Water distribution plate bridge/ jumper

[Tiderfish]

Greetings,

 

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

I have been making my first custom loop in a Lian-Li o11 dynamic XL case. I thought I was doing well when I found the water plate, open box, from Microcenter selling for a discount. However this thing has been a challenge to deal with. I measured and ran the tubes with a GTX 680 as a template to make sure the cables and hoses would fit. I wasn't sure what GPU I would buy, but after mulling it over since 2019, I decided to get a 4080. (RIP my wallet). I had seen several reviews and pictures highlighting how large it is, but seeing it in person left me stunned! The case swallows it whole, but the hose I ran from the pump channel in the water plate to the CPU is meant to go over the GPU, but this GPU is way to massive. Even if I move the hose to the second outlet, it will still have to cut over the GPU and get kinked.

 

I would like to avoid using a hard tubed U bend. Does anyone know of a fitting that will make this turn? I looked on their site, and don't see cad drawings to figure out if a couple of right angle fittings and a male to male coupler would work. I know I can't bend the flexible tubing that tightly without kinking it.  Unfortunately the loop is filled and burped. I also had the extreme foresight to crimp on the hoses with automotive one-time-use ear-clamps.

 

Water Plate info is EKWB o11D-DPG1

 

Thank you for any and all help!

 

Matt|ttaM

 

[Mick Naughty]

Two 90 fittings and a long enough telescopic fitting. Or sli fitting as some would call it. 

[Tiderfish]

OOOOO see this is what I was looking for. Something kinda out of the box.Thank you for posting @Mick Naughty!

 

I just know that if I get standard right angle fittings and a regular coupler it will be juuuust a bit too off to thread in.

 

Do you have any recommendations brand wise? Any thing to look out for?

I am looking at this one, but it doesn't say the inner diameter. Obviously I would like to keep that as large as possible.

 

 

Matt|ttaM

[Mick Naughty]

25 minutes ago, Tiderfish said:

OOOOO see this is what I was looking for. Something kinda out of the box.Thank you for posting @Mick Naughty!

 

I just know that if I get standard right angle fittings and a regular coupler it will be juuuust a bit too off to thread in.

 

Do you have any recommendations brand wise? Any thing to look out for?

I am looking at this one, but it doesn't say the inner diameter. Obviously I would like to keep that as large as possible.

 

 

Matt|ttaM

Havent had any issues from the brands I've bought. i'd just get one thats gonna match the best. I dont see a link. Most of them have the same ID, I assume dont want a large fitting overall and nothing to gain with going larger. I tend to go with titan rig recently for all my fitting needs. 

[Tiderfish]

Awesome thanks again for responding!

 

The link i forgot to post was for a Koolance product. However I was able to source one tonight from Microcenter. They sell Bitspower fittings. The rest of the loop uses their fittings, and they have not let me down yet.

 

https://koolance.com/dual-video-connector-adjustable-1-slot-spacing

Its a bit pricey and shipping is at least $12. Not sure that $30 piece is better than this one from MC. that was $8

https://www.microcenter.com/product/602650/Dual_G1-4_Adjustable_Aqua_Link_Pipe_I_-_Silver_Shining

 

Upon inspection of the telescoping fitting, it has a thinner shaft that telescopes on a larger shaft, and the seal is made by 2 presumably nitrile O-rings. Is that typical? It takes very little effort to slide it in and out.

 

Matt|ttaM

[Mick Naughty]

Thats how they all are, should be easy to slide. Then you can lock it in place. I assume you measured to ensure its gonna reach the distance you need. Unless you are just gonna add spacers to make up the difference. 

[Tiderfish]

Well I got it all working, but not with the telescoping piece.

When I measured the span distance between holes, I measured bottom of one hole to the bottom of the next. So that distance was ~31mm. This would have been fine, if my right angle fittings had their outputs in the middle which they don't. So it didn't work at all. And it was too short to go to the next hole. So I threaded the right angle fittings and measured the distance between them (facing each other). That distance was 15mm (caliper said 14.97mm). So I scoured the internet for a 15mm male to male fitting. The only ones I found were a week away. Then I found that Bitspower makes a ~14mm fitting that male to male, that has a swivel collar. The blueprints say it is really 13.8mm, but a review stated it was 14mm. So I figured with the O-ring squish it would be perfect. Best part is the Microcenter had it in-stock. 

 

So I assembled all three fittings, and it seemed like it was a bit too narrow, but I was able to thread the right angles into the water block. I had to do only a few turns at a time each to not force it in crooked.

 

So if you have this waterplate and need to bridge the gap between the pump channel to the first outlet channel, you can buy these fittings and it will work.

 

Now the GPU sits over top of them, and you can't even see them.

Here are the parts I used: Keep in mind these part numbers are for the "black sparkle" finish, they do make other colors too.

 

14mm male to male coupler BP-BSRG (Bitspower homepage)

90-Degree Extender male to female BP-BS90R (Bitspower homepage)

EKWB / Lian-Li O11D-DPG1 (O11Dynamic/Dynamic XL) O11D-DPG1 (EKWB homepage)

 

Hopefully this helps someone in this same predicament.

 

Matt|ttaM

[ChrisLoudon]

On 1/11/2023 at 11:14 PM, Tiderfish said:

Does anyone know of a fitting that will make this turn

Not really a solution, more of something to think about, but have you considered the front mounted distro plate for the XL?

 

The G1 side plate is definitely the best option for the non-XL case but for the XL I'm starting to think the front distro works better.

 

Also, have you thought about going balls deep and water cooling the GPU? Saves a tone of space!

[HM-2]

On 1/20/2023 at 11:29 AM, ChrisLoudon said:

The G1 side plate is definitely the best option for the non-XL case but for the XL I'm starting to think the front distro works better.

Having used both a side and a front in the XL...yes, the front is far better.

[ChrisLoudon]

1 hour ago, HM-2 said:

Having used both a side and a front in the XL...yes, the front is far better.

Is there a better XL front facing place that supports a bottom rad? My front plate for the original o11 didn't have native support for this. I do recall janking a 240 rad at the bottom and using the secondary GPU flow and returns but the piping just looked a bit messy.

[AnonymousGuy]

(I know you solved it but I like to add some alternatives) I would have used soft tubing in a horseshoe shape with 2 90s.  It wouldn't look as clean but gets the job done.  8" of my tubing would make that bend in a cold state (it would have zero spring tension on it after being in the loop a few weeks):

 

 

Or in my guest gaming box where I have zero clearances to everything I end up doing a spiral of tubing (like a roller coaster loop)  to make bends that would otherwise be impossible in a straight shot.

 

Or on my whole-house-loop I used a piece of U bend copper pipe with 3/8" OD where it has a radius much tighter than what my tubing can do.  Little straight segments of tubing then to mate it to barbs: