How To Quickly and Easily Drain A Water Cooled PC - EK Tips & Tricks 

This is the way bro.

How do you do it? I’m having such a hard time draining my loop, and I’ve already damaged something, I just need to get this contaminated coolant out. How do you hook up the data vac to get all the coolant out?

never tried it before, but I would assume maybe duct tap to create a semi good seal. Just duct tape the tip of the blower to the soft tube and you should be good to go. @@Bertis87

wrong, it will possibly contaminate with bacteria.

Let us know how you did please!

Give me datavac link please ❤

Yeah, I cringed the moment I saw him put his mouth on the tube. "Dude, you're blowing bacteria into your parts! Keep your mouth off it!" Just got the datavac advice today and can't wait to apply it. Last time I drained a hard-to-drain loop, I used the pressure tester pump to displace fluid stuck in the cpu circuit. The datavac is a MUCH more sensible solution, and I love hearing about the pressure readings for peace of mind. I have a front distro that I'd worry about cracking if the pressure were too high.

I’ve done the blow method and each time I get contaminants on the push-in adapters inlet and outlet and the bottom of the distro. I bought the data vac and a new distro,cpu block/gpu block, and I’m going to make sure I dont contaminate anything for the 3rd time now since I have all new components. I did not buy three new radiators though. My build is 3x quantum surface rads with ek-7 matrix in 0-11 D XL

It sounds like somebody was using the EK loop tester on the mic for some reason

is that even enough pressure?

@@w3st80 eventually, yes. Because of the check-valve the pressure builds with every “pump” until the liquid reaches the only exit.

That's also a great idea.

Thats also possible bro.

Idk why he didn't do that, this is way more cheaper/easier/safer than buying another STC fitting, a soft tube and blow it by yourself

Well said

Even better if you have one of those compu blowers. Goes faster and you don't risk introducing bacteria into the loop.

@@drbluewolfCan confirmed those are great!!

@@drbluewolf I was wondering the same thing when he blew into it I thought he was going to use the test pump or something else but I think the coolant probably has some kind of additive in it to prevent that

Then you built it wrong... draining a front distro plate is easy.

@digismurf what distro plate is that?

@@WaikikiSmoke looks like my "EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11D XL D5 PWM D-RGB", it's made for that case so it fits, looks, and functions great!

It could be suggested to use some sort of a powered device like an electric air duster or similar. But there are couple of issues with that. There can be to much pressure and not everyone has it. Also when you add new proper coolant it does protect your loop from anything you might have blown in.

@@saneldomeh92 I've tried to actually use the EK loop tester as something to push fluid through. That actually worked pretty well, as long as you ensure there are no specks of anything in your pump prior to using it.

It does work as long as the tubing is full of coolant, but once the components and tubing get half full and air can "escape" pass the coolant the pump will not provide enough air volume to push the rest out. But it does work in some loop setup so it is a good idea, thank you@@BigOlBilliam

not all like the QDCs in their loop :/

@@saneldomeh92 man, these abbreviations. I've found 14 definitions and none of them have anything to do with water loops. Right, what's QDC?

@@tibielias Quick disconnects.

@@Arek_1 this is probably the 3rd term that I read which refers to the same thing. We have quick connectors, connect adapters and quick disconnectors. There has to be more out there 😅

Many ports but accessing them isn't always so simple or guaranteed. You also need a port adapter on that port to attach the drain valve to or it will leak coolant everywhere ;)

@@h2ocomputers316 Ah yeah, I was thinking to make hole on the back for bottom radiator and put drain near there... but well after seeing he open the front glass, i was thinking why not just open one on the front hahaha

I am working on piecing together another revisor and pump, I think you can just pump new fluid in and skip a lot of the pain @@hasyidanparamananda

How did it go?

@@MongoSlade84 it was fine. Had to clean the case (and the sink) a bit with paper towels. EK cryo fuel doesn't smell great and I bet you don't want to get it anywhere near your food. But it cleans up easily (because it's so soluable)

Mic gain set to 9001 😂

Haha mic wasn't cooled

@@Molmen07 maybe mic needs to be drained too *kappa*

there was already a drain valve on the back installed so it would not make much difference.

@@saneldomeh92 the drain valve on distro front sits a lot lower than the one in the back. Just strange, being that EKs own literature says to use that port.

I is just a matter of ease of use as You would need to install a drain valve on the front. On the back it is already installed because the sides can then be closed. It certainly can get the last drop out from the front, but as you are tilting the case you will do the same at the back anyway. If you do not have any drain valve installed, then the front is preferred yes @@d3lsl0w

A custom loop will give better cooling performance than any AIO, but a custom loop will also be much more expensive than an AIO. That being said, better cooling (ie. lower CPU temperatures) doesn't provide better performance unless your CPU was thermal throttling with an AIO or air cooler. From a cooling performance standpoint, a custom loop really only provides extra CPU performance if you specifically need the thermal headroom, perhaps for overclocking or running very heavy multi-core workloads that use too much power for an AIO or air cooler to handle. A well-built and well-maintained loop should last the entire lifespan of the computer. Because you are new to water cooling, just remember that any coolant / water leaking can result in damaged or dead components, so even if the water cooling hardware (CPU block, Pump / Reservoir, Tubing, Radiators) are all in working condition, there is still a risk to other PC components if the loop is not built properly. I don't know what warranties EK (or any other water cooling brand) offers on their products, but I'd assume it's listed on their website.

Thank you so much for detail answer. I'm thinking to build one soon maybe ask Good pc shop around my place to help me. Thank you again@@DarthChewie