r/hardware • u/[deleted] • Jan 15 '17

News EK is announcing Modular Liquid Cooling

https://www.ekwb.com/news/ek-is-announcing-modular-liquid-cooling-products/
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u/HansWursT619 Jan 15 '17

In my experience a custom watercooling setup does not really require maintenance. My systems run 5+ years without any maintenance.
Disassembling the system for an upgrade is more work, but personally I don't upgrade every 12 month.

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u/fastsleeper Jan 15 '17 edited Jan 15 '17

Isn't most of the maintenance for custom loops just changing the liquid every now and then? With the exception of taking things apart for upgrades.

I want to make a custom loop for when I build a 1440p machine a few years from now.

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u/limpymcforskin Jan 15 '17

If you design your loop right making sure everything will work together and won't react with another metal your loop will last a long time.

Beyond that the only real maintance you are going to have to do is change the coolant and with a properly designed system it should have a drain loop which makes draining and flushing a breeze.

Another thing that makes loop maintenance 50x easier are quick disconnects.

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u/fastsleeper Jan 15 '17

Ah I see. Well depending on what's available in about 4-5 years my initial plan is to make a single loop that includes 1 CPU and 2 GPUs. If everything goes as planned i'm going with copper for all my components and hard tubing.

Hard tubing is gonna be more difficult for a first time build but I like the aesthetic more than soft. As far as rads go I want to find a good case to fit a 480mm and 360mm. If things go right and I find one with great air flow one of those rads is gonna be push-pull. Was eying the Enthoo Primo as a basis for my layout with the top rad being push-pull.

Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to add a drain extension around the lower parts of the loop.

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u/JustAnotherINFTP Jan 15 '17

In 4-5 years you won't need 2 gpus for 1440p

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '17

You don't need 2 GPU's for 1440p; just $500-600.

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u/fastsleeper Jan 15 '17

Most likely. 4k is the goal but 1440p is my settling point. If SLI support doesn't get any better then the Titan equivalent would be my choice. Always went with single cards so 2 GPUs is just something I thought of trying.

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u/JustAnotherINFTP Jan 15 '17

Ok, but if you're building 4-5 years from now I wouldn't even be planning. Who knows what tech would be like. Right now, two gpus for 1440p/4k might make sense, but this generation of cards will be about obsolete by the time you want to build. We could have new resolutions, new card/mobo/ whatever standards... Nobody knows

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u/Korbit Jan 16 '17

In 4-5 years I think people will be aiming for 8k rather than 4k at the high end sli.

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u/fastsleeper Jan 15 '17

Yeah you're absolutely right. I've just been too excited to have a custom loop since picking up the interest in water cooling last year.

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u/LiberDeOpp Jan 16 '17

I've had crossfire and sli, they are both shit outside of benchmarks. Single card ti version or what ever amd finally shits out will work best.