So I see there are some rotary fittings. This means that they can swivel and rotate at certain points. I was wondering how these work and how they stay leak free when they rotate? Also if someone could brief me on all the different types of more "special" fittings like this. Right now all I have are normal compression fittings. I'm setting up my loop this week and was trying to find out some better options than all normal compression.
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How do rotary fittings work?
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Deepcool Captain 240
Hi guys,
Anyone here had experience with this? I'm planning to get 1 in a month or so and I really like this one since it looks so boss. Aesthetics aside, does it perform that well? And is it stable enough to not break apart/have leaks?
Thanks!
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Do i need a fan cotroller
do i need fan controller for 360mm rad
2 140mm fans
2 140mm fans
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is it hot ?
i just buy Swiftech H220-X on fulload its reach 60c (i7 950 OC from 3Ghz to 3.3Ghz) is it normal ?
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Building a PC help
I need help choosing a water cooler for these specs
I am looking at Building a great PC for all of my needs which does include alot of editing and other things and I need some input
Motherboard will ether be ASRock Fatal1ty X99X-KILLER or Asus X99-DELUXE Intel X99
32GB DDR4 Ram (speed will depend on color of rest of system)
2 GTX 980's
Intel Core i7 5820K 3.3 GHz Processor
Two 3TB Seagate Barracuda HDD 7200 RPM
512GB Samsung 850 Pro 2.5" SSD
1000W power supply unit (currently owned out of an old comp)
also need ideas on what case to put all this in.
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Should I delid?
Hey guys,
my 4670k (4.4GHz @ 1.3V) has been reaching almost 80°C under benchmarking loads lately. I have a full custom loop with 6x120mm rad space, so I don't think that is the issue. I was thinking about delidding it, since Intel's 4th-gen is known to have crappy TIM under the IHS.
Are any of you guys running delidded chips, can anyone give me an idea on how much the temps drop and whether or not its worth the risk?
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replacing distilled water with ekoolant
Hey guys,
just a quick query, probably only those who have had to do something like this will know.
I currently run a loop with a couple of ek products (nickel gpu and cpu block) with distilled water and a kill coil (somewhere in the loop - forgot where i put it, and my tubing is not clear so i cant see it).
I recently learned that using ek (or any) nickel plated waterblocks in a distilled water loop with a silver coil will eventually stain the blocks due to electrolysis (? or some other process) and lower their performance (hasn't happened to me yet).
Pretty much means i am forced to drain my loop, take the silver coil out, and replace with Ek Ekoolant.
Problem is my loop is a bitch to drain fully -- as it is quite complex (read: badly designed -- forced to be this way because of the case im using and how much stuff is crammed in there).
My query is, how much distilled water could i have in the loop mixed with Ekoolant before the properties of the ekoolant becomes useless (too far diluted) -- ie. can i drain it as much as possible and top up with ekoolant?
If i could get away with pulling a few tubes off, finding the coil (i have some idea where it is), and drain as much distilled water out as possible. Could i fill it with Ekoolant and get away with it, or do i need to fully drain every last drop of distilled out of there?
TL;DR: Does anyone know what percentage you could dilute Ekoolant and have it still be effective?
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New Desk Project
Hi guys,
So this is my first post and all great things start with a simple step and I thought that Linus's tech forums is a great place to start.
I have recently indulged myself in a new project that I am tackling and it is something that is a bit out of the norm. 
I am going to build an EXTREME 
desk gaming and multimedia system from scratch. From procuring the materials for a desk, all the way to the last bit of water and kill coil entering the system... and of course, we will need benchmarks and overclocking as well, to see how the system performs. 
This is just an introduction and I just wanted to get a feeling if the people in this forum would be interested in seeing this? 
I got a feeling it will be a world craze. 
P.S. The picture is not my desk, but rather what I am heading towards.
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EVGA GTX 980 FTW Waterblock
I was wondering a waterblock for a reference board would fit the EVGA FTW edition.
I know the FTW has upgraded power delivery but it looks like reference board that just had been fully populated. But I have no idea.
Thanks :3
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Good pump/res
Can anyone link me a good pump/res combo or seperate for a total of around 100$. Can stretch if needed.
Preferably from frozencpu.com
Used with single cpu block, dual 180mm rad, and gpu block in future.
Thanks!
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water cooling help
I want to buy a high quality water cooling kit and have a gpu cooler too not many have a gpu block on kit?
any good water cooling kit high quality?
microcenter will staff help me with tubeing and fiting and compression size of any kind?
computer case fans
Noctua NF-S12A PWM 120mm Case Fan
Noctua NF-A15 PWM 140mm Premium Quiet Quality Fan with Round Frame, AAO Technology
Phobya 120mm x 25mm Nano-2G 1500rpm PWM Fan
can i add any controller fan for water cooling?
Sentry LXE External Touch Screen Fan Controller
Sentry LX Dual 5.25" LCD Fan Controller
Sentry 3 5.4" Touch Screen Fan Controller
Sentry Mix 2
DEEPCOOL ROCKMAN(PWM) Fan Control Panel 3.5" Bay 4 Channel Fan Controller
distil water vs coolant is there a big differences?
Corsair Vengeance Series Military Green C70 Mid Tower Computer Case
Operating System
Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.00GHz 118 °F
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 899MHz (9-10-9-27)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VI HERO (SOCKET 1150) 83 °F
Graphics
G236HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (MSI) 101 °F maybe upgrading to nvidia gtx 980
Storage
931GB Western Digital WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 (SATA) 97 °F
232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB (SSD) 94 °F
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSB0
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
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Swiftech H220x fitting a S340
i was wondering could this fit nicely in the front off a s340 or on top have the clearance with all attached
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Gigabyte GTX 960 Waterblock
I plan on getting two Gigabyte GTX 960's for my next build and wanted to water cool them. But I was having trouble finding a proper buying link. A US link would be much appreciated. LTT's video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVYoiibb2ZU
Thanks!!
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All in one coolers
Hi Guy's,
New to the forum, but big fan of the YouTube channel.
I've built an Intel i5 4690K system with a corsair 650D tower and corsair 850W PSU. Works great (first system I've built myself, very chuffed!)
I currently have no over clocking and a 750ti from my last PC installed so the thrown in CPU cooler and decent case fans are doing a good enough job. I am, however planning to overclock the I5 and add two Gigabyte 970 graphics cards down the line.
So my question is:
If I were to remove the top 200mm fan and insert an all in one corsair H100i would that retard the cooling on the two graphics cards substantially?
I realise that it must to some extent, but I'm worried that overclocking would become impossible or the cards might actually overheat and throttle without any overclocking actually being done.
The other option is a custom loop, but I'd like to put that off for a while as I'm not 100% confident.
Thanks in advance for any and all help given.
Kind Regards...
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Help with High Temps using the Kraken X41
i have been use a Kraken X41 to cool my AMD A10 7850k for almost a week and am getting very high temperature for a reason i do not know. I have changed out the thermal compound for Arctic Silver 5 and have the stock fan in a pull configuration out the top of my NZXT Source 220. at Idle it will hover around 38-40 degrees C and running an anti virus scan it will hit 69-72 Degrees C. So WHat do you guys think the issue is? i have pictures of the two different ways i have an this cooler, one looks nice the other not so much. So yeah XD need some help with this one
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About to buy, this good?
CPU block: XSPC raystorm, have it
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Best ~$100 closed loop CPU cooler?
Title.
ATM I got my eyes on a h105 for its desirable shape + color ring around it.
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Coolant UV Reactiveness Loss Problem
Hey all,
I've been trying to get this question answered for a little over a week now, so I figured I'd post on here and see if any of you had any thoughts.
I've recently built a brand new PC including a watercooling loop (full build specs and photos are here if that helps). I've used all EK blocks, plus PrimoChill Advanced LRT tubing. When I first setup my loop I used EK Pastel Blue coolant, but I ultimately wanted a coolant that was UV reactive, so I flushed out the loop with distilled water and switched to EK UV Blue coolant. When I did that, after just 1-2 days, the coolant had lost all of it's UV reactiveness. After this happened, I decided I wasn't happy with the blue color scheme anyway so I decided to switch to Mayhems UV Pastel White. It's a really awesome looking coolant, but again, after 1-2 days in my loop, the UV effect completely wore off. This is after I flushed the loop with distilled water 3-4 times. I've never run any sort of cleaning agent through the loop since it's brand new.
I'm not sure what is causing this to happen. I've not added any biocides or anything like that to the loop and every component in it is high quality and bought brand new. I've done exhaustive research on the topic and the only other thing I've come up with is that for some reason there is high acidity in my loop. I'm not sure what would cause this to happen, but apparently, from what I've read, high acidity would cause UV to break down quickly along with messing up my blocks over the long term.
I've ordered a pH testing kit to test the now completely non-UV reactive coolant in my loop to determine what its acid level is but that hasn't arrived yet. In the meantime, I was hoping someone who maybe has come across this issue before can provide some insight. It'd be very much appreciated. Thanks!
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Corsair H110 vs NZXT Kraken x61
Hi guys, I am building a new rig soon and I wanted to know if which one of the two AIOs in the title I should go with. I don't care about the price difference, I just simply want the best cooler. I am definitely leaning toward the x61 right now but the main reason I'm not pulling the order trigger on it just yet is because I heard that the CAM software NZXT uses reportedly has a major negative performance impact. Is this something I should worry about in my pretty powerful rig? Or is it something that it's worth going with the H110 and it's software for?
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HDD Faster than SSD...WTF :( :(
These are the results i got from my Seagate barracuda 2TB (picture with 4 results) and my SSD (result on its own) should my HDD be getting them speeds or is there something wrong with the software?
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