Noob Water-cooling Questions

[aL_eX]

I've almost finished planning my custom water loop, but I have a few questions that I couldn't find answers for online (I'm cooling two GTX 1080 Tis and an i7 6800K).

 

First of all, I saw a JayzTwoCents video where his PC (Skunkworks) has very thin-looking fittings between each GPU. So far I'm looking at EK-ACF fittings, but they look much bigger than the ones in Jay's build (and other builds I've seen online). I currently have the GPUs with a 3-slot separation, so are these thin fittings required?

 

Secondly, I'm thinking of mixing distilled water with EK-Ekoolant Pastel White. Is this a good choice, and how long should I wait before changing the fluid once it's in the system?

 

Finally, I'm deciding between Noctua NF-F12 120mm and Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm fans. The Noctua fans are a bit more expensive, so is it really worth the £7/$9 price difference per fan?

 

Thanks in advance.

[stealth80]

Those fittings look like silver versions of my Primochill RSX

 

 

https://www.primochill.com/collections/revolver-sx-compression/products/primochill-1-2in-rigid-revolversx-series-fitting-silver-nickel-12-pack

[ottoyu34]

26 minutes ago, aL_eX said:

I've almost finished planning my custom water loop, but I have a few questions that I couldn't find answers for online (I'm cooling two GTX 1080 Tis and an i7 6800K).

 

First of all, I saw a JayzTwoCents video where his PC (Skunkworks) has very thin-looking fittings between each GPU. So far I'm looking at EK-ACF fittings, but they look much bigger than the ones in Jay's build (and other builds I've seen online). I currently have the GPUs with a 3-slot separation, so are these thin fittings required?

 

Secondly, I'm thinking of mixing distilled water with EK-Ekoolant Pastel White. Is this a good choice, and how long should I wait before changing the fluid once it's in the system?

 

Finally, I'm deciding between Noctua NF-F12 120mm and Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm fans. The Noctua fans are a bit more expensive, so is it really worth the £7/$9 price difference per fan?

 

Thanks in advance.

I can tell you about the fans, as I testing out different fans on the radiator for my home server build. I had the Corsair SP120 with LED and it was barely acceptable performance for a 120mm fan. It was quite noisy around 26dB which I had to slow it down. They are replaced by Noctua P12 which is dead quiet at full speed, dropped CPU load temps by about 3c delta. Noctua also has longer warranty and MTBF rating. 

[aL_eX]

Just now, ottoyu34 said:

I can tell you about the fans, as I testing out different fans on the radiator for my home server build. I had the Corsair SP120 with LED and it was barely acceptable performance for a 120mm fan. It was quite noisy around 26dB which I had to slow it down. They are replaced by Noctua P12 which is dead quiet at full speed, dropped CPU load temps by about 3c delta. Noctua also has longer warranty and MTBF rating. 

Thanks, I'll definitely go for the Noctuas then.

[Eddie Current]

6 hours ago, aL_eX said:

Finally, I'm deciding between Noctua NF-F12 120mm and Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition 120mm fans. The Noctua fans are a bit more expensive, so is it really worth the £7/$9 price difference per fan?

Yes, yes they are. I wish they sold a 180mm fan.