Where's my water?

Jediben

Jediben

Jediben

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Hi all,
New loop working fine physically, but my 4790k is jumping to 95c when under load while the wayer itself is around 30c. This makes me think I have either built the block wrong, mounted it poorly or have it in the wrong alignment. The GPUs are only hitting 40c under load.

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I have opened the top of the res and turned the t valve at the bottom right and the res drained immediately, but i am sure there is a lot more water still in it (the bottom res is obviously full still) but can any experts in fluid dynamics indicate whether i can open up any fittings to get it out?

Thanks
 
Hang on. I can just unscrew the lower res and elevate the rear side can't I? That will 'overload' that res and push the water into the reservoir right?

Edit: i keep typing res but i mean rad.
 
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Hi guys. Thank you for the input - i wish i had read Minstadave's comment first ;)
In the end I did drain the loop, taking the long tube from the bottom rad out and dumping the water into a bowl next to the case. Plugged it with my thumb as soon as i could but a little bit of spillage occurred into the radiator itself. As the case isolated this area from the other components i was not too worried. A lot of blowing later and the upper rad was clear.of water.

I then removed the cpu block and took it apart, to find that i had fitted the jet plate parallel instead of perpendicular to the fins. Rorated that, and then set the cpu block from vertical to horizontal alignment as well.

Temps are now 83c at load under aida64 test, so i am very happy. Bit annoyed that the EK manual only mentions the jet plate orientation in the Amd fitting section, as i ignored it!

As a side note, my pci-e power cable came loose, rendering the 2nd gfx card unable to start in windows. Absolutely pooped myself thinking i had killed the card somehow
Thankfully windows still showed that it qas there so i knew it wasnt dead dead. Cable management can have a downside!

Thank you all for your help.
 
Oh and yes the water goes pump - gpus - cpu - res1 - res2. I have been advised that to maximise delta in temps (between room and rad) i would better off alternating components with rads, but I am too tired and wary to consider rejigging it yet ;)
 
Have managed to get another 1/4 turn into each cpu screw and it is now doing the aida64 test at around 65c per core. Unbelievable how much trnsion it requires for contact.
 
I've just re-read what r7slayer has said and realised I haven't got it orientated as he suggests. I am just about to build a second hand 'cheapo' machine so once that is done, I will look at rotating the block!
 
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