EVGA Hadron Hydro water-cooling kit

[Boil]

Hey folks, quick question for anyone running one of these cases with the water-cooling kit designed for it…

 

I want  to do a Hackintosh with the Hadron Hydro case, & I want to use the water-cooling for both the GPU & CPU. 

 

Core parts list:

 

ASUS ROG Maximus VII Impact motherboard

Intel i7 4790K CPU

16GB Crucial Ballistix Elite RAM (2x8GB DIMMs)

250GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD (OS & apps)

2TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5" HDD (Stuff)

EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (baseline reference model)

 

For water cooling, I want to stick with EK parts:

 

EK-FB ASUS M6I monoblock; acetal + nickel

EK-FC Titan X full-cover block; acetal + nickel

EK-FC Titan X backplate; black

EK-XRES 100 DDC 3.2 PWM reservoir/pump combo

EK-DDC heatsink housing; black

EK-Uni Holder w/DDC add-on

Asst. EK compression fittings & 45/90 degree angle adapters; for 3/8" ID x 5/8" OD tubing; black

PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT tubing; 3/8"ID x 5/8" OD; clear

PrimoChill anti-kink coil; for 5/8" OD tubing; black

 

Now that we know what is going into this system, the real question…

 

What are the dimensions/measurements of the two extender fittings that come with the Hadron Hydro water-cooling kit…?!?

 

I want to replace them with fittings from EK, just to keep everything uniform, and to keep the black fittings thing going…

 

I would LOVE to be able to use an EK rad as well, but the way the Hadron Hydro case is set up seems to lock you into the EVGA rad unless you want to start cutting up the case; which I do not. The thing that really sucks is that I am basically paying about 160 bucks or so for a simple 240mm rad with 'special snowflake' fitting locations. The rest of the kit will not be used at all!

 

I wonder, if I can get EK fittings to make the connection between rad & cooling loop, maybe I can get EVGA to sell me JUST the rad…?!?

 

Cross-posting this around the web, looking for answers…! ;^p

[shypin]

check to see if evga rad uses standard G1/4 fittings

if not the it would be easier to just drill and cut your case

 

dont think you will need anti kink coil if you already have angled fittings (those look fairly ridiculous)

[Boil]

check to see if evga rad uses standard G1/4 fittings

if not the it would be easier to just drill and cut your case

 

dont think you will need anti kink coil if you already have angled fittings (those look fairly ridiculous)

 

The kit does use standard G1/4 fittings; the question is to the length of the two external 'hard pipe' fittings that go from the case to the rad section.

 

As for the anti-kink, there are one or two spots where the bend in the tubing might be too tight to prevent the tube from collapsing, hence the anti-kink.

 

I would rather have the anti-kink on and not need it than not have it on and find the system frakked because a tube collapsed and seized the loop?

[Benji_w]

The kit does use standard G1/4 fittings; the question is to the length of the two external 'hard pipe' fittings that go from the case to the rad section.

 

As for the anti-kink, there are one or two spots where the bend in the tubing might be too tight to prevent the tube from collapsing, hence the anti-kink.

 

I would rather have the anti-kink on and not need it than not have it on and find the system frakked because a tube collapsed and seized the loop?

 

Anti kink won't stop a tube collapsing, to stop that you need to go with thicker tubing, the thicker the better.