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RoEy

RoEy

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I want to build my new system around the end of February. I will be water cooling my cpu and gpu.

Is it best to build the system and use it for a week or two to make sure all the components are working and then water cool it?

I can see it being a lot of hassle if I water cool my graphics card / cpu from day one and then if it dies or has problems I'll have to take it out and mess around with my water cooling.

Thanks,

RoEy
 
I'd do it all at once. Slowly and correctly, take your time and all will be cool. If you do have a problem its not really much different than a non WC system. Either way it is a mild pain if you have a problem with parts but when you think about it - it only takes a few minutes to get a motherboard and a few cards in place so its no hassle really. All part of the fun
 
I think a test fit/dry run would be a good ideal, not only would you save yourself a lot of hassle if a component is faulty but you would also get to see the before and after temps . . . and suddenly realise it's all been a colossal waste of time and money! . . . joke! :p
 
Big.Wayne said:
I think a test fit/dry run would be a good ideal, not only would you save yourself a lot of hassle if a component is faulty but you would also get to see the before and after temps . . . and suddenly realise it's all been a colossal waste of time and money! . . . joke! :p
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Don't tell me that!!!! I'm spening nearly £400 on custom water cooling parts so I hope it will reduce temps :)

LOL, Totally agree though mate. Thanks to the both of you for the advice.

RoEy
 
RoEy said:
Don't tell me that!!!! I'm spening nearly £400 on custom water cooling parts so I hope it will reduce temps :)

LOL, Totally agree though mate. Thanks to the both of you for the advice.

RoEy
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£400? You could have bough a chest freezer and installed your comp in it for less than that.. I've spent half that on mine :D
 
RoEy said:
I'm spening nearly £400 on custom water cooling parts so I hope it will reduce temps :)
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Wow that's big bucks! :eek:

I've always admired people who set-up their own water cooling as it demonstrates a certain amount of skill to get it all just so, I also really like the way it looks, particularly when it's mildly UV and warp-core-esque

However back on Planet Earth, in particular credit crunched fubared UK I really think £400 is uBer money to be spending on cooling a system! :D

Anyways enjoy it, I'm sure it will be an adventure! :)
 
Big.Wayne said:
Wow that's big bucks! :eek:

I've always admired people who set-up their own water cooling as it demonstrates a certain amount of skill to get it all just so, I also really like the way it looks, particularly when it's mildly UV and warp-core-esque

However back on Planet Earth, in particular credit crunched fubared UK I really think £400 is uBer money to be spending on cooling a system! :D

Anyways enjoy it, I'm sure it will be an adventure! :)
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Cheers mate, I hope it will all go well!

RoEy
 
Is there anything I could save on the following parts then if you all seem to think its way over the odds:

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I'd get jubilee clips oppse to the plastic ones but OC don't seem to have them. Correction - Should be 10 Barbs not 5.

What do you all think?

Thanks,

RoEy
 
I thinking you'd be better off running 2 seperate loops to be honest. A local car parts shop will do the jubelee clips for small coins
 
XysteR said:
I thinking you'd be better off running 2 seperate loops to be honest. A local car parts shop will do the jubelee clips for small coins
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Why would I be better off running two loops? Surely the TFC Xchanger will cool a 4870X2 and a core i7 920 (plus overclock).

Advice much appreciated,

RoEy
 
Every time i ever asked about water cooling high end cpu's and high end gfx everyone said to use 2 seperate loops.
 
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