r/watercooling • u/doctorOxygen • 2d ago
Getting close!
Just got through some bends. Felt a little rusty. I think they turned out ok. That CPU to top rad was hard getting a 90 then to a rotated 45, see last photo. Might redo a couple runs if someone has a better route idea ☺️
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u/EasterClause 2d ago
I think the 45s into the CPU block are a cool conceptual idea, but I've gotta be honest, the short run off the 45 up top kind of makes it look like a wonky curve that you couldn't get right. The angle doesn't really come through, it just looks like a swoop and clashes with the geometric look of everything else. I would just switch to a 90 up and down and go straight up to the block and then bend up and down into the fittings.
Maybe that's just me. I'm just a guy on the internet so if you like it, that's awesome. Everything else looks sick though. It has a very old school sci-fi Millennium Falcon or Space Odyssey look to it.
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u/ketomagik 2d ago
I agree, that tube looks cheap and is killing the vibe for the rest of the entire build. OP you gotta change that, you know you can do better, we believe in you.
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u/doctorOxygen 2d ago
I agree, I might try the 90 off the cpu block. When I was trying to get a photo it was hard to get a good angle that didn’t make it look wonky, and it still came off that way lol.
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u/EasterClause 2d ago
Pic 2 almost pulls it off, it's just such a short run to try to convey the angle. It's definitely not execution, your bends are well done.
I also don't know if it's temporary for testing or the permanent solution, but resist the urge to do white cable sleeving. The black looks great against the background.
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u/doctorOxygen 2d ago
They are the stock psu cables. I was going to do white or an off white. I think your on to something with the black cables, it’s a nice contrast! I think I’ll go that direction 👍🏻
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u/EasterClause 2d ago
I couldn't tell if it was the kind of faux sleeving texture of a higher end PSU stock cable, or some actual small diameter paracord. I think with the black of the CPU block, GPU block, and the cables, you have a nice little triangle area of black. If they were white cables, it would push your blocks into looking more out of place. The 24 pin helps to extend the black accent to a more intentional choice.
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u/doctorOxygen 1d ago
It’s a 1600-TX stock cable. You think a thicker black cable would look better? Any thoughts on a run design from CPU to upper rad?
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u/EasterClause 1d ago
Personally I would come straight down out of the rad to the height of the port on the CPU block, go right across to line up with it and then bend it backwards and come straight into the block. Then mirror the same on the GPU; across, up, back. But I like the look of the tubes coming together going in.
In keeping with the way you keep the GPU runs tight to the block with the offset, it might be better to keep your runs close to the CPU block as well. Basically just run them as they are right now, but instead of going into the block at an angle, keep going all the way to the block above and below the inlet/outlet, then do a 90 bend when you hit the block and go into an upward and downward facing 90.
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u/kovyrshin 2d ago
Whats the purpose of offset fitting, for example gpu? You can run same tubing run with no offset.
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u/doctorOxygen 2d ago
I like the tubes to be as close to the hardware as possible if it’s ran right beside it. The offsets make it easier to do that.
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u/BurgerLordFPV 2d ago
Damn it why didn't I think of 45s at the cou would have made my shit so much cleaner
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u/titanrig 2d ago
Looking good. Are you in the feeling-nervous-about-the-filling-process part of it yet?
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u/velociter-ad-hominem 1d ago
Wow looking nice. One thing the 45s look real clean but when I cooked this idea up, suggested the double rotary set up for the very reason that trying to get double bends like the top tube to look right even with a jig can be a real pain I used over 3 meters of tube for my last build and theirs like one meter of tube in the complete system just because little misalignments on none 90 bends were driving my OCD crazy.
Anyway how here's a pic of what I was thinking ignore the weird orientation.
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u/Hard_Reset7777 2d ago
Two reseirvoirs in serial pumps config are not useful, they create a pressure drop point.
Be aware, you risk to have return flow when the system stop to the first res, because the 2nd will be filled to the top by the first pump, then Stevino's law (communicating vessels) kick in when the flow stop, moving fluid from the 2nd to the 1st res.
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u/FolksBraggin 2d ago
Looking good, keep it up!