flyinion

rjohnson11
Looking forward to the update

Will do, I may be delaying the hard tube swap for a bit to fully figure out what to go with and if I want to do stuff like switch to a flat res/pump combo etc.  I found a have a few feet of soft tubing left, and I have about 90% of a bottle of Modwater still so I can drain some out, get the new GPU plumbed in, and refill and at least have something usable for a few weeks.  Even though I think I either have something growing or some kind of weird fallout (slightly hazy fluid or haze buildup) and maybe the bottle of fresh fluid will help kill anything that might be growing as well.  Then I can break everything down fully and really clean everything out.  Might get a blitz part 1 kit for the rads just to make sure it's not coming from there.  Or at least try a heavy vinegar:water ratio and let it sit for a few hours

flyinion

rjohnson11
That looks really good. I have to suggest you go with the Corsair fans. 

Thank you!  So, do you think the cables will be long enough for my setup?  Full tower Phanteks case with fans front, bottom, top, and rear?  I figure I'll probably end up with 2 of the Corair control boxes anyway (not sure how many they can run) so maybe that will help.  Will need 10 fans.  

flyinion
Thanks everyone.  Sounds like I may end up with Corsair then as I'd like to maintain the RGB I currently have.  I don't necessarily need it on my bottom rad though so I could put Noctua or BeQuiet down there.  Currently running some Fractal fans down there right now but non-RGB since they're in push and you wouldn't really see any light through the rad and I didn't really need "underglow".
 
Also had a nice little scare earlier.  I knew my cablemod 12vhpwr cable was fully seated in the GPU, tested multiple times.  However, apparently one of the connectors on the PSU side was not fully latched in.  I decided to check after having an article pop up in my Google feed about someone's Cablemod cable melting because they didn't fully seat it in the GPU.  Same article had a link to their guide on how to make sure you've seated it properly and I decided to look anyway and it mentions the PSU side. 
 
I'm sitting there thinking, I was kinda in a rush yesterday when I pulled the GPU and put it back in the loop after checking the block was properly tightened to the card again.  Part of that was also redoing my cable management for the power cable and I'd disconnected it for that and also to refill my loop.  I popped the back of the case off and checked tonight and one of them came out with a little tug.  Pretty scary since I had a long but medium power gaming session last night, plus ran a bunch of stress tests, then ran a 30 minute OCCT Power test tonight before checking that cable.

flyinion

B0baganoosh
 
Oof...well at least you still caught it before it was weeks/months of use lol

Yeah no kidding, at least with a GPU it's easily visible and more likely to notice if it gets hot and starts melting.  On the PSU side you might not notice it until it's way too late.