Water and Air Cooling

whitey126

whitey126

whitey126

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Hey all, hopefully you can shead some light on this for me, as I've never done water before! and im going to attempt to give it ago!

I've just got a Geforce GTX 580 EVGA Blackops fan based, when I registered it I noticed there was a Water based one as well EVGA GeForce GTX 580 *** Hydro Copper 2 is it possible I can still SLI them both together or do I need EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SuperClocked?

I was thinking about buying this for the CPU as well, CoolIT Eco A.L.C. 240mm Radiator CPU Watercooler if it is possible to mix them both what else would I need?

Thanks for answering my noob questions!
 
but I like the Black ops on this one! im a COD addict, so if I can put the water one in next to it what extra do I need with the CoolIT Eco A.L.C. 240mm Radiator CPU Watercooler, I've never done water cooling before! but think its time I took a drive into it!
 
Yeah, but honestly you'd be better going elsewhere for a better range of parts, as on ocuk the range of parts is quite limited. unless you want a pump and res bay combo.
 
em ok, "pump and res bay combo" ? bit over my head that Gues I need to read more into this! I've never did it before all my build have been with fans! this going to be my fist one with water! just dont want to mess it up!
 
Cheers for the link m8, its an eye opener! didnt think I would need so much! lol But im going to give it a good go! think it be worth it!
 
Yeah I'm gonna watercool my pc too as my dad's friend is giving me some of the parts from his old watercooling loop :) What case do you have as I could tell you some parts that would be good.

250th post :) now I just have to wait two months for mm and free shipping :D
 
Just got me a Panzerbox atm for nzxt, its just a cheap make do one till I get some money for a goodone but it has the water holes in the back it what kicked started me into wanting to do it! Sorry for the slow reply bk it took some time watching the vid! lol
 
whitey126 said:
Cheers for the link m8, its an eye opener! didnt think I would need so much! lol But im going to give it a good go! think it be worth it!
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The main Parts you need for watercooling

Res
water pump
Rad & Fans
Tube & clips
Barbs
Waterblocks (CPU/GPU)
Fluid


I also highly recommend some kind of alarm to warn you if your waterpump stops or don't start..
(I myself use to have my pump water rpm wire going to my fan controller which set off an alarm if it stopped or didn't start)
 
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Think I'm just going to buy the kit from the site on the vid, not abad price for a high end kit just over £300, and thats eveything inc compresion clips snf fluid! black, red or blue mmm lol ill need another two compresion clips for the gfx card and thats it if i send up going for it think 1 card might be enough for now only want to play civ 5 atm on it lol got my xbox for eveything else!
 
Your case may have some tube holes in the back, but I recommend getting the Corsair 700D, mainly regarded as one of the best internal WC cases as it can fit a 120.3 inside. I also suggest if you are going for the 700D that you save up some more and go for the whole hog (CPU+2 GFX with EK full covers).

Just be careful to check if your GFX cards are the reference design, which has the nvidia logo by the PCI-E connector.
 
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