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Reason for calling it 3rd life is becoz it's the 3rd time i revive it. All 3 times thanks for Darkblaze for poisoning me until i cannot find doctor.

Swiftech GTZ Waterblock


GTZ wif 3/8" Bitspower Compression barbs


XSPC 355 Top Reservoir


Yate Loon D12SL-12 (Radiator)


Bitspower Compression barb and Adapter lining up


Feser Coolant


Swiftech 320 Radiator wif Bitspower adapter


Akasa mat and S-Flex F & G

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Tygon 3/8" B44-4X Tubing (highly recommended!!!!)


Setup w/o coolant


Setup with Feser Red coolant.. testing for leakage


Completed Setup (without powering on)

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There's a problem though... as u can see from the last pic my inlet compression barb is leaking..

After tightening the barb, it's ok... tested for 3hrs.
But after shifting back into my room, the barb leaked again. Lucky i was paying close attention as i suspect it will leak.

Tighten barb and re-adjust tubing n re-tighten tubing.. now not leaking. I suspect O-ring of Compression not having proper fit.

Wait for Q9550 come then 1 shot do the Inlet barb. Gonna put white tape.

Damn tired after 2 days of intense cleaning, replace speaker cable and setting up WC. WC took me whole of today. Yesterday was doing MO collection then home replacing speaker cable..

[jhaozz]

wah cpu leak dangerous sia...lucki feser not conductive.

mine 1st WC setup the rad there leak...tighten le then ok.

aniway thx for the MO...realli needed tt EK block. cya on next MO. (donno wad to buy le...zzz)

last of all, nice setup

[Nashaz]

good stuff bro.... btw, good job with the MO... Things went along rather smoothly for such a huge MO...

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Ya, everything went really smoothly. Except for 1 or 2 small problem that's rather easy to solve.

Now stress... dunno y Reservoir so much bubble..
And oso dunno y sometime leak, sometime no leak.

[jhaozz]

mi tink bubbles is pressure problem but small problem.

leak then 'big stick'. cpu still leakin, or the res?

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Actually is the Compression barb from the GTZ "inlet". Dunno is tubing or O-ring..

Just now unscrew the securing ring n adjusted the tubing.. then tighten.. now ok liao..

But i got the feeling will come... sian.. now put tissue n always on a look out. Somemore comp under table.. aiyo...

[jhaozz]

aiyoh...jialat. mi understand the suspection of whether there is leak bo.

tt time mi oso everi once in a while go check aniwhere got wet bo.

u may wanna try appli teflon tape or use metal clamp.

hope u solve this problem soon...gd luck bro!

[Nashaz]

did u use pliers to tighten the barb?... if so, made sure oring didn slip?...

but im pretty sure the oring did not slip... bits power barbs have a undercut (groove) for the oring to sit properly.. and they can never slip..

[Pissing Intel]

Nice WC bro! ... too much singlish btw.

[bianco]

nice wc bro.
good luck on fixing the leak and bubbles.


btw, your pic for "Setup w/o coolant" and "Setup with Feser Red coolant.. testing for leakage" is the same.

[Jiangxue]

Hmm... froze bro I rem reading off Martin's review on the GTZ that you need to add an extra O-Ring onto the barbs. Tho he stated its coz of the Swiftech logo... you might just wanna try that. I'm not the biggest fan of teflon tape since it leaves bits and pieces behind if not used properly...

http://www.martinsliquidlab.com/Swif...TZ_Review.html

And by popular demand, yes the Apogee GTZ will fit compression fitting with a small trick. Because the top has recess barb slots for o-rings, you need to grab an extra o-ring from another unused barb and slip it over the comrpession fitting threads. Othewise the compression fittings will sit too low and impact the swiftech logo. Not a big deal though, just slip them over and tighten the whole thing down.

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Originally Posted by Nashaz

did u use pliers to tighten the barb?... if so, made sure oring didn slip?...

but im pretty sure the oring did not slip... bits power barbs have a undercut (groove) for the oring to sit properly.. and they can never slip..

I think is the Tubing nv sit properly in the compression barb.
This morning test run for 1/2 b4 going to work, everything ok.

See later tonite.

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Ok tested liao.... no more leaks
I think it was coz i didn't sit the tubing properly into the compression.