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maggo87

maggo87

maggo87

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hi people
this is my first try at a water cooling setup, what do you think?

Thermochill PA120.3 120mm Triple Radiator Thermochill PA120.3 120mm Triple Radiator £60.94
(£52.99) £60.94
(£52.99)
XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump - Clear XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump - Clear £40.24
(£34.99) £40.24
(£34.99)
OCZ HydroFlow HF-MK1 CPU Waterblock (OCZTHYDF) OCZ HydroFlow HF-MK1 CPU Waterblock (OCZTHYDF) £34.49
(£29.99) £34.49
(£29.99)
Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Red) Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Red) £8.04
(£6.99) £8.04
(£6.99)
XSPC 1/2" High Flexibility PVC Tubing - 1m XSPC 1/2" High Flexibility PVC Tubing - 1m £3.44
(£2.99) £3.44
(£2.99)
PrimoChill Anti-Kink Coils 3/4"- UV Blue PrimoChill Anti-Kink Coils 3/4"- UV Blue £2.29
(£1.99) £2.29
(£1.99)
Sub Total : £129.94
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £20.95
Total : £160.64
 
PA120.3: nice rad, I have a pair of them cooling this pc. Two warnings: these are large rads, thick and long; they use 3/8" inch connectors as opposed to the standard G1/4 you'll find on almost every other piece of wc kit, double check you buy the right ones.

Pump/res: I've never used one. Anyone else care to chip in ?

HydroFlow: If you like the look of it then great but other blocks offer better performance. Give this and the previous 3 parts a quick read http://www.realredraider.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=6406 . Note that the pump/res combo may not be optimal for use with the highly restrictive blocks

Coolant: Hum, water distilled or deionised works as well and the latter is cheaper. You can add a dye to water if necessary. Personally I recommend using coloured tubing if you want a splash of colour, but this is just me.

Tubing: the xspc stuff is quite nice, it bends well too.

Anti-Kink: Providing the size matches the tube diameter it does what it says on the can. Very useful for the occasional tight bend though some use it throughout for looks.

Double check the need for any additional barbs/fittings, it's better to have have two spare than have to few ;)

Clips, clamps, whatever you want to call them. You will need these for 1/2" tube on 1/2" fittings, cable ties also work well.

Fans: I like them slow and quiet, hence my use of two rads. Chose as required, this may help, or confuse: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=223391
 
Use 7/16" tubing over 1/2" barbs and get the coils to match. Off the top of my head i think 5/8" coils for 7/16" tubing. With the set up just mentioned the tubing is soo tight on the barbs u could get away with no clamps at all but cable ties are best used. Feser is easy to use for a first timer. Rest if fine. Will need either some Reducers to run normal barbs on your rad or to run Thermochills own 1/2" barbs just for the rad.
 
thanks for the advice, its much appreciated.
Can you point me in the right direction of a case, i want a cheap on but that is large enough to fit all this in, my board is atx and im going to have a 4870 GPU in there, it will also need to house 2 hdd.
Please help
 
i dont mean cheap i shouldnt of said that, i would prefer to spend between £30 and £70, i know thats a big gap, i would prefer the lower end though.
I would also like it to be quite big so i can fit everything in easily
 
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Hmmm im not sure your going to get much of a case for £70. The rad is a big thing to fit inside. If you were willing to stick it on the rear of the case then any mid tower should be fine as long as it has a 120mm fan on the rear.
 
maggo87 said:
i dont mind sticking it on the rear, as long as the case has pre drilled holes for the tubing
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Not sure if this has pre drilled holes but you could use one of these which would overcome that.

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There like £12 a go.
 
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