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Hey guys, I purchased myself my first water cooling loop in February and I'm comfortable enough with it now to upgrade and spend extra for it to look stunning thumb.gif although I don't have the knowledge or experience to know exactly what will work and what wont, as well as limits.
The Imgur link is my current build, its running an alphacool watercooling kit - D5 hooked into a dual bay reservoir, a 240mm rad and their cpu block.
http://imgur.com/a/UZi8a
The images of the case is the view of my seat from where I sit, so I'd like the reservoir to be viewable from there
There is a few upgrades I'm looking to make to this loop, so bare with me, this could be a bumpy ride.
*Add second 240mm Rad (In the bottom or the front - Opinions?)
*Add second reservoir at the back above the PSU
*Buy a 970GTX and add a waterblock to it
*Add a 2 T junctions, one for draining, one for filling
*Create clean, straight tubes with rubber tubes.
There is a few things I need help/advice on with these upgrades.
Firstly, how do you actually make a T junction which would allow for easy filling/draining (two separate junctions) using the alphacool black fittings? I can't find anything on google.
Secondly, if the D5 is at the top of the case, it should have enough power to push the fluid around the loop shouldn't it? I only ask this as I'd like to keep my current res with the pump since I don't want to mod my case at all (too scared and don't have the tools lol) - and what seems to be a pain of trying to mount the pump somewhere comfortably.
However guys, I'm hugely open to suggestions, I know very little and I know you all have a huge wealth of knowledge.
PS, I know its very dusty, thats my own fault. I have too many fans pushing air out. I plan to buy a full set of corsair SP and AF fans to replace all the fans and have more fans bringing air in than out.
Also I know the cables are ugly, I'm buying cable extenders which are black/blue braided which will tidy up the cables.
The Imgur link is my current build, its running an alphacool watercooling kit - D5 hooked into a dual bay reservoir, a 240mm rad and their cpu block.
http://imgur.com/a/UZi8a
The images of the case is the view of my seat from where I sit, so I'd like the reservoir to be viewable from there
There is a few upgrades I'm looking to make to this loop, so bare with me, this could be a bumpy ride.
*Add second 240mm Rad (In the bottom or the front - Opinions?)
*Add second reservoir at the back above the PSU
*Buy a 970GTX and add a waterblock to it
*Add a 2 T junctions, one for draining, one for filling
*Create clean, straight tubes with rubber tubes.
There is a few things I need help/advice on with these upgrades.
Firstly, how do you actually make a T junction which would allow for easy filling/draining (two separate junctions) using the alphacool black fittings? I can't find anything on google.
Secondly, if the D5 is at the top of the case, it should have enough power to push the fluid around the loop shouldn't it? I only ask this as I'd like to keep my current res with the pump since I don't want to mod my case at all (too scared and don't have the tools lol) - and what seems to be a pain of trying to mount the pump somewhere comfortably.
However guys, I'm hugely open to suggestions, I know very little and I know you all have a huge wealth of knowledge.
PS, I know its very dusty, thats my own fault. I have too many fans pushing air out. I plan to buy a full set of corsair SP and AF fans to replace all the fans and have more fans bringing air in than out.
Also I know the cables are ugly, I'm buying cable extenders which are black/blue braided which will tidy up the cables.