Draining my loop
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FarFarAway
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Yep that's what I'd do too. Make sure you have lots of towels/tissues around just in case. If all the H²O doesn't come out in one go, start disassembling it bit by bit but try to keep it away from other components. If I'm doing a total loop re-route I take the mobo and GPU's out
From the looks of it he's drained out all the old blue fluid & swapped it for the black Feser stuff. Ordinarily it would'nt be my thing but it works in your setup & I really like it.
I see you swapped out the ugly blue 90 deg. bend for the delrin block... very nice touch mate!
I see you swapped out the ugly blue 90 deg. bend for the delrin block... very nice touch mate!
FarFarAway
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Very sexy, can't believe what a positive difference those black joints make, awesome 
Thanks guys,
The whole drain and re-fit loop too me ages. I started at 7.30pm and finished at just gone 3am!! Mind you, I had to clean everything....got the vacuum cleaner on the rad core...pretty dusty, cleaned all of the fans, clean out res and rad...etc...
I've re-filled the loop with black fluid-XP...I was a little unsure about the look of black coolant but having seen pics of Mr Smith's rig that swung it for me.
Matt - yup, the black elbow makes such a difference, I have also added the spacers on the copper side of the GTX blocks. It seems that this coupled with shorter pipe runs, less restrictive elbow has increased flow rate...the coolant was flying into the res at a rate of knots when I was filling it up!
Agreed re the EPS 12v cable....I tried to route it under the GTXs, but it wasn't long enough.
I think the rig is pretty much complete now unless anyone has any suggestions??
OC details to follow..
Thanks again
The whole drain and re-fit loop too me ages. I started at 7.30pm and finished at just gone 3am!! Mind you, I had to clean everything....got the vacuum cleaner on the rad core...pretty dusty, cleaned all of the fans, clean out res and rad...etc...
I've re-filled the loop with black fluid-XP...I was a little unsure about the look of black coolant but having seen pics of Mr Smith's rig that swung it for me.
Matt - yup, the black elbow makes such a difference, I have also added the spacers on the copper side of the GTX blocks. It seems that this coupled with shorter pipe runs, less restrictive elbow has increased flow rate...the coolant was flying into the res at a rate of knots when I was filling it up!
Agreed re the EPS 12v cable....I tried to route it under the GTXs, but it wasn't long enough.
I think the rig is pretty much complete now unless anyone has any suggestions??
OC details to follow..
Thanks again
Should have enough length to route it up the gap under each graphics card, right up to the backplate... ie: run the cable up the lefthand edge of the slots on the mobo. All the cards should have a cutout for component clearance there making it ideal for cable routing. S'how I've always done it...
