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Now to just get another X399 motherboard on the test bench! I sent the Zenith Extreme to Dan to finish off the review.
Thought you guys might like to see how I go about changing blocks since I am too cheap to invest in a thousand bucks worth of dry-lock fittings (which actually work very well). One of the reasons we have stuck with Koolance system over the years is that the are easy to haul to the garage where you can make a mess and not get in trouble, or be around sensitive electronics. I use a clamp to pinch off the tubing, this way you lose very little fluid out of the system. Pull your block off. I use Teflon grease on the o-rings on the fittings and all the threads. Not a lot, just enough to put a sheen on the surfaces. Prefill the block you are installing till it overflows. Then you can bring your block and tubing back together quickly and get hardly any air in the system.
Check out the pics.
I have been doing it this way for years, and the less air you let in the better. And besides, that damn watercooling fluid is not cheap.
Video on the block unboxing....
Thought you guys might like to see how I go about changing blocks since I am too cheap to invest in a thousand bucks worth of dry-lock fittings (which actually work very well). One of the reasons we have stuck with Koolance system over the years is that the are easy to haul to the garage where you can make a mess and not get in trouble, or be around sensitive electronics. I use a clamp to pinch off the tubing, this way you lose very little fluid out of the system. Pull your block off. I use Teflon grease on the o-rings on the fittings and all the threads. Not a lot, just enough to put a sheen on the surfaces. Prefill the block you are installing till it overflows. Then you can bring your block and tubing back together quickly and get hardly any air in the system.
Check out the pics.
I have been doing it this way for years, and the less air you let in the better. And besides, that damn watercooling fluid is not cheap.
Video on the block unboxing....
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