Project : Ive quit smoking so had to spend some £

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Hey,
As in title, Ive quit smoking almost 15 days ago(15 will hit on midnight)
So to keep myself busy/entertained Ive decided to go water for my PC.
spec is :
AMD phenom 965BE
gigabyte 790xta ud4
8gb corsair 2000MHz c9
MSI 6950 2GB TF3

All parts for watercool arrived today

DSCN0366 by Lukasz Baszko, on Flickr

sr1-360
Koolance CPU-370
Koolance GPU-220
XSPC x20 750
6 x EK compression fittings
2 x 90degree compression fittings
tubing
mayhem dye
and Corsair 120GB SSD


all of that will be fitted in Corsair 700D

couple photos

koolance cpu-370 by Lukasz Baszko, on Flickr

compresion fitting 90degree by Lukasz Baszko, on Flickr

DSCN0368 by Lukasz Baszko, on Flickr

koolance gpu-220 by Lukasz Baszko, on Flickr

and quick plan with old photo of my rig

5840019354_e452a6d9ae_b by Lukasz Baszko, on Flickr

So plan is to finish this build tomorrow ( took day of work hehe )
and in few weeks time to get braiding and braid all cables

had a quick go on tubing and fittings...as had a problem with EK ones...I was barely able to 'lock' the fitting with tube on it as for 90degree ones it was quite easy an had to use just a bit of force.

will I have to use pliers to tight them ?

another problem I can have is to figure out which hole in GPU block is in and which one is out...as there is no manual...


lastly for today .... CPU- 370 looks better with top for intel then AMD :(


will keep you posted tomorrow :)
 
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Nice start so far!
I had a bit of a scare with the EK fittings as well. They seem to be too big for the tubes I have as the tubes would come off more easily than other compression fittings I have. But then I found that I have to tighten it all the way in. Didn't have to use pliers, I just hand tighten them.
Seems like GPU 220 doesn't have fixed inlet/outlet ports! This is good thing I think, because you will have more flexibility in planing the tubing route.
Coolant should enter one port and should go across the cooling plate and exit from any one of the ports at the other side.
 
Avathar77 said:
Nice start so far!
I had a bit of a scare with the EK fittings as well. They seem to be too big for the tubes I have as the tubes would come off more easily than other compression fittings I have. But then I found that I have to tighten it all the way in. Didn't have to use pliers, I just hand tighten them.
Seems like GPU 220 doesn't have fixed inlet/outlet ports! This is good thing I think, because you will have more flexibility in planing the tubing route.
Coolant should enter one port and should go across the cooling plate and exit from any one of the ports at the other side.
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mine seem to small ;)
will give it a go today again and see if can tighten them all the way...
will even try to pull them up once tighten...



thanks re gpu220.


bremen1874 said:
So how long will you need to stay off the cigarettes before the money evens out?:)
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around 5 to 6 more weeks. from now on. so from beginning 7-8 weeks.
I wasnt a heavy smoker....a friend of mine that I made quit as well would achieve this in almost half the time.


in a year I should save £1200 to £1500 :) new build every year hehe
 
I also thought the EK fittings were a little big for the tube. Took a lot of wiggling and pushing to get the tube to go on.

Wish I had taken more pic's of my build and done a project log.
 
problem 1 :
CPU is stuck to the cooler...luckily for me I was trying to lift it up and not twist it on cpu as it came out sicked to cooler....or should I try to put it back and twist it ??HELP
 
Thanks for your concerns but system is not leaking...
tubes for GPU are facing down...
power connectors are both in...
had a pump problem(wasnt working but everytime I switched pc off until found faulty cable...
I havent used much force on screws on GPU water block but could I make it too tight and brake chip ?
 
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