I am still lost on the fittings, as far as I can tell, they are all the same thing but in different colors. I might look into regular brass fittings at home creepo, along with worm clamps.
I am seriously considering going forward with the first two items and picking the rest up at the local hardware store. Asethetics mean nothing to me. Only price and function.
will work with this http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ensishcofifo.html but I cannot find the outside diameter of the copper. Might have to go into the store to find out. Has anyone done anything similar with their water-cooling setups?
Nope; they will most certainly not work together. Those compression fittings are meant to be used with soft tubing, since it physically compresses the tubing for a seal with the OR. For copper tubing, or acrylic, you will have to use push fittings, or hard tubing compression fittings - they are designed quite a bit differently.
Even if the OD was right, it wouldn't work with those fittings.
Yeah been looking at those too. I'll see what Home Depot can supply me with after my parts come in. I'll have to thread the pipe myself, gonna stick with the copper. Already got one foot moving to water-cooling, might as well jump the rest of the way in.
Its the kit that I have. Well. Had. The block is amazing, the rad is just like any other, but my pump started making horrible noises after just a few months of use.
Next step, a resovoir of some sort, copper tubing, and fittings. Fairly certain I can borrow a tube bending tool from a friend. It is for 1/2" tubing so I'll have to buy fittings accordingly. The quick release ones look promising, anyone have any experience with them?
You dont need a res, you already have one inside your Radiator. Adding a second one will not increase performance, and will only complicate things. Mainly filling your loop as to not dry-run your pump.
Does anyone know of any genaric quick disconnects? Koolance is looking like the best bet, but I feel like I haven't found every possible solution yet. The ~15 dollar per pop thing has me cringing a little I'll have to admit. I want something easy to handle, since my radiator will be outside of my case.
If you head to a special plumping/gas store you may come across some good gear - then you'll see that $15 per unit isnt all that bad.
I've only ever used em for when setting up stupid external rad setups (to transmission radiators etc). Not sure if you're thinking of doing anything like that. There is that koolance rear bracket though that is pretty neat, makes it a little more discrete.
I'll definitely look into that. I just gotta ask around to find a plumbing/gas store. I have a feeling you are right about prices, but who knows, maybe luck will go my way for once.
Looked up the bracket, sounds like a great idea, but I think I am going to stick with my original plan and mount the radiator to the aluminum panel next to my tower. It is a part of my desk, I don't see much issue from doing this. Maybe if I work out a plan I'll just make my own bracket. That might work out better then the side of the desk.
