First watercooling build

[snowdog]

Hello,


I've got some bits n bobs here and wanted to watercool my pc being unhappy with my cooling performance.

I've got this stuff lying around ( + some extra old q-tec watercooling stuff I don't think I'll use):

I need to buy distilled/demineralized water for cooling right ? Nothing fancy ? I can just buy it in a normal shop ?

What is the correct way of mounting everything ? Do I need to get water through the ''loop'' first before actually turning on my pc ? Anything else I need to know before just mounting it ? Does the reservoir+ pump need to be a particular way up ?

I have a Coolermaster CM690, with a 3 slot gfx card, non modular psu, 7 hdd's and an ssd inside so space is sparse!

Just the cpu I want watercooled, the GPU cooler is fine and i don't see the point cooling anything else with water.
I just want my cpu to be nice and cool for a higher overclock. ( on air more than 3.5 ghz is a problem, it boots even at 4 ghz but overheats then...).

Any general tips would be appreciated.

 

[snowdog]

I'm having problems finding a place for the reservoir + pump, the only place I can think of is in the cd/dvd bay area, but then I'd need to find a new place for an hdd and an ssd.

This is how it looks space wise WITHOUT my mainboard:

The rad is on the inside atm:

What do you think ? Find some creative way to mount one of my hdd's and the ssd elsewhere and put the reservoir in the cd bay area ?

Or

Move radiator to outside of the case, and reservoir hovering over the cpu/ram area mounted to my case sidewall ?


Or option 3 I guess : Buy a bigger case haha.

 

[BluD]

You can mount SSds where ever ya have a spare spot people often use velcro for this, i think HDDs still need a solid mounting and a little air flow over um though.

 

[BluD]

Are there Bay mountings on that Res? looks like theres screw holes on the sides of it.