Watercooled Case Gallery

RedMogg · 16 Feb 2026 at 19:12

aaronyuri said:
Use a separate PSU to power the pump and fill her up. Use de-ionised/distilled water with a biocide for ultra low maintenance and minimal conductivity risk.

I have de-ionised water for the iron and a 24 pin bridge thing.

Fingers crossed

aaronyuri · 16 Feb 2026 at 19:27

RedMogg said:
I have de-ionised water for the iron and a 24 pin bridge thing.

Fingers crossed

It'll be fine! Nothing is powered up besides the pump and there's no risk of damage if anything was to leak anyway.

If anything does leak, sort the leak out and test again. Clean up everything you can see and leave it a day or so before powering it on.

You can also do a test POST to make sure your build is working without any fluid. Just don't leave it running for too long or your CPU will thermal shutdown.

loonyk · 17 Feb 2026 at 12:58

Ive stopped loop testing with distilled water since ive got corsair pressure tester tool. So much easier and less mess if it happens to have a leak

seekdestroy · 15 Mar 2026 at 10:30

Oh yeah a pressure tester is so handy, but it's one of those things you have lying around for 99% of the time but so useful 1% of the time

Zigwig · 16 Mar 2026 at 02:58

I went from this

To this

I loved working on hard tubes, theres an artistic element to it that really makes it a craft to make those perfect bends and align everything. However temps in that case were crap and maintenance was a nightmare. Draining and filling was something that really did my head in with that setup. The final straw was when one of the tubes started to develop a micro fractures and a drop of coolants fell on the GPU block. So I decided to move to soft tubing with a bunch of QDCs to ease any hardware troubleshooting or upgrades in the future. Sold my rads and bought a Mora, have not looked back since.

clone · 16 Mar 2026 at 07:42

Dust city,looks like the Borg have gave you a visit

jammir · Friday at 19:09

Zigwig said:
I went from this

To this

I loved working on hard tubes, theres an artistic element to it that really makes it a craft to make those perfect bends and align everything. However temps in that case were crap and maintenance was a nightmare. Draining and filling was something that really did my head in with that setup. The final straw was when one of the tubes started to develop a micro fractures and a drop of coolants fell on the GPU block. So I decided to move to soft tubing with a bunch of QDCs to ease any hardware troubleshooting or upgrades in the future. Sold my rads and bought a Mora, have not looked back since.

Look great. Would love to do another WC build been over 2 years.