What would I need to watercool a GTX480 (Reference) & My CPU (i7 3770K)?

Space Monkey said:
Thanks, and good job on your build looks really nice :)

Can you comment on the build quality of your CPU water block, and did you go copper or nickel? Thanks :)
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I went for the EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi.
The block build is lovely m8 really, really quality. The bubble effect is really cool.
Looks great once the fluid is in
 
fantasticCG said:
I went for the EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi.
The block build is lovely m8 really, really quality. The bubble effect is really cool.
Looks great once the fluid is in
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Thanks for the info :)


Guys, any ideas on how I can do the following?

As the SR-1 560 rad will be at the bottom of the case and i'll be putting the 4 fans underneath it so the fans will be at the lowest point, the case has some small bumps in its design so the fans are likely to touch these and it'll stop them from spinning, so how can I raise the rad a little off the bottom?

I'm looking on the net for some small rubber mounts/risers etc but can't seem to find anything suitable? Any ideas? Want it to be black so it's not on show!

TIA :)
 
how thick of a spacer do you need? M4 screws?

I searched for M4 spacer on that auction site and it comes up with black 5mm or 10mm or 20mm spacers pretty readily for £2-3
 
not neccessarily... you could just put the spacers under the fans and screw the spacers and fans to the rad - so 10+25+whatever you need in the rad (what length are the screws you would use without spacers)

you can get M4's in pretty much any length up to 50mm - 38mm or 40mm would probably be about right for what you want
just make sure the bolts you get have a flat top - they'll be a few mm thick as well giving you that last little bit above 10mm that you need
 
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The screws supplied by Hardware Labs for my 560 are 30mm including the head, so would I just need a standard 40mm M4 screw with a flat head or are you talking about something else? Mind you, I'm not sure what type of screw they've given me, M4, UNC etc etc..?

So if just a longer screw I'd leave the first 10mm of the screw unscrewed so to speak so it's hanging out of the fan, thus pushing the rad and fans higher?

Thanks for your help so far mate, appreciate it :)
 
the screws with the 560 (according to OCUK) are M4

you could do just the screw... but personally I would get the 40mm screws and the 10mm spacers... so you have the rad, then the fan, then the spacer, then screw through the whole lot... then when all the screws and spacers are screwed on, you have a little rad on legs which will clear whatever protuberances you have

you can get them even get them in black

google M4 40mm screw black and see how far that gets you ;)
 
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Can you point me in the direction of these 10mm M4 spacers you mention as this is all new to me and I'm not up on tools and equipment etc...

Thanks again, you may have solved this for me :)
 
Andy, you sir are a genius, thanks :D

Would I be better off with metal spacers or are the plastic nylon ones strong enough for a huge rad filled with fluid and 4x140mm fans?

I'd try and fit them on all possible screw points?
 
I think the length measured is the thread length, so the head is an extra maybe 3mm

the spacers would go under the fans with screws through the middle bolting them to the rad, the weight would be taken on a combination of the screw and the spacer / fan casing so nylon ones will be more than adequate (mostly on the screw which is metal to be fair)

you can fit them where ever you need to - e.g. if there's an object in the way you can miss a few out and it won't make much difference... as long as you have 2 at each end and a couple in the middle - I wouldn't bother fitting every single fan hole / screw with the spacers and long bolts unless you really want to for looks or something
 
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Thanks again mate, I think you've solved my problem, I'll report back on how I get on (I'm planning on a full build and modding log, as I've done/will do some other mods).

:)
 
no probs... I like solving puzzles like this, the main reason I wanted to do a non-standard build myself when I went to watercooling (well, that and paying next to nothing for several of my major components)

I was going to do a build log for mine as well but couldn't be bothered, will just stick up some pics of the completed article when I've got all the cosmetics done
 
Space Monkey said:
Now onto fan controllers, I'm wanting this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-001-LP but I have 5 fans (controller listed is a 4 fan)

Is the controller powerful enough for me to put 2x140mm Silverstone AP141s on one channel and then 2 more on their own channel, then finally a 120mm Corsair SP on its own too? :)
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Have that controller (love it!!). It has enough w/chan to run 6+ AP141's on a single channel :)

What I did was get fan splitters so I have one rad on one channel that leaves me two open channels to run some temps sensors or something :)
 
pgi947 said:
Have that controller (love it!!). It has enough w/chan to run 6+ AP141's on a single channel :)

What I did was get fan splitters so I have one rad on one channel that leaves me two open channels to run some temps sensors or something :)
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Excellent, thanks :)

Do you get any sparking/electrical type noise when fans on low etc? I've seen some vids on youtube, though that's on the FC2?
 
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