Watercooling tubes

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 11:49

my piledrivers seems to be getting a bit hot so i might re-do my water loop.

ATM im currently using

TUBE Masterkleer 12,7/9,5 CLEAR (2 meters)

Is there some better tubing that will stop kinks / increase water flow?

OptimaLnrg · 28 Nov 2012 at 13:13

In short, no. 10/13 tubing is not a problem.

Larger ID tubing may drop temps by ~1 degree or something.

How hot is hot?

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 18:49

if I go above 1.4v I get thermal throttling.

core temp is fubared as its reading 15c temps at idle.

not sure if its the vrms or cpu thats overheating tho

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 19:41

i'm using these fittings so what tubing could I use?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-123-EK

wats the biggest / thickes tubes I can use.

Want to try and stop kinks and improve water flow.

OptimaLnrg · 28 Nov 2012 at 20:08

They're compressions so you can only use 10/13 tubing which you already are.

The best way to avoid kinks is to route tubing effectively and use angled fittings if you need them.

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 20:31

OptimaLnrg said:
They're compressions so you can only use 10/13 tubing which you already are.

The best way to avoid kinks is to route tubing effectively and use angled fittings if you need them.

yeh I already have some 45 fittings and 90 in.

I might take out the 200mm fans at the top and fit the 360 rad up there to see if it helps.

Might just order some new tubing as well so I have some spare.

Which is the best tubing to use (what make)?

OptimaLnrg · 28 Nov 2012 at 20:39

I have tried 3 makes of tubing:

Masterkleer is my favourite. Nice kink resistance and hasn't clouded.

clearflex60 is good, didn't cloud. However it's more 'squidgey' than masterkleer and kinks easier.

primochill lrt proflex or w/e it's called was horrific. clouded up like mad and the blue in the coolant stained the plasticiser green.

edit: i have no idea whether those volts are acceptable or bat****, but how much raddage do you have atm and what is in the loop? if volts are good and raddage is good then you may have an issue eg. airlock etc

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 20:45

OptimaLnrg said:
I have tried 3 makes of tubing:

Masterkleer is my favourite. Nice kink resistance and hasn't clouded.

clearflex60 is good, didn't cloud. However it's more 'squidgey' than masterkleer and kinks easier.

primochill lrt proflex or w/e it's called was horrific. clouded up like mad and the blue in the coolant stained the plasticiser green.

edit: i have no idea whether those volts are acceptable or bat****, but how much raddage do you have atm and what is in the loop? if volts are good and raddage is good then you may have an issue eg. airlock etc

cool might try and get some masterkleer then found it for about £7.55 for the clear stuff. you not tried the XSPC stuff then?

OptimaLnrg · 28 Nov 2012 at 20:56

I'm not sure xspc even do 10/13 tubing. Couldn't find any back when I looked anyway. Now I just use masterkleer.

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 21:27

Ocuk have it.

I'm thinking of moving my 360 rad as well.

Might move it to the top

cammy5477 · 28 Nov 2012 at 22:02

Your loop isnt getting hot because of your tubing.
How is your watercooling setup?
You want 3 static pressure fans on the rad at least pushing cool air from outside the case through the rad. until you do this you wont see good temps

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 22:23

cammy5477 said:
Your loop isnt getting hot because of your tubing.
How is your watercooling setup?
You want 3 static pressure fans on the rad at least pushing cool air from outside the case through the rad. until you do this you wont see good temps

yeh its deffo not doing tht atm will find the post with how I set it up when I did it

passey89 · 28 Nov 2012 at 22:24

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18434657

cammy5477 · 28 Nov 2012 at 22:55

passey89 said:
yeh its deffo not doing tht atm will find the post with how I set it up when I did it

Hi dan

ok mate so I had a look at your thread. what fans do you have connected on them? on your 240 you want 2 high static pressure fans pushing cool air from outside the case through the rad into the case you could do push/pull which means you will need 4 fans on the rad 2 on either side for extra performance.

Your 360 needs to be moved from there because its doing nothing just now.
If you put it at the top make sure again the fans are pushing cool outside the case air through the rad. warm case air cannot cool a rad. you could also use gentle typhon fans and put them on a fan controller as on full tilt I think there quite noisy but great performance

cammy5477 · 28 Nov 2012 at 22:59

these corsairs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-008-CS&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4

or gentle typhoons on a fan controller

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-032-SY&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4

OptimaLnrg · 28 Nov 2012 at 23:35

if you put the 360 in the roof have it exhausting not intaking..

cammy5477 · 29 Nov 2012 at 00:23

OptimaLnrg said:
if you put the 360 in the roof have it exhausting not intaking..

exhausting warm case air through a rad? IMO silly

if you intake through the top 360 and intake through the back 240 you can exhaust through the front of the case

passey89 · 29 Nov 2012 at 06:27

cammy5477 said:
exhausting warm case air through a rad? IMO silly

if you intake through the top 360 and intake through the back 240 you can exhaust through the front of the case

I can intake through the back and top and exhaust through side and front.

Thts what I was planning anyway.

OptimaLnrg · 29 Nov 2012 at 08:53

cammy5477 said:
exhausting warm case air through a rad? IMO silly

if you intake through the top 360 and intake through the back 240 you can exhaust through the front of the case

there's nothing in the case to warm it up enough to make a noticeable difference lol.

if you decide to intake from the back and top make sure you buy filters first or your rad will look like right furry grey monstrosity and cooling will be affected. Aldo the pc will become a dust desert.

passey89 · 2 Dec 2012 at 12:43

just ordered 3 more fans 75cfm ones and going to move the 360 rad to the top today.

should be alright with the tubes I have I think.

then when new fans arrive will set up push pull properly.

Hopefully this will get the temps down.