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I can think of two reasons:Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
1) People who change blocks frequently for testing or other reasons may not because the quick mount is just as it sounds....quicker.
2) People haven't realized the correlation yet. I find a tighter block is less prone to have air bubbles in the TIM and just makes better contact.
I'm curious is your LED's giving off the blueish tint to your tubes? Or do you have some blueish coolant? I love the look of a semi-clear/blue tint you have going on...Quote:
Originally Posted by Schlingel
The top and bottom of the 250 can use the compression fittings. It's the (V) section you mention you want use that the compressiong fittings (at least the O-ring bitspower 1/2" OD) doesn't seem to fit wellQuote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Using Revoltec Dark Grey atm - its appearing blue because of the camera. inside the tube is normal dest-water and a bit corosion-protection like used in cars (bit blue/green colour - BASF Glysantin).Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dchipset
Nah i don't think they seal properly. I have the 250 res and BP 3/8in ID 5/8in OD and they don't quite go in. I've bought some G1/4 extenders so the barb clears the recession.Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Finally got time to post my rig.
System: Q6600B3-OCZ pc28500-2RaptorX Raid 0-780i-PCP&C 750-Dual boot 32bitXPpro&64bitVista-Cosmos
Cooling: tygon 3/8" id 1/2"od - 1 part petra's G11 : 9 parts distilled h2o w/ drop of PT nuke
1.CPU loop - D-Tek Fuzion-Thermochill PA120.3-MCP-655B-EK res
2.GPU loop - EK8800-MCP-655B-HWlabs 120.2-EK res
3.Modded OCZ ram cooler
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nice rig Bluto, I was thinking of mounting a Feser 480 like that and stick my triple rad in front, anyway you can show how you mounted your rad? did you just use L brackets?
Found some triangle shaped brackets in Home Depot(sorry ,don't know what you call them) and ran a threaded rod thru all 3 of 'em and cut up some aluminum tune inbetween for stability.The mount is a thermochill pa 120.2 shroud I had lying around. I never move my pc around so this works for me.
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There's def something to be said for thicker tubing :up:
Funny, I was just gonna say "Eww, fat tubing." I'd just use compression fittings.
What it looks like now... but it looks different day to day when I'm testing hardware :D
http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/10...12218450220001
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http://gallery.me.com/jeffrey_lee/10...12218450150001
Rad fans and pump are controlled by the MiniNG... Silence is bliss :D
Or when I feel like a little benching they can be turned up for performance :up:
Controlling the 18W DDC pump and 3x1W fans makes the MiniNGs really hot... so just put some thermal tape on the back and stuck it onto the aluminum chassis. :up:
Thank you very much, I guess I will use the pro-mount now :)Quote:
Originally Posted by YMAA
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Originally Posted by 3dchipset
This is what I wanted to know, thanks to you two ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by twwen2
You just saved me some $ :)
So me and my nephew put together a w/c setup for him. Took us 12 hours roughly, although having bad ram really messed things up from a trouble shooting perspective. Otherwise, we would have had it done in about half the time, :D. He is going to do some sleeving and wire managment when he gets home, other than that I think it came out well. Ambient temps were 26c with idle at 40c and load at 55c for the CPU and the video cards were 33c idle and 38c under load.
Here are the specs:
MM UF2O case
E8400 EO stepping at 4Ghz and 1.36v
4Gb Kingston 8500 Ram
2x 500Gb WD HD in Raid 0
2x HD3870's in CF
DVD Burner
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R
Vista Home Premium 64bit
W/C Gear
MCP350 with Petra top
Swiftech MCR320
EK HD3870 Full Cover Water blocks
D-Tek Fuzion V1
Primochill 1/2" ID, 5/8" OD Green UV Tubing
Swiftech Micro Res
Various 1/2" Barbs
3 Scyth 120mm/38mm Fans for Rad
3 Green LED Fans
2 Silenx 120mm for HD cooling
<Insert That's what she said here>Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobly
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Originally Posted by DarthBeavis
Well I just hooked up some 1/2" by 3/4" BP compressions to an EK250 and it didn't leak. but I'd still do a bit of modding just to make sure the o-rings get compressed enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Get Koolance compression fittings, they are just as good as BP's at half the price.
Utnorris
@Utnorris
do have a large vdrop on your board??
we have a same board but i have a large vdrop like .5v something
but nice LCS!
Hey, any particular reason for mounting the D-tek upside down ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Utnorris
Direction of the flow ?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by roger_h99.nor
Well I have decided to use standard fittings, dont want to spend time doing modding. Thanks for the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by emuexport
Prefer to stay with BP, they been great so far :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Utnorris
Good man, all talk about optimal pump placement being the bottom of the case is BS. :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by eternal_fantasy
As long as you properly bleed out your loop where you place your pump don't matter. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by inCore
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk999
Actually no, I was surprised that the vdroop was around only .02v which is fantastic. I had the Gigabyte P35-DS3R and the vdroop was unreal, so I was hesitant about getting this one for my nephew, but I like Gigabyte from the reliability and user friendliness sides. It was super easy to OC this chip on the board. I was having trouble getting some Kingston ram to work at the rated speed, but I just didn't have the time to fool with it, so I left it at SPD. Anyway, great board for the money and th usability.
Utnorris