gigabyte 3D galaxy WC kit? any good ?

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appart from the fact that its BLUE :mad:
is there anything else wrong with this kit... bearing in mind ive got a thermaltake big water SE kit... and im getting a bit sick of its 6mm tubing and frankly feeble looking pump.

not a lot i can 'upgrade ' due to the tube ID unfortunatly

so iv been looking at the gigabyte kit, 1/2'' tubing, single rad ( which will be replaced with a twin sooner or later) and a pump / res combo... and a GENIUS fan attachment for the water block to replace that airflow u loose from taking the air away from CPU cooling
i read one review and it was AMAZING.

opinions please.
( btw i dont have the money for 120 -300 quid swifty stuff. gigabytes 65 quid price tag would suite :)

Rick
 
Gods! A T-piece with the downstroke leading to the two gpus in series and back to another T. Anyone like to guess how much water flows down that constricted loop (skinny pipe, both gpus and the NB!) and how much just goes straight past and through the pcu block?
 
And if you look closely you can see an air bubble at the 2nd T, what a good demonstration!


@OP, you'd be better off buying custom parts 2nd hand from the MM rather than wasting more on another 'solution-kit'.

£65 will get a good performing set-up, post a wanted-ad for parts.
 
That looks a bit gash to me. Water will always take the route of least resistance so i can see anyone who buys that having two extremely hot graphics cards. Not just that but a single 120mm rad for a cpu and two cards. They should be ashamed for displaying a rig like that.
 
I got 3 1048's going, D-tek block that you can make or buy a universal mount to make it fit every socket ever made, that alone pump and block will be 1000 timnes better than that gigabit thing
 
Drazic said:
I got 3 1048's going, D-tek block that you can make or buy a universal mount to make it fit every socket ever made, that alone pump and block will be 1000 timnes better than that gigabit thing
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I just spent £65 and I had a pump and waterblock. The rad was 2nd hand too.
 
by the looks of it you dont have to have the gpu cooling but it looks to have a better resivoir and pump, also does anyone know if either of these water cooling kits work with other brand stuff like asetech radiators
 
weescott said:
I would prefer to use a bin with the 3D galaxy kit. But yes you could use an Astek rad. ;)
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'tis a way with words you have, to be sure!

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hey guys first of all dont kill me for making a thread and not replying in it... mu PC is in bits in a box lol !

anyway... thet NEW gagabyte kit does look pretty carp.
its the current one ( single CPU loop) that was in question,
http://img.neoseeker.com/v_thumb.php?articleid=1819&image=6
thats a pic of the rig, i cant see a lot wrong with it, the tubing seems a decent inough ID ( better han my current 6.4mm :P ) and in good time the rad would be replaced with a twin swifty rad.

ill have a look on the MM in a moment though.

soo... now thats over with i can rant about that new kit !! i dont know as much as you guys about WC... but even i can see that kit just will not work ! and iv been staring at it for a few mins, but im pretty sure that kit ALSO cools te southbridge ( or something).

cheers guys, still though any first hand experience with the original kit ?
Rick
 
Whats the reason for a kit m8? U still have to cut ** tubes and leak test everything. Unless its a good deal then I dont see the point. Kits usually give really small tubing and 1/2" tubing and fittings arent any real difference in price.
 
megatron said:
Whats the reason for a kit m8? U still have to cut ** tubes and leak test everything. Unless its a good deal then I dont see the point. Kits usually give really small tubing and 1/2" tubing and fittings arent any real difference in price.
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the price really... i just cannot afford a custom built kit at the moment, it all seems a bit too expensive !
i could see about getting adapters for my current kit as a kind of stop gap, but i dont know what size the threads are etc

mine has quick screw on couplings, in which you put the tube on a nippple then tighten a threaded ring around it, the hole in the nipple is a pathetic 4mm.
i could change these fittings with anything twith about an 9mm OD ( dont know the size of the thread )

seriuosly wouldnt have bought this kit if id know anything about watercooling at the time !

Rick
Btw nothing in the MM :(
 
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Nothing in the MM maybe but this isnt a watercooling specific site. U can get radiator xspc £20 120mm with 1/2 fittings brand new. There are usually a couple of different standards. 3/8" or 1/2" or if really pants 1/4", the threads are usually BSPT (british standard parallel thread), or NPT (american standard). If you have threaded connectors I dont see why you cant replace these nipples with barbs, no point buying new stuff if you already can use what u got.

You can get 3/8" BSPT and 1/2" barbs or even 1/4" BSPT and 1/2" barb (which is what the dangerden blocks use).
 
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