Posts by DiHyMo

Re: pump/res placement. PC water pumps are centrifugal pumps, which need a minimum pressure, referred to as net positive suction head or NPSH, at the eye of the impeller {where the water goes into the pump}. The pump will not 'lift'...

Don't use any dye. I know it looks cool, I always want the colour, but I'm sick of cleaning gunk out of my loop/blocks. Now I use distilled and a biocide, coloured tubing and LEDs to get the cool look.

A mid tower case can be challenging to get a good loop into. And your case would need some effort and modding to get a good , tidy effective loop set up. I agree that it looks better to keep it all inside if you can but with a mid tower...

I also will recommend going for a cylinder res option. I've used a few bay reservoirs of different sizes and now am using my first cylinder, an EK that screws right into this EK pump top with a D5 in it. Awesome. A cylinder res with or...

I have used Primochill blood red dye bomb. 2 of them and I got a light watermelon/pink colour. Within days it had faded to almost nothing, meaning the colourant had quickly come out of solution and deposited in my blocks and rads. Dont...

I have done 1 build with a CPX-Pro, pumping from a bay res through a Black Ice pro 120, Black Ice GTS240, DD TDX CPU block and a DD Tieton full cover GTX280 block, in a full tower case. The flow seemed adequate to me, particularly...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mayhem Because they leach plastics and absorb the dyes quicker. Tygon isn't made for water cooling its made for gasses and primochill leaches like hell and can effect our pastel range due to the chemicals...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mayhem What colour red you after. Typically we use 200mls per 25ltrs for the new red (not out for public sale yet) For the old light red it was 100ml per 25ltr For dark red it was 150ml red + 50ml blue per...

Definitely buy compression fittings to to suit both ID and OD of the tubing

I also think a D5 is an excellent pump, I have used a few, the oldest one I have is 6 years old and still running fine. Tubing, I recommend 3/8"ID 5/8"OD. Either Tygon 3603 or Primoflex Pro LRT. I have used both and they are are a good...