My water cooling starts without graphic card but will change....

[ckelih]

Hi there and sorry If I hit the wrong category for my topic but google lead me to here so lets blame google, ok?

Anyway, I just bought me my dream-system and I am only waiting for the memory to start assembling.
For now I didnt buy a new graphic card cause maybe the new nvidia will get released in the next month and the prices for a 1080ti are bit high right now.
So I bought the EK Water Blocks kit PRO and I will start assembling it with the CPU cooled only.
Later, when I will have a new graphic card aswell (now I am gonna stick with my old 970GTX) I want to implement the graphic card aswell into the water cooling system.
So what you pros and experts think of that?
I mean will it be hard to insert the graphic card into the loop afterwards?

Here is my component list so far:
Intel i9-7900x
Asus ROG Strix X299-XE
Corsair 32GB Vengenace RGB 3200 Mhz 4x8
1TB Samsung 960 EVO M.2
Thermaltake View71
EVGA Supernova 750W PSU
and of course the EK Water Block Kit Professional.

 

[rubix_1011]

You just have to drain the loop, install the block on the new card, connect tubing and refill it. Make sure the block fits the PCB of the card, they are all not the same. Some are Nvidia reference layout and some are custom.

It isn't difficult. Just takes some time and patience.

 

[ckelih]

Should I reuse the fluid or should I get me a new one when I do the draining and refilling?
I also am starting with flexible tubes. maybe when I am more experienced with it I am going to change to hard tubes.

 

[rubix_1011]

I only use distilled water and antimicrobial additive drops, so I just replace the water at the tune of $0.95 a gallon, and since a loop typically only holds 1-2 liters at most, a single gallon for less than a dollar lasts a while. I am not an advocate for expensive coolants, but this all comes down to how long the loop and coolant have been in use and how clean it is.

I've been watercooling for over 15 years and I still use normal tubing.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

What kit exactly you got for yourself ?
To add a GPU, you will probably want to add another radiator for your system alongside new GPU.
there is no problem to add/remove/replace components in the loop. Like rubix mentioned, you just drain the loop.
The liquid can be reused if it seems to be in good condition and wasn't used for long time. Though I also mostly use distilled water with few drops of biocide
or some color/pastel concentrate. And usually don't reuse the liquid. You'd be better using some glass made container to collect the drained liquid if you want consider to reuse it.

 

[rubix_1011]

Yes, good call...forgot about acknowledging the additional TDP in the loop and the possible need for more radiator space.