Lian Li B25F Custom Loop Questions / Ideas

dlknight

dlknight

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Hi Folks,

System details in signature, I'm considering moving from air cooling to water cooling - 40% looks and 60% load temperatures for pushing my 7950. Also I've heard it can make you adorable to the young ladies having a nice wet PC at home...

So I'd love you input and ideas about how to setup a single loop - early pictures below! thanks guys!

Currently I have purchased the following bits from MM and OCUK clearances :)

  • Laing D4 Pump
  • Alphacool D5 Plexi pump top
  • Swiftech Micro Res v2
  • Magicool 280 Slim Radiator
  • 2m XSPC 1/2 / 3/4 white tubing

Still to purchase a GPU block and maybe a CPU block, I was going to just setup with GPU only to start with but with the limited space in my case I may have problems fitting everything in with the Megahalems still on the CPU. Also would add a 240 radiator to the front of the case.

Anyway :) excuse the awful photos my camera is broken and only have the iPhone to hand.

Before / Now
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Planning Photos
1st up with the pump and reservoir in front of the PSU (not much if any room for a 240 radiator though with that little lot there...
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Then switched around with the reservoir on the PSU and pump rotated...
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This one shows that the radiator just fits in the roof and the two fans can just fit underneath to push air out through the radiator.
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Going to have to dremel the two holes though to fit the inlet and outlet pipes through...
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Can it not fit in the front with fresh air coming through it?

Im sure you can get the res mounted somewhere and still have the pump down there with a rad. Imo would look a lot neater and possibly cool better.
 
.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Can it not fit in the front with fresh air coming through it?
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The 280 radiator is going in the roof with the 2 x 140mm fans, I will probably get a 240 radiator to go in the front. I was more interested in where the pump / reservoir would go and maybe I need to drop the reservoir and go for a T piece with a short fill tube?
 
MikeTimbers said:
One concern you may want to consider now is how you will clean the fan side of the radiator? Gonna be a pain to get to.
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Can't really see that being a problem? fans will be exhausting air from inside the case and all intakes have filters. I've never had problems with dust build-up in this case before so shouldn't see it being a problem with a radiator either :)

In any case I can just remove the fans and vacuum the radiator and/or use a can of compressed air.
 
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