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mattyj1085

mattyj1085

mattyj1085

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Ive decided to buy the parts seperate for my new water cooling setup rarther then going for the swiftech apex+ kit partly so I can buy bits when I have the money and as I would need to get a new gpu block anyway for the 8800gts and ive gone for a diff rad supposadly better? any opinions

Is there everything below that I will need to connect it all up ready to use apart from the water obviously didn't know how many hose clips i would need if any also not sure on best tubing size if anyone can tell me or if theres anything that ive missed or a better solution thanks budjet is around £200
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I personally wouldn't bother with a chipset block, but thats just me.. I find that the passive cooling on mine is more than enough. Might be worth your while to shop around a bit as well.

I set up my custom loop just after Christmas and I ended up ordering my parts from all over the place, I found that there were better places about for WC. As much as I love OcUK, there are other places with a much better WC variety.

As for the pump, have a look for a Laing DDC Ultra. They're highly rated, very good pumps and mine is virtually silent! If possible, try and go for Tygon or Clearflex tubing as well. :)
 
I would bother with the chipset block as we both have P5N-E Sli's and the Northbridge is a hot little thing. Other than that I'm with Street about the Laing DDC Ultra pump. There is very little better at any price, although the Eheim 1000 is also nice. Most of the blocks claim to be 'low flow' but most of them seem to prefer being used at 1000l/hr flow rates rather than 400l/hr.

I'm running EK CPU and Northbridge blocks and I like them a lot, especially the look, but the Swiftechs are also excellent. I found that I couldn't bend the 1/2" tuning between the CPU and Northbridge block without crimping the pipe, so I'm running 3/8th instead, but with the high flow rate pump it makes very little difference other than to marginally increase the pressure in the pipes.

I would also recommend buying from a water-cooling specialist rather than a general box-shifter as you will want to chat things through with someone who knows the kit you have bought. One of the forums allows you to chat directly with Eddy from EK and he certainly knows what he's about!
 
WJA96 said:
I would bother with the chipset block as we both have P5N-E Sli's and the Northbridge is a hot little thing.
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Fair one.. Take that advice over mine for the NB. :) I'm only basing my opinion from the P5B for which I've found the stock heatpipe and heatsink combined with good case flow is enough for me. :)
 
a lot depends on the base. If they are both used 'as-is' then the D-tek wins. If the GT is used using the optional(thicker) O-ring which bows the base then the GT will win IF the IHS is concave - if you have lapped the IHS then it will not imo. Both blocks are excellent performers and tbh I don't there really is a clear winner. If you were using a mutli bock setup then I would deffo go with the D-tek though as its flow resistance is a lot lower than the GT.
 
w3bbo said:
a lot depends on the base. If they are both used 'as-is' then the D-tek wins. If the GT is used using the optional(thicker) O-ring which bows the base then the GT will win IF the IHS is concave - if you have lapped the IHS then it will not imo. Both blocks are excellent performers and tbh I don't there really is a clear winner. If you were using a mutli bock setup then I would deffo go with the D-tek though as its flow resistance is a lot lower than the GT.
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Then it would be a hard decision for him, seeing as there are a lot of concave IHS's lately.. and not everyone wants to lap their CPU, the resale value will probably drop a ton.
 
Perfect_Chaos said:
Then it would be a hard decision for him, seeing as there are a lot of concave IHS's lately.. and not everyone wants to lap their CPU, the resale value will probably drop a ton.
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Not really a hard decision - there will be at most 1-2c difference between them that could also be put down to mounting practice or thermal paste used. I really wouldn't lose too much sleep over which block to use as they are both fantastic performers.
 
I would (and have) chose the Fuzion. If you're planning on having several items in the loop which you are, then the Fuzion has a very high flow rate which will aid the cooling of the other components. :)

Just need to fit my Fuzion tomorrow after having had it sat on my desk for over a month now!
 
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