New To Water Cooling!

[LiViNgL@RgE]

Hi guys I've been a bencher & overclocker for a fair few years now but am only just going the watercooling route!

The kit I have purchased is -

D-Tek Fuzion CPU Block

MCW60 GPU Block

Black Ice GT Stealth 360 with 3 x Yate Loon D12SL-12

MCP655 Pump

Dangerden Fillport & Resovoir

EK High-Flo Barbs all around

1/2" EK Tubing

All with be built into a modded Lian-Li PC75 Case

This will be cooling a E6850 on a Asus P5K Deluxe (Only paid for a P5K & they sent me this :shhh: )

2900XT 512Mb

Basically I need advice on what order to setup the loop? Should it be PUMP -> RAD -> CPU -> GPU -> PUMP is that the best way?

Does the rad need cleaning before use because i put hot water in & shook it about about for an hour & the water was still perfectly clear!!!

Should I use push or pull on the rad?

Whats the best coolant? Where can I get it?

Thanks in advance

Dave

 

[K404]

loop order doesnt really matter IMHO

I use "pull" on the rad- technically "push" creates a dead spot in front of the fan...which is right on the rad.

Cant really offer advice on additives/collants- I use boiled water



K

 

[Master_G]

From what i remember (have been out of the loop for a while now), loop order makes little to no difference, so the best thing to do is to order it for easy of plumbing (which often is the way you describe, but varies depending on case)

Rads can sometimes need cleaning, it is best to do it even if you dont get anything out. Yours is clean, so score!

Pull is a slightly more efficient way of using the fan and should create less noise. The more important thing is to make sure the air going through the rad is nice and cool as that will make a way bigger impact on temps.

Best coolant IMO is distilled/de-ionised water + an additive (depending on if you want colour etc).

G

 

[Blindfitter]

Agree with Master G, Air temp entering rad is the most important, you cant get your cpu cooler than ambiant +about 2degrees, as I,ve tried with many blocks and rads, and when winter frost is here get out there and enjoy

a link you might like to look at,

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62543&d=1186353885

 

[advancedkill]

deionized water

 

[LiViNgL@RgE]

Changed to a PA120.3 after an accident with the GTS360 which involved me a drill the ground & a breeze block!!!!

I was drilling some screw holes because I didn't know that thermochill fans are spaced further than other brands & pushed to hard! Hit one of the internal pipes & lost my temper & give the GTS360 a damn good kicking!!!!

Will upload a pic of the remains!!!!

 

[Thickbrit]

Pa120/3 is the daddy mate,good choice.I like your style,a damned good kicking is what they need,eagerly anticipating the pics.

 

[LiViNgL@RgE]

This is the remains of a 10 minute stress relieving session!!!!

I must say it felt damn good to let rip:O !!! I'm now thinking about becoming a wrestler cause I kicked this guys a$$

 

[sacha35]

WoW mate thats mashed up big time, expensive bit of stress relieving i have ever seen.

as for the water cooling mate, make sure you lap the blocks well, even though they might be top class and have been laped in the factory they still wont be 100% flat so get lapping and this will only give you better temps.

 

[LiViNgL@RgE]

Speaking of temps thats my next question!

The IHS looks quite concave & the Fuzion is as tight as it will go I have a Zalman 775 Bracket to stop warping!!!

Do these temps look OK????

Idle - 4.05Ghz 1.584V

Load - 4.05Ghz 1.576V

I'm a bit concerned with load temps! It hit 70 degrees @ the settings above after a few hours!!!!

Is it worth lapping this badboy! Or shall I get another e6850 that will clock higher first? This one has an FSB wall around 475-477Mhz FSB! Same on DFI 965 & this Asus P5K!!!

I did pull off a 32M PI run @ 4230Mhz the other night

 

[sacha35]

I think you will be able to get this better mate, i would say for starters the chip needs lapping as you know they are not flat at all and you will be lossing loads of cooling power here, and as said have a look at the water block as i bet that needs lapping aswell.

But the temps are looking good, but could be better.

 

[LiViNgL@RgE]

Been testing & got it prime stable @ 4104Mhz with 1.608V

I pencil modded my P5K deluxe vcore & drop is very minimal this is 1.6125v set in bios

Temps peaked at 69 (my favourite number )degrees in a room temp of 14 degrees! Windows open & the breeze is coming my way

At the moment im using ceramique as tim but i'm gonna get some Shin-Etsu MicroSi MPU-3.7 & lap the hell out of the cpu to get these temps down & get higher clocks!!!!

I improved my 32M PI the other night but the FSB wall on this chip sucks because I know its got more in it!!!

 

[4Qman]

Nice clocks dude, Ram and CPU both great. Cant beat the winter air Times i have benched with my window open and a pair of gloves on at 3am.haha