How long did it take to install

[jerkie]

your cooling set up? just a rough time of placing everything in, not including time to cut the case part to fit the rad, or other mods? My parts just showed up and wondering if I should start the install tonight or just wait till the weekend.

[maxfly]

including installing cpu and gpu blocks...id say around an hour and a half maybe?it depends most on how many times youve done it tbh.if this is your first loop i would wait until this weekend so you dont feel pressed for time.

[-orb-]

I would definitely recommend waiting until the weekend.

If you start when you don't have much time to do it, Murphy's law will screw you over.

[jerkie]

no cpu block came with the order so I guess I have to wait:cry:

[maxspam]

Thats odd where did you order from?

[Nebulous]

Hmm, being the perfectionist that I am, took me like 3 hours. This is taking my sweet time. Especially the measuring and cutting of tubing. Measure twice, cut once :cool:

[jerkie]

Thats odd where did you order from?

from tddirect apparently there was 2(fusion v2) left in stock on friday and 4 orders went through at the same time I was one of the unlucky ones, but ground shipping was here in 1 business day from BC to Ontario:shrug:.

[Conumdrum]

This is what I did. Started PM Saturday, was done and running Afternoon Monday. I didn't rush, it was my first. It all went perfect. I had prebuilt my rad fan setup already.

I did it all external away from the PC once I had my hose length cut. Why? Because I was new at it and read too many horror stories. It's a hobby, no reason to rush.
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Post on another board from early 2008:

I will be doing this method since it's my first time doing WCing. I'm not gonna destroy my Mobo or vid card, I have read too many horror stories about rush, not knowing etc.

Once I have done this a few times, I won't be going to such great extremes.

Use distilled water to leak test. Do not use house water. I will be using distilled water and a few drops of biocide in my system. No other special liquids. My loop will be all copper blocks/rad so no need for any special anti-corrosion additives. I don't need UV lights or anything like that.

Dry mount everything, getting fittings right and hose length figured out. Then take it all out and off the mobo, cards etc. Remove res from case, rad everything.

Lay it all on a table and hook it all up again like it was in the case. No GPU card, CPU chip etc. Just the water portions. Doesn't have to be pretty or proper angles etc. Put the rad down low, the res up high. Add water to the res to start filling the pump up. Do not let the pump run dry.

Disconnect all connectors from your computer, NO PSU outputs except the pump connector. I have an old PSU that I will use. Take your power supply 24 pin connector and using a piece of wire short the green and ANY black wire. That will start the pump. Keep adding water as the res level drops. Move the rad, blocks, pump, and hoses around to get bubbles out. Keep at it, it will take quite a while. Once all full then put paper towels around the fittings and watch closely for a few hours. If there are no more leaks, then put new paper towels and let it run a full day. Once your SURE there are no leaks after this, your done testing.

Take it all apart, drain it well. Now put it ALL back in the case, check your connections thrice if not four times. Check for kinked hoses etc etc etc.

Add your choice of liquids to the res to prime the pump. Short out the wires on the PSU DO NOT CONNECT THE MOBO/HD/GPU, ANY power to anything except the pump. Same routine as last time. Keep filling, rotating case to get rid of bubbles, shake etc etc. Keep filling watching for leaks etc. Put paper towels around the fittings and keep checking. Once you think there are no leaks put new paper towels and let it run for a day. if no leaks great! It can take a long time to get all the air out. You will need to check the res every hour or so while it runs, at least the first 4 hours or so.