Weekend Rebuild, new fittings help?

pgi947

pgi947

pgi947

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Hi chaps and chapettes :D

I've resisted the urge (for now) to buy a new case (DD DW *21*) so I can get my GPU under water as well as the motherboard...

Now I WAS going to drain, flush, clean the old blue X1 and move over to an orange coolant, but I simply can't be bothered, so I'm going to use coloured tubing.

Tubing needs to be orange, I'm torn between the XSPC stuff that states its Red/Orange UV but actually looks Orange or the Masterkleer stuff that simply states UV Orange, again it looks orange to me. Never used Masterkleer and a big fan of XSPC, so does the below look orange enough to you guys?

Second question, I want to move over from my current silver Bitspower fittings to something black (feel it will contrast better), I like the look of the below Koolance fittings, though listed in the 7/16 - 5/8 section they state 1/2 - 5/8. Now I know that 7/16 ID will fit over the 1/2 ID and that the OD is the same on both tubing and compressions, anyone confirm 100% that these work?


YOUR BASKET
2 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 7/16" ID, 5/8" OD, 15.9/11.1mm, 2m, Red/UV Orange £5.98 (£11.96)
10 x Koolance Nozzle Single, *Black* Compression for 13mm x 16mm (1/2in x 5/8in) £3.98 (£39.80)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 45° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
4 x EK-PSC Adapter Rotary 90° G1/4 Black £3.59 (£14.36)
Total : £91.00 (includes shipping : £8.75).

 
It may come to that (the EK fittings) I was just curious about the Koolance fittings as they are only 50p more a fitting :)

IF the blue would show throw maybe I'll just buy clear X1 and that can dilute the blue stuff that will be left in my radiator.
 
pgi947 said:
It may come to that (the EK fittings) I was just curious about the Koolance fittings as they are only 50p more a fitting :)

IF the blue would show throw maybe I'll just buy clear X1 and that can dilute the blue stuff that will be left in my radiator.
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why not cut open one tube just before the pump and have a steady supply of tap water going into the pump and the other cut end just having all the waste water going into a bucket? Easy way to fully flush the system and only needs to replace one tube :D
 
You'd think so, but I don't trust it (not yet anyway). It'd be just my luck to fill it up after cleaning and find a pocket of blue X1 to ruin my day. Plus its a major pain to bleed when its strapped to the side of an 800D :p
 
EK PSC fittings, wish I'd gone Koolance now, someones mucked up the stock codes on the fittings so I ended up with 5 1/2 - 3/4 compressions and 1 7/16 - 5/8. They all say WC-108-EK on the bag to indicate they are 7/16, so I've had to reuse my silver bitspower fittings for now :mad:

Pics to follow incase anyone else wants to identify a 1/2 PSC next to a 7/16 PSC.

Edit: Anyone considering buying 7/16 - 5/8 black EK PSC compressions from OcUK should hold off for now, seems they have a serious stock issue as the 1/2 fittings show as out of stock as they have been stamped up with the wrong product code.
 
I've just tried all my silver fittings 7/16 and they all do up to about 2/3rds and then it's a real struggle to tighten them any further, so I assume mine are ok?

And yeah pics would be great to see :)
 
Yeah thats how the EK fittings should be, they won't tighten all the way down. Just finishing up the loop then I'll get some pics up as I have to resize them etc...

It looks like its just a batch of black fittings that have come in and given the wrong product code and in turn picked out as 7/16.
 
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Can provide a high res image if anyone needs to look any closer at the knurling.
 
You can see the pattern on the outer grippy part is different enough to spot. I hope i get the correct ones when i order..... :)
 
I would hope that you do, in less experienced hands i.e. first time user this could have been a disaster as you can fit the 7/16 tubing over the 1/2 barb on the compression, it just doesn't clamp the tubing into place, leaving the tubing free to pop off at will.
 
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