Help needed with the order of my loop

[da2ca]

O.K. With the help of Aqua-PCs (thanks again for the vrm cooler) and members of this other forums i am ready to start my rebuild. I could do with some advice on my loop though. Should i go the shortest neatest route or put in a couple of extra feet of tube so i can get the pa120.2 in the loop before the CPU?

This is not the way i was planning of doing the loop but now i have most things in it, it is the most direct route to take. Res – pump – GPU - pa120.1 – NB - CPU - pa120.2 - res. I really wanted to go through the pa120.2 just before the CPU.

I have posted a picture below and am open to suggestions.

THE PA120.2 WILL BE IN THE FRONT.

 

[da2ca]

Well I decided to go the direct route and I am leak testing now.

 

[Pat123]

Looks wicked man.. Wish my loop was that clean haha..

 

[da2ca]

Well i got inpatient and had to give it a run. Still plenty of minute air bubbles in it though.

Q6600 1.45v @ 3.6GHz temps 43,45,39,39 idle 55/59 with prime GPU 42 idle

What do you think of the temps?

I never ran the CPU on air but the GPU was 60c with the stock cooler.

 

[da2ca]

OK some photos of the finished rig Thanks to everyone who gave advice on the build.

Nothing special about the case it’s an Thermaltake Kandolf with the door taken off the front.

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The side view (mental not to oneself must look for a nicer looking case or mod the side panel).

The side panel removed.

EK full cover water block for the 8800GTX with a big thank you to Aqua PC for supplying free of charge the VRM cooler.

The NB block made from an old DangerDen Intel 865/875 block. I did get a twinplex XT di to match the CPU block but it turns out it had G1/8 to G1/4 adaptors for the ½” barbs and i thought the flow rate would be too restricted if i used it.

I think i may have been wrong though as look at all the bubbles/throth in the res.

Most of my kit i source second hand.

I see it as my way of helping you top speck guys keep up with the ever increasing new products that come available.

P.S. I am always on the lookout for new gear, and you can always drop me a pm if you have something to improve my rig.

Temps get a bit toasty when running prime @ 3.6GHz mid to late sixties so it looks like i will have to hang a rad on the back (anyone know the best way to mount this?) 3Dmark06 score of 12495 I don’t know if this is good or not Comments required please.

 

[Sammo]

Looking good ……although it might be an Idea to let some of the water out of your res..

Half full will give you room for expansion when the water warms …and will also give the air bubbles somewhere to go…..

If you have no air cushion to allow for expansion the pressure can build up and blow a pipe off a fitting….

Apart from that it`s a great setup….

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye let a bit of water out and it should be aight

Very nice tidy setup though matey, love it

 

[Pat123]

Ayeee tis looking pretty smart man.. Ive just rebuilt my rig too (Y).. I mounted my rad on the back of the case through a 120mm fan.. works a dream.. See my build log here for pics if you like.. if it'll help.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=252315#post252315

 

[da2ca]

Looking good ……although it might be an Idea to let some of the water out of your res..

Half full will give you room for expansion when the water warms …and will also give the air bubbles somewhere to go…..

If you have no air cushion to allow for expansion the pressure can build up and blow a pipe off a fitting….

Apart from that it`s a great setup….

Ye let a bit of water out and it should be aight

Very nice tidy setup though matey, love it

Good point about leaving room for expansion. I have taken about 3" out of the res but I think I will need to do something about the temps I have a 120.2 spare or may get a 120.3 on the back if I can find one going cheep. This will also slow the flow rate down which won’t be a bad thing;

And thanks for the comments, it did take a while to build with minimum wires showing.

Ayeee tis looking pretty smart man.. Ive just rebuilt my rig too (Y).. I mounted my rad on the back of the case through a 120mm fan.. works a dream.. See my build log here for pics if you like.. if it'll help.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=252315#post252315

You have got some great gear in there Pat. I think i will have to do something similar with my x2 or a new x3 rad but i think i would mount on legs a couple of inches away from the case to let the full rad breath.

Do you have 3 fans on that X3 rad 2 doing push/pull at the bottom, one pulling through the middle and correct me if I’m wrong the exhaust from the power supply going through the top (not ideal)? And now about any plugs/connections into the back of the PC does the rad get in the way?

 

[Pat123]

I have 4 fans filling the bottom 120mm slots, the lowest has a 1 inch gap between the case and Rad. And the reason for there being no top fan pulling through the rad is i only ordered 3 yate loons thinking i was going to use my 240mm rad and i ended up using my 360mm rad because i could lol. The temps are pretty good actually, as i only finished it this evening im idleing at 30c on cores 1 and 2 and 27c on cores 3 and 4. I might not install a fan on the top half of the rad as the PSU puts out abit of air, which isnt all that warm really.

Imo the rad isnt best positioned but as i said... its the best i could manage as i had planned to install a 240mm..

 

[da2ca]

I have 4 fans filling the bottom 120mm slots, the lowest has a 1 inch gap between the case and Rad. And the reason for there being no top fan pulling through the rad is i only ordered 3 yate loons thinking i was going to use my 240mm rad and i ended up using my 360mm rad because i could lol. The temps are pretty good actually, as i only finished it this evening im idleing at 30c on cores 1 and 2 and 27c on cores 3 and 4. I might not install a fan on the top half of the rad as the PSU puts out abit of air, which isnt all that warm really.

Imo the rad isnt best positioned but as i said... its the best i could manage as i had planned to install a 240mm..

They are very good temps. I can’t see you getting them any lower with another fan as they must be just over ambient now.

 

[Pat123]

Okay im on 3Ghz now, idleing around 33c~34c on core 1 and 2 ~30c on core 3 and 4.. 1.3v.

Alot better than my old radiator.. if you can get hold of a cheap 360mm rad get one.. im sure you'll find a way to get it on your case..

 

[da2ca]

Okay im on 3Ghz now, idleing around 33c~34c on core 1 and 2 ~30c on core 3 and 4.. 1.3v.

Alot better than my old radiator.. if you can get hold of a cheap 360mm rad get one.. im sure you'll find a way to get it on your case..

You should be able to get around 3.6+ with the gear you have.

I am at 1.45V @ 3.6GHz to run prime stable will boot and run with 1.35 but not prime stable. 40/45 now but in the late sixties after running prime for a couple of hours "Anyone for toast"?

Yes i will keep an eye out for a 120.3 rad and use it with my 120.2 that should sort my temps out. If i can’t find a cheep rad in the next 3 weeks (i am off work for a week then) i will use my spare 120.2 on the back.

I also need to find a shop with 7/16" Masterkleer hose in stock.