sfelock
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This, this is great advice!
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This, this is great advice!
Permafrost
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thanks for the advice dude, i'll give it a shot tonight.
how many attempts did it take you to get as good as you are now?
Permafrost
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what do you guys think of this loop order?
sfelock
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what do you guys think of this loop order?
Looks good to me. Correct me if I'm wrong but once the loop temp equalizes, the only important order is res before pump and nothing in between.
About 3 times more tubing than you actually need, doubled.
what do you guys think of this loop order?
Order is fine, most of the runs look sensible especially the left half. The huge long run from the CPU block to the radiator will be difficult. If you can make it shorter by going to the top of the res instead i'd go for that.
That doesn't really matter either
JR
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Asperatis
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For my build I got 16 pieces of 60cm tube and used every single bit of them 
the run cpu-rad will be a difficult one indeed as it's a long one and getting the bends done in the perfect spot is a pita, especially for people who are new to bending (I sure had a few moments where I wanted to toss the tube out of the window :lol The end result is well worth it though. Use 90° fittings where you can to make your life a lot easier. Not sure how much space there is inside that case, but I had to use a few in my 900D.
As JR said, use olive oil to lube the cord and don't forget to pull it out before doing another bend or cutting the tube.
the run cpu-rad will be a difficult one indeed as it's a long one and getting the bends done in the perfect spot is a pita, especially for people who are new to bending (I sure had a few moments where I wanted to toss the tube out of the window :lol The end result is well worth it though. Use 90° fittings where you can to make your life a lot easier. Not sure how much space there is inside that case, but I had to use a few in my 900D.As JR said, use olive oil to lube the cord and don't forget to pull it out before doing another bend or cutting the tube.
Permafrost
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i got flipped but there is f**k all space
Asperatis
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That's your top rad I assume? Hmm that sucks.. You could try turning it around so your ports will be above the res and work out a loop like that so you'll have something like res-pump-gpu-cpu-rad-rad-res. Perhaps you can turn the front rad around too so the ports are on top, then work out a path to your res from there. Keep in mind that a drain port is very handy when you need to do maintenance and need it at the lowest possible point in the loop.
Permafrost
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Permafrost
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you can get 2 360's in it, but it looks like hardline might not be possible (for a the inexperienced hardliner) if only it was 5 or 10 mm taller...
Asperatis
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By the looks of it, it might just work if you remove the rear fan but then again that might look a bit off. 90° fittings take up a fair bit of space too though, keep that in mind if you consider them
I don't see where the problem lies, it should still easily be possible with the ports at the bottom, just the really long run in your original loop order will be quite difficult and potentially untidy. Clearly flipping the rad isn't an option but you still might be able to neatly go into the top of a reservoir rather than the bottom saving you that super long run.
You could always pass through the motherboard tray and use flexible hose in the back, or route flexible tubing 'behind' radiators. Many many options
JR
Permafrost
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I don't see where the problem lies, it should still easily be possible with the ports at the bottom, just the really long run in your original loop order will be quite difficult and potentially untidy. Clearly flipping the rad isn't an option but you still might be able to neatly go into the top of a reservoir rather than the bottom saving you that super long run.
You could always pass through the motherboard tray and use flexible hose in the back, or route flexible tubing 'behind' radiators. Many many options
JR
i could flip the cpu block upside down and run res, pump, rad, gpu, gpu, cpu, rad back to res...
passing through the motherboard tray is an idea i was thinking about but might be a problem for the 8-pin cpu cable.
thanks i will, i'll sleep on it tonight.
thank you for your advice guys, I really appreciate it
Permafrost
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sfelock
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Solid work dude! how many attempts before your succeeded?
Permafrost
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first go on that one, but need to redo it as it's not long enough.
sfelock
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Nice, very nice! Looks like you're doing pretty good then for your first time.
Permafrost
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i don't think so dude, i think i just got lucky that time lol
