I'm not going to fill this topic up with my images, so go
HERE to see some current images of the PC. I will have some build details on the current blocks when I get around to it but my work has been mad again lately
The Tube sizes are Tygon R-3603 for inflow & outflow, (12.5mm ID), via reamed out 5/8 barbs (13mm ID). To get the Tygon on the barbs requires about 15secs immersion in boiling water and a fair bit of force, once on though ugly hose clamps are not required as there is no way it will pull off. The inflow enters directly in the centre of the new splitter block that has four 8mm festo push fits for outflow built in. The polyurethane tube for these is 8mm OD, 6mm ID and the for separate outputs supply the 7 other blocks in my system, (the lesser ones doubled up). There is an extra splitter that can be seen dangling and this is the temporary splitter required at the moment for the current HDD and R9700 ram blocks as they are 6mm festo, (4.5mm ID). When the R9800 pro cooler i'm working on is finished, and a new HDD block made this extra splitter won't be required.
Output from the 8mm festo blocks are all collected into another low restriction splitter, (the fixed one on the far right in the images), that takes the flow out via the 5/8 outflow barb.
The silence is great but I don't even think about it much anymore. It's only really bought home to me when I get a new graphics card and test it out before making a cooler for it. It's amazing just how noisy they sound when they are the only major sound source
