Mini Water Cooled Rig

GavinDavies · 5 Dec 2013 at 15:36

So I'm looking to build a Mini PC Rig, and Its going to have water cooling and cable braiding. I'm going for a Gold and White look, with a white case and gold liquid and motherboard. This is what I've been looking at so far:

i5 4670K
AMD 8GB 1600MHz
ThermalTake TR2 500w
BitFenix Prodigy Arctic White
Prodigy Side Window
ASUS H81I-PLUS
White LED Lighting
HDD + SSD Undecided
GPU GTX 760/R9 280X

The colour of the motherboard, goes perfect!

Watercooling:
For the water cooling I am planning on modding a corsair H60, adding in custom clear tubing, a swiftech reservoir and other liquid.

Components:

Corsair H60
Swiftech MCRES-MICRO-R2 Clear
PrimoChill PrimoFlex Tubing Clear
PrimoChill Black Steel Clips
Mayhems Aurora Hydra Gold

I think this would look nice put together, what do you think? any ideas or suggestion? Thanks!

tamzzy · 5 Dec 2013 at 15:38

The pump is gonna die quick

cahonis · 5 Dec 2013 at 15:57

tamzzy said:
The pump is gonna die quick

Why would the pump die quickly? Because of the additional res?

CyberCrow · 5 Dec 2013 at 16:24

Corsair H60 :O

nick.lidgett · 5 Dec 2013 at 17:14

Instead of messing with a naff h60 you should look at these

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-019-TL

GavinDavies · 5 Dec 2013 at 17:25

I was thinking that about the pump!
I like those All in one cooler, but it doesn't have the gold mayhems liquid, and at that cost, I could pick up a XSPC kit. Not sure though :/

tamzzy · 5 Dec 2013 at 18:30

cahonis said:
Why would the pump die quickly? Because of the additional res?

yea, the pumps are just powerful enough to overcome the cpu block and rad. adding anymore restrictive parts and the pump will not move the coolant along the loop

Avenged7Fold · 5 Dec 2013 at 18:36

The pumps struggle normally, adding to a h60 isn't a great idea. Also that coolant will turn a murky water colour once the silvery particles have been caught in all the threads of the fittings and fins of any waterblocks. It will work fine at this point but the coolant will look more like cloudy river water. From personal experience, very small single block loops with small radiators can let this coolant last a handful of months but larger loops can make the coolant clear within a month.

The 2.2 EK pump is cheap and can handle up two two blocks and a few rads, though for only 10 more quid you can get the 4.0 which is a beast for the money and has been doing one of my 4 block two rad rigs solo.

GavinDavies · 5 Dec 2013 at 18:44

I think the 4.0 will be a bit overkill for this small loop, how about this then?

EK DCP 2.2 (12V DC Pump)
EK-DCP 2.2 X-RES Combo Reservoir
Alphacool 35265 NexXxoS ST30 Radiator 240

skylineboy · 5 Dec 2013 at 18:44

I also would reconsider the coolant based on the limited effect over time/ cost.

A decent pump is always a must in my opinion. The EK DCP 4.0 is a good shout

Edit: it may be overkill but should you change case in a year or two you may end up with more restrictions, better to have the headroom I reckon

GavinDavies · 5 Dec 2013 at 18:47

ok! does that still work with that res?