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Quick disconnects

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I'm looking to do a total revamp on my watercooling setup and my experience with changing out video cards in a loop is a pain staking process because you have to drain the entire loop. So I was looking into quick disconnects for the video cards, one on the entrance and one on the exit. That way, if I ever upgrade to another set of cards, I can just detach the quick disconnects, pop out the video cards and their respective water blocks, drop in the new ones, and reconnect. My question is, how are the flow rates on it? I don't know how they function internally because according to the pictures, the hole looks very small, or am I missing something that I can't tell from the picture without physically feeling it? Anyone have any experience with quick disconnects that they care to share?

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...t_info&cPath=59_346_393_621&products_id=37346

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...t_info&cPath=59_346_393_621&products_id=37344
 
Basically, there is not much flow resistance with Qd's. You should be fine with it. I didnt click the links you put up, but basically the QD's open up to full bore only after they are connected in a pair. Adding them to your GPU setup may be a pain, depending on how you plan to do it. They are quite big to fit into tight spots. I have mine connected to the outlet of the GPU and then after the CPU, so I can pull the whole board out for maintanence.

Hope this helps.
 
I think Martin did some testing and found that it takes ~6 QDCs to equal one block in terms of flow resistance. Could be wrong though.

QDCs close up when you disconnect them, and open up when they're connected. They should leak at most only one drop when disconnecting.
 
I have one in my WC rig however when I re-do it going to be putting about 4-6. Only problem is had one that the o-ring broke, just went down to the hardware store and picked up extras and was good to go!

They are quite nice!
 
Thanks for the info. I plan on doing 2 loops. One for the cards and one for the CPU's. Since I upgrade the CPU's more than the video cards, I'd rather have them upgradeable / hotswappable when the time comes. I just gotta figure out the space requirements for the inlet...
 
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