eheim 1000 pump station

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Hi there i am building my dream rig and i need a little help with my first venture into liquid cooling . I brought an eheim 1000l/hr pumpstation because it has great reviews and is extremely quiet the only problem is it has a 230v 2 pin lead which need to be put to mains power and i have to switch this on before i switch on the computer every time . I was just wondering if there was anyone who could help me with either how to get an adapter to change it to molex or if there was another way to get it to power on with the pc

Thankyou in advance

Rig so far

enermax uber chakra case

abit in9 32 max wi/fi

qx6700

dominator 10000 4gbs

bfg 8800gtx oc2 koolance v10 watercooled x2

aegia 128 physx

fatal1ty extreme gamer sound card

raptor x 150gb

seagate 7200.10 500gbs x2

sata optical drives

xspc reservoir and two triple dual pass radiators
 
Swiftech also has or used to have a relay switch that solved this problem..........;)

Pump Relay Switch Kit v3

Swiftech's Pump Relay Switch Kit v2 is a very straightforward kit for the DIY to allow for AC into his/her computer for liquid and Peltier cooled accessories such as pumps and even power supplies. Sidewinder Computers has taken some time to improve upon this design by making one critical change to the kit - replacing the standard socket with an integrated AC filter.

Computer power supplies typically have (EMI) filtering built in to keep voltage spikes and line noise out of your PC to avoid damaging sensitive devices. This Corcom 10EEB1 filter is an added safety measure and helps to provide a pure 60 Hz waveform to your unprotected internal AC devices.
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http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/pureswkitv3.html

You may have to ask around for it over in your part of the world.
 
1000 litres per hour is great for what i want will be running it throgh two hw labs black ice 3 radiators or one triple and one quad if it comes into stock at specialtech
 
Maximum flow is not what you should look at when getting a pump for watercooling. Its the maximum pressure that matters the most. That ehiem has terrible max. pressure, and you WILL get terrible flow.

Sorry to say this, but black ice radiators are not exactly top notch.
 
Laing D5, PA 120.3 + 120.2 (if you wanna go a bit OTT), Apogee GT or D-Tek Fuzion, EK 8800 or DD 8800 blocks, 1/2" tubing (well I like the 1/2" bling ;)), Bay res of ur choice
 
For GPU blocks, the only 3 blocks worth getting are the EK, MCW60 with G80 bracket, or Fuzion GFX. Fuzion has the bling bling :)

DDC+ is a better pump (higher max. pressure...) but of course if you think the D5 is better because less of them are breaking go for it.
 
name='Xtreme tweaker/builder' said:
ok that sounds good ordered the d5 with speed sensor got the xspc 500ml single bay resevoir and now i need some advice on the radiators ?
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Hold on a minute. State your purposes of watercooling. Do you want to have very good performance, with the best of everything? Or do you just want a watercooling loop that will keep your components cool?
 
a bit of both as i say i am building my dream rig and want it to last. I do overclock as the name suggets but i have only done overclocking on air before, would love to be able to get phase cooling but cant stretch to that much :( i want to be able to overclock the quadcore, the 2 bfg 8800gtx's and just wanted some advice from you guys about watercooling. Lets say i have a blank cheque to watercool my system. I already took the advice by getting the d5 now i just need two rads one internal one external

Thankyou :worship:
 
Okay then...D5 runs noisier (I think), uses more power, and will give you less flow in a watercooling loop than a DDC+, but its fine if you're not like IanY (check on XS ;) He has 6 pumps, 2 rads, 12 fans cooling the CPU). DDC+ is better, and with an aftermarket top (alphacool or petras, DO NOT GET THE RADIICAL it has bad performance due to lower max. pressure) totally beats the s*** out of D5. And if you're even more hardcore, Iwaki RD30 :) But they're sorta hard to find and very expensive, and also need either a 12V-24V DC converter, or a 24V PSU to work. Iwaki MD20 also is really good. Okay enough talk about this.

Okay I noticed your 8800gtxs have Koolance waterblocks on them. That is VERY BAD. Koolance waterblocks are terrible, and will destroy your performance. I strongly suggest that you buy some EK blocks. http://www.petrastechshop.com/ekgtxfucowaf.html

Do not get the DangerDen 8800 blocks because they suck as well. EK blocks are the best fullcover block. If you don't mind the hassle, getting a few packs of cheap ramsinks, and some swiftech MC21 heatsinks, then 2 Fuzion GFX or MCW60 blocks would offer better performance, but you need to stick the ramsinks on which I hear is a HUGE PAIN IN THE ASS.

For your CPU block, the D-tek Fuzion is probably what you want. It has the lowest restriction out of all blocks, and performs very well.

For the radiators, heh, PA120.3 is the best radiator, period. The only rads worth buying at all are Thermochills (which are the best radiators), Swiftech, and Coolingworks (swiftech and coolingworks rads are almost exactly the same in terms of performance).
 
ok d-tek fuzion ordered and 2 ek 8800gtx full waterblocks ordered when they come back in stock i have read on here it is probably better to get the one with the black top instead of the one with clear is that true and thankyou for the help i am going for a thermaltake 1200w psu when they come into stock and thinking of getting the qx6800 as for the pa 120.3 are the hw labs black ice 480gtx going to outperform that one what if i went for one gtx480 as external and one pa 120.3 as my case topper
 
Don't get the Thermaltake 1200w - totally pointless. Get something decent like an OCZ GameXstream or PCP&C 850e (my personal favourite)

I prefer the D5 as the head and flow is good and they don't break and screw your system. Mine's been solid as a rock.
 
dont i need something with a bit more kick than 850w have got the d5 in front of me and have the d-tek fuzion and 2 ek 8800gtx blocks in my basket just waiting for advice on the radiators now and then just need to know wether i fill the reservoir first to feed into which bit on the pump then round the cpu and gpus , to rads then back to res and pump is this right ?
 
No way dude the PCP&C 850w will cope with everything you throw at it...and more. I'd put good money on it being more able than the cr@ppy TT 1200w PSU

Don't even get me started on TT stuff...or how good PCP&C is
 
ROFL for an SLi plus Kentsfields system, 700W is ENOUGH. Actually NickS ran a Kentsfield and 8800 (single) GTX Vmodded all on a 500W Enermax, and they were drawing just 400W from the PSU. A very good 600W might even push it (so go 700, or 850. Anything above that=totally pointless).

For absolute performance, reliability, and quality/sturdiness, Iwaki is good stuff ;) hehe

For the radiator, a single thermochill PA120.3 will do ;) Good luck!
 
ok how do i get hold of a PCP&C 850 , i have always gone alot overboard on psu's my last system build was

galaxy 1000w

thermaltake tsunami dream

asus p5b deluxe wi/fi

e6400

ocz xtc gold pc2-5400

7900gts

aegia physx

fatal1ty gamer sound

sata opticals

4x seagate sata 2 750gbs raid 0

this i built for my boss lol
 
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