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Looking good!

Looks good, OCIR.

I see you got the Corsair GTX in there, how are you liking it ?

Layback Bear said:

Thank you lady. You well know it take many days not just a few hours.

By the way before you start pick up a quality solder iron. You will doing a lot of soldering and cable sleeving. A bottle of Old #7 help also.

I have a inspector that watches over my work.

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So how does well the Water with those Acryl tubings, remembered when you installed it and i'm curious as some says angles in tubing might break the flow but if Acryl tubing had been created might be not that bad...Looks a D5 vario pump to push all that. Looks pretty neat, though!


@GoKay, most of us use cable extensions to be able hide those PSU cables when extra length is really needed. My very first build was like something hairy!!

Some of us cheat and use modular PSUs, then make our own custom made cables. While not difficult, 'tis tedious and not for the faint of heart.

By NoN

So how does well the Water with those Acryl tubings, remembered when you installed it and i'm curious as some says angles in tubing might break the flow but if Acryl tubing had been created might be not that bad...Looks a D5 vario pump to push all that. Looks pretty neat, though!

Bends in tubing has very little restriction if you use the proper tubing insert when bending.
The insert holds the I.D. dimensions.
As for the change in direction slowing down the flow, one would have to have a lab to test.
I'm thinking it would be less restrictive than a 90 deg coupler.
If one is worried about tubing restriction one could always get tubing with bigger I.D. and O.D.

With a 360 and a 240 radiator slowing coolant down I don't think tubing bends are a problem.
Also keep in mind that coolant can move to fast.
If the coolant moves to fast it doesn't allow proper time for heat transfer from the coolant into the radiator and then remove by the fans. Their is a balance point to all this which I learned when building cooling system for race cars.
Their is a balance to water speed and air speed through the radiators with a certain fin per square inch of the radiator.

I have (2) D5 pumps in the system in a dual reservoir.

Ocirs you have a very neat and tidy build. Air flow should be very good in that case.

Diameter being equal, it's the radius of a bend and the number of bends that determines flow restriction. A sharp 90° bend, such as a fitting would have, will create far more restriction than a bend with a larger radius. Also, the more bends there are in a tube, the more restriction will be created.

Layback Bear said:

By NoN

So how does well the Water with those Acryl tubings, remembered when you installed it and i'm curious as some says angles in tubing might break the flow but if Acryl tubing had been created might be not that bad...Looks a D5 vario pump to push all that. Looks pretty neat, though!

Bends in tubing has very little restriction if you use the proper tubing insert when bending.
The insert holds the I.D. dimensions.
As for the change in direction slowing down the flow, one would have to have a lab to test.
I'm thinking it would be less restrictive than a 90 deg coupler.
If one is worried about tubing restriction one could always get tubing with bigger I.D. and O.D.

With a 360 and a 240 radiator slowing coolant down I don't think tubing bends are a problem.
Also keep in mind that coolant can move to fast.
If the coolant moves to fast it doesn't allow proper time for heat transfer from the coolant into the radiator and then remove by the fans. Their is a balance point to all this which I learned when building cooling system for race cars.
Their is a balance to water speed and air speed through the radiators with a certain fin per square inch of the radiator.

I have (2) D5 pumps in the system in a dual reservoir.

Thanks for your respond.
I'm running a Laing DDC-3.2 PWM at 70% of its 12v power which is around 3100Rpm (with a 120mm Res tank now) and that's the best result i have. The two fans for the 240mm top radiator running 1200Rpm and for the 120mm radiator i'm running fan at 1600Rpm since i took a slim line 12mm thick. Radiators are 10 Fins per Inches for less Airflow.

Yes, its something to do with the race of the coolant in the parts. Also I can monitor the Temps output since i've install a probe before the coolant go back "In" the Reservoir Tank. It can gives me between 5°C to 6°C output Temps.

At 100% (4500RPM) the pump heated (i can feel it by touching it) even when installed an "In" Fan just underneath and i've got the worst results. I've using it at that speed sometimes just to move the coolant and clean some bubbles.

@Lady, thanks for clearing that too.