation around the block? the path of least resistance etc?
 
If it goes straight through the holes then it has to go via the CPU block which will resist the flow. Hopefully TechMinerUK's blocks are of resistance such that they get even flow.
 
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