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#1 ·
i was thinking about going for a full loop sometime soon and i was wondering what you guys thought about this kit https://www.dazmode.com/store/product/dual-radiator-laing-d5-complete-watercooling-flex-kit/
I live in Canada so i would like to buy from these guys. my budget is max $300 after tax and shipping. Also i would get the nickel cpu block upgrade,white tubes and black fittings. Also vario pump tank not the dual bay and you can take the fans out of the kit because i have two sp 120's from my h70. My rig is in my sig. Thanks in advance, TIllmander
 
#6 ·
The water cooling bug has bit me and well i pulled the trigger and bought the kit. Wooooo, lets hope i made the right choice. It came to $283 after tax and shipping. I got the 240mm rad darkside flex kit with white tubes, tank res, and nickel plated cpu block and black fittings. I took out the fans because i already have some. Now lets hope it comes before the weekend. So a build log or re-build should be coming soon!
 
#7 ·
Well everything has came in. It came yesterday but no one was to sign for it because i was still at school. so today i got home and bike to the post office and holy crap was it cold. But anyways i will be uploading pics soon of everything. I didnt order or pay for fans but they still came so woo hooo! But i'm also an idiot because i thought the nickel cpu block upgrade was the black csq top but its not, its clear (it has a maple leaf which is cool tho). (i'm doing a black and white themed build) I would return it but its not a big enough of a deal plus i got free fans so i cant complain.
 
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Any tips. Also can i use a very old psu from a compaq evo to test pump and everything outside of my case first? it has molex but no 24-pin. It's still in the computer so i'm thinking of just plugging the molex in to my pump then turning it on.
I would disconnect everything from the PSU before powering it up, better safe than sorry. That looks like a decent kit at a decent price! I like the mix-and-match concept. Good luck!
 
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don't worry right when the pump got to low i shut it off
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Good. The way you said you turned your pump on made me think you didn't have any water flowing through it. Other than that all I can recommend is just make sure your fittings are tight and you won't have any leaks. Leaks usually happen due to the user forgetting to tighten something down, not usually from the actual fitting or block. I will say be careful with cylinder reservoirs. I've had my loop completely installed and then after turning it on I had a leak where the the top or bottom are screwed on. This happened to me with my phobya reservoir as well as my bitspower reservoir. It seems like from the factory, the tops and bottoms just don't come tightened enough (I really had to crank them down). I prefer the cylinder reservoirs though for asthetic reasons.

Also I have forgotten to tighten a stop fitting on my alphacool radiator and needless to say I had a mess lol.
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Water got onto my brand new gtx 780 but I let it completely dry before turning it on and all is good.
 
#18 ·
That works...I dont have your case, so I cant help with the routing. I will tell you one thing I learned...bleeding is easier if pump is mounted lower than res....

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I really like that tubing.
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the pump and res are a combo.
Haha...I saw that...I really did....
 
#23 ·
put the gpu in the loop!
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#24 ·
That big long tube going from the CPU block to the pump could be shortened up. But either way it works.

Welcome to the underwater club.

I would disconnect the radiator from the top of the case and move it around while the pump is running, just to make sure you got the air bubbles out. I had my radiator in the top of my case and bleeding was a pain.

I now have my radiator standing up in the case, the radiator no longer holds onto air bubbles the way one in the top of your case will.
 
#25 ·
Ya i might shorten up the tube but it seems like it would be a lot of effort for something might even look worse than before. Also i just shook my case so i hope that gets all the air bubbles out. Installing the rad was such a pain because i had to hold it up top with the fans on top of it while trying to screw it in.
 
#26 ·
I'm trying to find the best possible fan setup and i was wondering what you guys think i should do?
Options:
1. Right now i have my 2 sp 120's on the rad in taking air and then the rear set as exhaust and the front 200mm as intake. But the real problem is that with the top rad as intake hot air is being pushed onto the vrm's on my mobo which get way to hot already. (Hinders oc i think)

2. Set the top rad exhaust but my gpu dumps hot air into the case which would make the rad take in hot air.

3. Also i could turn the rear fan as intake if i put the top as exhaust so i would cool the vrm's. But i want to hear what you guys think is the best way to do this?

4. My fan options are as follows: 2x stock 200mm corsair, 1x bitfenix white led specter 200mm, 2x corsair sp 120's, stock 120mm corsair, 2x ernemax magma and finally two xspc fans that came with my rad 1650 rpm. I am going for the least amount of dust and silence btw.
 
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