Wasmachineman's Water Cooling Adventures

[Wasmachineman_NL]

This ^ This ^ and This^ . Did I mention you should to this ^? A drain valve at the right spot will let you keep your machine upright, and save you both time and the expense of rolls and rolls of extra paper towels.

When I was still running a custom loop, I had both a drain and fill valve. I tend to over engineer and don't like a mess, so I put the fill valve at the high point in the loop so I could fill and "burp" air out easily. I'm by no means an expert, but it worked well for me.

If you really want to learn about custom loops by doing though, I suggest you set up a loop for one of those Precisions. Think of the challenge of fitting a block on a mobile CPU and an MXM card!

I don't have any Precisions with MXM. Water cooling one is definitely in the pipeline though, as soon as I can find a Zalman Reserator XT and mod the living shit out of it to make it more reliable and perform better.

A voltmodded 940XM with a Reserator might hit 4 GHz stable lol

 

[Keith Myers]

I bought a Hardware Labs GTS 240 rad, what screws do I need for my fans and to mount it to my case?

I think you will regret that small radiator if you intend to add your RX480 to the loop unless you intend to add another 240mm to the loop. Depends on what your case will fit.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

I think you will regret that small radiator if you intend to add your RX480 to the loop unless you intend to add another 240mm to the loop. Depends on what your case will fit.

I'll add another Black Ice 240 GTS if I can find one used.

Does anyone know if Aquatuning is legit?

 

[NablaSquaredG]

Does anyone know if Aquatuning is legit?

Yes, aquatuning.de is legit. Ordered there multiple times

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Yes, aquatuning.de is legit. Ordered there multiple times

Is it? Trustpilot is giving me loads of negative reviews for the Dutch site. They say on /r/watercooling that it's CS is pretty shit too.

 

[NablaSquaredG]

Well I haven't dealt with the NL branch yet, but the German branch has always shipped my stuff in next to no time on multiple occasions

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Well I haven't dealt with the NL branch yet, but the German branch has always shipped my stuff in next to no time on multiple occasions

Their Dutch branch is identical to the German branch so idk. I'll place an order at the end of the month.

 

[Ralph_IT]

I've had a bad experience with aquatunig on a very expensive order. Even had to fill a Paypal dispute to get my money back.
Tried High Flow just to check how they work and now they're my #1 eshop for watercooling components.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

I've had a bad experience with aquatunig on a very expensive order. Even had to fill a Paypal dispute to get my money back.
Tried High Flow just to check how they work and now they're my #1 eshop for watercooling components.

HF doesn't have most of the stuff I need or want. What other sites are out there within the EU besides HF, Aquatuning and Freezing Hardware?

 

[Ralph_IT]

Almost all of my watercooling stuff was bought at HF.
Other shops I used: Aquacomputer official (Aquaero stuff), WaterCool official (Reservoir, adapters, tubbing), Amazon (GPU Block), eBay (Clamps) & FormulaMod (fittings).

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Received my radiator. No screws though, and I can't seem to find black M4x5mm screws anywhere.

 

[Ralph_IT]

Received my radiator. No screws though, and I can't seem to find black M4x5mm screws anywhere.

IIRC, I should have 8 of them somewhere in my disaster closet.
When I get back home this afternoon I'll check it and can send them to you if you want.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

IIRC, I should have 8 of them somewhere in my disaster closet.
When I get back home this afternoon I'll check it and can send them to you if you want.

That would be pretty cool, thanks.

 

[Ralph_IT]

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[schmookeeg]

Because my main system is mission critical, if it breaks all hell breaks loose here at home. Long story about that one.

So i'll be building a loop in my old system to practice first. I also have a waterblock for my RX480 so when GPU prices become sane (lol never!) i'll move it to my old system and WB it too.

I am currently using a custom looped rig for my daily workstation. I think watercooling is fun and the EK stuff I bought has been running fine now in its third year. It was an extravagant way to turn a 3K build into a $3500 one

If I was building a mission-critical anything, I would air-cool it. Watercooling adds a number of single points of failure, whereas you can festoon a tower with fans and heatsinks all day long and the thing will soldier onward reliably. "Reliable" and "uses a new and cool tech" are usually at opposite ends of a tech/hardware decision for me.

$0.02

- Mike

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

I am currently using a custom looped rig for my daily workstation. I think watercooling is fun and the EK stuff I bought has been running fine now in its third year. It was an extravagant way to turn a 3K build into a $3500 one

If I was building a mission-critical anything, I would air-cool it. Watercooling adds a number of single points of failure, whereas you can festoon a tower with fans and heatsinks all day long and the thing will soldier onward reliably. "Reliable" and "uses a new and cool tech" are usually at opposite ends of a tech/hardware decision for me.

$0.02

- Mike

Mission Critical is only relative, it's just that I can't stand things not working.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Bought a EK-FB-C6H Acetal as it was in stock. Now to get hoses, fittings, coolant, a pump+reservoir and fans.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Bought a 5-pack of P12 PSTs and I should be getting my monoblock tomorrow.

 

[Wasmachineman_NL]

Monoblock received at last.

How's this? As much that I hate highflow.nl they are basically the only shop in NL that has everything I need.

 

[lihp]

Monoblock received at last.

How's this? As much that I hate highflow.nl they are basically the only shop in NL that has everything I need.

Sorry didnt read through the whole thread, but I dont see fans for the radiator?