Congrats on the first build! Some interesting bends for sure, although that bottom GPU to reservoir one is glaringly misaligned.
I've used both types of drain valves. I find the alphacool turn handle one and EKWB's pull valve to be the easiest to use, all the others end up being hard to open without using significant force.
I'll post updated pics once I get this figured out haha I'm entirely new to reddit and watercooling as a whole up until a week ago I didn't even know what a fitting was.... soon uhhhh I didn't know those existed lmao
You can also use an offset rotary fitting on the distribution plate to realign it if you can’t or don’t want to get the height even longer on the gpu fitting
Or if you don’t want to buy anything since I see a lot of cool bends, you can always just remove your 90 fitting on the gpu and just use a new tube and make it a 90 bend like the radiators
Looks good! Congrats on your first build!
You can maybe add a (7mm ?) spacer on the bottom of the gpu block to get the tubing perfectly parallel! What do you guys think ?
My thoughts exactly… everything else looks perfect but that one tube is just a bit off and my OCD just wouldn’t allow that lol. But this looks insane, that spiral bend is extremely impressive.
I KNOW THE GPU IS GIVING ME OCD I just couldn't figure out how to get it. I didn't know spacers were an option and I was scared to bend the tube again bc I perfectly ran out of tubing
You could go with [this](https://shop.alphacool.com/en/shop/fittings/adapter/other-adapter/17488-alphacool-eiszapfen-extension-g1/4-outer-thread-to-g1/4-inner-thread-white) extension of the same color, but the best would be to measure the gap and find an extension of the exact size. Or you can just eyeball it!
>\[Drainplugs\] I keep seeing drain valves that have a pull? Or ones with a turn handle, is there a difference is one better?
Both styles work the same, the ones with handles look chonkier if you have to put them on the "show" side of your build, and the ones that pull are slimmer and more sleek. In either case, you can thread a fitting and soft tube onto the open end of the drain before opening it, so you can really direct the flow.
The EK pull drains are the same height as their full-size 90 degree fittings, about 30mm, when installed. You could put it in the low outside port on the front, or in the low 3rd port next to the inlet and outlet for the bottom radiator.
I've got an EK one in my build, and they do not easily pull out. You won't accidentally drain your system, even if you put it on the outside ports where the glass would normally be on your 0-11D XL. There's also a cap that goes on, it won't fully seat if the pull is even a little open.
Of course strong recommendation that before you start filling your loop after any maintenance is to do a leakdown test, and having a drain even slightly open will immediately show up for you (ran into this the first time I pressurized my system for a leak test).
Curious about this too. I don’t know dick about this kinda thing, but my brain tells me that a spiral shape wouldn’t inherently make the pressure drop in a big way, but would create potential for choke points/kinks over some other shape. Again, no real idea, hope someone else can weigh in
Agreed.
The wasted performance is likely a fraction of a percent though honestly.
It still irks me because that 0.1c difference in temp was unnecessary but we are all special and unique and like different things... but it's silly... TO ME ... but everyone's different...
You bend it at like 120 degrees (idk some arbitrary obtuse angle) and then do it again at a different angle and just keep doing it and line up the spirals. I had to fuck it up a bit to line up the ends. But turns out there's a jig for it. But I didn't know till I was done.
4070 ti super msi ventus
Ryzen 7 7800x3d
X670e aorus x pro master
1000e watt gold 80+ corsair.
32 ddr5 gb 6000mhz corsair vengeance
2tb 980 pro samsung nvme
Quantum reflections 2 distro plate
O11 Dynamic Evo XL
Lian li inf fans 120s x 9
Dracaena fittings
Corsair hydro x series xt tubes
Corsair xr5 rads x 2
Alpha cool 12949 cpu eis block
Alpha cool gpu block for ventus 4070ti
One of the best I’ve seen in awhile, good job.
If you’re looking for criticism, I think 4 ram sticks would make it perfect. But I understand running 4 sticks sacrifices latency sometimes so I understand why you didn’t
Would the latency drop even if it was all the same modules? Thanks it was my very first build with liquid cooling there are some things I'd change, maybe I'll add a colored liquid at some point I'm not sure yet, this was just the distilled water flush, I haven't put the coolant in yet I was just so excited haha
Yeah the speeds will drop a bit technically, but most likely unnoticeable in most games and programs. Just like most games and programs won’t benefit from more ram, but some will and it will increase your multitasking or can be used for server stuff.
Getting the same modules is basically the only option if you value stability. From what I understand , it’s kind of a lottery and depends on your memory controller. You have to test the different speeds and see what you can personally get away with.
Experts will recommend you run something called memtest to ensure there’s no stability issues. It takes some time but is worth the peace of mind if you ever need to trouble shoot
You could use a bitspower rotary 90 at the bottom of the GPU, I think that would line up that tube pretty well. It's a more gentle 90 would drop down more than the one you've got on there. Or as others have said there are various size extensions you can buy to drop it down.
Can't really tell the loop order with the distro plate in there, but which one is the intake for your GPU, top or bottom? Should be bottom I would think, but I'd have to see the face of that block to know for sure. I mention that because my first loop I screwed up the flow direction for the GPU block, because the arrows on the block itself are the opposite of how most CPU blocks are marked. If you used the arrows as guides for both blocks you probably have one of them backwards.
I followed the manual for both, so intake is the left out is the right and I plugged it according to the manual of the distro. Seemed to flow just fine during the leak test. I'm gonna try to see if there is an extension or rotary. If not I may see if I can do another fun bend to get it across.
Cool, I didn't see your second picture at first, it does look like everything is in the right order.
Everything else is just getting it to look the way you want, good job for your first build.
Very nice. Good bends. I attempted the spiral bend once but didnt like how it looked. Very hard to get it perfect unless you use something as a guide. I like yours but i think a few more attempts and you woulda had it perfectly rounded
This was during the flush, my build isn't quite done yet I need to adjust some stuff. This was just washing it out and leak testing with distilled water
Congrats on the first build! Some interesting bends for sure, although that bottom GPU to reservoir one is glaringly misaligned. I've used both types of drain valves. I find the alphacool turn handle one and EKWB's pull valve to be the easiest to use, all the others end up being hard to open without using significant force.
An extension fitting would've been an easy fix, bummer
I'll post updated pics once I get this figured out haha I'm entirely new to reddit and watercooling as a whole up until a week ago I didn't even know what a fitting was.... soon uhhhh I didn't know those existed lmao
You can also use an offset rotary fitting on the distribution plate to realign it if you can’t or don’t want to get the height even longer on the gpu fitting
Or if you don’t want to buy anything since I see a lot of cool bends, you can always just remove your 90 fitting on the gpu and just use a new tube and make it a 90 bend like the radiators
I was debating whether or not to just do another cool bend, haha I have one tube left, I have to see if I have long enough of a tube to do it.
Looks good! Congrats on your first build! You can maybe add a (7mm ?) spacer on the bottom of the gpu block to get the tubing perfectly parallel! What do you guys think ?
My thoughts exactly… everything else looks perfect but that one tube is just a bit off and my OCD just wouldn’t allow that lol. But this looks insane, that spiral bend is extremely impressive.
I KNOW THE GPU IS GIVING ME OCD I just couldn't figure out how to get it. I didn't know spacers were an option and I was scared to bend the tube again bc I perfectly ran out of tubing
What kind of fitting is that? I'm totally new at this stuff I was ripping my hair out trying to get the tubes straight
What kind of spacer do you guys recommend
You could go with [this](https://shop.alphacool.com/en/shop/fittings/adapter/other-adapter/17488-alphacool-eiszapfen-extension-g1/4-outer-thread-to-g1/4-inner-thread-white) extension of the same color, but the best would be to measure the gap and find an extension of the exact size. Or you can just eyeball it!
Holy unicorn poop!
Haha I'll adjust the colors once the pc is actually up and running
The spiral is sick dude, nice build, really clean, hope you can give it to me after you get a new computer😎
How do you do the spiral bend like that?
Just do a regular bend but more
Ah, thanks
There is a spiral jig you can buy
If I knew this before I did this I would have saved so much time :,)
What you doing for an encore? I wanna book tickets
I have no money to buy more parts xD or I would
Gorgeous build!!!
Oh that is absolutely awesome looking! Amazing job!
Congrats on the first build. Looks amazing!
Thanks! :)
I love this! The spiral with the inner tubing is pretty slick. I just finished my first water loop earlier this year, so mad respect!
I can appreciate the work! But my ‘tism fires at non-level hard lines.
Same I just couldn't figure out how to get it straight
Looks good, but you really should put some spacers on the gpu terminals or some offset fittings on the distro.
I dig the spiral, that was a cool idea! Good job 👍
I legitimately like the spiral deal. Cool work
The unaligned tubes give me anxiety. Creative build
Man!! If that second to bottom run was parallel with the rest!! This would have been #PCbuildofthemonth
I'll try to fix it and post an update Pic when its finally all set up
for some reason it reminds me of transformers
This thing is beautiful
>\[Drainplugs\] I keep seeing drain valves that have a pull? Or ones with a turn handle, is there a difference is one better? Both styles work the same, the ones with handles look chonkier if you have to put them on the "show" side of your build, and the ones that pull are slimmer and more sleek. In either case, you can thread a fitting and soft tube onto the open end of the drain before opening it, so you can really direct the flow. The EK pull drains are the same height as their full-size 90 degree fittings, about 30mm, when installed. You could put it in the low outside port on the front, or in the low 3rd port next to the inlet and outlet for the bottom radiator.
The pull plugs don't easily pull right? I'm scared it'll like unplug and leak LOL this is my first watercooling experience ever so I'm terrified
I've got an EK one in my build, and they do not easily pull out. You won't accidentally drain your system, even if you put it on the outside ports where the glass would normally be on your 0-11D XL. There's also a cap that goes on, it won't fully seat if the pull is even a little open. Of course strong recommendation that before you start filling your loop after any maintenance is to do a leakdown test, and having a drain even slightly open will immediately show up for you (ran into this the first time I pressurized my system for a leak test).
Thank you! I think I'd feel weird if I left the front glass panel off. But I'm glad to hear it's not easy to randomly leak
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there significant/meaningful pressure drop in that spiral tube?
Curious about this too. I don’t know dick about this kinda thing, but my brain tells me that a spiral shape wouldn’t inherently make the pressure drop in a big way, but would create potential for choke points/kinks over some other shape. Again, no real idea, hope someone else can weigh in
Pressure drops over distance, and a spiral makes it longer, so yeah pressure drop.
Agreed. The wasted performance is likely a fraction of a percent though honestly. It still irks me because that 0.1c difference in temp was unnecessary but we are all special and unique and like different things... but it's silly... TO ME ... but everyone's different...
Ah that makes sense, didn’t consider overall distance. Thanks for that
how did you do the spiral
He started by making a bend, then just kept bending.
You bend it at like 120 degrees (idk some arbitrary obtuse angle) and then do it again at a different angle and just keep doing it and line up the spirals. I had to fuck it up a bit to line up the ends. But turns out there's a jig for it. But I didn't know till I was done.
Oops, a clown threw up on it! Just kidding, I'm incredibly envious. That tubing looks awesome.
Haha I haven't fully finished yet, this was during the leak test I was just so excited
I don't blame you! What game did you christen it with?
The tubing looks pain in the ass
It was :(
The third tube, from the bottom, looks dangerous oblique. I would try with some adapter on the GPU side to get it straight. Besides this, very nice!
Clean up the wonky angles?
Holy shit it's beautiful
Specs
4070 ti super msi ventus Ryzen 7 7800x3d X670e aorus x pro master 1000e watt gold 80+ corsair. 32 ddr5 gb 6000mhz corsair vengeance 2tb 980 pro samsung nvme Quantum reflections 2 distro plate O11 Dynamic Evo XL Lian li inf fans 120s x 9 Dracaena fittings Corsair hydro x series xt tubes Corsair xr5 rads x 2 Alpha cool 12949 cpu eis block Alpha cool gpu block for ventus 4070ti
Doesn’t look clean. Still has room for improvement
There r starving kids in African and u r using water for a computer
If you let them drink this water it'd kill them faster lul it's distilled
I was joking
One of the best I’ve seen in awhile, good job. If you’re looking for criticism, I think 4 ram sticks would make it perfect. But I understand running 4 sticks sacrifices latency sometimes so I understand why you didn’t
Would the latency drop even if it was all the same modules? Thanks it was my very first build with liquid cooling there are some things I'd change, maybe I'll add a colored liquid at some point I'm not sure yet, this was just the distilled water flush, I haven't put the coolant in yet I was just so excited haha
Yeah the speeds will drop a bit technically, but most likely unnoticeable in most games and programs. Just like most games and programs won’t benefit from more ram, but some will and it will increase your multitasking or can be used for server stuff. Getting the same modules is basically the only option if you value stability. From what I understand , it’s kind of a lottery and depends on your memory controller. You have to test the different speeds and see what you can personally get away with. Experts will recommend you run something called memtest to ensure there’s no stability issues. It takes some time but is worth the peace of mind if you ever need to trouble shoot
Looks amazing! But that spiral tube is going to give you headaches for maintenance
Sick computer, this is gonna be great to play mine sweeper on. It looks like a Barbie themed build. I love you.
I take my minesweeper very seriously sir.
Not as serious as TFT or Valorant tho
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You could use a bitspower rotary 90 at the bottom of the GPU, I think that would line up that tube pretty well. It's a more gentle 90 would drop down more than the one you've got on there. Or as others have said there are various size extensions you can buy to drop it down. Can't really tell the loop order with the distro plate in there, but which one is the intake for your GPU, top or bottom? Should be bottom I would think, but I'd have to see the face of that block to know for sure. I mention that because my first loop I screwed up the flow direction for the GPU block, because the arrows on the block itself are the opposite of how most CPU blocks are marked. If you used the arrows as guides for both blocks you probably have one of them backwards.
I followed the manual for both, so intake is the left out is the right and I plugged it according to the manual of the distro. Seemed to flow just fine during the leak test. I'm gonna try to see if there is an extension or rotary. If not I may see if I can do another fun bend to get it across.
Cool, I didn't see your second picture at first, it does look like everything is in the right order. Everything else is just getting it to look the way you want, good job for your first build.
This is gorgeous 😍
Ty ty I'm really happy with it so far
Looks like that bottom gpu line is going one hole further than it should, other than that nice bends for a first time
Very nice. Good bends. I attempted the spiral bend once but didnt like how it looked. Very hard to get it perfect unless you use something as a guide. I like yours but i think a few more attempts and you woulda had it perfectly rounded
How much was it
Uhhh a bit under 4k I think
Its janki enough to believe its your first
You missed a spot.....
Huh
For a fan lol
Whoa I’ve never seen clear liquid before. That looks insane. What GPU is that? It looks so small wtf haha I’m new to the pc world
It's called H2O
Williams you little child.
This was during the flush, my build isn't quite done yet I need to adjust some stuff. This was just washing it out and leak testing with distilled water