Dr4gon's Water Work Log: A Test of Patience - First Watercooling (*56K Warning*) - Page 3 - Overclock.net

**dr4gon** · 08-19-07

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Originally Posted by ira-k

Did you have a hard time getting the tubing on? You'll get the hang of it after you do it a few times, it gets a lot easier...Its just one of those things you have to do to get used to it...I hope thats why your hands are sore, if it ain't I'm not sure I want to hear why they are ...

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erm.... yeah ... sore from trying to get a good grip on namely the reservoir (those mounting things are hard on your hands) and the pump (no easy way to grab the sucker. I found sticking your finger into the tubing with a bit of soap to expand it while it is hot works since it has such great elasticity. Oh yeah and keep pushing, if you stop, be ready to do some cutting (or pulling if it is still hot)

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Originally Posted by Zeraphil

wow, what a clean and spotless job, that was tight, man. I'm going to be going at it soon myself. I hope I can count on you for advice? Very appreciated.

You bet!

Me or anyone else here will be glad to help you out as best we can!

**ira-k** · 08-19-07

Yeah you can stick needle-nose pliers into it to and open them up to stretch it out a little to...You cant stop pushing or it will stick especially on plastic barbs it didn't take you long to learn that did it...

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**dr4gon** · 08-19-07

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Originally Posted by ira-k

Yeah ..... it didn't take you long to learn that did it...

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har har ...

hobbes70790 · 08-20-07

NICE! glad to see someone else sporting the red/orange look.

I thought for a while there i might be the only one

. regardless good job man! can't wait to see some more pics.

ps. nice case as well! i'm envious, for such a long time i have wanted that one

, but i always end up getting more internals over a new case to replace my now running on 6 years old Xaser III..

killnine · 08-20-07

Nice setup, I can't wait to see the final product.

I hear ya about the tubing fiasco. My fingers hurt right now too.

BUT, the 7/16" tubing is SUCH an improvement over the 1/2". Its thinner, bends easier, and doesn't even require zipties or hoseclamps to provide a good seal. I love it and would gladly sacrifice the comfort in my hands for 7/16" results.

**dr4gon** · 08-21-07

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Originally Posted by hobbes70790

NICE! glad to see someone else sporting the red/orange look.

I thought for a while there i might be the only one

. regardless good job man! can't wait to see some more pics.

ps. nice case as well! i'm envious, for such a long time i have wanted that one

, but i always end up getting more internals over a new case to replace my now running on 6 years old Xaser III..

I just put in the dye and let's just say its ... uhm bubble gum or grapefruit juice color under normal light. Under UV it's a brighter to darker orange, but it has to be pretty close to the UV). I'm not disappointed but am still looking for a pure orange day/night (with and without UV)...

I'll try to post pictures in the morning, too tired now... But as an update, the aluminum mosfet sinks along with the 1 stubborn copper sink were glued on and obviously new distilled water has been added and dyed.
I got a little bit of foam but sucked it out with a syringe

. Tyorik (?) should try that lol.... And it will be leak testing again (yes, I'm paranoid) for another 12 hours till the morning when I can hopefully get some more progress and get those pictures up.

hobbes70790 · 08-21-07

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Originally Posted by dr4gon

I just put in the dye and let's just say its ... uhm bubble gum or grapefruit juice color under normal light. Under UV it's a brighter to darker orange, but it has to be pretty close to the UV). I'm not disappointed but am still looking for a pure orange day/night (with and without UV)...

it does have a pinky tint to it in daylight, but if your UV lights are on in the day it all but goes away. for me anyway, i never turn mine off. that and once the look is completely installed and the side put back on it is dark enough in there that it doesn't look nearly as pink

you probably wont ever find the true orange day/night color your looking for, UV red is much harder to get accurate then blue/green, as you would have noticed since almost anything UVred is actually orange or pinkish. here is the closest i have ever seen to being red day/night, but that is a small bottle and i haven't seen the results once its been diluted.

**dr4gon** · 08-21-07

I got a special present for everyone ....

You just cannot make this stuff up!

These are both idle, more results to follow

ambient= ~27C

**ira-k** · 08-21-07

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Originally Posted by dr4gon

I got a special present for everyone ....

You just cannot make this stuff up!

These are both idle, more results to follow

ambient= ~27C

Not bad...Hopefully your load wont be over 10C higher...

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**dr4gon** · 08-27-07

Just added a ton of benchmarks, finally!!!

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...ml#post2613071

Keep in mind that (i think) you need to add 15C to speedfan, so it is quite hot)

IF anyone wants me to run some game benchmarks, I will do so by request. WIC, Steam games, fear, etc...

I'm pretty happy overall, no leaks! Yippeee!

The GPU is amazingly cool as compared to before, but the CPU is quite hot, will have to get a new radiator as stated in my 3rd post. My room right now is just way too hot and so I got hot air coming out of the radiator

. Can't wait till the temps start dropping!

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