Entering into water-cooling. Someone check I'm doing it right pretty please?

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Wanting to try water-cooling for my rig. Currently running a Corsair 650D and wanna try cool my CPU ONLY (see sig). NB The graphics is non-reference so not gonna bother with that!

Any suggestions are more than welcome cos i'm completely new to this!!
Budget is around £300 please!

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - 10w DDC Pump & Alphacool Acetal Top Value Combo £62.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £55.99
1 x Phobya G-Changer 240 Ver. 1.2 Black £49.99
1 x Lamptron FC5 V2 5.25" Bay Fan Controller - Black £34.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 150 Basic £28.98
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) UV-Reactive Dark Red 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
1 x OcUK 30cm Cold Cathode 2-in-1 Kit - UV £5.99
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
8 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£22.00)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £302.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Edit: currently have some vipers kicking about so will use them as fans.
 
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Looks ok to me, only thing I would do is change the cathode lights to uv led's as cathodes are crap, only problem being you will have to source them from elsewhere as ocuk don't do uv led's (hint hint OC ;) )
 
Are the compression fittings going to fit the tubing?

EK PSC Compression Fittings said:
For tubes:
Metric:
- ID 10mm; OD 13mm
- ID 9,5mm; OD 12,7mm
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Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm said:
Outer diameter: 16mm (1 / 2 ")
Inner diameter: 10mm (3 / 8 ")
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... Will the 3mm difference stop it fitting?
 
CSMonkeh said:
Wanting to try water-cooling for my rig. Currently running a Corsair 650D and wanna try cool my CPU ONLY (see sig). NB The graphics is non-reference so not gonna bother with that!

Any suggestions are more than welcome cos i'm completely new to this!!
Budget is around £300 please!

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - 10w DDC Pump & Alphacool Acetal Top Value Combo £62.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £55.99
1 x Phobya G-Changer 240 Ver. 1.2 Black £49.99
1 x Lamptron FC5 V2 5.25" Bay Fan Controller - Black £34.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 150 Basic £28.98
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) UV-Reactive Dark Red 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
1 x OcUK 30cm Cold Cathode 2-in-1 Kit - UV £5.99
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
8 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£22.00)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £302.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Edit: currently have some vipers kicking about so will use them as fans.
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Nickel acetal... sigh :p

One minor improvement is to change the DDC to an 18w version, or even a D5 if possible

ThePengu1n said:
Looks ok to me, only thing I would do is change the cathode lights to uv led's as cathodes are crap, only problem being you will have to source them from elsewhere as ocuk don't do uv led's (hint hint OC ;) )
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+1

Staffy50 said:
Are the compression fittings going to fit the tubing?





... Will the 3mm difference stop it fitting?
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Shouldn't do
 
Revisions in light of feedback:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £55.99
1 x Phobya G-Changer 240 Ver. 1.2 Black £49.99
1 x Lamptron FC5 V2 5.25" Bay Fan Controller - Black £34.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 150 Basic £28.98
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) UV-Reactive Dark Red 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
8 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£22.00)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £318.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Went for nickel acetal, cos my mobo is black wanting to continue the theme.

Don't understand about the fittings tho, tubing is 3/8", the fittings are 3/8". Whats the problem??
 
CSMonkeh said:
Revisions in light of feedback:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Acetal £55.99
1 x Phobya G-Changer 240 Ver. 1.2 Black £49.99
1 x Lamptron FC5 V2 5.25" Bay Fan Controller - Black £34.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 150 Basic £28.98
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) UV-Reactive Dark Red 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
8 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£22.00)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £318.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Went for nickel acetal, cos my mobo is black wanting to continue the theme.
You could have a plexi blocks and some UV black coolant which will look tonnes better!!!

Don't understand about the fittings tho, tubing is 3/8", the fittings are 3/8". Whats the problem??
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no problem at all
 
Good stuff then! Prob take out the fan controller and source elsewhere then since its out of stock (unless you're getting some in soon ocuk!!) and order the rest in next coupla days! :cool:
 
Final revision!


YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool Clear HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
1 x Phobya G-Changer 240 Ver. 1.2 Black £49.99
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 150 Basic £28.98
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
2 x Mayhems X1 UV Oil Black Premixed Watercooling Fluid 1L £7.99 (£15.98)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 12,7/9,5mm (3/8"ID) Clear 3,3m (Ideal for EK Kits) £6.98
8 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£22.00)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £287.69 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Taken out the fan controller cos its out of stock, and also will source the distilled water (used to flush the gear) from elsewhere.
 
A lot of money to just cool a cpu

don't get me wrong i love water cooling but i would not spend 300 quid to cool a cpu

i would either sell your card and get another card and cool that as well or just get a good air cooler
 
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koooowweeee said:
A lot of money to just cool a cpu

don't get me wrong i love water cooling but i would not spend 300 quid to cool a cpu

i would either sell your card and get another card and cool that as well or just get a good air cooler
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+1, but this loop is ready for his next gfx upgrade :)
 
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