Are these custom water cooling set up ok ?

bulldog147

bulldog147

bulldog147

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Hey guy, I am now going to plan to built custom water in my Antec 1200 case but before draw myself a plan to go ahead, are these look ok or am I missing something elses on parts ? I want the best top quality (not cheaper or noise one!)

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Fans are wrong size for the radiator. That radiator takes 140mm fans.

You don't have any fittings, you need two for the radiator, two for the EK, two for the pump and two or three for the res.

You'll also need more than 1m of tubing, I'd get 3m to be safe for mistakes etc.

And I'm not sure from OcUk's specs what OD that tubing you have chosen is, for me the 11/16mm tubing works well with compression fittings. But make sure to carefully match the fittings with the tubing especially if using compression fittings.
 
1) I hope you plan on adding a GPU to that loop because otherwise a 420 rad is way too much

2) you need fittings

3) you need 140mm fans for a 140mm rad and 120mm fans for a 120mm rad

4) you'll find the swiftech MCRES considerably easier to mount than the EK res'

5) I'd go with a different pump, an MCP350 will suffice for a cpu only loop or a D5 for CPU + GPU
 
Bulldog sent u a trust message, with 3 links to watercooling shops that will suit you far better.

Now what are you planning on cooling is it Cpu only? as if so u could do it for half that cost easily.
 
I would do a lot of research if I were you mate :)
First major flaw is that you have no fittings, there is no way that your tubing will attach to your components. Also, those fans won't attach to the radiator, they are the wrong size.

There are lots of good guides available, if you need help finding them, use google. If you still can't find them, come back here and we'll give you links to guides ;)

Watercooling requires many hours of research if it is to be done properly. A doctor has to be taught which tools to use and how to use them, just the same as you have to find out which parts to use and how to put them together
 
bifday2k said:
Bulldog sent u a trust message, with 3 links to watercooling shops that will suit you far better.

Now what are you planning on cooling is it Cpu only? as if so u could do it for half that cost easily.
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Could you also send me the link?
 
if you have the money get a mcp655 or a mcp355 pump a lot better than that one.

also i would go with 1/2" barbs and 7/16" tubing get a nice tight fit
 
bifday2k said:
Bulldog sent u a trust message, with 3 links to watercooling shops that will suit you far better.

Now what are you planning on cooling is it Cpu only? as if so u could do it for half that cost easily.
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I only use for cpu only for a while. Could you resent me trust again as I probably deleted under spam email by mistake. Sorry about that.

Thanks you all for help me out. I will get 3 x 140mm fans instead or change to 120mm fans for 120mm rad
 
bulldog147 said:
I only use for cpu only for a while. Could you resent me trust again as I probably deleted under spam email by mistake. Sorry about that.

Thanks you all for help me out. I will get 3 x 140mm fans instead or change to 120mm fans for 120mm rad
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Trust me when I tell you that you need to do more research.You don't even have any fittings in your basket
 
anant_shah94 said:
Trust me when I tell you that you need to do more research.You don't even have any fittings in your basket
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I probably go back and research again as it for cpu only because it pointless to do gpu as my GTX 260 is very rare doesn't do any gpu waterblock. Unless I upgrade to GTX 480 waterblock with it.
 
echoing others here, but research as much as possible - there's nothing worse than doing a half arsed job and destroying hardware ;)

koooowweeee said:
if you have the money get a mcp655 or a mcp355 pump a lot better than that one.

also i would go with 1/2" barbs and 7/16" tubing get a nice tight fit
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compression fittings are perfectly fine for this, i don't know why people seem so afraid of them :confused:

i believe it was jonj678 who did a test with a weight on the end of some pipe suspended from something with a compression fitting holding the pipe on - the pipe stretched but the compression fitting continued to hold the pipe...
 
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