Many Waterloop questions

[67675]

So I will be doing a build very soon and since this is my first time building a waterloop i had some questions.

 

 

1. So i saw some reservoirs having air on the top of them with both tubes connect to the bottom and none at the top (look at a ek x3 reservoir) Can i leave air at the top if both tubes are at the bottom or do i fill it all the way to the top when air bleeding?

 

2.If my pc leaks and everything is unplugged is everything safe if dried after or there probably will be some damage

 

3. How much tubing (soft) should i get if i use a Evga DG-87 (Estimate)

 

4.Can i use a fan hub for radiator fans and then connect it to a Cpu_fan 

 

5. My motherboard has a voltage or whatever you call it built in water cooling heat sink (Maximus VIII Formula), do i need a motherboard block or can i just put fittings and that's all

 

6. How long should i air bleed (I can't watch the pc for 24/7) 

 

 

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, 67675 said:

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1) In general for a res you can leave it half full as long as there is enough fluid to keep feeding the pump and not have it run dry.

 

2) For leaks if you unplug everything immediately and dry it and clean it with isopropyl alcohol of any contaminates it can potentially survive without issue but it's never a guarantee. Including bleeding the loop should take about a day but may take up to a week for small bubbles to make their way out.

 

3) For soft tube I would just recommend to get a roll or the primochill stuff which is approx 10 ft of tubing which will give you more than enough. 

 

4) You can use a fan hub or splitter for your fans but if you planning on having more than 3-4 I would look into getting PWM based fans with a splitter that is power separately and not drawing power the the header itself. 

 

5) For that motherboard you can integrate it into your loop quite easily with regular fittings as it uses the standard G1/4 threading. 

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3 minutes ago, 67675 said:

So I will be doing a build very soon and since this is my first time building a waterloop i had some questions.

 

 

1. So i saw some reservoirs having air on the top of them with both tubes connect to the bottom and none at the top (look at a ek x3 reservoir) Can i leave air at the top if both tubes are at the bottom or do i fill it all the way to the top when air bleeding?

 

2.If my pc leaks and everything is unplugged is everything safe if dried after or there probably will be some damage

 

3. How much tubing (soft) should i get if i use a Evga DG-87 (Estimate)

 

4.Can i use a fan hub for radiator fans and then connect it to a Cpu_fan 

 

5. My motherboard has a voltage or whatever you call it built in water cooling heat sink (Maximus VIII Formula), do i need a motherboard block or can i just put fittings and that's all

 

6. How long should i air bleed (I can't watch the pc for 24/7) 

 

1.  You do not need to fill it all the way.  It doesn't look as good half full, but it has no impact on performance.

 

2.  Once thoroughly dried, most parts will be fine provided you used clean distilled water or a quality premixed coolant in your loop.  Water in a PSU is never good even after it's dry.  This is not to say that it won't work, but I wouldn't use it once it's been soaked.

 

3.  One box of Primochill is 10' long is is usually more than enough with plenty left over.

 

4.  Yes.  Make sure that you get a PWM splitter (hub) if you plan to use PWM fans to be controlled by your motherboard.  Also, if you are using a lot of fans through the splitter (hub), make sure it's powered by a SATA or molex power connection. 

 

5.  The waster block is already built in to the board.  The only thing you'll need are the standard G 1/4 fittings and any rotatory fittings that you may want for proper routing.

 

6.  You should test the loop for 24 hours or so before you even apply power to any other component in the build.  The only think that should be running during testing is the pump itself. 

 

Hope that helped.

 

 

[67675]

2 minutes ago, W-L said:

1) In general for a res you can leave it half full as long as there is enough fluid to keep feeding the pump and not have it run dry.

 

2) For leaks if you unplug everything immediately and dry it and clean it with isopropyl alcohol of any contaminates it can potentially survive without issue but it's never a guarantee. Including bleeding the loop should take about a day but may take up to a week for small bubbles to make their way out.

 

3) For soft tube I would just recommend to get a roll or the primochill stuff which is approx 10 ft of tubing which will give you more than enough. 

 

4) You can use a fan hub or splitter for your fans but if you planning on having more than 3-4 I would look into getting PWM based fans with a splitter that is power separately and not drawing power the the header itself. 

 

5) For that motherboard you can integrate it into your loop quite easily with regular fittings as it uses the standard G1/4 threading. 

For 1 i was trying to say If it can be like that due to the air in it

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, 67675 said:

For 1 i was trying to say If it can be like that due to the air in it

I left mine 2/3rd's full as I didn't want to purchase another bottle of premix in my loop, it won't have any problem with the airspace. 

[67675]

Forgot to list but how many bottles (1 liter) should i get?

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, 67675 said:

Forgot to list but how many bottles (1 liter) should i get?

What do you have in your loop it depends on how many blocks, reservoir size, rads and tubing runs. In general 1-2 bottles of premix (1L each) will do it for most systems. 

[67675]

3 minutes ago, W-L said:

What do you have in your loop it depends on how many blocks, reservoir size, rads and tubing runs. In general 1-2 bottles of premix (1L each) will do it for most systems. 

420mm rad, Ek x3 250 reservoir, 360mm rad, 10/16 diameters tubing, No idea on how much tubing but let's just say 2.5 Meters of tubing

[W-L]

7 minutes ago, 67675 said:

420mm rad, Ek x3 250 reservoir, 360mm rad, 10/16 diameters tubing, No idea on how much tubing but let's just say 2.5 Meters of tubing

At that your looking at around 2 bottle of fluid (1L each) approx then assuming you are using something like a somewaht thick rad. 

[67675]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

At that your looking at around 2 bottle of fluid (1L each) approx then assuming you are using something like a somewaht thick rad. 

Yeah one is 38mm and the other is 60mm Also i saw some video (probaly very old) that said you should do something with your gpu o-ring like clean it or something before you assemble loop correct me if i'm wrong, Idk

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, 67675 said:

Yeah one is 38mm and the other is 60mm Also i saw some video (probaly very old) that said you should do something with your gpu o-ring like clean it or something before you assemble loop correct me if i'm wrong, Idk

 If your doing two 420mm rads with one being 60mm thick you may be pushing the limit of 2L of fluid so it might need a little more, as for the o-ring thing I'm not sure what you are referring to, the GPU blocks come assembled and leak tested. 

[67675]

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

 If your doing two 420mm rads with one being 60mm thick you may be pushing the limit of 2L of fluid so it might need a little more, as for the o-ring thing I'm not sure what you are referring to, the GPU blocks come assembled and leak tested. 

Nvm about gpu block also both rads are not 420mm, 360mm is 60mm, 420mm is 38mm

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, 67675 said:

Nvm about gpu block also both rads are not 420mm, 360mm is 60mm, 420mm is 38mm

Yeah you will be looking at 2L of fluid then just the 360mm rad alone will be a good portion of the fluid. My 360mm 60mm thick from Alphacool measured out to exactly 0.5L of fluid itself.