Skalm Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hey Everyone, I currently have an EK Supreme HF with a BlackIceGTX360 Rad. I am using regular white tubing (forgot brand) but I saw the picture of the new 900D case. I have a question, it appears the pictures have a custom WC loop installed in it http://www.corsair.com/900d . But it does not appear to be using traditional tubing. It seems to be using metal fittings in place of tubing? for the entire loop? Is this correct? And if so, I was wondering if anyone has any experience in using this style of WC loop? Does it perform better than using traditional tubing? Or is it just a cosmetic/aesthetic thing? Any insight and possible build suggestions for this style of loop would be amazing. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 thats a corsair cooler with rubber tubing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoe69 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Looks to me the builder used quite an assortment of Bitspower compression fittings, angles, extensions, Crystal link (Bitspower's acrylic tubing, used mainly for SLI/Crossfire w/c bridges), and simple tubing. It's very expensive and not for the shallow pocket builder. The only advantage to this over standard tubing is the ability to make others drool and wet their pants at the very sight of it. It's not for the fainthearted as these fittings in this build looks to be well over $200 worth in total. How do I know? I already spent that much in fittings altogether and I still haven't used them all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalm Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 How would you know exactly what you would need, to be able to do that? Any guides that give a rough estimate on how many fittings you would need to get it to that point? Or do you just buy stuff, and if you need more, just buy more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoe69 Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Building something like this or any kind of loop requires creativity. Everyone will have different motherboards, waterblocks, pump/res configurations, etc. You have to plan it out and measure before buying your fittings. When buying fittings, you sometimes have to buy a little more than what is needed just in case you run into any snags and have to go another route. In my experience, that's what I learned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalm Posted April 21, 2013 Author Share Posted April 21, 2013 Aah ok. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skalm Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Got another question about WC. I am currently using the Black Ice GTX Xtreme 360 radiator. But when i get a corsair 900d I am going to also be putting blocks on my gtx 680 sli setup. Would the Black Ice SR1 480mm quad radiator suffice to cool an SLI and CPU in one loop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoe69 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I'd go for more than a 480 for a highly likely overclocked CPU and two GPU waterblocks, although some will tell you otherwise and say it's good enough. I'd keep and add the 360 just in case you add something else in the loop or just to have more cooling headroom. I mean c'mon, you bought a 900D just to install 1 rad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gutcheck Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Check out my build log in progress: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1914604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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