General Advice

RichardTHF · 8 Jul 2013 at 09:48

I have been out of the PC game for quite a while, and bought out of retirement my old 780i/QX9650 Rig, which is water cooled via a custom loop (CPU Only), so decided to do a bit of shopping and managed to pickup a GTX280 Water cooled for just over £20, and as i already have one of them in it thought I would set it up on SLI again.

I have never changed the liquid in the system which I know you are ment to do after a long period of time, I also didn't store it dry (stupid I know) so am going to change the liquid in the next few days (any suggestion in what is good these would be much appreciated.)

Should I also replace the piping? all the Barbs look ok, so wasn't going to change them? Have run it for leaks and had no issues at all which isn't bad for a system i put together in 2008.

Any other suggestions on what I should do would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Rich

OLDPHART · 8 Jul 2013 at 10:27

What's your loop set up at the moment size of rad, pump etc?

dfour · 8 Jul 2013 at 12:25

Mayhems ultra pure is you want to use bespoke coolant

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-004-MH&groupid=962&catid=1531&subcat=2414

Either add a silver kill coil or some biocide and you should be fine.

As to your tubing I would take a section off and see if its still flexable and crack free and if there is any gunk/scale inside the pipes. If any of these are present replace the piping.

RichardTHF · 8 Jul 2013 at 21:55

I dont know the exact components, as they are about 5 years old now, I Know the water block is a EK Supreme with 775 Mounting Plate, then its a 3x120mm RAD, Duel Bay Res, and a pump which I have no idea about (i remember at the time it cost about £350 for the setup)

I have heard Mayhems is good, think I will order some tonight

Thanks for your help guys!

RichardTHF · 11 Jul 2013 at 16:09

Question, do Overclockers sell any 120mm Fans that are 20mm thin, instead of the usual 25mm?

dfour · 11 Jul 2013 at 16:52

I think scythe used to do some like that but I dont think they stock any.

Yate loon Model #s are D12SL-12C (low speed) and D12SM-12C (medium). You must have the C in the model number

Scythe is SY1212SL12L

Cant link to them as they are on a competetors website. Google is your friend :eek:

RichardTHF · 12 Jul 2013 at 10:56

fair, thank you! I appreciate the help