First time water cooling; is this stuff compatible?
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Some of it's good, some of it's just OK.
You are mixing barb sizes and tubing though.
There are a couple of sizing possibilities;
1/2" barbs - Use 1/2" with clamps or 7/16" tubing without clamps
3/8" barbs - Use 3/8", 8/10mm or 10mm tubing with clamps
8/10mm Compression fittings - use Use 3/8", 8/10mm or 10mm tubing, no clamps required
6mm - Use with 6mm tubing, but only Koolance uses this size in the UK, and, in your heart of hearst, you know you can do better than Koolance
The best radiators (in my opinion, of course) are Thermochill. Then there is Swiftech, then everything else. Thermochill are just plain bigger than everything else, and they also suit low speed fans, making them great in systems where quiet is a priority.
The best pumps are Laing - pick one that suits your install. The D5 Vario you have chose in quite large, but extremely powerful, and, as it's name suggests, is variable in speed. It's a deusy, and you won't regret getting one. If you need a smaller pump, then the pumps based on the Laing DDC are the ones to go for. They come in 10W and 18W versions, and the 10W is plenty for most systems, but the 18W is more popular because we're blokes and bigger is better, right?
The block you have selected is very good indeed. It has one downside on my experience - the barbs are very close together and getting two clamps on 1/2" tubing on a FuZion is near impossible - so go with Masterkleer 7/16ths tubing is you pick the FuZion. Other great blocks are the EK Supreme, the Swiftech Apogee GTX and the AquaComputer Cuplex XT (arguably the best of the lot, but it's £60 and that's a lot of money).
My system of choice would be;
Thermochill PA120.2 or PA120.3 with the right BSP threaded 1/2" barbs. Everything else uses G1/4 Barbs so get the right ones!
EK Supreme with 1/2" barbs - make sure you get a back-plate too!
Laing D5 Vario pump - 1/2" barbs come as standard
Masterkleer 7/16" tubing (use near-boiling water to soften the tubing and get it over the barbs, you'll have to cut it off once it cools.)
Swiftech MicroRes - it's the best small reservoir on the market and it will make set-up and bleeding the system very easy. It also comes with a great fitting kit that makes installation easy.
For coolant, I use Ice Water, but I don't think it's available in the UK, so de-ionised water from Halfords and some PT Nuke so stop anything growing in your system are the next best thing.
For fans, get Artic Cooling 120mm PWM fans and link them together of the motherboard CPU fan header. That will give you the slowest fans possible at all times.
You are mixing barb sizes and tubing though.
There are a couple of sizing possibilities;
1/2" barbs - Use 1/2" with clamps or 7/16" tubing without clamps
3/8" barbs - Use 3/8", 8/10mm or 10mm tubing with clamps
8/10mm Compression fittings - use Use 3/8", 8/10mm or 10mm tubing, no clamps required
6mm - Use with 6mm tubing, but only Koolance uses this size in the UK, and, in your heart of hearst, you know you can do better than Koolance
The best radiators (in my opinion, of course) are Thermochill. Then there is Swiftech, then everything else. Thermochill are just plain bigger than everything else, and they also suit low speed fans, making them great in systems where quiet is a priority.
The best pumps are Laing - pick one that suits your install. The D5 Vario you have chose in quite large, but extremely powerful, and, as it's name suggests, is variable in speed. It's a deusy, and you won't regret getting one. If you need a smaller pump, then the pumps based on the Laing DDC are the ones to go for. They come in 10W and 18W versions, and the 10W is plenty for most systems, but the 18W is more popular because we're blokes and bigger is better, right?
The block you have selected is very good indeed. It has one downside on my experience - the barbs are very close together and getting two clamps on 1/2" tubing on a FuZion is near impossible - so go with Masterkleer 7/16ths tubing is you pick the FuZion. Other great blocks are the EK Supreme, the Swiftech Apogee GTX and the AquaComputer Cuplex XT (arguably the best of the lot, but it's £60 and that's a lot of money).
My system of choice would be;
Thermochill PA120.2 or PA120.3 with the right BSP threaded 1/2" barbs. Everything else uses G1/4 Barbs so get the right ones!
EK Supreme with 1/2" barbs - make sure you get a back-plate too!
Laing D5 Vario pump - 1/2" barbs come as standard
Masterkleer 7/16" tubing (use near-boiling water to soften the tubing and get it over the barbs, you'll have to cut it off once it cools.)
Swiftech MicroRes - it's the best small reservoir on the market and it will make set-up and bleeding the system very easy. It also comes with a great fitting kit that makes installation easy.
For coolant, I use Ice Water, but I don't think it's available in the UK, so de-ionised water from Halfords and some PT Nuke so stop anything growing in your system are the next best thing.
For fans, get Artic Cooling 120mm PWM fans and link them together of the motherboard CPU fan header. That will give you the slowest fans possible at all times.
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Version 2 of the Fuzion is supposed to have more space between the barbs.
Thanks for all your help, that will come in handy. I'll take a look around for some of the stuff you mentioned.