WC Loop question

[KE2012]

What is your idle temp?

Usually I'm hanging somewhere around middle to high 30's. Ambient temperature being somewhere between 15-20.

 

 

 

That may be the issue if there is clogging in the waterblocks, I remember talking to another user, Spwath that used the black version of XSPC's tubing and had plastizers leech out into his loop and coat waterblocks and tubing fairly badly:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/390425-white-inside-tubing/

 

When you do take it apart for cleaning and notice something like that you may want to change that tubing to something like Primochill's Advance LRT.

Wow, you've just scared me with that, here's to hoping I've gotten off lucky.

 

[BrightCandle]

Wow, you've just scared me with that, here's to hoping I've gotten off lucky.

 

Its not the blocks though, its the radiators. You just aren't removing the heat as the water shouldn't be above 25-30C given your ambient temperature. The blocks could be blocked up but its not your number 1 problem, its that the heat isn't leaving the loop. Its almost like you have twice as much on this loop than you are telling us. I am frankly baffled it makes no sense at all.

[KE2012]

Its not the blocks though, its the radiators. You just aren't removing the heat as the water shouldn't be above 25-30C given your ambient temperature. The blocks could be blocked up but its not your number 1 problem, its that the heat isn't leaving the loop. Its almost like you have twice as much on this loop than you are telling us. I am frankly baffled it makes no sense at all.

 

Yeah good point, but still to think that the plastic stuff that hit Spwath could be building up in the blocks isn't a nice thought. And to be honest I'm sort of curious and want to take them apart to see the inner workings. (I'm that kid who takes pens apart)

 

And yeah, this problem is a total head scratcher.

[stealth80]

Yeah good point, but still to think that the plastic stuff that hit Spwath could be building up in the blocks isn't a nice thought. And to be honest I'm sort of curious and want to take them apart to see the inner workings. (I'm that kid who takes pens apart)

 

And yeah, this problem is a total head scratcher.

 

Be careful with the orings when you split the blocks, I cleaned mine with distilled and a toothbrush then soaked in boiling distilled after