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To drain the loop above:
*With all ports sealed place a bowl under the bottom GPU port.
*Remove the plug. A very small amount of water will drain into the bowl.
*You can now either undo the fill port on the reservoir and most of the loop will drain into the bowl or you could attach a piece of tubing to the port before opening the fill port to direct the water elsewhere. I always try to avoid pulling tubes off because it always ends up messier with water gushing from two places instead of just one.
A simple loop like should easily drain most of the fluid but some slight case tipping may be needed. Then just refill with fresh coolant. Taking rads and blocks out should not be needed for a simple coolant change.
To clean the blocks (now that the loop is drained) you should disassemble them and give them a polish with non abrasive metal polish.
As a suggestion, get yourself a large syringe like a 20ml+ size (I use a 50ml) and a length of narrow silicon tube you can find at any pet or aquarium store, normally used for air tubing in fish tanks. It is the perfect size to fit the nipple on the syringe. You now have a great mess free way to add water to the loop, and even better, a way to suck fluid out of places by feeding the tubing in to radiators, reservoirs etc.
*With all ports sealed place a bowl under the bottom GPU port.
*Remove the plug. A very small amount of water will drain into the bowl.
*You can now either undo the fill port on the reservoir and most of the loop will drain into the bowl or you could attach a piece of tubing to the port before opening the fill port to direct the water elsewhere. I always try to avoid pulling tubes off because it always ends up messier with water gushing from two places instead of just one.
A simple loop like should easily drain most of the fluid but some slight case tipping may be needed. Then just refill with fresh coolant. Taking rads and blocks out should not be needed for a simple coolant change.
To clean the blocks (now that the loop is drained) you should disassemble them and give them a polish with non abrasive metal polish.
As a suggestion, get yourself a large syringe like a 20ml+ size (I use a 50ml) and a length of narrow silicon tube you can find at any pet or aquarium store, normally used for air tubing in fish tanks. It is the perfect size to fit the nipple on the syringe. You now have a great mess free way to add water to the loop, and even better, a way to suck fluid out of places by feeding the tubing in to radiators, reservoirs etc.
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I ran furmark for 20 minutes on 1920x1080p and my GPU temps reached 48c. The radiator I added in the bottom is the Alphacool NexXxos 240mm copper radiator, the fans on it are Corsair SP120 Green LED. Tubing is PrimoChill Advanced LRT UV Pearl Green.
