Watercooling Advice

EnderXi

EnderXi

EnderXi

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Hi Guys,

I am contemplating doing a watercooling setup on my current PC, i have a i7 920, and a H50 cooler currently, i would also like to cool the motherboard (Asus p6TD deluxe v2) and graphics card potentially as well, the case i have is an antec 1200, any advice is welcome, blocks, connectors, tubing as a newbie to watercooling any and all advice is welcome.

Cheers
 
for a loop like this you would need a triple radiator minimum.

also some good quality fans, maybe 1000rpm sharkoons?

blocks, go for EK all round as they offer the best quality/VFM ratio

you would need a significant pump such as a 18w ddc or a D5 vario

some form of reservoir [tube res may not fit so a bay res or ddc top res may be best]

then of course you would need fittings [one in, one out for each block/component]
i suggest 1/2 fittings and 7/16 tubing as it works well and provides a tight fit.

then fluid - any watercooling fluid will do the trick and can be had for cheap - avoid fluid with dye as it will stain/ clog up the blocks - clear coolant is the best for a beginner.

the 1200 is the limiting factor here as it isnt great for out of box watercooling.
do some research and look at other peoples builds in this case to get an idea of layout and tubing routes

my only advice - read everything you can. dont buy cheap or you will buy twice
 
Just to throw out there. I am cooling an AMD 6000+ (90nm) dual core CPU & 2 GTX 260's with only one triple rad & a 10w pump. CPU never goes over 40C and GPUs never over 45C on load
 
In my opinion you are wasting your time and just hindering flow rate by cooling the northbridge, the X58 is just a PCI-E hub as all the important stuff has been moved onto the CPU with i7.
 
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