Water cooled setup

[Acid_death69]

lol so basically you have changed everything but the case, looks good either way fella what rad are you using?

[clocker]

So, what's happening here?
Has the PC been powered up since the ahem, "mishap"?

[Detale]

So funny you guys would post now. I finally grew a pair last night out of no where and tried to start her up and.... nuttin, no screen at all. I had an old ATI 1600X ( I think) and put that in and she started right up no problems. Not a big deal really but here's where I am now:

First I requested a RMA from EVGA and I am going to mail it tomorrow but I doubt I'll actually get the card exchanged because of the water damage and the serial number sticker was ruined when I first wiped the card off. I'm going to send it in anyway figuring I have nothing to lose right?

Secondly (when they reject my RMA) do I even want to spend money on another 8800? I'm torn because I have the waterblock for it already. but I feel like I should wait and get a GTX card if Im going to spend any money on a new card. TBH I don't know if Im going to watercool the next card because of the hassle and when you buy the waterblock for it you're "locked in" to having that card. I'm still unsure really.

I think as of now I'm going to wait and see what the RMA gods hav in store for me and go from there. What do you guys think?

[Bobbius5000]

lol so basically you have changed everything but the case, looks good either way fella what rad are you using?

Yup!! Hehe. And yesterday I bought myself a new BFG 280GTX to replace my olf 7900GTX, should come on monday I can't wait!

Using the radiator that came with the kit, its the Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra Watercooling Kit. Recently replaced the liquid with the nice green non-conductive stuff Here's a link to the one I got:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...75/754/939/940)

Detale, chances are they might not even check and just send you a new one - but you'll just have to see. Like you said, no harm in trying!

[Detale]

Right, Hopefully they dont check

[Detale]

OK guys I'm back in the game. After my little mishap almost 2 months ago I got some new goodies and I'm going to give it another shot. I opened her up tonight and saw the full extent of the mess for the first time and it's awful. I'm going to have to take everything out of the case and give it a good cleaning. Also in the tubes the UV blue fluid I was using seemed to stain certain parts of it.

Does anyone know if I can just flush the hoses with warm water or do I need new ones? Basically I need to wash everything out because it's all funky in there. anyone have any good ideas on how to do this??

[clocker]

I've seen people use bottle brushes to clean stained tubes but never tried it myself.
I'd just replace them.

[Detale]

Yeah I may just do that. I did flush the parts with warm tap water. As long as I use a bactericide it should be ok right?

[clocker]

I just use straight distilled water- no additives.

[Detale]

Also does anyone know of a generic inexpensive GPU block that would work on more than this one card?

Clocker do you mean you would flush it with distilled?