Another "spec me a loop" thread.

Schizo · 11 Apr 2013 at 09:31

Hi all,been out of the loop (see what i did there) for a while and need a full set up please.

ill be cooling the cpu and card and it will be going in a corsair 800d.

The cpu is a i7 920 and the card is a Gigabyte Windforce 670 2Gb (3 fan card)

Would a triple be enough for both of these as i wont be overclocking much.

Not sure if i want a tube res or combo but i DO want a d5 in the mix.

Dont want to use dye's and will use distilled water will a silver kill coil.

Would like both blocks black if possible please and a back plate for the card.

Any help would be helpful

ubersonic · 11 Apr 2013 at 10:26

Triple will be fine, but ideally you would want a thick one so you can use low fans. I have an i7 3820 running 4.5GHz @1.36v and a EVGA GTX670 FTW cooled by a 60mm thick triple with three cheapo scythe Kaze fans running at 500RPM.

Schizo · 11 Apr 2013 at 10:28

Forgot to add,I'll be using 6 corsair sp120 fans as I have already got 4 on my h100,would they be ok with a thick rad ?

ubersonic · 11 Apr 2013 at 10:31

Yes, easily, in fact I would recommend just using 3 of your 4 at first to see if you actually need to buy more.

schizo said:
Dont want to use dye's and will use distilled water will a silver kill coil.

You should probably use some kind of corrosion protection, if you don't want to go with "Computer fluids" just mix some engine coolant with the distilled water (bout 5-10% should be fine).

Schizo · 11 Apr 2013 at 10:36

I'll use mayhems but only natural and no colour.

If I use the 6 corsair fans,cod I turn them down lower than using only 3 fans running a bit higher speed.

ubersonic · 11 Apr 2013 at 10:41

Hows this?:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-TOP CSQ Value Combo £81.98
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC680 GTX+ CSQ Full Cover Waterblock - Acetal + Nickel £79.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £51.98
1 x EK-BAY SINGLE RES CSQ - Acetal £38.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC680 GTX Backplate - Black CSQ £22.99
Total : £345.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

You will need 10x fittings and tubing in your chosen size, plus the fans you have and whatever coolant you decide to go with. I still don't think your going to need 6 fans as the rad is much thicker than a H100 and 1.5x the length plus its copper not alu, but its your choice

Schizo · 11 Apr 2013 at 17:43

That looks fine,but one problem,I don't like the new ek blocks with those circles on them

Sorry to be a pain,should have put that in the opening post.

ubersonic · 11 Apr 2013 at 23:07

You may be out of luck then, most places have run out of stock of the old style blocks, tho I believe EK may have a couple of GTX680 blocks left on their site. Your only option is to find a different manufacturer who's stuff you do like the look off, or wait until EK release new blocks as they have scrapped the circles design now so may be replacing the current circled lineup later in the year (hopefully).

Schizo · 11 Apr 2013 at 23:59

Oh,might have to stick with the circle ones then,there going to be inside the case anyway

andybird123 · 12 Apr 2013 at 10:38

I would go with an EK DCP4.0 pump, more head pressure and half the price of the D5
silent as long as you mount it on foam or a shoggy sandwhich

Schizo · 12 Apr 2013 at 10:43

I've had one of them pumps and they are very loud,I had the kit for it which included the foam but still vibrated a hell of a lot.

Would try another one as long as it was quiet.

andybird123 · 12 Apr 2013 at 11:13

if you mean the little 2mm thick bit of foam that comes with the pump, no... I mean something like this (you don't need to buy this one specifically, I happened to have some of the eggbox like foam kicking about which does the job)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-000-MM

the pump itself is silent, you just have to decouple it from anything it can vibrate against

ubersonic · 12 Apr 2013 at 11:16

If you dont mind a DCP instead of a D5 they actually do a combined pump/res option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK-BAY DCP 2.2 Combo Unit (incl. pump) £79.99
Total : £79.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

andybird123 · 12 Apr 2013 at 11:39

ubersonic said:
If you dont mind a DCP instead of a D5 they actually do a combined pump/res option:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK-BAY DCP 2.2 Combo Unit (incl. pump) £79.99
Total : £79.99 (includes shipping : FREE).

that is only the 2.2, which is not so great, and mouting it solid to a plastic box bolted to your case is a sure method of introducing vibration

Schizo · 14 Apr 2013 at 08:02

ubersonic said:
Hows this?:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - XSPC D5 Vario Pump & EK-D5 X-TOP CSQ Value Combo £81.98
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC680 GTX+ CSQ Full Cover Waterblock - Acetal + Nickel £79.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 360 £69.98
1 x EK-Supremacy - CPU Waterblock - Copper Acetal £51.98
1 x EK-BAY SINGLE RES CSQ - Acetal £38.99
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC680 GTX Backplate - Black CSQ £22.99
Total : £345.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

You will need 10x fittings and tubing in your chosen size, plus the fans you have and whatever coolant you decide to go with. I still don't think your going to need 6 fans as the rad is much thicker than a H100 and 1.5x the length plus its copper not alu, but its your choice

I like that spec,might get a tube res instead of a bay res but other than that it looks good.

Schizo · 15 Apr 2013 at 05:46

Right,been looking around for some ideas and come up with this lot.

Going to mount this lot where the 140mm fan is on the middle panel of the 800d.

Good idea or not ?