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i am getting my watercooling kit tmr.......
what can i do to test it for leaks before i install it in my system and blows it?

[!!tio!!]

Well.... Test on something and try bending the tube when the water is running...if it seems alright then use it for 1 hour...
then test it again...
after 1 week odf testing i think all you have to do is make it tight and use it for 1 week, check it, use for another week....

So...my point is: Check it weekly!



SO you use it for both CPU n GFX?

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Originally posted by *Tio Etomac*
Well.... Test on something and try bending the tube when the water is running...if it seems alright then use it for 1 hour...
then test it again...
after 1 week odf testing i think all you have to do is make it tight and use it for 1 week, check it, use for another week....

So...my point is: Check it weekly!



SO you use it for both CPU n GFX?


that doesnt really make sense
why would i bother bending the tube?

and no i only have enough money to buy it for my cpu now

[Sonny]

The bend would restrict flow creating more pressure in the system & a leak might show up

[BigJohn]

Like, bend the tube after it leaves the water block and before the pump intake, that way you see if the block or nipples leak.

No jokes about nipple leakage, Its a sad, sad sight.:D

[fuzzba11]

I dissagree. I hooked up my system, ran it for an hour, and hooked it up. It's all about the first setup, you don't have to run it for 24 hours unless you have manually sealed junctions. I'm not using a radiator, though, it's just a resevoir, a pump, and the CPU waterblock. Everything but the pump has fitted nipples so I wasn't worried about leaks, but I do have to watch for the pipe popping off the pump.

[Thelemac]

I would run it out of case for a day just to be on the safe side...make sure your tubing junctions are good and all. I would also do so to make sure that there is no air in the system, but if you're using a res then that isn't really an issue.

[mEKbOY]

Do it for 24 hours. I maid the mistake of 1hour and low and behold i put it my system and leak showed up a day later that was small but enouph to cause damage. I have leanred that better safe than sorry especialy with watercooling...end

[William]

vote for a day outside the case myself.

[BigJohn]

I remeber the first water cooling setup I ever made, I had this high powered aquarium pump and the top was the exhaust side all inside the 5 gallon bucket from home depot. All I did was fit this big hose over it and let it go. A couple of weeks later It flies off and water goes everywhere. I ended up not ruing anything, but you always want to be on the safeside.

But while I'm talikng about that setup, it was cool because the only 'radiator' I had was the wall mounted air conditioner. I mounted some copper coils over it and it was always cold. Ahh the good ol' days.

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how is a watercooling system without a radiator?
is it acceptable?

the guy that was supposed to sell me one with a radiator disappeared

i can find a kit without the radiator and it's quite cheap
but i really want to know if it will be cooler than my cak38?

plz respond fast