I'm in love with this channel to be honest, the more videos i watch, the more i can see how all this incredible work and knowledge shared is totally underrated
Open any dictionary and under classy, you will find a picture of this man. Thanks for this vid and answering my silly questions in discord. Looking forward to the next video.
Such elegant workflow compared to my unorganized work history. I designed my first plate the past few days and I’ve wasted countless hours just reworking things lol. Great work man!
Somehow missed this one, but workflow is so important indeed haha. Until I started doing these tutorials I honestly was pretty messy too, but since then it's made such a difference trying to use the tools properly, 100% recommend the extra time needed.
Great tutorial. I would like to have seen it all in just 1 take instead of repeating to get it perfect. Seeing what can happen with various mistakes and how to fix it is even more valuable than how to make it perfectly.
TOP video again. where have you been man I've been looking for you everywhere, this is what I'm looking for. I already watch every one of your videos. It is a feast for the eyes and ears. Where are you from? What about the eccentric mustache? :D The time of this era has passed. But the videos are divine.
Thanks so much for your detailed tutorial. Your channel is the reason why I've embarked on a custom case build. While I don't have a cnc router, being able to lay everything out in 3d beforehand is a lifesaver when I am hand-routing everything. Should only take me a few months to get everything sorted as quickly as you seem to be able to. :)
Thank for these vids man. I have always wanted to build a custom water cooling part and try to custom make as many things as I can for a future build. This video is perfect timing. Keep up the good work and helpful videos
Estoy viendo tus videos desde Argentina...tu trabajo es excepcional, felicitaciones! / I'm seeing your videos from Argentina...your work is absolutely outstanding, congratulations!
Hi Alex! I wasn't able to find any comment of yours regarding the slot-size for the o-rings in relation to the o-ring sizes, except for 2mm. Your recommendation for 2mm o-rings is a width of 2.2mm and a depth of 1.2mm - 1.3mm. In my German book of technical standards the values are as follows: 2mm o-ring: width: 2.8mm depth: 1.5mm 1.5mm o-ring width: 2.1mm depth: 1.1mm 1.0mm o-ring width: 1.4mm depth: 0.7mm Of course these values represent static, axial oriented o-rings with pressure from the inside, so the slots are wider for the o-ring to move outwards, if the pressure on the inside rises. I guess you sized the width down because there is not that much pressure going on in a distro plate but do you have a general rule of thumb as to how you size down those standard values? Or was it a process of trial and error? My case is that I'm designing a GPU water block at the moment and the tolerances to the adjacent screw holes are just too tight if I was to use 2mm o-rings with your recommended slot sizes, so what would your recommendation be for 1.5mm o-rings? Thank you very much in advance and greetings from Germany!
Again thanks for the education. Just finished my first massive pump integrated distro plate, with a ton of inspiration from this video! Anyways, you mention a script for screws instead of manually doing it. Can you elaborate more or do a video on that?
Do the D5 pumps have vibration issues when connected to a disto plate? I've always put my pump on some sponge, been afraid to solidly connect it to anything due to vibration causing an annoying noise.
Hello, great video ! I strated my own since and i am trying to make this system directly into the distro execpt the bracket. I wonder something, is it matter if the pompe is pushing up the fluid ? (like if you put the exit port right side but going from middle to top). Also is it OK if the pump get the water directly from the reservoir ?
Thank you guys so much for making these types of guides, been thinking of making my own but no where to start but thanks to these amazing guides I now know where to begin. I also wanted to ask, at the end of the video when you show your DP and pump design is it possible to make a channel and port connected to the reservoir on the right so you can install a valve to drain the water?
How much would you charge to repair a distro plate? I accidentally broke my barrowch rhopilema distro plate case on one of the out ports and it's in a very important spot. i'll probably need to fill the hole and cut another next to it or redo the entire front end.
Just cast, although different manufacturers put out better products than others, that said it's really location dependent and somewhat random too. Just be sure to double check anything you get is cast as extruded is so much harder to work with (if you do a mirror plate it will always be extruded for instance, makes those much tougher).
So informative. A quick question though, on the outlet channel, the channel size is the same width as the input but it's deeper, does this affect performance or aesthetic looks at all? Couldn't the pump have issues pumping enough liquid to fill the outlet channel?
I managed to install fusion 360 student version (free) on my laptop and started designing but I m not sure if my pc doesn't meet the min requirements, the application is too slow, it takes more than 60s for each operation I do.
It sounds like it might be, have you looked up some of the possible optimisations for it? Fusion has a number of features on by default that make it easier to navigate and look at, but which also consume more resources. On slower hardware it does bog down pretty fast, I can't adequately run it on the NUC I use to control my CNC router (which is the i3 model from 2013).
@@bittech1 wow thanks for the reply, I sort of figured out the issue, initially I used construction lines and then draw actual lines over them which took more calculations and I guess it slowed down. After I fully became aware of designing things it is quite fast now. I m now kinda addicted to draw things on distros😋 I have designed some themed distro plates (DC&Marvel) which I would love to share with u,would u like to have a look and point out any corrections?
Thank you for the very informative videos :-) Im considering trying to make one myself. What your thougts on the pump expelling water directly into a cavity (in all directions) instead of exiting the pump top through a channel?
Do you think Polycarbonate would work for distro plates vs acrylic? I am thinking of cutting one a waterjet, but acrylic requires predrilling all the holes and I would like to avoid that headache if I can.
where do you get you o rings? I just made a plate but am not sure where to get custom length cords. Also is there an easy way to calculate perimeter length for the cord in fusion 360? The measure tool doesn't appear to have that option
Fat2Mad I did try it once, but honestly it’s the same deal as trying to optimise your runs via minimal use of angles fittings etc. I.e not really worth bothering with for this application. It’s far more important for things like waterblocks where turbulence can actually affect cooling efficiency.
@@bittech1 I'm going to be designing a distroplate with the D5 mounts for an upcoming build as I type, am uk based and would very much like it if you could manufacture the parts for me. I'm following all of your tutorials and doing it in fusion 360, is there a good contact address to talk further once I have the designs completed? Thanks, Ben
What would happen if the outlet of the pump is in the opposite position compared to the one you show in the video? Thanks for the video, very helpfull.
As in if you put it on the other side? It would probably still work okay, just would be less efficient and likely lose some flow. The pump will still be pushing from the centre point outwards thanks to the impeller design, you’ll have more turbulence if you don’t work with the correct rotation direction though.
Ayup that’s what I figured you meant, would have the effect I mentioned. You could ‘rotate’ the channel about the axis of the impeller if you wanted to maintain the flow direction, so the outlet would be on the right but going up instead of down. Alternatively you could also use a different outlet channel shape etc that’s more symmetrical than the one I used in the tut.
Hello, I have a technical question: Pump in EK, aren"t waterproof, so when you refil it you take the risk to put liquid inside the electronic system! Did you put tropicoat on the electronic of the pump? Best regards
@@mitchos199 on this pump for example: www.ekwb.com/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3831109843130.pdf There is no rubber to isolate the outside and the inside eletronic board of the pump; so when I refil it there are chance to put tiny drop of liquid along the pump and break the pump. I did it ones. Now I isolate the inside with silicone. I wonder, for my next pump If the tropicoat is the beast idear?
I've found them to be pretty good, turned down to 30-40% a D5 is all but inaudible. You won't get results as good as a fully isolated setup but I've always found the performance great.
please drink more water while recording. sounds like you have a mouth full of taffy. the clicking and smacking of your gums is so annoying. good info though.
