Hi, I know you get a lot of newcomers who ask this sort of question without realizing that it takes a ton of work, voids the warranty, etc, but I'm an experienced modder who is fully aware of the difficulties of such a task, and the apparent futility of doing so. This is entirely an aesthetic mod, not a practical one.
Again, I repeat, I am an experienced modder fully aware of the difficulties and futility of doing this. This is an aesthetic mod and I am here to ask for technical specifications, not necessarily for a How To.
Here's some pictures of what I'm working with, to show that this is a serious request. Yes, my side panel is on hinges and opens with the push of a button. For reference, I am using a Bitfenix Shinobi, a low end budget case, first pic is just a stock pic to give an idea.
I have an H60 2013 aka Refresh, the newer one with much larger, smooth neoprene based off the Coolit Eco II, not the older one with corrugated and based off the Coolit Eco, and H110 (based off an Asetek Gen3 I believe), and I'd like to replace the tubing. Pretty straightforward, it's been done before, but I'm not sure it's been done exactly on these 2 units, usually on different closed loops that utilize different tubing (or, I am not sure it's the same size, ie kuhler 620).
The Corsair H110 is attached to my i7-4770K, while my H60 is attached to my 7950 via Dwood Bracket. I'd likely add a reservoir to the H110 loop (a small one, I'm aware of the weak pump) because if I'm tearing it up, why not, but not to the H60. My load temps on the H110 hits 80C+ with a delidded 1.5v i7-4770K, but my 7950 hits only 35C load temps, and that's with an extreme overvoltage and modded BIOS, so no reason to add a res.
I need help figuring out:
Believe me, when I realized I just had to bite the bullet and replace the tubing instead of trying to wrap the cables (an endeavor I've already spent ~$40 doing), I just like ughh not looking forward to that, but there's a right way and a lazy way to do things. I don't want something that only looks good in internet pictures and then looks 'okay' in real life. I've seen sleeved, covered, etc on tubing, and I'm sorry, it just doesn't look as good as the real deal. Some are close, but I don't think doubling the width of the tubing is as good as just replacing the tubing.
A loop for all this would be what, at minimum, universal gpu block 60, 280mm rad 60, pump 30(would probably use a pump + X combo but im sure thats +$30 to whatever combo item), cpu block 40, reservoir 25, fittings and acc at 20+ = $235+...
But again, this isn't necessarily about saving money, but doing things a different way, but focusing on a low cost, DIY manner for my build. There are tons of unique water cooling set-ups out there, but all of them are prohibitively expensive. I want to do something unique that's actually cheaper.
I REPEAT I AM AWARE THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDABLE AT ALL, I AM JUST ASKING FOR TECHNICAL DETAILS. I AM AN EXPERIENCED MODDER WITH A TRACK RECORD WHO IS WELL AWARE OF THE RISKS AND WORK INVOLVED
Thanks. Somehow I feel all I'm going to get here is 'not worth it, get h220' responses, so please prove me wrong (h220 = 120, replacing parts and selling original off, it'd be +$20 280mm rad, +60 gpu block, +20 tubing/acc = $220+ for no res). Compared to H60 2013 $30, H110 $90, res $25, tubing/acc $20 = $165.
Again I know this is not considered 'worthwhile' but it is not about performance, it is about aesthetics.
Again, I repeat, I am an experienced modder fully aware of the difficulties and futility of doing this. This is an aesthetic mod and I am here to ask for technical specifications, not necessarily for a How To.
Here's some pictures of what I'm working with, to show that this is a serious request. Yes, my side panel is on hinges and opens with the push of a button. For reference, I am using a Bitfenix Shinobi, a low end budget case, first pic is just a stock pic to give an idea.
I have an H60 2013 aka Refresh, the newer one with much larger, smooth neoprene based off the Coolit Eco II, not the older one with corrugated and based off the Coolit Eco, and H110 (based off an Asetek Gen3 I believe), and I'd like to replace the tubing. Pretty straightforward, it's been done before, but I'm not sure it's been done exactly on these 2 units, usually on different closed loops that utilize different tubing (or, I am not sure it's the same size, ie kuhler 620).
The Corsair H110 is attached to my i7-4770K, while my H60 is attached to my 7950 via Dwood Bracket. I'd likely add a reservoir to the H110 loop (a small one, I'm aware of the weak pump) because if I'm tearing it up, why not, but not to the H60. My load temps on the H110 hits 80C+ with a delidded 1.5v i7-4770K, but my 7950 hits only 35C load temps, and that's with an extreme overvoltage and modded BIOS, so no reason to add a res.
I need help figuring out:
- Tubing Needed. The H110 seems to use thinner, 'normal' neoprene, I saw a review say the rad and stuff uses 1/4 barbs but I've looked up tubing dimensions before and they were wrong, ie it's definitely not 3/8 OD on the h110 or 1/2OD on the h60!
I originally was going to wrap the tubing in colored tubing, but I've decided it looks worse to do that. When getting tubing to match to do this, I found that the H110's OD was not 3/8, but actually 7/16. As in I bought 3/8 x 1/2, and it didnt cover over the tubes, but 7/16 x 9/16 did (an odd size that primochill, etc does not sell)
The h60, again, I thought it was 1/2"OD but 1/2"ID tubing doesnt wrap around it, only 9/16 x 3/4 fits over it fully.
I'd like to use a dark solid blue, to match my Z87x-ud3h and all the electric blue paracord sleeving in my build. I'm open to dying the liquid (espeicially for the h110 loop with the resevoir) but I think I'm leaning towards a solid dark blue tubing. I can use blue leds for the reservoir anyways. I'm okay with buying clear vinyl tubing as well, and dying it blue if I can't find the dark blue I want (pretty easy to do, I have the dye and done it many times before).
I dont know what tubing I'd get, but the h60 tubing needs to be extremely flexible and non-kink since its on very tight since it's on my GPU. It already has kinks, which is okay because at full load, with an extreme overvolt, my load temps are 33C, but I mean I dont want some tubing that pinch tight when better tubing would just be a small kink. The h110 tubing isnt stressed so not as important for anti-kink.
I messaged Asetek, Corsair, and Coolit for specifications - Corsair refused to answer my inquiry, Asetek said the h110 was about 5x10.5mm which just can't be right, yet to hear from Coolit.
I think anti-kink coils are ugly so no on that.
- Picking a decent, cheap reservoir. Something small and simple, really. I cant mount in the bays, I would simply attach it to the ground or right edge of the mobo tray. Small is fine. I mean I'll just take whatever recommendations here, not really a huge deal. I'm thinking of the swifttech micro res at the moment, $25.
- Liquid. I have no idea what coolant or liquid to use, or antimicrobial, if I need to drain out out the existing liquid or not, if I can just add distilled water to the existing liquid, etc.
- Clamps. Cable ties are ugly, so need something here. I actually really like the stock clamps, but I'm pretty sure you gotta break them to get to the tubing. I would be open to just gluing them back together and even gluing them to the tubing though, as I can hide the cut/broken side away from view. So i dunno what my options are here, or is that not a clamp and I dont even need clamps.
Believe me, when I realized I just had to bite the bullet and replace the tubing instead of trying to wrap the cables (an endeavor I've already spent ~$40 doing), I just like ughh not looking forward to that, but there's a right way and a lazy way to do things. I don't want something that only looks good in internet pictures and then looks 'okay' in real life. I've seen sleeved, covered, etc on tubing, and I'm sorry, it just doesn't look as good as the real deal. Some are close, but I don't think doubling the width of the tubing is as good as just replacing the tubing.
A loop for all this would be what, at minimum, universal gpu block 60, 280mm rad 60, pump 30(would probably use a pump + X combo but im sure thats +$30 to whatever combo item), cpu block 40, reservoir 25, fittings and acc at 20+ = $235+...
But again, this isn't necessarily about saving money, but doing things a different way, but focusing on a low cost, DIY manner for my build. There are tons of unique water cooling set-ups out there, but all of them are prohibitively expensive. I want to do something unique that's actually cheaper.
I REPEAT I AM AWARE THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDABLE AT ALL, I AM JUST ASKING FOR TECHNICAL DETAILS. I AM AN EXPERIENCED MODDER WITH A TRACK RECORD WHO IS WELL AWARE OF THE RISKS AND WORK INVOLVED
Thanks. Somehow I feel all I'm going to get here is 'not worth it, get h220' responses, so please prove me wrong (h220 = 120, replacing parts and selling original off, it'd be +$20 280mm rad, +60 gpu block, +20 tubing/acc = $220+ for no res). Compared to H60 2013 $30, H110 $90, res $25, tubing/acc $20 = $165.
Again I know this is not considered 'worthwhile' but it is not about performance, it is about aesthetics.
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