Water Cooling Rig Help Please

[Martok]

I am currently looking to buy a watercooling solution for my soon to be new PC. I will be running and I7 920. And possible expansion to gpu cooling in future.
The case i will be using will most likely be a corsair obsidion

This is what i have chosen just wondering if people could suggest any changes.
Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655 12V DC Pump
Thermochill PA120.3 120mm Triple Radiator £61.99
EK SPIN Reservoir EK-Bay - Plexi £45.99
EK Supreme i7 Clear Top CPU Water Block
Fluid XP+ Extreme Alien Green UV 944ml (32oz)
Akasa AK-FN057 Apache Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM x 3
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.89
TFC Compression Fitting G1/4" Thread 1/2" ID/3/4" OD - High Flow x 8
Masterkleer 7/16" Tubing - 1m £2.29 x 3

Also what will be the best fan layout for the case using a 120.3 rad.

 

[JonJ678]

7/16" tubing doesn't work with 1/2" compression fittings. I know ocuk have this combination listed under their bundles, they've been told this at least twice. You want 1/2" tubing with 1/2" compression fittings, or 7/16" tubing with 1/2" barbs and jubilee clamps. The latter is cheaper and better, but less pretty.

Predyed solutions have a tendency to separate out and clog things. As such coloured tubing with deionised water + biocide is a much better approach.

£46 on a reservoir strikes me as absolute madness but I'm sure they sell well, and it's your money in the end. It's worth considering how you're going to drain the loop, a T line is the normal way.

Otherwise that'll do you just fine. There's a metal plate in the middle of the ek supreme, if you remove it temperatures will probably improve. Looks quite well researched, welcome to water.

 

[Geckovich]

A few things to suggest after a quick glance.

If you're using compression fittings rather than normal barbs then get 1/2" tubing. The 7/16" over 1/2" thing only works for normal barbs.

Can't help with fan layout for your case as you haven't listed it

Don't bother with coloured fluids, just stick to deionised/distilled water with some PT nuke to kill algae, much cheaper and wont gunk up your blocks.

I'm not familair with that res, what about it warrants a £46 price tag?

Good pump, good rad, good CPU block. Though you could get a better block such as the heatkiller v3 with the money you save getting normal water and maybe a less pricey res.

 

[Martok]

Ive changed to 1/2" tubing now. The case ill be using is Corsair 800D and changed the block to heatkiller v3. What would i need to a drainage T line and would i need 90degree fittings for the radiator.

 

[Bob Wya Jnr]

Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655 12V DC Pump
EK SPIN Reservoir EK-Bay - Plexi £45.99

My advice would be to keep the Masterkleer tubing but use barbs (DD fat boys are my fav. just now as they have a very short thread) and Mikalor clips (better than jubilee clips as they have a posi-drive type screw - sorry can't link to competitors).

I would recommend the following reservoir that you can use with that Swiftech pump:
XSPC Dual DDC Bay Reservoir

Looks tidy - houses the pump out of the way, get the water loop clear of air really quickly after refilling and allows you the option of a dual-pump loop in the future (you can leave a supplied plexy cover over one of the pump fittings). I was blown away with how good this gadget is after I bought one a year or two ago. Running it in my main server rig with dual Liang DDC 18W pumps.

Sorry starting to sound like a sales person for XSPC...

Bob