Vidars first go at Water Cooling...

[Vidar]

So have had a pretty hectic day today, for me anyway. That and the majority of stuff arriving in the past 30 minutes or so means I haven't really been able to get started yet.

System tear down will start later tonight I think once the baby is in bed and not under my feet. The rest I'll start in the morning as soon as my de-ionised water arrives and I can flush properly!

Had a slight leak from one of the X1 bottles but not much at all. Got probably about 3 metres of tube in total so should be plenty...

Both excited and nervous at the same time.

@Awahwah Thanks for the block pal and for the advice of stripping it, it's interesting to see that there's different plates etc for optimising for different socket types. Never heard of that before.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

So have had a pretty hectic day today, for me anyway. That and the majority of stuff arriving in the past 30 minutes or so means I haven't really been able to get started yet.

System tear down will start later tonight I think once the baby is in bed and not under my feet. The rest I'll start in the morning as soon as my de-ionised water arrives and I can flush properly!

Had a slight leak from one of the X1 bottles but not much at all. Got probably about 3 metres of tube in total so should be plenty...

Both excited and nervous at the same time.

@Awahwah Thanks for the block pal and for the advice of stripping it, it's interesting to see that there's different plates etc for optimising for different socket types. Never heard of that before.

Nice
Very Simple tip, don't forget the plastic
Filling bottle can also suck coolant
Out if needed

 

[Vidar]

I'll bare that in mind, thank you mate

 

[Awahwah]

Super exciting. Can't wait to see the build progress.

 

[Vidar]

I know, I just hope I don't make a mess of it...

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Another tip and some of these might
Sound obvious but doesn't hurt to mention just in case
If you need to drain it
Open one of the ports on top of
The reservoir to help avoid air locks
Once the ball valve is open

 

[Vidar]

So have just been getting organised for tomorrow and just discovered this...

I've accidentally been sent the wrong tube size, the stuff on the left is what I need. The stuff on the right is what I got today.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

So have just been getting organised for tomorrow and just discovered this...

I've accidentally been sent the wrong tube size, the stuff on the left is what I need. The stuff on the right is what I got today.

They sent 19/13mm? Or whatever
3/4 by 1/2 is in metric might be 18/12
Thats a pita
Though won't stop you setting everything else up meantime

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

I have put the larger fittings onto
The smaller tube before
With the aid of a cup of boiling water
But never tried larger tubing on
The smaller fitting
It may work not sure about that though
If desperate to test the loop
Other thing I have done
Is got some tubing from a car factors
Just while waiting for my tubing
2m was actually cheaper than the
Actual watercooling tubing lol
Though only came in black

 

[Vidar]

Sadly the collar from the compression fittings won't even fit on the tube

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Sadly the collar from the compression fittings won't even fit on the tube

Cup of boiling water
Shove tube in it for 20 seconds
Makes it much more pliable

 

[Vidar]

Perhaps but it's also loose around the barb the fitting itself, wouldn't be worth the risk

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Perhaps but it's also loose around the barb the fitting itself, wouldn't be worth the risk

Quite possibly not
If I was going to attempt it
I would have tested by just looping
In and out of the pump/res
Not even in the pc case first
You just spent a load perhaps ocuk
Will just ship the tubing without
Waiting for a return?

 

[Vidar]

Okay so where do I put the drain port? The pump/reservoir I have has 2 inlet and only one outlet.

 

[Awahwah]

Lowest point of the loop. Mine is on the inlet of the pump\res combo.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Usually I put the drain port on the
Pump outlet
Between pump and the bottom
Radiator
Are you going in the top of the reservoir?
Or in the pump inlet?

 

[Vidar]

I've got the drain port on the outlet for the res, split in two. One run heading to cpu, the other into the psu shroud and out the bottom with the valve on it.

Didn't think about going in the top actually.

Leak testing now, so far so good. Will get some pictures up once I get back on the pc as I can't seem to up loads pics from my phone.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Must be one of those days
I couldn't make photo upload from
Phone work earlier either
When leak testing
Every now and then slowly open
One of the stops/blanks on top of the
Reservoir to let air out
If coolant level drops doing it obviously top it up
And see it wasn't that hard

 

[Vidar]

Oh dude you have no idea the stress I've had with this lol. The p600s isn't really big enough for a 60mm thick rad with fans. Having to mount the pump res on the rad and then realise your gpu doesn't fit now. Queue me scrambling to finding a bigger case before on the off chance trying my gpu vertically and thank christ just fitting. Just have to wait for the riser cable.

Next upgrades for me now include a much, much larger case!

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

Oh dude you have no idea the stress I've had with this lol. The p600s isn't really big enough for a 60mm thick rad with fans. Having to mount the pump res on the rad and then realise your gpu doesn't fit now. Queue me scrambling to finding a bigger case before on the off chance trying my gpu vertically and thank christ just fitting. Just have to wait for the riser cable.

Next upgrades for me now include a much, much larger case!

It's all a learning curve lol
Get an enthoo luxe 2~719
60mm rad in push pull goes in the front no problem or in the bottom too

Edit
And its all that @Space Monkey fault
Mate