Tubing advice please

[zmn668]

Hi all. First let me say this build was inspired by TTL's Snow Drift build. The rig is as follows:

CM 690 Adv II case with some mods including custom side window, cut out rear fan grill, remove support bars for mesh in front and top of case
i7 3770k 4.8ghz delided and running naked die with EK Supremacy Nickel and Red Acrylic block with red LEDs and EK naked IB mount kit
EVGA GTX 680 voltage unlocked bios and 500mhz memory overclock with XSPC Razor WB with red LEDs
ASUS ROG Maximus V Formula MB
Monsoon Series 2 bay res with D5 vario pump
8GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR 3 with red heat spreaders
Samsung 240gb 840 EVO SSD
XSPC RS240 in roof with 2 Bitfenix Spectre red LED PWM fans in pull
XSPC RX240 in floor with 4 Bitfenix Spectre red LED PWM fans in push/pull
140mm Bitfenix Spectre red LED PWM fan in front
120mm Bitfenix Spectre red LED PWM fan in rear
Primochill red tubing

So I want to clean up my tubing. Currently the RS240 has the barbs to the front of the case and the flow goes from the res/pump to the rs240 to the CPU to the Formula's WB to the GPU to the RX240 and back to the res. I'm really not please about the over arching loops you see in the pic and would like some ideas on how to improve the routing. Part of the issue is that the Formula's WB has non-replaceable 3/8" barbs that cannot be adapted or replaced with any sort of 90 or 45 rotary. Thanks for any ideas.

 

[Bartacus]

Got any more pics? I can't see where that tube from the CPU is going, the one heading towards the back of the case.

EDIT: NVM, I think I get it now!

EDIT2: can you run from the top rad to the top barb on the mobo, then from bottom mobo barb to CPU > GPU? Is it possible to rotate the CPU block to make that possible? It sounds a lot cleaner in my head.

 

[zmn668]

Thanks for the advice and I think you and I are thinking along the same lines. Unfortunately I can't rotate the CPU WB. Although there are claims that 90 degree rotation helps improve EK WB performance, EK specifically states you will reduce performance if you do this when cooling the naked die. Here's what I am thinking....

Put the barbs of the RS 240 to the rear. Go out from the res to the upper right MB WB then out the lower left barb into the rs240. Out of the rad to the in port on the CPU which has to be on the left then out the CPU down to the GPU. Seems to be cleaner when I picture it in my head especially if I use some rotary 45's on the rad and CPU block and in port on the GPU.

Thoughts??

 

[Bartacus]

I think you're onto something there. That sounds like it would be much cleaner. I don't even think you'd need a 45 for the CPU or GPU, but they would allow for a more "straight" connection between CPU/GPU. Either way, it would be an improvement.

 

[SuB]

I glanced at this and though something like this (excuse the quickness)

Employ some 90 degree connectors here and use straight runs and it should look okay?

 

[zmn668]

Thanks for the suggestion. Definitely seems some fittings will be in order.