water cooling suggestions

dtiao7eb

dtiao7eb

Member
Does anyone have a water cooling rig that is really reliable? or can point me in the right direction? i'm kinda looking for something for my cpu and gpu?? dunno if that's possible but anyways all help would be appreciated


thanks guys!:good::D
 
Water cooling is a great thing, and very cool (both aesthetically and temperature-wise), but it's only worth it if you have a worth system. I don't really want to be part of water-cooling a bad system, so is it alright if I ask you what your computer specs are?
 
a 1992 pentium 2 566mhz LOL jk

the GPU : XFX HD-597A-CNB9 Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 2GB 512 (256 x 2)-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

CPU : Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7980X

mobo: ASUS Rampage III Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


I've heard that this particular mobo gets really hot... can you WC some of the mobo? id unno if that's possible!

thanks for your help!
 
Shouldn't you're RAM include a limited life-time warranty?

Anyways... I can't comment on the exact critical temps for hardware like various RAM and soundcards, etc. Maybe someone else who already changed the timings on a TR3X6G1600C8D could chimes in. What I can say with confidence is that heat eliminated from gpu/cpu water cooling, plus any airflow is more than enough cooling.
 
You don't really need water on the ram, if you feel that you want it, Mips(German based company) is about your only halfway decent option for that. I would go with Ek for everything else(except fittings and radiator). I myself use the Supreme HF I would also go with the Ek 5970 block(I think they're all uglier than sin lol), and of course the Ek RE3 block(Bitspower is supposed to be coming out with a block as well).

As for a radiator, I would go with a couple Thermochill pa120.3's(if room provides). Otherwise you're probably going to want to do like a 120.3 for the cpu and then a 120.2 for the chipset and gpu.

As for a pump, I use a D5 and top, while other people use a Laing DDC3.2 for their setup(you'll need 2 pumps). The D5 is more quiet to me than a DDC3.2 was(the DDC3.2 also burned out on me). You're also going to need two reservoirs(they're all basically the same, but I would advise above 150mm for a tube reservoir for easier bleeding of the loop).

Fittings they're all basically the same. The main difference is barbed fittings and compression fittings. Barbs work with a barb(duh) to hold the tubing on, some people use worm clamps with the appropriate sized tubing. others use undersized tubing(like 3/8" id and 5/8" od tubing on a 1/2" barb). Compression fittings use a ring to compress the tubing around a slight lip on the fitting to stop it from sliding off. The catch is though, that you must use the same size tubing as the fitting(1/2" id and 3/4" od tubing has to go with the identical sized compression fitting or else it will not work).

I think that is all.
edit: you're also going to want to use nickle plated blocks for protection against oxidation on a copper surface(doesn't affect performance, just looks on the block[the oxidation])
 
Last edited:
Actually there's a new CPU block out... the AquaComputer Cuplex Kryos HF beat the Supreme HF by a minimal amount. I don't know where you can buy it, but it's a good looking block.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top