New Custom Loop First Time

[tsuris]

Something I have wanted to try, making a custom loop.  Been through a bunch of cases to choose from and parts choices and I think I have come to a final set.  Looking for any info I might have missed for the choices made, and any advice anyone would be willing to give about the choices made.  Keeping in mind this is a hypothetical build, based on current gen, with an eye to make it for next gen (i7 8700k->i7 9700k or whatever....and 1080 ti -> 1180 ti(2080 ti)).  So I understand that the requirements may change and become drastically different for that (though heat supposedly goes down more than up over time...with some exceptions (gtx 480!!!)
MB                   Asus ROG Maximus Formula X

CPU                 i7-8700k Coffee Lake

Case                Corsair 500d (possible alternates, 500d rgb, 1000d, be quiet! dark base pro 900...with psu issues, uses passthrough c13 plug, psu has c19 plug)

CPU Block       EK-Supremacy EVO or EK-Supremacy EVO - Acetal

Ram                32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3000 (x2) 15-17-17-35 (possibly 2 of these instead of the 4x8 sticks that i had,also a question on speed, diminishing returns especially per cost above this, just a filler atm)

SSD OS          Samsung 970 Pro M.2 2280 1TB NVMe PCIe G3

HD Storage     WD Green 6tb

SSD Storage  Samsung 860 Evo Pro (sata)

PSU                Corsair AX1600i (I KNOW this is over kill....even OVER OVER kill)

GPU               EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3 Elite Gaming Black (assuming Hydro Copper isn't available...which for the time now it isn't on this gen)

Tubing            Primoflex Advanced LRT 3/8 5/8 (switched to clear if colored fluid)

PumpRes      Swiftech Maelstrom d5 res 200m Pump Combo (squarish look comes with mount which I believe will work with bottom of case)...280mm tall in total, + aqua pipe

fitting              right angle bitspower compression 3/8 5/8 (into gpu, from cpu, to/from chipset)x4

fitting            straight bitspower fitting 3/8 5/8 (alternatively, straight ek fitting, but no right angle to match)x8

valve          bitspower bleed valve (and a barb fitting to store elsewhere for this as a drain/fill) just noticed picture doesn't include plug

aqua pipe    bitspower aquapipe (to stop the splash and reduce chance of bubbles re-entering with top reservoir return), if I undersand this correctly, this goes into the top of the res, then a fitting can be attached (then tubing)...adds height to a tall pump/res, in a short case, will have to see about sizes

radiator1     black ice nemesis 360 gts black carbon (front)

radiator2     black ice nemesis 280 gts black carbon (top)

biocide       n/a->in fluid

liquid         EK-CryoFuel Acid Green Concentrate 100 mL (x2....should be enough with spare?)

 

 

Specific urls will be added later if required, was thinking of orienting the two rads with the ports front / top so that one can directly (more or less) feed the other, then vertical gpu mounted as first input (after res/pump) to cpu, to lower left chipset block, out upper mid block to radiator and to that bitspower pipe to block bubble uptake.  If you have made it this far thank you and any thoughts would be appreciated, specfically, those rads are high restriction.  Will that pump be enough? Will the radiators be enough with noctua NF-12 and nf-a14 flx fans (low rpm from around 600-1200).  Lastly will that reservoir fit?  Thank you again.

[For Science!]

24 minutes ago, tsuris said:

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Welcome to the forums.

 

Looks fairly good, here are some of my opinions.

 

Since you have picked fairly spacious cases, I would heavily recommend you to look into thicker radiators. The GTS series are the best radiators for the 30 mm class, but are very restrictive and obviously do not perform as good as their thicker brethren. I use the GTSes in my MeshifyC build, simply because no thicker radiator would get in, but if you can fit a thicker one, I would do that.

 

silver kill coil in my opinion is a fairly archaic way of doing things. I would recommend getting a modern coolant that has anti-corrosives as well as biocides. I would recommend EK-CryoFuel in this instance.

 

The only thing else is I would recommend you do some counting and make sure you get enough of each fitting and valve.

[tsuris]

The 500d (which looks best at the moment) has a relatively small space from front to res/pump mount, I don’t know the max thickness that would fit the space, without one touching the other, as to the top that might be possible but I will have to wait to either have the case, or for any wisdom those here have.  The concern with coolant most of them that I can find a chemical list for include “ethylene-glycol” which I am given to understand reacts with advanced lrt tubing and gunks up blocks.  That and I read on the stickies in this forum that a clean water loop can go as much as a year and a half before flushing (max) but 6-12 (coolant depending) max for other fluids.  If anyone knows the best fluid pre mix or concentrate that does not include “ethylene-glycol” or dyes, or could check clearance in the case for rad thickness (for the top rad it would need to be close to or hopefully above the top of the other radiator with fittings, or at least far enough away that a soft tube could bend without kinking, and again thank you

[For Science!]

1 minute ago, tsuris said:

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EK-CryoFuel is not an ethylene glycol based coolant, a dye-less version is also available. Modern coolants can also extend for a comparable period, but it is recommended to swap it out for fresh coolant to replace expended biocide. 

 

More info about coolants here:

 

[tsuris]

Thought that button was a thumbs up for the help, whoops, and thank you for the post, gonna leave the thread open (not solved) to see if anyone who has the case might know about those spaces, if not I will try to find a local shop, that hopefully will let me take some measurements.
Links added to the items (some out of stock), fluid/biocide changed, as was tubing.

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from videos on YouTube 30mm is gonna be the max at top for motherboard clearance and likely the max at front, also found out that vertical mount you is pretty much required as the length of most graphics cards would otherwise extend over the reservoir and restrict its height (and input)

[tsuris]

Feeling the idea of the xflow x 2 radiators and maybe going that way with the build, these are estimates based on pixel sizes and depth of the case, so adjustment are likely and it seems a very tight fit. (also in the case of 2 u flow, i am aware I would have to put the cpu block upside down...the logo!!!.... in order to order the loop that way)

 

dual xflow /w fittings and drain port, f/p is fitting/plug 90 are the 90 triple rotary and f are just fittings

double uflow

single x single u