can anyone tell me whats wrong with this loop

[e6600]

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc109/e6600/DSC05952.jpg

other than the fact that its too long
(home depot doesnt have 2.5 inch 6/32 threaded screws :()

for some reason im getting 45c load temps.. i cant tell if its ambient (80f/24c) or something else thats raising the temps so high.. maybe a bad mount? ive added water wetter (i was bored -.-) and i kinda regret that i did. added about a teaspoon of the stuff

[ascl]

Do you mean 45c IDLE temps? Cause 45c load temps are far from terrible!

[CharlieCS]

I concur .Although is that at stock or oced ?

[ricflairw000]

are your radiator fans pushing or pulling?

tilt it to get the bubbles out of the CPU water block

[e6600]

rad fans are pulling and yes those are load temps
i did actually tilt the comp a bit when i went inside to move around some stuff, dunno what helped but ive got 4c lower temps from before :screwy:

was there really some air in the cpu block somehow?

[FISTER_]

Im pretty new to this. After reading some post on WC. Try to turn your rad around so the post are on the bottom. Your pump might be pushing to much water through your rad, not giving it enough time to cool the water. If the post are on the bottom it'll give it some resistance and slow the flow a little.

[Diggrr]

Sorry FISTER_, but no and no. Allow me add to your education. ;)

Having the barbs on top is ideal, because it makes it harder for air to remain trapped inside the radiator, without having to tip the whole system upside-down to let it be pushed out. Also, it being a sealed system (for the most part) gravity has little to no effect on water speed, because in a sealed hydraulic system, equal pressure is exerted at all points whether it's moving upward or downward.

There's no such thing as pushing too much water, until you use a pump so big that it is dumping too much heat into the water by itself. Heat transfer depends on the water speeding through the water block and radiator so that the molecules of water are forced against the metal surfaces (the fastest way to transfer heat) breaking through the "boundary layer" of molecules that don't move easily. Water molecules themselves do not bond closely together enough to make convection between them work as well as plain brute force of slamming them into the metal directly.
Speed=Good.

These ideas pop up from time to time, sometimes I think there's more myth than fact on the intarweb. :thup:

@ e6600, simply rapping the radiator with your knuckles should be enough to dislodge any stuck bubbles with the system running.
It's more likely that air was trapped in the radiator, but it can happen in the block too. There's so many corners in them these days.
Beyond that, you're running 45°C at load? Sounds good to me.

[ricflairw000]

45* load is good .......... depending on the ambient air temp