Just having a little vent and thought you could all laugh at my misfortune, my wife doesn't understand. Anyway I've been in the process of modifying my case for a custom loop, going dual 360's on an enthoo evolv, takes a few minor mods to do and I finished them about a month ago.
So starting a month ago I ordered the fittings and tubes, I needed to have stuff in the case to visualise.
After taking it apart to install water blocks, get a call that the tubes will be 3 weeks on the day I expected them.
Fast forward, pc in bits for 3 weeks as I'm not taking the blocks off again. Tubes arrive, computer built, radiator leaks.
Built again. CPU block leaks (o ring wasn't seated when I took it apart, good qa there)
Assembled again. realise have wrong cable in the cpu block and have to take it apart again.
Built again. Water pump is dead.
Built again. leak tested and debubbled. Finally started, second dimm isn't recognised, pc is being weird. Take it apart again, I've managed to bend pins on the motherboard, literally never done that. Straighten them out but not sure if It's ok as there is one I can't get straight.
Build it again, manage to splash a tiny amount of water (like 5 drops) on my power supply that is not in the case thanks to the dog knocking me as I was filling the red again. I left it to dry, ran a hair dryer over it, it just pulses power.
Now I'm sitting super pissed off and think I'm having a beer for the first time in a month.
i'm down a Aquacomputer D5 pump, a radiator, maybe a Maximus IX Apex and almost certainly a Seasonic Platinum 1000. The pump power cable had been cut and sleeved and the radiator had been sprayed so no warranty on them, the other two were killed by stupid. I'm literally looking at my house insurance, you wouldn't believe the price of stuff here ($745 Australian to replace just the psu and mobo)
Also pissed off as it was perfect inside and now my spray work has gone to shit because of how much I've had to take it apart, that was literally the point in what I was doing. My pc worked fine.
Never had a build problem in 20 years. I seem to have saved them all for this build.
You know what makes me laugh, all the people that said it's the rigid tubes that'd be a hassle, absolutely fucking fine.
Harrumph.
So starting a month ago I ordered the fittings and tubes, I needed to have stuff in the case to visualise.
After taking it apart to install water blocks, get a call that the tubes will be 3 weeks on the day I expected them.
Fast forward, pc in bits for 3 weeks as I'm not taking the blocks off again. Tubes arrive, computer built, radiator leaks.
Built again. CPU block leaks (o ring wasn't seated when I took it apart, good qa there)
Assembled again. realise have wrong cable in the cpu block and have to take it apart again.
Built again. Water pump is dead.
Built again. leak tested and debubbled. Finally started, second dimm isn't recognised, pc is being weird. Take it apart again, I've managed to bend pins on the motherboard, literally never done that. Straighten them out but not sure if It's ok as there is one I can't get straight.
Build it again, manage to splash a tiny amount of water (like 5 drops) on my power supply that is not in the case thanks to the dog knocking me as I was filling the red again. I left it to dry, ran a hair dryer over it, it just pulses power.
Now I'm sitting super pissed off and think I'm having a beer for the first time in a month.
i'm down a Aquacomputer D5 pump, a radiator, maybe a Maximus IX Apex and almost certainly a Seasonic Platinum 1000. The pump power cable had been cut and sleeved and the radiator had been sprayed so no warranty on them, the other two were killed by stupid. I'm literally looking at my house insurance, you wouldn't believe the price of stuff here ($745 Australian to replace just the psu and mobo)
Also pissed off as it was perfect inside and now my spray work has gone to shit because of how much I've had to take it apart, that was literally the point in what I was doing. My pc worked fine.
Never had a build problem in 20 years. I seem to have saved them all for this build.
You know what makes me laugh, all the people that said it's the rigid tubes that'd be a hassle, absolutely fucking fine.
Harrumph.