I just did it :|

[Nagoshi]

Check my review on the Swiftech Apex Ultima on the review sections. I explained the steps I took. It's not on the first post tho... I have to update that

[danthompsett]

Tools of My Water Cooling Adventure, Paper Towels, A Tray, small tray for under cpu/mb blocks and a Bucket. This is what i use to connect/disconnect my water cooling loops, without too much spillage damage.

[sandeepb]

Would deionized water be ok to clean out the rad?

[Nagoshi]

Yes... but make sure to remove as much as you can once cleaned... and this is the hard part

[sandeepb]

What do you mean clean as much as I can out, how can I do that?

I have got battery top up water which is deionized water.

Got all my stuff today, all but the AM2 kit, I haven't recieved a reply from the rma e-mail so I'm feeling a bit impatient about it all, I'll be building the setup in my antec 1200 in mean time.

[Orac]

basically you use the de-ionised water to wash all the manufacturing remains out of the components, you then use distilled water to make the final fill of your loop

[Nagoshi]

I used regular water to clean my rad A LOT, once fully removed, I shaked as much as I can while trying to get the water out. Took quite a while, but there wasn't much water remaining in there. Might want to wash a last time using distillated water, just to make sure there is as less "normal" water left in there.

As of right now there is no particles in my reservoir, so I am happy about my cleaning job

[sandeepb]

So it's ok to use regular tap water, what about limescale?

[Nagoshi]

Yes, I used tap water. I shouldn't have, because my water is really bad (really hard water, slightly yellow-ish, alot mineral, contains "iron", etc), but I made sure to clean it as much as I could. Then I filled it using the demineralized water, cleaned it as much as I could possibly do, and it looks fine so far.

Limescale? Do you mean, when you heat the water up for cleaning? Or in the rad?

[sandeepb]

in the rad,

I don't really have distilled water about but i have deionized so i thought ill give the rad a wash a few times with that and then just hook it up on the feser coolant in the loop.

Additional Comment:

O and how did you clean your rad?

Did you take the fans off and pour the water into the nozzles?

[Nagoshi]

Yes. Remove the fans, put the radiator flat, pour water in one of the barbs. Once it comes out of the other barb, slightly raise the "top" of the rad (barbs), pour more water, shake a little bit to remove the air. Wait some time (10-15 minutes), then remove half of the water, do a shakey-shakey dance for 2-3 minutes, then empty it as much as you can. Re-do the process a couple of times. Also, make sure to use HOT water in there to clean it. I boiled water in the kettle, let it sit 10 minutes, then did not need to re-boil it again. Obviously the rad will get really hot, so watch yourself

Deionized water should do just fine. In fact, Im not even sure I cleaned my rad using distillated water after the cleaning process. BTW, I use demineralized water, couldn'T find "distillated", after talking to 2-3 different pharmacists they all directed me toward demineralized water. The bottle in the picture I posted ^^^^^^^^^^^ costed like $2 or $3.

[sandeepb]

OK well im up to the part of getting my tubing in but there's one thing disturbing me.

I mounted my res in the top bay facing towards the back of the case but that leaves no room for a dvd drive to be put on, anyone know any way that I can put it without it disturbing the drive.

And can someone give me how each should be connected.

Is this right?

res out > pump in
pump out > cpu in
cpu out > rad
rad > res in.

[danthompsett]

Didn't really follow that but according to K31TH3R it goes Pump/Res then out to Rad, into cpu back to Pump/Res, if the res is separate then i geuss pump out to res then out to rad into cpu back to pump.

[Nagoshi]

The order doesn't matter, but you want a constant flow of water in the pump, so I would say bottom of reservoir > inlet of pump (make sure to check that one!). The rest is up to you.

Picture? I can't understand what you mean.

[Orac]

mine goes pump/res, rad, CPU. this means the water is fresh and cold from the rad. if i had seperate pump and res i would go pump, rad, CPU, res and feed the pump from the bottom of the res

[sandeepb]

maybe if i explain in a different term,

- bottom of res connected to inlet of pump
- pump out to cpu inlet
- cpu out to rad
- rad to res in

I know I'm repeating myself a bit but if you follow each step with tubing you'll get what i mean.

And speaking of tubing, how far is it supposed to be pushed into the barbs? I can only get the head of the barb to fit in, is that right?

[danthompsett]

Once I started doing my really bad drawing (please dont ask me to do any pics again dam£ that pictures ugly) I realised my mistake.

[sandeepb]

In your diagram you put the pump pushes to the res, doesn't the res go out to the pump?

[danthompsett]

Im tired sorry your right amended above post, since pumps and res can be different shapes all ive done is relabelled them.

[Nagoshi]

Here is a >2 paint explanation of how your tubing should go on the barb. The barb there is from the MCRES Micro reservoir, but it's the same for all the others.

The green thing is the tubing - obviously it will be hella lot stretched once on the barb, that's why I used hot water to soften the end of the tubing. It's much more easier to put in.

The red thing are the included plastic clamps. Tie 'em as much as you can.

If you can't get the tubing that far, remove it, use hot water, tip the tubing in it (about 15-20 seconds), then put on barb, push as much as you can. That way, you can clamp it down, in case there somehow is a leak between the barb and the tubing, it will not go away.