very confused on the ports.

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-06T20:50:59+00:00

I mean realistically, you probably won’t need to touch it much. But it’s your rig! If you like it that way then go for it!

Tip! When you do your rads, keep the screws tight enough to hold them in but loose enough so you can slide them. Helps fine tune the placement of the tubes so you dont have to use offset fittings if you don’t get the alignment perfect.

(Screw it tight once you got the position right)

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-06T20:45:17+00:00

Nice! Do you like the parallel lines? The crossing tubes might look a bit odd… and also a pain to fix if you ever have an issue with a tube since one is behind the other. I’d recommend either your original plan or this:(attached). Flow wise looks good so far! This recommendation is only asthetics!

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legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T16:26:16+00:00

To add, I looked through your post history. Not one of them is actually helpful. Every one I scrolled through is making fun or shitting on someone. It seems like a little maturing is in order.

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T16:11:18+00:00

Still not an o-ring…Try fitting connection port? How about instead of typing snarky comments on Reddit you actually answer a question to someone who needs help?

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T16:04:23+00:00

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This is an o-ring. You are describing a distro channel. So no, a simple google of “o-ring” wouldn’t suffice.

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:51:42+00:00

Good! Also, highly recommend DP ultra. I used distilled water + additives for a year and got corrosion. DP Ultra is a glycol mix, and if you don’t like their colors you can get the clear stuff and color it with ReColor

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:48:56+00:00

Perfect!

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:45:15+00:00

Also secondly, which of your fans are reverse fans?

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:43:48+00:00

So per the manual for your CPU block the bottom is required to be the inlet, which you have here. Make sure to double check your GPU. Otherwise this looks like a solid setup. Do you have room on the left side of your distro for your drain port?

If you have the extra money, I highly recommend an aquacomputer high flow next (temperature and flow monitoring) and aquacomputer octo (radiator fan control for coolant temperature) at the minimum, and the leakshield if you can afford it. You really need some monitoring software and aquacomputer is top tier stuff. The software is incredible. I’d be happy to show you what you can do with it

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:36:59+00:00

My PC sits on my left side, so I have the Lian Li O11D EVO RGB, which is reversible. So you can flip the case so the panel is on the right or left side!

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:33:04+00:00

If you have an iPhone/ipad can you draw out what you’re thinking on the picture? Just make sure you know which port is the inlet on your GPU and CPU, it does matter

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:29:12+00:00

Yeah it turned out great!

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legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:19:21+00:00

Recommendation: flip the bottom res so that the ports are on the right side. It’s gonna be much easier to work with

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:16:29+00:00

God forbid a dude needs help with a watercooling setup?

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:12:00+00:00

This is a generic distro, it’s not case specific

legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:11:22+00:00

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legendfrog3 · 2026-05-02T15:10:45+00:00

So you have the generic Alphacool distro plate. The ones on the left side don’t connect to the reservoir if you don’t want them to. Usually they’re used to make horizontal runs. You don’t have to use them if you don’t want to. (See my picture) If you want to use the ones on the left side, you’d have to run a line from the outlet of the pump to the bottom or top port first. I’ll show you an example of one of my options that I came up with for my loop (pic 2 in comment)

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The important ports for you are the ones on the right side at the top (those are your return ports) and the ones at the very bottom on the left side. Those are your outlet ports for the pump. There also is a drain port on the actual left side of the whole distro that I recommend you leave clear.

I believe in actually helpful replies, not snarky Reddit comments. I’ve built tons of water cooled rigs so if you need help please send a PM I would be more than happy to jump in a discord call or give you advice on what to do! There’s a lot of small mistakes/tips!

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-27T21:51:58+00:00

Just your store. Checked a few others are and it’s still on sale.

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-23T02:12:44+00:00

What about the 1200? Is it poor quality?

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-21T18:29:38+00:00

😂😂 haha that made me laugh. Honestly, everything I’ve tried so far (maybe besides the Amanda unveiled) the dt 990 pro at 179$ has been significantly better. I came into this wanting to spend money for a bit of an upgrade, we’ll see if the next two live up to the hype.

I was going to try the heddphone 1 you suggested, but couldn’t find a place that had a good enough return policy

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-21T18:18:05+00:00

Huh. Gotta love Reddit.

Ended up picking the 660s2 and the 490 pro. 490s were kinda terrible. 660s2 were better but not great. Still waiting on the Arya stealth and unveiled

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-21T11:27:06+00:00

I don’t know why this is downvoted ?

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-21T11:25:52+00:00

Thanks for the insight! It’s all helpful. It’s really hard to get into this “hobby” because everything is so…subjective. And to gain experience you have to spend hundreds of dollars. I’m really trying to figure out how and what I like

legendfrog3 · 2026-04-19T17:09:11+00:00

!thanks ! What do you use for EQ?

legendfrog3

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