Bytor
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| System Name | "The Dark Spider" |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Phenom 9850 @ 3.0 |
| Motherboard | Asus M3A79-T |
| Cooling | Water: CPU and GPU's, 2 pumps, 2 BIX Rads, D-Tek Fuzion v1, 2 Swiftech MCW60 |
| Memory | 4 gigs Crucial Balistix Tracers (1066 @ 1256) |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire 4870x2 |
| Storage | WD SATA 640 Gig HDD |
| Display(s) | Acer 24" beast... |
| Case | Modded Rocketfish |
| Audio Device(s) | Onboard (only use head phones) |
| Power Supply | 700 watt |
| Software | a bunch |
| Benchmark Scores | 3D Mark 06: 9859 on 2-X1950 pro's Xfire 3D Mark 06: 12794 on 1-3870 3D Mark 06: 16484 Xfire |
Today as anyother day I came home and the first thing I do is fire up my system. As always I take a look around to check for any leaks before powering up.
As soon as I went around the back of my rig I noticed that the Swiftech Micro res was empty and the tubing running to the top of the 1st pump was also empty. I unpluged everything so I could move it to the dinning room table and get a better look. At first I thought that the barb seal was leaking so I removed and replaced the barb, started servicing it back up and noticed a river of green fluid running across the table.
I stopped filling and drained the loop to inspect further. As I removed the 1st pumps top barb that I had just replaced I found that the threaded portion that sticks up from the top of the pump had a small crack running down from the top and was running past the threads into the top portion of the pump top itself.
I have since taken that pump out of my loop and now am running it on only one pump. I will be ordering new pump tops soon but they won’t be made of Plexi. Looking into the Petra's or EK tops as a replacement of these OCLabs tops. The OCLabs tops have worked great for months and really perform well. But the bad thing is they are made from Plexi....
My warning to anyone running plexi anything (other than a res.) at this time or looking into WC to stay away from products that use plexi in the pumps or water blocks. The people here on TPU that have been doing WCing for many years know what they are talking about when it comes to Plexi. They are very brittle and prone to cracking at anytime for any reason.
Don’t think that it won’t happen to you as I thought... It just happened to me and it’s an awakening event..
Flame me if you like and say I don’t know anything... I'm cool with that, but don’t say you have never been warned about PLEXI in water cooling...
Thanks for listening...
Peace...
Nice crack eh!!!
As soon as I went around the back of my rig I noticed that the Swiftech Micro res was empty and the tubing running to the top of the 1st pump was also empty. I unpluged everything so I could move it to the dinning room table and get a better look. At first I thought that the barb seal was leaking so I removed and replaced the barb, started servicing it back up and noticed a river of green fluid running across the table.
I stopped filling and drained the loop to inspect further. As I removed the 1st pumps top barb that I had just replaced I found that the threaded portion that sticks up from the top of the pump had a small crack running down from the top and was running past the threads into the top portion of the pump top itself.
I have since taken that pump out of my loop and now am running it on only one pump. I will be ordering new pump tops soon but they won’t be made of Plexi. Looking into the Petra's or EK tops as a replacement of these OCLabs tops. The OCLabs tops have worked great for months and really perform well. But the bad thing is they are made from Plexi....
My warning to anyone running plexi anything (other than a res.) at this time or looking into WC to stay away from products that use plexi in the pumps or water blocks. The people here on TPU that have been doing WCing for many years know what they are talking about when it comes to Plexi. They are very brittle and prone to cracking at anytime for any reason.
Don’t think that it won’t happen to you as I thought... It just happened to me and it’s an awakening event..
Flame me if you like and say I don’t know anything... I'm cool with that, but don’t say you have never been warned about PLEXI in water cooling...
Thanks for listening...
Peace...
Nice crack eh!!!
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