Custom loop

[Amandus]

Heyo!

Could some of you water coolers out there help with putting together a part list for a custom loop?

What's going to be cooled in the loop;

Cpu

GPU (x2 780(ti)

I would like a dual bay res/pump combo unit, and the tubing to be acrylic. The colour theme is black and red and the case is Corsair 760t

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Heyo!

Could some of you water coolers out there help with putting together a part list for a custom loop?

What's going to be cooled in the loop;

Cpu

GPU (x2 780(ti)

I would like a dual bay res/pump combo unit, and the tubing to be acrylic. The colour theme is black and red and the case is Corsair 760t

 

EK water blocks, Monsoon, EK or XSPC D5 pump/bay res. Acrylic tubing from EK, Bitspower, E22 or others. 

 

Don't forget that you need special fittings for acrylic tubing. If this is your first time water cooling make sure you do lots of research especially if your going with acrylic tubing. 

[Amandus]

thanks for the reply!

 

But does the Monsoon D5 Premium M2 fit the corsair 760t? i've heard that it doesn't

 

and which coolant/dye should i use, i would like to use a transparent blood red coolant/dye. 

[Ren]

thanks for the reply!

 

But does the Monsoon D5 Premium M2 fit the corsair 760t? i've heard that it doesn't

 

and which coolant/dye should i use, i would like to use a transparent blood red coolant/dye. 

 

and one other thing; is there any 90° fittings for acrylic tubing?

Just hopped on. If I'm correct, hello Soul! It's Elmyrr.

 

According to TastyPC (haha, not a very good source - but the only one), it does not fit in the 760T. This is because of the way the front bays are designed. You could probably modify it in some way without destroying visible parts but it'd be easier to go with an alternative; I actually don't recommend Monsoon stuff because I doubt their pumps are worth picking up and I'm sure the one included does not compare. Saving money is saving money (if you save any), that is until you dump hundreds into a custom loop.

Use Mayhem coolants (unless for some reason they don't have what you need).

90 degree acrylic-compatible fittings:

1. Watch this video (13:00) I haven't reviewed it, but it'll help

2. Supposedly this is dependant on the size of solid acrylic tubing you use, and not necessarily universal for acrylic. Apparently there are adapters and/or sealant but I'm sure that's dependant on size and how frequently you plan on changing out your coolant. Hell, you may need to change it out even more frequently than that depending on the sealant. It could also be due to being able to expand the openings of certain diameter tubing, I don't know.

3. While I do not know if the above video uses your intended size solid acrylic tubing, or any at all since I'm relatively uneducated with WCing, with certain brands of solid tubing (perhaps all?) you can use a specific method to warp/bend the tubing itself and only use 180 degree fittings without issues. Basically, you turn the acrylic into your 90 degree turns. The downsides of this are that you likely use almost twice as many fittings, depending on your setup, and there's added cost with heat gun and extra tubing in case you mess up. I will say that by the response of people doing this type of WCing, the reward is worth it. Not to mention, it's the prettiest watercooling loop method to most people.

Hopefully this gets you a head start but I'm wishing someone that is way more experienced will either correct me or elaborate/give better tips.

Edit: Made my post a bit less confusing.

[Ren]

To kind of add something, I really recommend XSPC except for waterblocks due to EK's new stuff. It's been recommended time and time again for me with my future builds and I really value that. Just passing on information that I've seen, been told and researched (to an extent I suppose).

Adding a bit more: While I don't think Jayztwocents on youtube is the expert, he has experience and I trust his judgement when it comes to watercooling. He's done 3 (4?) watercooling builds on his channel and at least the later ones demonstrate pretty much everything I've said in my first post. Not exactly a crash course in watercooling but I found everything very informative. It's in a vlog/build guide-type format just to let you know. It's worth a watch if you want the easy way in on WCing with acrylic.

[Ren]

Last post unless you have more questions: A lot of WCing has to do with making things work when they probably shouldn't. Remember that.

Sometimes this involves machining but some relatively cheap tools can do the job(Ex: Drilling larger holes to mount a pump near drive bays or where they used to be). For all I know, you may be able to fit that res into a completely different spot while still maintaining an aesthetic appeal that is similar (or even better) than front bay position mounting.

And if any of this is already known by you, I apologize. From what I gathered via our conversation, you're having trouble because you are knew to this type of system.

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[Dr Fopolopolos]

But does the Monsoon D5 Premium M2 fit the corsair 760t? i've heard that it doesn't

I've heard that you only have to bend one small part of the drive bays to get it to fit, so if you're water cooling it shouldn't be too hard. I have one of those reservoirs and I have to say I really like it.

[Ren]

I've heard that you only have to bend one small part of the drive bays to get it to fit, so if you're water cooling it shouldn't be too hard. I have one of those reservoirs and I have to say I really like it.

The TastyPC review video of the Monsoon D5 that I referenced stated that it does not fit in the Corsair 760T and included the bend method. From the sounds of it, the bend method either doesn't exist/work with the 760T or machining and removal of certain parts is required. With enough work, I'm sure it's possible. However you may end up damaging the case if you do try (e.g. expanding the size and scarring the edges of these front bays where the D5 fits).

I will say that is quite the attractive reservoir...

[Amandus]

Thanks for the replies, but i found out that i won't be watercooling in a while, but when i do i'm going to buy the Enthoo Primo

[Amandus]

There's one last thing that's been cofusing me a bit; Do the tubes to the loop go from the res or from the pump? like "RES -> PUMP -> LOOP" or just RES -> PUMP -> and then from the res to the loop

:unsure:  :wacko:

[JT8101997]

There's one last thing that's been cofusing me a bit; Do the tubes to the loop go from the res or from the pump? like "RES -> PUMP -> LOOP" or just RES -> PUMP -> and then from the res to the loop

:unsure:  :wacko:

the pump pulls from the res and pushes out to the loop. so its res>pump>loop>back into res again. surprised nobody answered before me