Water cooling concerns

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joey117

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I have never done water cooling before but the only other experience I have had with water cooling was done by another builder and the system leaked badly.

So I am trying it myself and have watched all of TTL's guides on water cooling and installing water cooling blocks. I am happy that I can do that bit but the problem is that I am looking to use Acrylic Tubing & Fittings. I have no idea about what fittings are the best, what diameter of tube to use and how to link it into the pumps because the pump has no place for fittings.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.
 
what pump are ya using that doesnt have a place for fittings?? if its a D5 then just get a D5 pump top instead of the one that it comes with there better for flow rate to begin with.

most acrylic tubing has a OD size assigned to it. just get the fittings that match that size. example 1/2 od tubing you'll want a 1/2 id fitting. I was planning on an acrylic tubing for my latest build and was going to use the monsoon fitting that you actually glue on. check those out.
 
If this is your first foray into water cooling, personally I'd stick with flexible tube as it's much more forgiving that Acrylic fella. I know it's tempting to go balls deep, but sometimes you have to lead it in slowly y'know?

That said, it sounds like you need a pump-top but without know which pump you have it's hard to suggest what you need :)
 
I would also recommend a pump top if you're getting a D5 so that you can choose your own fittings for it.

For simplicity, I'd stick with flexible tubing and get compression fittings or barbs.

If you get compression fittings make sure you match the ID AND OD of the fittings to the tubing, for example 3/8"-1/2" fittings with 3/8"-1/2" tubing.

If you get barbs, get hose that is 1/16" smaller ID than the fittings to ensure a nice seal, for example get 1/2" barbs with 7/16" hosing.

Almost all fittings are G1/4" threaded, which is what you want, but beware that you can get different ones like G1/8" occasionally, and they won't work with your components.
 
When it comes to rigid tubing, I think the Primochill system is more n00b friendly as it uses compression fittings and is more tolerant to a shonky cut end. The EK system uses O rings to seal and your end cuts need to be absolutely precise and clean - otherwise you'll tear an o ring and drip drip drip.
 
My spec is :

3930k

ASUS Rampage IV Gene micro-ATX Motherboard
corsair dominator platinum 16gb
Corair 750AX
EVGA GTX680 x2
4 SDD

Is 1 360 mm by 40 mm and 2 240mm by 30mm is that enough to cool my motherboard and cpu and gpu ? all run at stock
 
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I just want the System to be very very quiet, plus and does anyone no the fpi Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 240mm ?
 
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I'm not entirely sure a single 360 will cool a 3930k and 2 680's dude.. you need a little more headroom than that...
 
Ah, didn't spot it was dual GPU. My bad. Deffo need more than a single 360 then, golden rule is 120mm worth of rad per component.
 
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