I need help on water cooling parts and compatibility.

[don2xify]

Hi,

I am really interested in water cooling however, I am unsure of which parts are compatible, specially the tubes and the fittings. I plan on getting the upcoming Phanteks Enthoo Primo case which I find is the best low cost water cooling case there is.

I plan on having dual quad 120mm rads.

Here are the parts I could gather that I think would be good. It's the best I can do.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8577/fuol.png


Any suggestions on what parts I should change? How could I make this cheaper while maintaining the dual quad rads? I want to use compression fittings also because it just looks better.

Is the pump good enough? Are the tubes and fittings compatible?

 

[C12Friedman]

Your compression fittings are wrong for the tubing size you have chosen there - with compression fittings, it's vitally important that the inner and outer diameters are the same. Something like this (x2) should work for a little less http://www.frozencpu.com/products/16651/ex-tub-1330/Monsoon_Free_Center_Compression_Fitting_-_38ID_x_12OD_-_Modders_6_Pack_Black_Chrome_FCC-3812-6P-BC.html?tl=g30c569s1761

 

[don2xify]

Your compression fittings are wrong for the tubing size you have chosen there - with compression fittings, it's vitally important that the inner and outer diameters are the same. Something like this (x2) should work for a little less http://www.frozencpu.com/products/16651/ex-tub-1330/Monsoon_Free_Center_Compression_Fitting_-_38ID_x_12OD_-_Modders_6_Pack_Black_Chrome_FCC-3812-6P-BC.html?tl=g30c569s1761

Alright, I changed it, will this still work?

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8307/9scw.png

I really wanted to use angle fittings but they're really expensive.. lol I wanted to try acrylic tubing too and just bend it myself instead of getting angled fittings, but maybe next time.. It's pretty expensive.. lol

 

[manofchalk]

Looks fine to me, though you have gone nuts on rad space (which isnt necessarily a bad thing).
Though I would lean towards getting standalone pump and reservoir. Having a bay mounted pump causes a lot of vibration induced noise, and if either the res or pump ever fail you, you suddenly have two items to replace since they are built into each other. The Enthoo to my knowledge even has a dedicated rubber pad behind the mobo tray for mounting pumps, I would take use of it.

Angled fittings are fairly useful to make your loop look a lot neater, just get one or two 90° connectors because who knows where you might need them.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15191/ex-tub-1183/Alphacool_G14_90_Rotary_Fitting_Adapter_-_Chrome.html?tl=g30c101s1306

 

[don2xify]

Looks fine to me, though you have gone nuts on rad space (which isnt necessarily a bad thing).
Though I would lean towards getting standalone pump and reservoir. Having a bay mounted pump causes a lot of vibration induced noise, and if either the res or pump ever fail you, you suddenly have two items to replace since they are built into each other. The Enthoo to my knowledge even has a dedicated rubber pad behind the mobo tray for mounting pumps, I would take use of it.

Angled fittings are fairly useful to make your loop look a lot neater, just get one or two 90° connectors because who knows where you might need them.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15191/ex-tub-1183/Alphacool_G14_90_Rotary_Fitting_Adapter_-_Chrome.html?tl=g30c101s1306

Ohh I see,
I'll just go with red since I have an RoG board. lol I'll also change the 90 degree and 45 to black when they're available.
Here's probably what I'll get

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2923/nkly.png

I'll make use of the 90 and 45 degree fittings and the arcylic elbow fitting adapter so I could get straight tubes. Then I'll use the primoflex tube for the reservoir to the pump and whichever else is going to be connected to the reservoir for easy refill, so I can bend the tubes to give it more length.

I probably went overboard with the tubes lol. But since it's my first time, I'd rather have enough in case I make a mistake.
I'm pretty sure I got a little too many fittings too. But I didn't want to bend the tubes as much as possible, so it looks as neat as it can be.