first watercooling atempt

flowone_uk · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:32

hi there i am about to try to water cool my q9550 set up i have never done this before and i just would like someone to double check make sure i've got it right

i have been doing a lot of research over the theory and design of water cooling and for my first try i am only going to focus on the to keep the water loop as easy as possible.

As this is a cpu only water cool i have gone for a 5.25" drive bay reservoir by xspc and have also decided to use the delta v3 cpu waterblock from them i have gone for compression fittings to try and keep things neat and have got anti kink coils for the hose. i am going for xspc rs120 radiator.

NOW AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING DUMB!

is it best to have the fan suck air into the radiator or exhaust it out?

sorry to sound silly just wanted to double check this quite important aspect

Thanks a lot confused:

flowone_uk · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:33

++ only going to focus on the cpu to keep the water loop as easy as possible++

shadowscotland · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:38

Straight from martin liquid labs testing conclusion (independant testing of your rad)

Push Vs Pull - This depends on fan speed/power. The high speed fans at 2000RPM with a 38mm fan thickness provided the best performance in a push condition. The slow speed fans with 1350RPM with a 25mm fan thickness provided the best performance in a pull condition. I would estimate that performance line is likely to cross in the 1500-1700RPM range where they are equal. So.... slow speed = pull, high speed = push, medium speed = it doesn't really matter.

flowone_uk · 23 Jun 2009 at 15:43

thank you for that

Geckovich · 23 Jun 2009 at 16:28

Just to confirm what was said in the review quoted by shadow, I have the RS360 myself with some lowish (1100) RPM fans, they too work best in pull rather than push.

You seems all set, enjoy

Bubo · 23 Jun 2009 at 19:07

If you're only man handling a 120.1 rad then this is something you should quite easily be able to actualy try for yourself when you get everything setup, its only a matter of swaping one fan round. You don't even need to drain or anything, just leave a tiny amount of extra slack in your tube run to the rad.

rjk · 23 Jun 2009 at 19:22

pushpull on a 120 rad imo

Greebo · 23 Jun 2009 at 19:35

rjkoneill said:
pushpull on a 120 rad imo

pushpull with shrouds

EDIT: oops

Caracus2k · 23 Jun 2009 at 20:57

if you value your sanity pull with low rpm fans! Noctua are not half bad for this... dodgy colour though!

Greebo · 23 Jun 2009 at 21:18

but p not s noctuas. with s noctuas on radiators you would have better cooling blowing on the rad yourself!