Avery Meijer

Thank you for your input! What fittings would you recommend? Thanks! :3

Hiya! =D This is my first post on here, so my apologies if this is in the wrong section! Please let me know if this is the case, I'll delete it and repost it the correct section ^w^ I planning on building my first custom loop, which is super exciting for me! However, before I splurge on anything, I want to get some different opinions and such. :3 For reference, here is my core - parts list. Now for the fun stuff! My case will be the Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Here is my water cooling component list: CPU Waterblock: EK-Velocity Strike RGB - Black Nickel + Black GPU Waterblock: EK-Quantum Vector Strix RTX 2080 Ti D-RGB - Nickel + Acetal GPU Backplate: EK-Vector Strix RTX 2080 Ti Backplate - Nickel Pump & Reservoir: EK-Classic DP Front PC-O11D D-RGB + SPC PWM Fittings (22): EK-HTC Classic 16mm - Black Radiators (2): EK-CoolStream PE 360 Coolant (2): PrimoChill Vue Premix w/PrimoPrep - Sterling Silver Block Soap (2): PrimoChill System Soap - Cooling Loop Cleaner Radiator Cleaning: PrimoChill Rad Clean - Radiator Cleaning Treatment - Full Kit Now, to address the elephant in the room, yes, I know; Pimochill's Vue coolant isn't newbie friendly. However, I love a good challenge, and I am more than willing to take the risks and precautions necessary for this coolant. I plan on taking every block apart (including the motherboard one), very thoroughly cleaning each block, soaking them, and carefully reassembling them. For the radiators, I will be rinsing them out at least 3 times, using the radiator cleaning kit, and then rinsing them again. Basically, I will be cleaning everything very well to ensure the fluid won't cause any problems. I will be draining and replacing the fluid every 6 months to keep everything nice and clean, and in between refills cleaning everything again. ^v^ Now, regarding the blocks, I made sure none of them have exposed silver and/or aluminium. For the fittings, I haven't found that they contain silver and/or aluminum, so everything should work just fine! I don't know how many fittings will be necessary, but I would like to have a few extra just in case. In terms of a drain port, I'm pretty sure the distroplate has a port that can act as a drain port, but I'm not 100% sure. In terms of tools, are there any specific tools that I will need? Aside from the tube bending and cutting tools of course. Would an IFixIt tool kit be enough for building this loop? Thank you for reading this, and if you have any comments or imput - I'd love to hear it! Any and all help is greatly appreciated!