New to water cooling - now I've got the water-cooling bug!

[Bartacus]

Thanks, Bart - Yes, love the HOTAS Warthog. Any HOTAS will seriously up your game, if you're into flight sims. I started out with a Saitek X45 years ago. What do you fly?

Nothing yet, but I bought an Oculus Rift over the holidays and Elite Dangerous too, along with the HOTAS. I haven't played a sim in decades, but kinda went all in with ED / HOTAS. It'll be a steep learning curve I'm sure, but I'm up for it!

[MackTheKnight]

Hey Mack. Some nice pipe work going on there. Really like that support bracket under your Ti.

Thanks, wattermain! It works well and looks great doing it's job!

[MackTheKnight]

Looks good young sir !

Thanks very much!

[MackTheKnight]

Wow, now you've got me wanting to rebuild with hard tube and get rid of the soft tubing. Nice job.

Thank you, sludgeface! The folks on the forum here have been a great inspiration to me. It's so nice to hear I've inspired someone as well - makes me feel like I've given back to the community in some small way.

[MackTheKnight]

Build looks great.
Nice simulator setup as well.

Thanks, Hooded!

[MackTheKnight]

I haven't played ED in some time but you are definitely ready to take on the Thargoids. Awesome looking build and very cool flight setup

Thanks, Chann3l - lots of great changes coming to Elite Dangerous, this year!

[MackTheKnight]

Nice work! Serious HOTAS is serious! I just picked up my first one, but didn't go to the ultra-high-end like this guy! Nice looking gear!

Thanks, Bart - Yes, love the HOTAS Warthog. Any HOTAS will seriously up your game, if you're into flight sims. I started out with a Saitek X45 years ago. What do you fly?

[sludgeface]

Wow, now you've got me wanting to rebuild with hard tube and get rid of the soft tubing. Nice job.

[Hooded]

Build looks great.
Nice simulator setup as well.

[Chann3l]

I haven't played ED in some time but you are definitely ready to take on the Thargoids. Awesome looking build and very cool flight setup

[Bartacus]

Nice work! Serious HOTAS is serious! I just picked up my first one, but didn't go to the ultra-high-end like this guy! Nice looking gear!

[wattermain]

Hey Mack. Some nice pipe work going on there. Really like that support bracket under your Ti.

[gdesmo]

Looks good young sir !

[MackTheKnight]

A few more shots of the build completed and up and running! Wish my photography skills were as good as some other folks here, but hopefully they do it justice!









And finally ready to take on the Thargoids! (Might be an obscure reference to most)

[MackTheKnight]

After many failed bends...


Bends completed, finally - Steep learning curve!



Added a temp sensor to my loop:



Pressure test passed for a few hours:


More leak testing:


The final fill-up!




Will post some pics of the system up and running also.

-Mack