Water cooling help with Inlit and outlit on cpu bock ASAP plz

Richy1204

Richy1204

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hi guys right put it all togeather i'll make a build log some time with more pic's :)

Here a pic of how it looks atm

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Have i got the flow right as in the inlit and oulit right on the cpu bock because the heatkiller instructions dont say too much about it ?

I have it as Pump>Cpu bock in the out>rad>res

And there seems to be an air lock in the loop with air bubbles how do i get them out ?

Thanks
 
tilt and turn the case about, make sure all is secure beforhand.
after a few days the small bubble will work themself out.
coyld also make the tube a little shorter going from bloack to rad there
 
Inlet will be in the middle, because that's where the core is and it's an impingement block. I've not checked with their website (hint) but I'm pretty sure of this.

Run the pump for a while and the bubbles will go away. Tapping the tubing/tilting the case probably helps.
 
Ok thanks guys i'll put some more water in the res and i'll run the pump for a bit with the res cap off then :)

and em the tube going to the rad i made it longer so i didn't hit my sound card because before i make it too short haha.
 
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Done it :D:D

Did what you guys said worked great thanks
At first it didn't do much just poping nosic's coming the top of the res bay then suddenly all the water went really fast which im guessing the the air locks got released, then after about 10mins there were no bubbles and no poping nosic's where the air was escaping :)

Right all thats left now is to plug evey thing back in and make sure the computer it self works haha
 
It's a much better idea to leak test it for 24 hours first. This is a lot quicker than drying out components. Up to you though, I don't test for as long as I should.
 
well i had the coolet seatting in there for about 2 hours and then had it run for 20mins with the pump and there was no leaks im using compression fittings
its running as i type now :)

The pump is a bit nosie tho i thought water cooling was might to be quiet tho or will the pump become quiet once its been on for a bit first ? say 10/20 + hours ?

oh and the Bios re-set it self to stock is that normal ?
 
Good luck. Compression fittings are no guarantee against leaks, and nor is 20 minutes running.

It'll quieten down once all the bubbles are out, this might take a few days or might be a lot quicker. The pump will always make noise, but the one you've chosen has a litre of water around it which should dampen the vibrations somewhat. It's also a gentle pump, so should be very quiet.

Bios resetting is independent of water cooling, but I can't guess what caused it. Don't worry about it unless it starts doing it every boot, then replace the cmos battery, and start worrying if that doesn't fix it.

Welcome to the wonderful world of water cooling :)
 
It should be ok tho because i left the water in there for 2 hours. Then had the pump going to get the bubbles out for i'd say 20/30 mins tops and there was no leaks on the pager stuff ?

Cpu at a nice and cool 30*c tho so thats good before with my old zalman cooler it would be about 40/44*C
 
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Just means there were no leaks dramatic enough to notice. You're probably fine. Compression fittings do this cute thing where they try to unscrew themselves from the block if they were twisted up when installed, and O rings can be leaking by only a couple of drops per hour. It's worth being paranoid.

That said, when I cracked a cpu block it leaked very slowly. Passed half an hour testing fine, so I left it running. Noticed water running down the motherboard about an hour later, not a happy moment. No harm done though.
 
hopefuly i'll be fine it seems to be running fine tho the air from the rad is cold and there no leaks around it fittings i keep making sure theres no leaks with my hand just feeling for water im paranoid allready :eek:
 
seriously, don't assume everything is fine; i managed to fry a motherboard and nearly lost a gpu, soundcard and psu in the process!

as jon has said, be paranoid, check constantly, better still, if you can stand to be without your shiny pc for 24 hours, then disconnect the psu from the mobo/hd's/gpu's etc, and hotwire it to just run the pump for a sold 24 hours, then check to see if anything has leaked. it'll be worth it when you consider how bad it can actually be...
 
Im quite lucky, I tell my friends who W/C to leak test for 24 hours... I myself don't even leak test, I know I should but I'm to impatient.
 
I actually unplugged my GPU waterblock whilst it was still in the case :p

Water went everywhere, all over my sound card, the graphics card and mobo - few wipes with a towel and a quick go over with the hair dryer and plugged everything back in after 20 mins.

My reservoir is currently leaking too and that's above my PSU :cool:
 
Checked it again for leask when i got up this morning and its all good no leaks what so ever and its runing fine now as i type.
The pump is still abit nosie tho still i guess it will become quieter ?

Temps seems good from cold just loaded windows 7 core temp said 27*C and now its 29*C. I need to download amd overdrive then i'll check all the 4 cores :)
 
Are you using the XSPC Duel 750 bay res - if so, it is noisey sorry - isolating it within a wide drive bay can help but it's not a quiet pump.

It's the right amount of power for that loop but the DDC pro with a res top or hydro pulse 500 + bay res would have been a better buy
(but more expensive) if you wanted some quiet.

Edit: If the rad fan is pulling air from outside it would be worth adding a shroud between the rad and fan.
An old/dead 120mm fan (with the middle cut out) is fine if you have one going spare.
 
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Richy1204 said:
Checked it again for leask when i got up this morning and its all good no leaks what so ever and its runing fine now as i type.
The pump is still abit nosie tho still i guess it will become quieter ?

Temps seems good from cold just loaded windows 7 core temp said 27*C and now its 29*C. I need to download amd overdrive then i'll check all the 4 cores :)
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i trust you left it running over night? if you haven't then the loop hasn't had pressure applied to all the joins, which is how water forces through the gaps. i had a slow leak in mine, which took nearly 2 days to fry my mobo, so still, be cautious!
 
I didn't know you could use that res with just the one pump... (helpfull if you can)

Is it an DDC ultra (18w) if so that also make a noise - the Pro version is quiet, but not the ultra.
 
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