- Joined
- Aug 19, 2010
- Location
- Monrovia, CA
Thanks to your input and advice, I have been able to setup my very first WC loop. Only had one tiny leak too, but easily fixed with some pliers.
Setup:
GPU Loop:
Black Ice SR-1 420 rad
Danger Den 480GTX wb
Danger Den CPX Pro pump
Yate Loon 140mm "low speed" fans
CPU Loop:
XSPC RX360 rad
Danger Den MPC CPU wb
Danger Den CPX Pro pump
Panaflo 120mm L1 fans
XSPC Dual Bay reservoir
Tygon 1/2" ID (5/8" OD) tubing
Lamptron FC-5 fan controller
PC Parts:
Chenbro Genie
Intel Core i7-875K
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro
Adata 4x2GB DDR3
EVGA 480GTX
Corsair AX1200 PSU
My first WC build, pardon the clutter...
Didn't have any cheap tubing to practice with, so I planned out the tubing paths with string.
Yea, sloppy dremeling, but the damn thing was about to burn out... any know any good brands of dremel tools?
DD wb with a 45* rotary fitting. This was the fitting that was leaking because I just hand tightened it. I don't particularly like DD's threading jobs. Even on the delrin products they are pretty sloppy with the shavings left inside.
Getting read to fill for the first time
Despite everyone's warnings that 1/2" ID - 5/8" OD tubing would kink too easily, it was pretty behaved. Maybe it was the coils that helped. Tissues for leak testing...
One of my pumps is still backordered... I was only able to complete the GPU loop so far. Sitting on the foam that the wb came in, secured with zip ties. Anyone seen any good mounts for the CPX Pro pumps?
Is it advisable to run the pump on the fan controller? I think the pump is rated around 18W and the controller at 25W/channel. The pump is pretty powerful at full power... I wonder if I can get away with a much slower flow?
And I'm a little concerned with how I'm going to drain this thing... I wanted to put in some Y's with fillports for draining, but ran out of parts. Maybe I can just pull the pump out and disconnect into a bucket?
More pics to come as progress is made. Thanks again for all your advice
Setup:
GPU Loop:
Black Ice SR-1 420 rad
Danger Den 480GTX wb
Danger Den CPX Pro pump
Yate Loon 140mm "low speed" fans
CPU Loop:
XSPC RX360 rad
Danger Den MPC CPU wb
Danger Den CPX Pro pump
Panaflo 120mm L1 fans
XSPC Dual Bay reservoir
Tygon 1/2" ID (5/8" OD) tubing
Lamptron FC-5 fan controller
PC Parts:
Chenbro Genie
Intel Core i7-875K
ASUS P7P55D-E Pro
Adata 4x2GB DDR3
EVGA 480GTX
Corsair AX1200 PSU
My first WC build, pardon the clutter...
Didn't have any cheap tubing to practice with, so I planned out the tubing paths with string.
Yea, sloppy dremeling, but the damn thing was about to burn out... any know any good brands of dremel tools?
DD wb with a 45* rotary fitting. This was the fitting that was leaking because I just hand tightened it. I don't particularly like DD's threading jobs. Even on the delrin products they are pretty sloppy with the shavings left inside.
Getting read to fill for the first time
Despite everyone's warnings that 1/2" ID - 5/8" OD tubing would kink too easily, it was pretty behaved. Maybe it was the coils that helped. Tissues for leak testing...
One of my pumps is still backordered... I was only able to complete the GPU loop so far. Sitting on the foam that the wb came in, secured with zip ties. Anyone seen any good mounts for the CPX Pro pumps?
Is it advisable to run the pump on the fan controller? I think the pump is rated around 18W and the controller at 25W/channel. The pump is pretty powerful at full power... I wonder if I can get away with a much slower flow?
And I'm a little concerned with how I'm going to drain this thing... I wanted to put in some Y's with fillports for draining, but ran out of parts. Maybe I can just pull the pump out and disconnect into a bucket?
More pics to come as progress is made. Thanks again for all your advice