Closed Loop Watercooling - Anyone changed the tubes?

pgi947 said:
Yeah but I've also got to factor in a case to house it all, been looking at an Elysium with a 360 and 240 rads for cooling CPU plus a pair of GPU's I've yet to buy, from what I've seen the GPU blocks alone are going to be ~£140 for the pair :)

All in good time though, may just be a gradual build, CPU and a single rad first and then build from that.
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More than £500 for the best stuff i'm afraid...

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool Clear HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
2 x EK-FC7970 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **EN Nickel Plating** £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x Phobya G-Changer 360 Ver. 1.2 Black £62.99
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 Dual Bay Spin Reservoir - Acetal £46.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Blueberry Blue Coolant 1L £14.99
5 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1450 RPM - 3 Pin £12.98 (£64.90)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 15,9/11mm (7/16ID) Clear 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
10 x OcUK 1/2" G1/4 - FatBoy Style - Black Nickel - Barb Fitting £1.68 (£16.80)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £591.91 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
You sure your image is not cached :p

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Case? mine? Antec 1200
 
DJMK4 said:
How much do you guys think I could pick up a respectable minimal setup in the MM for? I dont want a double rad, and just want the bare essentials with a small pump, enough to get me going for CPU only at this stage, then to be added to, how much am I looking at realistically?
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Here's a brand new spec:
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - Alphacool DC-LT Ceramic 12V Pump, Top & Reservoir Value Combo £49.98
1 x XSPC EX240 120mm Radiator - Black £39.98
1 x EK Supreme LTX CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £32.99
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Perfect Pink Coolant 1L £14.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1450 RPM - 3 Pin £12.98 (£25.96)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 15,9/11mm (7/16ID) Clear 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
6 x OcUK 1/2" G1/4 - FatBoy Style - Black Nickel - Barb Fitting £1.68 (£10.08)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £206.66 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Includes a 240 rad, fitings and fans

I reckon you could save £10 on rad, £10 on fans, £10 on block.

Pump combo is one of the cheapest, but you may get lucky :)

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Pretty certain about caheing :)

You could have a phobya 200mm rad at the top maybe?

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Cheers for the info mate, I will have a look around, would prefer to save as much as I can on the cost really, Watercooling for me at the moment is a luxery rather than neccasary, I will be doing a lot more gaming though once I sort out a Graphics card, and I do intend to overclock the chip once I have it set-up.
 
Fortunately I can shave it down closer to the £500 mark, already have a fair few fans (I have a nasty habit of changing fans every few weeks :(), have a tube cutter and PSU Bridge.

Its all still in the planning stage and need to seek permission from the boss (missus) before I buy anything.

I had originally thought of using 'hard piping' using stainless steel tubing along with swagelok fittings but so much tubing could make things messy, liked the idea of straight tubing but atm its a no go. - Also would there be any downside/problems to doing this out of curiosity? The stuff I have is graded for hydraulic instrument panels.

Edit: Also very sorry about the thread hijack :( - Whys the frown icon still got his xmas hat on? :p
 
DJMK4 said:
Cheers for the info mate, I will have a look around, would prefer to save as much as I can on the cost really, Watercooling for me at the moment is a luxery rather than neccasary, I will be doing a lot more gaming though once I sort out a Graphics card, and I do intend to overclock the chip once I have it set-up.
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np :)

If you have a noisy PC, then IMHO, watercooling is a necessity :p

I didn't think my computer was noisy before i liquid cooled!

pgi947 said:
Fortunately I can shave it down closer to the £500 mark, already have a fair few fans (I have a nasty habit of changing fans every few weeks :(), have a tube cutter and PSU Bridge.

Its all still in the planning stage and need to seek permission from the boss (missus) before I buy anything.

I had originally thought of using 'hard piping' using stainless steel tubing along with swagelok fittings but so much tubing could make things messy, liked the idea of straight tubing but atm its a no go. - Also would there be any downside/problems to doing this out of curiosity? The stuff I have is graded for hydraulic instrument panels.

Edit: Also very sorry about the thread hijack :( - Whys the frown icon still got his xmas hat on? :p
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No downsides I can think of, but would be difficult as hell!
 
Yup, its just the crazy angles that would make it difficult, usually things are kept to either 90 45 or 30 degree bends this theory go's out of the window in a case. May dust of CAD and see what I can come up with.
 
if youre still wondeing th corsair units have plastic barbs at the pump or radiator end cant remember wich you have to be extremly carefull not to damage as there not easy to get hold of
 
Hi Guys,

Do anyone know if the "Magicool DIY Watercooling" Kit on the auction site is worth going for? or would you avoid at all costs? I would be possibly looking at upgrading some of the parts later down the line (rad from a single to double, pump from a pump/res combo to dedicated res pump) and I will swap out the stock fan for another one.

The CPU Block is rated for 1156 but will fit the 1155.
 
DJMK4 said:
Hi Guys,

Do anyone know if the "Magicool DIY Watercooling" Kit on the auction site is worth going for? or would you avoid at all costs? I would be possibly looking at upgrading some of the parts later down the line (rad from a single to double, pump from a pump/res combo to dedicated res pump) and I will swap out the stock fan for another one.

The CPU Block is rated for 1156 but will fit the 1155.
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IMO, it's not worth it.

You'll end up changing pretty much everything anyway :p
 
I completed changing the Rad and pipes on my OCUK sealed water system today.
Change the rad from the standard 120mm to a 92mm so it fits in the shuttle.

Well I have it working and its much better than the air cooler was, but it was rather hard work.

Getting it filled back up took me ages and I had real problems getting the pump to draw fluid. In the end I took the pump out and had to fill the space the pump sits in as that was just not getting filled via the tubes.

Anyway. It all seems ok.

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