Water cooling

taylormsj · 12-18-2007, 11:48 AM

Just ordered some stuff

D tek fusion
Swiftech MCP655
MCR microres
5 feet or 7/6" masterkleer tubing
Distilled water
Barbs and wormdrives
UV reactive coils

Waiting for overclockers to get some Swiftech 320QP radiators in stock and ill be ready to go.

Ill post some pics up and some rsults when i have them, which should be just shortly after Christmas, depending on when overclockers pull their finger out.

Bit of a pointless post, im just super excited

royalmarine · 12-18-2007, 11:56 AM

was looking at a similiar kit from overclockers.
how much did it set you back?

taylormsj · 12-18-2007, 12:12 PM

It will total around £160 £170 for everything once ive got the rad.
But i advise you not to buy a kit, and dont use overclockers for water cooling as they are overpriced a bit and dont have much choice, but they do have good radiators.

I bought my block and accesories from chilled pcs and the pump + resevoir from tekheads because they are very cheap.

ghost · 12-18-2007, 12:13 PM

Cool sounds good mate, Ive used water cooling for almost two years now. Good stuff XD

Also be sure to get some pix up!

royalmarine · 12-18-2007, 01:08 PM

taylor, thanks m8. i think ill go with scan.co.uk etc.

taylormsj · 12-18-2007, 01:09 PM

o rite sweet, any tips on setting it up

ghost · 12-18-2007, 11:23 PM

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o rite sweet, any tips on setting it up

Common sense really and patience. Measure all the pipes twice before you cut them, cut the pipes as straight as possible. Then when installing make sure there are no kinks in the piping & everything is done up firmly but don't over tighten.

Then first time setup don't boot the PC up, make sure the liquid runs though everything ok then leave it on for a while. Turn off and then leave it some more so that there are no bubbles in the pipes & blocks.

Jobs a gooden, if you don't have some sort of visible flow indicator on your PC then I suggest for atleast the first few times when turning on your PC is to check that the motor/pump is working and the liquid is circulating. (Trust me Ive had a pump go & I didnt realize till the PC crashed, checked the temps and the CPU was at 120c X/ ). But the CPU was fine thankfully.

Anyways get some pics up when ya done.

taylormsj · 12-19-2007, 02:28 PM

Thanks for the info, my package from tekheads just came, i have the pump n res now, man they are huge from what i imagined them to be

ghost · 12-19-2007, 07:10 PM

Cool you should do a installing progress picture blog and post it up here

The_Beast · 12-19-2007, 10:02 PM

ghost you forgot a major step

the 24 hour leak test
1. Install the water cooling
2. Deinstall the watercooling without removing the tubing
3. put down paper towel
4. leak test for 24 hour
5. fix any leaks
6. Reinstall

12-18-2007, 11:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	Water cooling Just ordered some stuff D tek fusion Swiftech MCP655 MCR microres 5 feet or 7/6" masterkleer tubing Distilled water Barbs and wormdrives UV reactive coils Waiting for overclockers to get some Swiftech 320QP radiators in stock and ill be ready to go. Ill post some pics up and some rsults when i have them, which should be just shortly after Christmas, depending on when overclockers pull their finger out. Bit of a pointless post, im just super excited __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

12-18-2007, 12:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	It will total around £160 £170 for everything once ive got the rad. But i advise you not to buy a kit, and dont use overclockers for water cooling as they are overpriced a bit and dont have much choice, but they do have good radiators. I bought my block and accesories from chilled pcs and the pump + resevoir from tekheads because they are very cheap. __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

12-18-2007, 12:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,005	Cool sounds good mate, Ive used water cooling for almost two years now. Good stuff XD Also be sure to get some pix up! __________________ ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (4x512MB) AMD Athlon 64 X2 939 4600+ @ 2.6 Ghz ATi Radeon HD 3850 @ 680/844 80GB SATA HDD/200GB PATA HDD 1x DVDRW DL 485W PSU, Alpha watercooling

12-18-2007, 01:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	o rite sweet, any tips on setting it up __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

12-19-2007, 02:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
taylormsj Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,837	Thanks for the info, my package from tekheads just came, i have the pump n res now, man they are huge from what i imagined them to be __________________ E2160 @3.2 (3.618 GHz max) \| 2Gb OCZ 6400 @ 890MHz \| 8800GT (725, 1895, 1970 MHz) \| Coolermaster CM 690 \| Hiper 530 watt \| Maxtor 160 Gb \| D-tek fusion, 5.5mm nozzle / Swiftech MCW60 with enzo's / Swiftech D5 / MCRres / MCR320 radiator / 3 high yate loon / 7/16" tubing / black feser one

12-18-2007, 11:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	was looking at a similiar kit from overclockers. how much did it set you back?

12-18-2007, 01:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	taylor, thanks m8. i think ill go with scan.co.uk etc.

12-19-2007, 07:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,005	Cool you should do a installing progress picture blog and post it up here __________________ ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (4x512MB) AMD Athlon 64 X2 939 4600+ @ 2.6 Ghz ATi Radeon HD 3850 @ 680/844 80GB SATA HDD/200GB PATA HDD 1x DVDRW DL 485W PSU, Alpha watercooling

12-19-2007, 10:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
The_Beast Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 3,300	ghost you forgot a major step the 24 hour leak test 1. Install the water cooling 2. Deinstall the watercooling without removing the tubing 3. put down paper towel 4. leak test for 24 hour 5. fix any leaks 6. Reinstall __________________ Rendering Machine - Gigabyte DS3L P35 - - C2D E6550 - - Corsair XMS2 2Gb - Seagate 'Cuda 320Gb - Sapphire 2600 XT 256mb - - Antec Earthwatt 430 watt - - Antec New Solution Series Case - - Hp w1907 monitor - Check Out My Custom Clock Picture 1/\Picture 2 Last edited by The_Beast; 12-19-2007 at 10:04 PM.

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