Thinking About Watercooling....

NickS

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...hence the thinking part. I'm not totally sure, yet. Depend's on the price. And yes, I'm going to use, an Antec Super LanBoy.
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Alrighty. First off, I want very specific things, like...

  • Very noob-proof part's.
  • A radiator with a radbox like swiftech's, so it will mount with ease on my 120MM fan opening on the back of my case.
  • 3/8" Tubing. Thick tubing, small case, tight bends, not good.
  • Same waterblock for CPU as fraggle, as it's very noob-proof to mount (uses k8 stock bracket)
  • a fairly not expensive dc powered pump. no AC pumps. tahts ghetto.
  • a 5 1/2" bay resivoir and or with built in pump
  • the swiftech mcw50 gpu block as its small, and i can get 3/8" barbs for it easily
so basically, can someone teach me some basics taht i may not arleady know, and build me a complete w/c kit taht will work with the other parts, for possibly under $200? I wanna mow some lawn's and junk, old ppl pay lots
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BTW, i dont think I can get a chipset block because of...

  1. Budget
  2. the chipset is positioned practically under my video card, so it'd be a RELE tight fit., but, if its possible, go for it
btw, yes, i might actually OC if i get w/c

im only really doing it for lower temps, and the coolness factor.

silence, my pc is pretty close to inaudible right now, so, i'd like to keep it that way.
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(no extremely loud pumps, etc)

thnx everyone.
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(btw i read somewhere you have to unhook the whole system to fill those 5 1/2" bay res's, is that true? if so, is there a better choice with res' that i cld mount on the bottom of my case possibly? and i also read aobut a shutoff valve reccomended when using a bay resivoir.

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also where wld the cheapest possibly place to get this stuff from?

my knowledge of this junkith



assemble it in an empty case, fill res to full, flick on pump, let the water circulate a few times get air out of tubes and keep filling until full. let the system run for 24 hrs for bleeding and leak testing. then fill more if needed. then somehow shove everything out of the way and squeeze the mobo in, mount the junk, and flick'r on---and pray something didnt come loose when installing rofl.
 
Under $200 is damn near impossible for what you're asking Nick. Give a $300 allowance and we can start cooking with gas.

Best readily available block: http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=3022&cat=239&page=1

That's Cathars Storm G4 design which Swiftech was smart and bought the patent too, so they now hold the patent for the hands down best waterblock that's mass produced.

Best DC pump: http://www.jab-tech.com/customer/product.php?productid=2982&cat=56&page=1

This is the newest revision of the pump I have, very badass. High output, low heat, and low noise.

As for a radiator, I can't really give you a decent single 120mm suggestion as to what's going to mount to your case w/o some modification. Thermochill HE120.1 and BIX single 120 may both mount right up for you, but I have no definate answer on that.

You're case is too small to be worrying about a reservoir. The simple solution to this is don't use one, rather just use an inline "T" adapter and run it to a fill port on the top of the case.

As for installation, u pretty much have it all right. A lot of flipping the case upside down and routing the air bubbles to your fill port can be a pain in the arse but once all the air is out, it's out for good. :)
 
Better Idea, and thanks for the expert advice man.

How about...we go with the same cpu water block you have, no vga waterblock (1. i have a huge mofo dual fan copper heatpiped heasink on there now and my vidoe card is liek half ded anyway) and how about we just go with the swiftech waterblock, that res u sed so i dont have to mod my case, and...well, im kind of weary about getting any res besides one that'll rest @ the bottom of the case. pump? ill just pick up the $65 swiftech one, i dont need the best stuff like you, thnx for your expert advice tho! :D
 
Well, a few people from other forums sed it's not worth it if im not gonna oc, as the water will just get as warm as my heatsink now, unless im chilling the water, so, im a little inbetween
 
yea now that i've slept on it, i don't think imma get it afterall. the idea slowly post power, goin from a nice custom (expensive) system to a nice kit now to, wtf, why do i want it.
 
name='NickS_' said:
yea now that i've slept on it, i don't think imma get it afterall. the idea slowly post power, goin from a nice custom (expensive) system to a nice kit now to, wtf, why do i want it.

Get a nice Rev E CPU and a 939 mobo - they'll OC better :D
 
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