First Water Setup

braz2kuk

braz2kuk

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Hi,

I have an akasa mirage case, and have decided i want to water cool my cpu and gpu.

Been looking on OCUK website for some parts, however i am new to this so please tell me if i miss something i need or if i am doing something wrong :)

PUMP: Swiftech MCP655 12 V DC £49.94
RES: Swiftech Res £11.46
RAD: Swiftech MCR220 - QP Dual 120mm Radiator £25.84

Obviously i need some barbs i think i want 1/2" ones as i have heard there better for cooling and i will need some 1/2" tubing.

I had a thought about a loop and decided on this:

RES -> CPU -> GPU -> RAD -> RES

Let me know if this is wrong i have no experience with this what so ever and any help or tips or suggestions would be welcomed.

Thanks
 
Rad - Thermochill PA 120.2 - £50
Pump - LaingDDC+(alphacooltop) - £65
CPU - DTek FuZion or Apogee GTX -£39
Res - Swiftech MicroRes - £12
Tubing - 10ft Masterkleer 7/16 (thickwalled) - £11
Barbs - 2x3/8-1/2 BSP, 2xG1/4 - 1/2 - £5
Hoseclamps - 6x12-16mm - £3
Additive - Zerex(pink) or G11 pentosin (blue) + £1.50
Water - Distilled 5L - £5

=£191.50

Thats a top end kit that should last a long time which is also customisable should you want to change parts around. You will also need a GPU block should you want to cool that aswell - dunno which card you have so I can't comment on that. Obviously there are cheaper parts about but if you compromise on the above performance could suffer.
 
Thanks for the info,

I couldn't get that exact setup but i have ordered the following:

Black Ice Extreme 240 Rad w/ 1/2" Barbs
Laing D5 Vario Pump
Repack Cooling Slot Res w/ 1/2" Barbs
10 Zinc Plated Jubilee Wormdrive Clips
4 Feet Tygon 1/2" Hose
Danger Den TDX 775 Block w/ 1/2" Fittings
Danger Den 8800 GTX Block w/ 1/2" Fittings

Anyone see any problems with the above? Could i get away with a single 120 radiator? to save on space or better get the 240??

Thanks :)
 
Yeah I ordered 10ft of tubing mate and belive me your gonna make mistakes with it lol. Also I don't know if your in the uk but there are a few places where you could have got the exact setup w3bbo recommended.
 
Cheers guys,

emailed and chnaged to 10ft of tubing instead :)

Any ideas were i can find this Apogee GTX waterblock in the uk cannot find one anywhere?

Thanks in advance.
 
braz2kuk said:
Cheers guys,

emailed and chnaged to 10ft of tubing instead :)

Any ideas were i can find this Apogee GTX waterblock in the uk cannot find one anywhere?

Thanks in advance.
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nobody can say as it will be a competitor
 
SOrry about thread hijack but similar line.

I currently have

res > rad > pump > cpu >gfx > north bridge > hdd > res.

now I dont think its a very good set up in terms of the loop. The res has fins on and is a semi rad.
so would it be worth putiing the res in the middle of the loop.

Also which order would you put the blocks in, I assume heat wise it goes
cpu> gpu > north bridge > hdd. So could *** water actually be heating up the hdd at the moment? or will the water by this point still be cold?
 
Res>Pump>Rad>CPU>NB>GPU>HD

Tbh it dosn't really matter which way you have your loop around aslong as the pump is after the res. I wouldn't bother cooling your HD's eaither as this is adding more resriction to the loop for no benefit whatsoever imo - hard disks don't usually get hot enough to cause any major problems. Cooling the NB is a hotly debated topic as it has little impact on overclocking - I cool mine out of sound reduction more than anything else.
 
w3bbo said:
Res>Pump>Rad>CPU>NB>GPU>HD

Tbh it dosn't really matter which way you have your loop around aslong as the pump is after the res. I wouldn't bother cooling your HD's eaither as this is adding more resriction to the loop for no benefit whatsoever imo - hard disks don't usually get hot enough to cause any major problems. Cooling the NB is a hotly debated topic as it has little impact on overclocking - I cool mine out of sound reduction more than anything else.
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That's why I'm cooling the hard drive, To reduce needs for any internal fan.
 
No internal fans? So how is the Southbridge and memory coping? I would cool them before the HD tbh.
 
Ok,

received my PA 120.2 RAd this morning along with fans and 1/2" nikel barbs, think i might start a new thread on modding my Akasa Mirage for internal 1/2" water cooling. Going to mount the RAD in the top of the case and have two blow holes pulling in outside air.
 
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