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OracIe

OracIe

OracIe

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Hi guys,
Hoping you can help fill me in on the blanks.

If I were to buy this - and for arguments sake I have a radiator, what else would I need to enable water cooling?

At a guess, I would need fitments, although I have no idea what ones, likewise with the tubing and coolant.

What I'm not sure on is if I would need a pump and reservoir? If so what ones are compatible?

Can anyone point me in the right direction? My only exposure to water cooling is AIO's...
 
I have a rad (240mm) and fans - yup
Yes, the machine in my sig, not cooling the GPU at this moment but presumably I can add that at a later date as the loop will be expandable?

Cheers for your help!
 
Yes custom loops are expandable, but not sure how you'll do for rad space :/

Also, I'm assuming by 'you have a rad' you mean using the H100i's rad?
I have 0 experience with that and I'm not sure how you'd go about it.

Now just suggestions, Dunno about fitting in your case, it's so small :P

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 100 £96.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Red 1m £5.99 (£11.98)
6 x XSPC G1/4" to 3/8" ID, 1/2" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£17.94)
Total : £186.44 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Cheers for that - gives me something to ponder!
I did mean the h100 rad, yep - I kinda thought I could 'butcher' it but perhaps not...

Quick question, would I need the 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Acetal £49.99
if I were going with the block I mentioned in the OP?
 
Ha, No, Ignore me
I totally put it together and thought to myself "You've completely forgot the CPU block, Why did you forget that" and chucked it in.
You've now reminded me why I missed it out lol, Time for a ninja edit ;)

There you go:
YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-DDC 3.2 PWM X-RES 100 £96.95
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-FB ASUS M6I - Acetal+Nickel (Original CSQ) £90.95
2 x Primochill Primoflex Advanced Tubing 13/10 - Red 1m £5.99 (£11.98)
6 x XSPC G1/4" to 3/8" ID, 1/2" OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) £2.99 (£17.94)
Total : £227.40 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Well did A quick google and people seem to think a h100 is better sold and a new rad bought.
Yup, rad and coolant.
mayhems is always a safe bet for coolant,
Rad, hmm, I'd need to know what would fit :/ do you know the width?

Edit: google says 27 mm..... do you think 30mm would fit?
 
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OK, thanks a lot for that.

That's my only issue I think, the amount of space between the motherboard and the rad is next to non-existent. I could fit some slim line fans which would free up some space but I'd rather keep the SP120's.

So under that basis I don't think a 30mm would fit!
 
Well there are some thin rads, Might need to wait for some other commenters who know more about SFF

Edit:
seems the smallest I can find is 29.6mm....Someone else will know :)
 
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Sell the h100i and get a new case if you cant find a rad that fits, don't butcher it (if you go custom cooling, might as well do it properly considering the costs).
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Sell the h100i and get a new case if you cant find a rad that fits, don't butcher it (if you go custom cooling, might as well do it properly considering the costs).
Click to expand...

^^This

Mainly because the pipes on the corsair coolers are crimped onto really skinny unions.

The case because you can never have too much space when you talk cooling.
 
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