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EKWB Kit P240 Thoughts

It is not unfortunately. The one I linked was the ref 2.0 which doesn't include the metal trimming etc like that one has

So it is the same as this one then: EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix RGB – EK Webshop

Is there major differences tho between the two (other than RGB) as the one I linked to here doesn't say anything about ref 2.0 either.
 
Honestly looking at them side by side I cannot see any real difference besides the led metal bar on the front of the one whereas the other is just plain plexi all over. Best is to maybe ask the few guys with the strix blocks which model they have and if they got the ek backplate or their normal one to fit
 
Honestly looking at them side by side I cannot see any real difference besides the led metal bar on the front of the one whereas the other is just plain plexi all over. Best is to maybe ask the few guys with the strix blocks which model they have and if they got the ek backplate or their normal one to fit

Yeah hopefully someone here who has the strix block can recommend.
 
So doing some more research on the Lian-Li case (the one I have bought) it seems you can fit 3x 360mm radiators - a slim one on the back panel and then 2x thicker on top and bottom. I might just do 360mm on back and then 240mm on top but still deciding but atleast I know now what will work.
 
Would it not look abit odd with the 240mm rad in where a 360mm would fit? Haha my ocd would haunt me in that sense
 
Would it not look abit odd with the 240mm rad in where a 360mm would fit? Haha my ocd would haunt me in that sense
Yeah I thought of that after actually. The side one can be hidden so might put 240mm there but let me first decide and see what I'm actually going to do before planning the actual setup.
 
Is it possible for someone to give me a list of exactly what I need as I've once again confused myself.

Building in a Lian-Li PC011 Dynamic. Will be Ryzen build with a Strix 1080ti OC Version.

Hardline would have been ideal but for my first attempt (and not having the tools to cut and bend etc) thinking soft tube is way forward for now.

Would like 2x Radiators (360 or 240 that can fit). Fans will be Corsair ML or LL (still deciding).

I need pump/res the lot.

Can order from EKWB direct and get sent to London (will be there next week) or can order locally too (especially bigger / heavier items if price isn't too inflated.

Would appreciate all the help.
 
About a year ago I bought the P360 kit. A kit (almost any of the EK kits) is great to start out with. I did end up buying a lot more fittings. While the kit itself is designed for a custom loop, it doesn't take into account a drain pipe. So I bought a few extra parts, viz two ball valves (lol), 2 x 3 way splitters and a few extra bits I can't remember now but mainly the AC fittings. The advice I received was to have an airflow port at the highest point and the drain pipe at the lowest. The one ball valve went into one splitter up top and the other for the drain down low.

The only negative thing with the kits is it's soft tubing so it doesn't look very professional. But is a great entry point into custom loops.

The other thing I wanted to mention was that I too bought a block for my gpu a little later on so had to drain the loop and fit that on to my 1080ti. Which also ended up being drained a 3rd time when the vertical mount arrived later.

I'm running a delidded 8086k with a mild 5ghz all core overclock and all in this EK kit which is a single 360mm rad. It's ok to keep temps low-to-decent. On idle my cpu is around the lower to mid 30 degrees and my gpu is in the upper 20 degrees. When playing some intense games, the gpu hits the 55 degree mark (maybe 57 max) and cpu around the lower 70's in summer and 60's now in Winter.

As I said, it's good enough for me. Ideally you would want a 240mm rad per overclocked component imho depending how hardcore your overclocks are. I've been running this setup for almost a year now and want to get a separate rad into this loop to drop those temps even more and switch to PETG tubing and sell all the fittings from this current one.

But let me know if I can assist with any of your questions as I probably have been there already seeing as we would have similar kits.

For interest, let me describe my current loop: Res >> rad (top mounted) >> splitter with ball valve up top >> mobo water block >> cpu >> gpu >> splitter with drain pipe >> back to res. Your loop order wouldn't matter as the temp does equalise and this was the neatest way I could do it with soft tubing.

Having spent quite a bit especially on the extra fittings you can do it separately but being new to it I decided to do the kit + extras. Hope this helps
 
Is it possible for someone to give me a list of exactly what I need as I've once again confused myself.

Building in a Lian-Li PC011 Dynamic. Will be Ryzen build with a Strix 1080ti OC Version.

Hardline would have been ideal but for my first attempt (and not having the tools to cut and bend etc) thinking soft tube is way forward for now.

Would like 2x Radiators (360 or 240 that can fit). Fans will be Corsair ML or LL (still deciding).

I need pump/res the lot.

Can order from EKWB direct and get sent to London (will be there next week) or can order locally too (especially bigger / heavier items if price isn't too inflated.

Would appreciate all the help.

On the note about fans, I have the HD 120 pack and they work great. But don't look as cool as the LL range. If you go hardline (PETG specifically), a heat gun is around R400 and the Thermaltake cutting kit is about a grand. You could just use sandpaper and get a pvc cutter but I err on the side of caution and will be going with the former when I switch from soft tubing. And different fittings of course. Btw, EK ship here directly via DHL. I ordered by gpu block from them.
 
Is it possible for someone to give me a list of exactly what I need as I've once again confused myself.

Look at what's in the kit and spec it that way. Res and pump (combo works well too, personally), radiator, cpu block, gpu block and backplate, ACF fittings for soft tubing, HDC for solid tubing, a ball valve for the drain pipe. If you take a multiport rad you can use this one of the top ports if the rad is mounted horizontally up top for air flow and of course the tubing and fans for the rad.

Draw your layout in Paint and buy a few extra fittings in case the O-Rings are damaged in any of them. What helps with the drawing is the 90 degree adapters become more apparent especially in those tight spaces.
 
Look at what's in the kit and spec it that way. Res and pump (combo works well too, personally), radiator, cpu block, gpu block and backplate, ACF fittings for soft tubing, HDC for solid tubing, a ball valve for the drain pipe. If you take a multiport rad you can use this one of the top ports if the rad is mounted horizontally up top for air flow and of course the tubing and fans for the rad.

Draw your layout in Paint and buy a few extra fittings in case the O-Rings are damaged in any of them. What helps with the drawing is the 90 degree adapters become more apparent especially in those tight spaces.

Haha everything @QuiXilver said is 100% right. You follow that and you're all set to go. I would recommend going soft tubing first and after 6months or so once you're happy with temps etc embark on the hard tubing side of things as it is a bit of an art to master especially with learning how to bend unless you're just going to go with straight tubing and a helluva lot of 90degree bends to avoid any of that in which case go for it from the get go 🤷‍♂️

But make very sure you have a drain port setup on the loop or you will create a stupid amount of work for yourself when you need it drained....
 
For the radiators which of the two is the better option?

Coolstream SE Slim

Coolstream PE Performance

Will probably go with 2 x 360mm just to have it all the same (my OCD will kick in so either 2x 360 or 2x 240). There is a R240 price differnce between the two but if the slim will work for each component then saving R480 will go along way but then again if there are big advantages don't mind spending more.
 
For the radiators which of the two is the better option?

Coolstream SE Slim

Coolstream PE Performance

Will probably go with 2 x 360mm just to have it all the same (my OCD will kick in so either 2x 360 or 2x 240). There is a R240 price differnce between the two but if the slim will work for each component then saving R480 will go along way but then again if there are big advantages don't mind spending more.

Personally when youre getting to a 360 rad there is little to be gained form the slim to the performance versions and running 2 of them makes even less difference unless you are pushing out some serious heat from oc'ing etc. The nice thing with the slims is they dont look chunky which in my 570x makes a difference in the end. But again its entirely up to you and what you want to spend
 
Personally when youre getting to a 360 rad there is little to be gained form the slim to the performance versions and running 2 of them makes even less difference unless you are pushing out some serious heat from oc'ing etc. The nice thing with the slims is they dont look chunky which in my 570x makes a difference in the end. But again its entirely up to you and what you want to spend

Yeah that was my thought too. So I am pretty sure the Slims will more than handle the load - its only the Ryzen CPU (still not sure which) and the Strix 1080ti. I don't see myself pushing the overclock massively in any case - in all honesty I am more doing the watercool for looks with the side advantage of performance.

Only reason I am looking at 360 is they fill the entire length of the case so no gaps -top and back panel.
 
Yeah that was my thought too. So I am pretty sure the Slims will more than handle the load - its only the Ryzen CPU (still not sure which) and the Strix 1080ti. I don't see myself pushing the overclock massively in any case - in all honesty I am more doing the watercool for looks with the side advantage of performance.

Only reason I am looking at 360 is they fill the entire length of the case so no gaps -top and back panel.

The 360's will more than suffice for what you'll have on them. And the case is very spacious so you wont have any problems working in it when installing
 
Now on to the pump/res. From what I can see is the D5 still the best option?

D5
Or are any of these also good?
DDC 3.2

I see you can get the D5 Pump/Res combo for R2400 - D5 Pump/Res - but the reservoir is tiny and will look lost in the case. I was thinking of buying the combo and then swapping out the res for a bigger one (if possible)

Res 150
or
Res 250

Cost wise it makes more sense buying the D5 pump alone (or if there is a better one in same price range) and then adding either of those two reservoirs but need to know is it as simple as buying the two and connecting them or is there something else the combo has that I need to purchase separately?
 
I think allot of people would recommend the D5 over the ddc purely over longevity for a loop but there will always be the debate as to which to go for. The pump res combo is just for ease om installation as you dont need to worry about ensuring your flow is 100% right with the mix of a pump and res seperate.

The pump tops (res) only go to a 140mm i think in the combos and then you need to buy a bigger one ie. 200mm or a 250mm like this ek 250 res
 
I think allot of people would recommend the D5 over the ddc purely over longevity for a loop but there will always be the debate as to which to go for. The pump res combo is just for ease om installation as you dont need to worry about ensuring your flow is 100% right with the mix of a pump and res seperate.

The pump tops (res) only go to a 140mm i think in the combos and then you need to buy a bigger one ie. 200mm or a 250mm like this ek 250 res

Yeah from what I have seen D5 is the way forward.

So will get the D5 and then either RES X3 150 or RES X3 250 - 250 is cheaper but no RGB (not a deal breaker at all) - will those two work together? Is it just a matter of connecting the two together or will I need something else?
 
Yeah from what I have seen D5 is the way forward.

So will get the D5 and then either RES X3 150 or RES X3 250 - 250 is cheaper but no RGB (not a deal breaker at all) - will those two work together? Is it just a matter of connecting the two together or will I need something else?

Should be a straight forward screw onto the pump base hey. And yup thats def a mid range pc right there :LOL:
 
Hahaha yeah its alot more costly than first thought but no cheap way around it.

Just busy comparing costing from the list local and shipping down. Already the reservoirs work out to R100 more getting them here but that excludes the shipping fee and having to bring them back down with me so will get them here. Same goes with the pump.
 
What is a little weird (or maybe only seems weird to me) but when I do the EKWB configuration it auto selects the best recommended parts then lets you go into edit them. For the pump/res if I select seperate pump and res it selects D5 pump but then EK RES X3 110 only as that is suitable for my build / parts. So does that mean I don't need to get the longer res and maybe the the combo EK XRES 100 or 140 will do just fine?
 
The size of the res is completely irrelevant to the overal performance of the loop. All the bigger ones do is fill up open space in the case and show off the coolant if you have a nice hue etc
 
So this is what I have so far (please if you see anything incompatible or something that is better let me know).

EK Webstore:

EK Velocity - AMD Nickel + Plexi
EK-XRES 140 Revo D5
EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix - Nickel (rev.2.0)
EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix Backplate - Black (rev. 2.0)
EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Black x 13
EK-DuraClear 9,5/12,7mm 3M RETAIL
EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) - not sure about this as I want the pump/res to be bottom right of the case
EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3-Fan PWM (10cm) - not sure if I need this if I am going to be using Corsair fans and commandor pro

Rebeltech:

EKWB CoolStream SE Slim 360 Radiator
EKWB EK-ATX Bridging Plug (24 pin)

WIll be purchasing Corsair fans for radiators connected to commander pro.

What other connectors do I need?

Is there a compatibility issue with the GPU block as after I am done the configuration and it shows me all the parts it has picked, I then click Add to Cart only to get this message:

"EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix - Nickel (rev. 2.0) was not added to your shopping cart." - all other items added to cart so I need to manually add the gpu block.

Maybe QuiXilver you could have a look and let me know what I am missing or what I need to change etc?
 
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So this is what I have so far (please if you see anything incompatible or something that is better let me know).

EK Webstore:

EK Velocity - AMD Nickel + Plexi
EK-XRES 140 Revo D5
EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix - Nickel (rev.2.0)
EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix Backplate - Black (rev. 2.0)
EK-ACF Fitting 10/13mm - Black x 13
EK-DuraClear 9,5/12,7mm 3M RETAIL
EK-UNI Pump Bracket (120mm FAN) - not sure about this as I want the pump/res to be bottom right of the case
EK-Cable Y-Splitter 3-Fan PWM (10cm) - not sure if I need this if I am going to be using Corsair fans and commandor pro

Rebeltech:

EKWB CoolStream SE Slim 360 Radiator
EKWB EK-ATX Bridging Plug (24 pin)

WIll be purchasing Corsair fans for radiators connected to commander pro.

What other connectors do I need?

Is there a compatibility issue with the GPU block as after I am done the configuration and it shows me all the parts it has picked, I then click Add to Cart only to get this message:

"EK-FC1080 GTX Ti Strix - Nickel (rev. 2.0) was not added to your shopping cart." - all other items added to cart so I need to manually add the gpu block.

Maybe QuiXilver you could have a look and let me know what I am missing or what I need to change etc?

Yeah as we discussed you look good to go. Just please put a ton of paper towels when leak testing.

Oh one thing you don't have listed is the actual fluid [emoji85]

You going with normal distilled water in it? I went with the ek navy uv reactive one (premix as I don't want to go adding biocides etc). The uv has a side bonus of being easily detectable under uv light if there's any leaks [emoji23]




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And since you're going with the CoPro, why not add the Corsair lighting kit? Rgb for life, Yo! [emoji1787]


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Yeah as we discussed you look good to go. Just please put a ton of paper towels when leak testing.

Oh one thing you don't have listed is the actual fluid [emoji85]

You going with normal distilled water in it? I went with the ek navy uv reactive one (premix as I don't want to go adding biocides etc). The uv has a side bonus of being easily detectable under uv light if there's any leaks [emoji23]




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Oh yeah I am going with red fluid - probably go with Blood Red - is that one with everything in it?
 
Yeah as we discussed you look good to go. Just please put a ton of paper towels when leak testing.

Oh one thing you don't have listed is the actual fluid [emoji85]

You going with normal distilled water in it? I went with the ek navy uv reactive one (premix as I don't want to go adding biocides etc). The uv has a side bonus of being easily detectable under uv light if there's any leaks [emoji23]




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And since you're going with the CoPro, why not add the Corsair lighting kit? Rgb for life, Yo! [emoji1787]


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I am going full corsair rgb fans and rgb strips.
 
Oh yeah I am going with red fluid - probably go with Blood Red - is that one with everything in it?

Yeah any of the premix ones are great. Check rebeltech as well. Their shipping is cheaper. And you can collect if you're in Jhb. Google reviews on the liquid too.

People had a lot to say about ek's liquid staining and losing colour. My colour is still fine. Will know the extent of the staining if any when I drain and deep clean.


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