A few watercooling questions?

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I will soon be going down the watercooling road and ive been reading and getting as much info as possable but theres still a few things that i need to clear up :D.

1. Is this and ok direction for the loop?, rez>pump>240>rad>480 rad>gpu 1> gpu 2> (maby chipset?) and cpu.

2. Is it ok to keep all the above in the same loop and still retain good temps and flow (D5 pump with ek top rev.2) because i would like as less tubing as possable for a nice clean good looking bulid, ill be usiong the TJ07 case.

3. Is the thermochill 480 and the 240 (15mm spacing) rads are the best and the best fans to use with them would be the Gentle Typhoon 1850 rpm, alaska apache or sharkoon silent eagle 2000 rpm?.

4. what size of fittings do you have to use with the thermochill rads( Fitting Thread: 3/8" BSPP or G3/8) is it...

Bitspower 1/4" BSPP - 1/2" ID - 3/4" OD
or
1/4" BSPP - 3/8" ID - 1/2" OD Rotary 45 Degree Comp -Matte Black

or would these fit it?

•Material : Hi Quality Brass with Black Sparkle coating
•Thread : G1/4"
•Tubing Size : ID 1/2" With OD 3/4"

The fittings part really confuse me :P.

Thats all i can think of the now but ill add more if i remember, thanks.
 
1. Is this and ok direction for the loop?, rez>pump>240>rad>480 rad>gpu 1> gpu 2> (maby chipset?) and cpu.

Thats fine.

2. Is it ok to keep all the above in the same loop and still retain good temps and flow (D5 pump with ek top rev.2) because i would like as less tubing as possable for a nice clean good looking bulid, ill be usiong the TJ07 case.

Thats fine.

3. Is the thermochill 480 and the 240 (15mm spacing) rads are the best and the best fans to use with them would be the Gentle Typhoon 1850 rpm, alaska apache or sharkoon silent eagle 2000 rpm?.

They're the best and those fans are fine.

4. what size of fittings do you have to use with the thermochill rads( Fitting Thread: 3/8" BSPP or G3/8) is it...

Depends which rad you get, thermochill used to use 3/8BSPP, dunno if they have finally gone with European standards of measurement or not with the new ones. Most places will sell the rad with the option of fcorrect fitting barbs anyway so its not a worry.

Good luck.
 
Thanks ;), just have to have a good studdy with all the different thread size on the fittings and all, shame ocuk dont stock half of the stuff i
need :D

EDIT: what fans should i go for ?, i think the silent eagles look the best.
 
You can get spacers to use with the thermochills that allow you to use standard fittings, if you do opt for thermochill we can help u source them if OCuk don't stock.
 
what would be better is res>pump>GPU 1>240 rad>GPU 2>240 rad>CPU>240 rad if you were going for best cooling or Res>pump>CPU>240>GPU 1>GPU 2>480 rad

for thermochill rads you'll want 3/8 BSPP to G1/4 adaptors if you plan on using standard G1/4 barbs, otherwise you can get 3/8 BSPP barbs which provide better flow

for fans I'd use Akasa vipers or Yate loon 1350/1650rpms
 
I want the least tubing as possable and doing it res>pump>GPU 1>240 rad>GPU 2>240 rad>CPU>240 would make a lot of messy tubing and wouldntthe temp difference only be 1-2 C ?

Btw its a 240 rad and a 480.
 
Stiv your last post is the best, dispite what some people say the order of components make VERY little differnce. For example some like to go red pump cou (so there is no flow rate loss when fluid is flowing over the cpu) others go res pump rad (for cooling temps down before getting to the cpu)

NONe of them are wrong! The best guidline i always say to people, NEVER make a complicated loop. Short straight lengths are often the best.

THERMOCHILL will never use any other than 3/8"bspp barbs!

gilgamesh
 
stiv121 said:
I want the least tubing as possable and doing it res>pump>GPU 1>240 rad>GPU 2>240 rad>CPU>240 would make a lot of messy tubing and wouldntthe temp difference only be 1-2 C ?

Btw its a 240 rad and a 480.
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temp difference would depend on what GPU's you intend on cooling, if it's any GPU that it is worth water cooling you could be looking at anything up to a 25C difference

and I put 3x 240s because they take up the same amount of space as 1x 240 and 1x 480
 
Thanks gilgmesh but dont i need the 3/8"bspp adaptors so that i can use different bitspower compression fittings?.

I would also like to know which size of tubing, kind of tubing , and the fluid used?, in these pics http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/systems-2009/murderbox/008/murderbox.htm i would like to get as close as possable to the quality and looks of this bulid, its my insperation:D.
 
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HW91 said:
temp difference would depend on what GPU's you intend on cooling, if it's any GPU that it is worth water cooling you could be looking at anything up to a 25C difference

and I put 3x 240s because they take up the same amount of space as 1x 240 and 1x 480
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I will be cooling 4.2Ghz+ and 2 heavly overclocked 470's
 
well 1) you won't see over 4.2GHz on an i7 920 even with water(well you might if you have a D0 chip bought pre Q2 09), or at least it won't be worth it, 4GHz is the point at after which there's no point in going as it involves pouring in ridiculous voltages

2) I would see how far the 470's reach with out water first as you probably won't squeeze the extra MHz out that you're hoping for over air
 
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