When you have first put a waterblock on your GPU

Reality|Bites · 24 Jul 2017 at 13:46

Is it safe to test your card without hooking it up to the loop once you've put the block on?
All I would be doing it booting into windows then shutting down again, I don't want to go to all the effort of taking the loop apart then putting it back together again only to find I've ruined my graphics card.

Brizzles · 24 Jul 2017 at 13:52

briefly, yes

You still have a heatsink on it via the waterblock, stick a bit of water in the block if you want to be double safe.

Safetytrousers · 24 Jul 2017 at 13:53

I did my first GPU block this last week and I found it straightforward and easy. Unless you really hacked it about doing it, then if it was working before I don't see why it wouldn't be working after.

VKleita · 24 Jul 2017 at 13:53

Zactly what Brizzles says.

It should passively cool enough to allow checking in windows.

Robzere31 · 24 Jul 2017 at 14:05

I briefly booted up my 1080ti without it being in the loop just to test I had a signal when I fitted my block.
Shouldn't be a problem for just 30 seconds or so.

Reality|Bites · 24 Jul 2017 at 14:50

ok thanks guys

Undesirable · 26 Jul 2017 at 22:49

It's only going to throttle down or shut off the computer entirely if it overheats. I should know, I hooked my water up incorrectly to the GPU once and it was going straight through one port and out the other without passing through the whole block. I fired up BF4 for the first test on an AMD 290x and it shut down my computer within 2 minutes.

Needless to say temps had swiftly climbed to 120 degrees. Had to test it again to see what was going on, of course.

Reality|Bites · 3 Aug 2017 at 20:24

Well after much hassle everything seems to be working as it should now. I had an awful time trying to bleed all the air out but eventually got there.
Most of the air got trapped at the inlet to the res for some reason and I had to use the drain valve to physically suck it out! I ended up giving myself a chemical burn on the inside of my top lip!

Only thing I'm not happy with is that some of the tubing has kinked in the tight spots and some has slightly flattened out due to the excessive lengths I have used due to me using a bay res in a case with only 2 drive bays, so no room to manoeuvre I have to pull the res out when I want to top it up.

As I said everything fingers crossed seem ok...so far. I was looking at thicker walled tubing for my next rebuild when it comes. but I'm still new to all this really. does the 19/13 tubing have a thicker wall and thus less prone to kinking?

I know tidying the cables is on my list

http://imgur.com/a/mH4aO

Also, how would you all tidy the tubing up? Which angled fittings would you use and where?

Bluntwrapped · 4 Aug 2017 at 20:05

Wow that's a lot of tubing lol. Was it not possible to make the runs of it a little shorter? Don't worry too much about loop order just connect one to the next closest component in the loop. Keep it simple and as minimal as you can. If you look at the GPU port on the left it's the perfect place for an angled fitting to the rad at the back.

Reality|Bites · 4 Aug 2017 at 20:23

Yeah I tried to keep it all short and tidy but with the basic fittings I used and the bends being so tight it wasn't possible as the tubing would kink.
Next time I'll get it right, as they say third time's a charm

Holst1981 · 4 Aug 2017 at 21:07

Some 90 degree fittings may help.

Personally if it's working I would enjoy it for a bit.

Buying a few more fittings when it needs cleaning and neaten it up.

Reality|Bites · 6 Aug 2017 at 18:27

Could some of you look at my build and recommend and link me to the fittings I would need please. I've had a look but still unsure.
I have a bay res which would need to be able to slide out a little to top it up,
I have a 240 rad at the top, a 140 at the rear and a 120 at the front.
Should I be going res-240-CPU-140-GPU-120-res? If so what's the best way to do it? Going from the 120 to the res seems awkward and I would be attaching the drain to the inlet?

Thanks

VKleita · 6 Aug 2017 at 19:07

Loop order doesnt matter

do whatever is the easist and uses less fittings/ less hassle.

Drain in theoery should be on the lowest part of your build so Use a T peice on the 120 at the front and stick a drain and stopper on there ?