Never done a waterloop, spec me.

umboma

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umboma

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Hello all,

For some odd strange reason I have the urge to do my first waterloop on my Pc, nothing fancy just an absolute basic one, Cpu only for now.

Looking at all the parts, I have no idea where to start what goes/fits with what.

My PC is nothing special didnt cost a lot thats why I kinda want to do it now before I upgrade to more expensive hardware, basically the loop will be cooling a I5-6500, dont laugh.

I think for me the waterloops just look really nice compaired to the fans i'm using and I just want to try something new. And get confident so I can carry on using waterloops later on in life with CPU,GPU. hard tubing all off that.

Anyway, for my CPU what parts am I looking at / for, cheap as possible incase I fudge it right up.
 
umboma said:
Hello all,

For some odd strange reason I have the urge to do my first waterloop on my Pc, nothing fancy just an absolute basic one, Cpu only for now.

Looking at all the parts, I have no idea where to start what goes/fits with what.

My PC is nothing special didnt cost a lot thats why I kinda want to do it now before I upgrade to more expensive hardware, basically the loop will be cooling a I5-6500, dont laugh.

I think for me the waterloops just look really nice compaired to the fans i'm using and I just want to try something new. And get confident so I can carry on using waterloops later on in life with CPU,GPU. hard tubing all off that.

Anyway, for my CPU what parts am I looking at / for, cheap as possible incase I fudge it right up.
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I started out with a full kit from OCUK, XSPC or EK do them, has all you need except the fluid, even has instructions for beginners :)

EK now do the all aluminium kits that are cheaper but still yield good results.
 
I'll have a look, that sounds perfect, I was worried and tbh slightly put off from all the tube sizes, fittings theres only so many youtubes vid I can watch about custom loops before it started to confuse me.

I'll have a look into the full kids.
 
Looking at the A240 Fluid gaming kit, anyone used it? is it easy to add into later on with GPU as it's aluminum? Also can u still use a dye for the loop again because of the metal thats used?

Or am I better off buying different parts? I dont quite fully understand yet, do I need to keep all the metal parts the same, IE copper only, aluminim only throughout the whole build INC fittings?
 
Certainly try to keep all aluminium if you're going that route. Mixing metals is a bad idea although maybe have done it successfully for long periods. Fittings tend to be brass so that could be a problem. I don't know what fittings come with the aluminium kits. IMO it's just simpler to go all copper as the majority of parts available these days are copper.

A kit is a good idea as it will let you get stuck in. I spent ages reading and learning about fittings, tubing, etc etc and ultimately I had more knowledge than I needed, but no experience. Whereas a little experience filling, draining, cleaning a loop etc will go a long way. It will help you know which parts to buy to expand your loop, what you'd change if designing your next system etc.
 
The aluminium kits come with aluminium fittings, and you can buy them separately as well for when you expand the loop in the future, same for the rads :)
 
Thanks for the help guys, I’ll buy the kit and go from there, get my feet wet ‘hopefully not the pc’ and learn as I go.

Next step from there is learning how to over clock, but I’ll save that for another day.
 
Doing a loop of any kind is quite simple and all you really need to do is have a good look at your rig and have a good think about the neatest and cleanest routes for all the pipes. And the equipment you will need.

Using a kit is a very good starting point. However it can leave you with afterthoughts. Such as if I put an elbow here and run x pipe down here it would make it neater. If this pipe went here or at this angle etc etc.

And you are also locked with aluminium fittings, blocks and rads for the future.

I always just think about it one step at a time. Also look at your case which others have put loops in online. That can help visualise and how you could even improve on tube runs.

If you need any help picking out fittings or components just ask.
 
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