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5 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

I know they aren't coated. The resin will and could break down faster with the fluids used. 

I just saw someone on OCN who had used matte carbon fiber tubing. He had his build running for a while, and didn't do anything to coat the tubes. He had then drained it and found "bits of carbon" in his loop, but, he believes it was from when he cut the tubing. He used power tools, and said he didn't bother to clean the tubing before hand. So, it might be alright.

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3 minutes ago, Sazexa said:

I just saw someone on OCN who had used matte carbon fiber tubing. He had his build running for a while, and didn't do anything to coat the tubes. He had then drained it and found "bits of carbon" in his loop, but, he believes it was from when he cut the tubing. He used power tools, and said he didn't bother to clean the tubing before hand. So, it might be alright.

I'm sure it will be "alright" but that depends on what your ok with. 

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3 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

I'm sure it will be "alright" but that depends on what your ok with. 

I messaged the user. Hoping to hear what he has to say. Theoretically, he's had the build for around two years now. I'm sure he's drained and refilled at least once in that time period.

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7 minutes ago, Sazexa said:

I messaged the user. Hoping to hear what he has to say. Theoretically, he's had the build for around two years now. I'm sure he's drained and refilled at least once in that time period.

Sounds about right. aslong as they are of decent composition, should be able to get away with anything. 

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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3 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Sounds about right. aslong as they are of decent composition, should be able to get away with anything. 

Speaking with EK about it at the moment. They seem to be under the impression almost all decently made carbon fiber tubing is safe for the loop, but to be sure to wear face mask when cutting, as it's not toxic but a lung irritant. 

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Finished swapping the cards around this weekend. Atleast one rig is ready for hard tubing one day. 

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Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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Spec: i7-6700k, Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7, 32GB Avexir Core RAM (White LED), Asus 1070 ROG Strix Gaming OC, Samsung 961 512GB, Samsung 850 PRO 512GB SSD, Samsung EVO 2TB SSD. Loop consists of the Alphacool Eisbecher D5 150mm Acetal reservoir and Alphacool VPP655 pump, with EK Supremacy Evo CPU block and mostly EK fittings. I used a Bitspower drain valve, located at the bottom of the rad.

 

The Phanteks Evolv ATX Glass is wrapped in 3M Di-Noc Black Carbon Fibre vinyl, with a custom acrylic shroud wrapped in the same vinyl.

 

More pics over at my pcpartpicker page: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/RHxG3C

 

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System: Ryzen 7 5800X - Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master - Noctua D15S Chromax - 32GB 3600 RAM - EVGA Black 2080Ti

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So, I took some pictures (with my real camera this time) of both the glossy and matte tubing. Still indecisive. Will maybe do one more shoot prior to the build being complete, with hardware in it and mods done. I'm leaning towards that matte at the moment, but really like the "depth" of the glossy._DSC0323_small.jpg_DSC0325_small.jpg_DSC0326_small.jpg_DSC0329_small.jpg

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2 hours ago, Sazexa said:

So, I took some pictures (with my real camera this time) of both the glossy and matte tubing. Still indecisive. Will maybe do one more shoot prior to the build being complete, with hardware in it and mods done. I'm leaning towards that matte at the moment, but really like the "depth" of the glossy.

 Think glossy is the way to go man. I'm quite intrigued by this. Are you going to do a new build log when you move into the new case and switch to the new tubing?

CPU Intel Core i7 4790K Motherboard EVGA Z97 Stinger Core-3D GPU EVGA GTX 980Ti SC+ Storage 128 GB Samsung 850 Pro, 512 GB Samsung 850 EVO, 750GB HDD PSU Silverstone SX600-G Case Dan Cases A4-SFX v1 Cooling Custom Loop Monitor Acer Predator XB271HU (1440p), ASUS 1080p Keyboard TADA68 Mouse Logitech G502 Build Log Link

 

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11 hours ago, amvoith said:

 Think glossy is the way to go man. I'm quite intrigued by this. Are you going to do a new build log when you move into the new case and switch to the new tubing?

I might. 

 

I'd feel bad or like I'm spamming though because my build has gone under like (including this one) four big changes in like a yeah

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So i was new to this whole computer thing but linus inspired me to be creative. As i am sure he has for everyone. Fricken legend. So a few years back i bought a 560mm radiator cause i never research before buying, obviously it didnt fit and it meant buying the rest of the products well i finally did and i managed to find a way to fit it all in. Sadly i bought the wrong gpu waterblock for the same reason- no research done. Anyway this is the result of newbies 12hrs of tinkering. (custom box as well) Also cpu runs at 30-35c without any fans running. ;) HDD get a little hot so i turn on low for that.
Specs are simple:

i7 6700K 
Asus Z170-AR 
MSI 970 
Corsair Vengence 8GB 

I do hope to save and buy a 1070 and waterblock for it when i upgrade so that should be fun. And hopefully better looking

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hi

 

2 build I did for Asus CES2017

 

they want RGB Aura software and new Maximus IX motherboard line as main feature at CES

 

First, Dark Aura

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and second. White Shadow

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My Build Logs

Snef Bloody Angel --- Sand of God --- Red Poseidon --- Purple Chimera BOTM July 26 2013 --- Icy Blue Angel BOTM May 10 2013 --- Extremmme Red DemonBOTM March 29 2013

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3 hours ago, Snef said:

hi

 

2 build I did for Asus CES2017

 

they want RGB Aura software and new Maximus IX motherboard line as main feature at CES


First, Dark Aura

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and second. White Shadow

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I really like those G.Skill RGB sticks. But they're a bit much for my build. If Corsair did something similar with the Dominator Platinums, I'd be all over that.

Also, for those interested in the carbon fiber tubing project, it looks like the matte tubing doesn't have proper resin/sealing on the inside. After cutting I noticed divets on the inside of the tubing. So, I'm going to be using the glossy one, if they hold up through testing. Here's a picture of light actually being visible through the matte carbon tubing.

 

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17 hours ago, Sazexa said:

I really like those G.Skill RGB sticks. But they're a bit much for my build. If Corsair did something similar with the Dominator Platinums, I'd be all over that.

Also, for those interested in the carbon fiber tubing project, it looks like the matte tubing doesn't have proper resin/sealing on the inside. After cutting I noticed divets on the inside of the tubing. So, I'm going to be using the glossy one, if they hold up through testing. Here's a picture of light actually being visible through the matte carbon tubing.

 

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That sucks :(


But i voted for gloss anyway LOL 

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So, I'm looking for some opinions on which loop to do. I've got quite a few different layouts and here they are. The ones with the pump and reservoir not in the picture have them in the case's other chamber.

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10 hours ago, Sazexa said:

So, I'm looking for some opinions on which loop to do. I've got quite a few different layouts and here they are. The ones with the pump and reservoir not in the picture have them in the case's other chamber.

 

First or second one. Really depends on the direction of the fans for the rads. Idk what case is it. I really hate the pe rad though. So xe on the bottom as intake along with the front fans as intake then the rear and pe on top as exhaust. 

 

Should be clean as a parralel loop too. Nice to see people actually doing it more. 

Main RIg Corsair Air 540, I7 9900k, ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero, G.Skill Ripjaws 3600 32GB, 3090FE, EVGA 1000G5, Acer Nitro XZ3 2560 x 1440@240hz 

 

Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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1 hour ago, Mick Naughty said:

First or second one. Really depends on the direction of the fans for the rads. Idk what case is it. I really hate the pe rad though. So xe on the bottom as intake along with the front fans as intake then the rear and pe on top as exhaust. 

 

Should be clean as a parralel loop too. Nice to see people actually doing it more. 

Why do you have the PE's? They perform decently enough.

 

All set ups will have intake on bottom, exhaust on top.

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3 minutes ago, Sazexa said:

Why do you have the PE's? They perform decently enough.

 

All set ups will have intake on bottom, exhaust on top.

I dislike them for the high fpi and split fin. So no matter what fan I use I get horrid airflow. Forced to use push pull with it to maintain any flow afterward which was needed when used as a front mount in my other case and again in my spare case. Worse performing rad I have. 

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Spare RIg Lian Li O11 AIR MINI, I7 4790K, Asus Maximus VI Extreme, G.Skill Ares 2400 32Gb, EVGA 1080ti, 1080sc 1070sc & 1060 SSC, EVGA 850GA, Acer KG251Q 1920x1080@240hz

 

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My new rig, completed yesterday.

 

Hardware:

Case: Corsair 600C inverted case

CPU: Intel i7 6700K @ 4.7Ghz

Memory: Corsair vengeance DDR4 2666Mhz

GPU: EVGA GTX1080

Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth Z170 S

SSD: Intel p600 M.2 NVMe 512Gb

 

Loop:

EK Water Blocks EK-FC1080 GTX - Nickel

Water Heatkiller IV Pro Intel - Clean acrylic

EK Water Blocks EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM - Plexi (incl. pump)

2 x Black Ice Nemesis Radiator GTS 280 - Satin White

Phobya 250mm reservoir

304 grade Stainless Steel 16mm o/d 13mm i/d tubing

Fill and drain ports

Alphacool and EK fittings

 

Will post temps when my CPU block back plate comes, it seems as though in the current configuration the CPU heats up very quickly.

 

The GPU idles at about 25 degrees though.

    

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Well, I've scrapped the carbon fiber idea, sadly. Sorry for the hype lol. I just don't think it's going to work. The resin on the interior of the matte tubing is not up to par, or even close. And while the glossy sample seems to have good internal resin, it's OD is actually more like 15.5ish mm, and I don't trust that.

So, now I'm back to using borosilicate glass.

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