My custom water set up so far.

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As the title say's this is my custom water set up so far-

Note - using a H50 atm Radiator(24 FPI)

Black Ice GT Stealth 120.3 120mm Triple Lite Radiator(30 FPI )

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-022-BX&groupid=962&catid=1523&subcat=

Akasa AK-FN059 120mm Ultra Quiet Viper Cool Fan(using one already, will suite the GT Stealth) -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-059-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4

Heatkiller CPU Waterblock Revision 3 (Socket LGA1366)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-000-HK&groupid=962&catid=1519&subcat=

XSPC Razor 5870 Full Cover VGA Water-Block agood performer for the price - (review)

http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=920&page=1

All of the above get very good review's

Masterkleer Tubing PVC >A little advice - what is the best way to cut tubing?

Cheer's oldphart.:)
 
if you're cooling CPU and GPU then don't go for a slim rad unless you plan on getting a load of high rpm fans, get a thermochill instead otherwise you'll wish that you didn't switch to WC
 
OLDPHART said:
Masterkleer Tubing PVC >A little advice - what is the best way to cut tubing?

Cheer's oldphart.:)
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I personally use a sharp stanly knife once i have my measurements, squish the tube abit and cut away, have a few cut marks in my computer table due to that but nothing varnish will hide lol.

Others use tube cutters, some scissors, some knives like me, its basically what you have, and what cuts good generally.
 
HW > **If you're cooling CPU and GPU then don't go for a slim rad unless you plan on getting a load of high rpm fans, get a thermochill instead otherwise you'll wish that you didn't switch to WC.**

I hear what you say, but l'll take that chance, l can only try it at the end of the day and report the outcome > temps + noise.

Using one already on my H50 + 1xApache(at 1400rpm they are silent, l can't hear them even with my side panel off) I can just hear the the Viper at 2000rpm and my case is right be side me, when set to PWM in Bios, the Viper just went to about 1640rpm, could not hear it at all

As the Viper is just a faster version of the Apache, don't really expect that much noise with it being on PWM. Thats if the Viper Spin's up to 1640 with the GT Stealth + 3 Viper's. The GT stealth being a better spec rad even at a 120mm rad spec
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GT Stealth -157x133x29mm:30FPI:should beat the H5O TEMP'S

GT Stealth -397mmx133 mmx 29.60 mm:30FPI. Rad will be external + 3 Viper's push PWM, but have a spare 120mm fan l could mount on the oposite side to make the top Viper a push/pull config so improving performance.

H50 -120mm x 120mm x 25mm:24FPI. push/pull config.

NathWraith >I'd highly reccomend the Black Ice Stealth GT series of radiators.

Would be interrested to know what fan's he is using on his rig? NatWraith come on m8 give us some temp's ,etc please.;)

RJONKEILL > cheer's. :)
 
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HW >
NathWraith >I'd highly reccomend the Black Ice Stealth GT series of radiators.

Would be interrested to know what fan's he is using on his rig? NatWraith come on m8 give us some temp's ,etc please.;)
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I'll get some screens up tonight later hopefully for you guys. Im using three 900RPM Nanoxia 120mm fans on my rad blowing cold air through it.

At 4GHz on my 960
CPU idle:35C
GPU idle:30C

CPU load:70-75C
GPU load:45-50C

That was last week when I checked when it was rather hot, around 26C ambient temp in the room!

Hope this helps
 
Hi NatWraith, them temp's arn't bad at all after checking the spec of your fan's-

900RPM Nanoxia 120mm fan -

Dimensions: 120x120x25mm
Black frame. UV-reactive green fan blades
Nominal voltage: 12V
Operating range: 4-13 VDC
Airflow: 34,70CFM (max) / 59,0m³/h
Current draw: 0,07A (max)
Power consumption: 0,84W
Noise emission: 13,5 dB(A)
Nominal speed: 900rpm
Connector: 3-Pin

LOL, as you can guess, you now l'm about to say get them Indian's on > Apache's fitted, but am l right in thinking they go with your rig colour scheme? But supprised you did not fit the 1200RPM Nanoxia 120 noise level is only 20.00dB(A) they should be near silent giving better performance.

Any way looking forward to some screenies!!!!:)
 
OLDPHART said:
Hi NatWraith, them temp's arn't bad at all after checking the spec of your fan's-

900RPM Nanoxia 120mm fan -

Dimensions: 120x120x25mm
Black frame. UV-reactive green fan blades
Nominal voltage: 12V
Operating range: 4-13 VDC
Airflow: 34,70CFM (max) / 59,0m³/h
Current draw: 0,07A (max)
Power consumption: 0,84W
Noise emission: 13,5 dB(A)
Nominal speed: 900rpm
Connector: 3-Pin

LOL, as you can guess, you now l'm about to say get them Indian's on > Apache's fitted, but am l right in thinking they go with your rig colour scheme? But supprised you did not fit the 1200RPM Nanoxia 120 noise level is only 20.00dB(A) they should be near silent giving better performance.

Any way looking forward to some screenies!!!!:)
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Cheers, yeah I was going to get the 1200rpm ones but were I got them from didn't have them in at the time so I just settled for the 900rpms lol. Gonna put some shots up on photobucket now.
 
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Here is my 960 @ 4GHz 1600MHz on the RAM and 900MHz OC on the graphics core:

3DMarkVantage4GHzOCedGFX900MHz.png


Here is rjk's 980X (in my rig) @ 4GHz 1600MHz on the RAM running Prime 95:

980x4GhzRAM1600.jpg


I'm cooling my mosfets and I have a full cover motherboard block aswell just for the record (Rampage II Extreme), so anyone who says you can'y cool a fully watercooled system on a thin triple rad is talking lies!
I need to get some more up to date shots!
 
NathWraith said:
I'll get some screens up tonight later hopefully for you guys. Im using three 900RPM Nanoxia 120mm fans on my rad blowing cold air through it.

At 4GHz on my 960
CPU idle:35C
GPU idle:30C

CPU load:70-75C
GPU load:45-50C

That was last week when I checked when it was rather hot, around 26C ambient temp in the room!

Hope this helps
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TBH, that's not really the greatest temps. My loop is certainly more restrictive, has 2 gpu blocks as well, and has less cooling power than the ones you're all talking about and I get temps like that, if not better.

Slim rads + high fin density + slow spinning fans = probably the worst possible cooling power IMHO. In my experience the only way to make high fin density rads work well is to have noisy high speed fans.
 
wolvers69 said:
TBH, that's not really the greatest temps. My loop is certainly more restrictive, has 2 gpu blocks as well, and has less cooling power than the ones you're all talking about and I get temps like that, if not better.

Slim rads + high fin density + slow spinning fans = probably the worst possible cooling power IMHO. In my experience the only way to make high fin density rads work well is to have noisy high speed fans.
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I wasn't stating I had the best temps. The OP wanted to know if a the Black Ice Stealth GT 360 would be good enough for his rig. I have proved that it is more than enough.

My W/C setup is more around silence and discreetness (thin rad) rather than ultra low temperatures.

What kind of setup are you running? (just out of interest)
 
NathWraith said:
I'm cooling my mosfets and I have a full cover motherboard block aswell just for the record (Rampage II Extreme), so anyone who says you can'y cool a fully watercooled system on a thin triple rad is talking lies!
I need to get some more up to date shots!
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Richard built my rig via a single loop system. One rad. Cooling is excellent. My temperatures are always very low.

Trying to save up money for his services again.

sam
 
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I wasn't stating I had the best temps. The OP wanted to know if a the Black Ice Stealth GT 360 would be good enough for his rig. I have proved that it is more than enough.

My W/C setup is more around silence and discreetness (thin rad) rather than ultra low temperatures.

What kind of setup are you running? (just out of interest)
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Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that it the temps were bad or anything, just that I think it's far from an optimal set up.

I'm running a DDC with XSPC res/top, 2 x 92.1 rads, 2 x 120.1 rads (with one fan sandwiched between them), dtek fuzion v2 on i7, 2 x EK 5850 full covers and a lot of lengths of 3/8 hose in a HTPC case! So like I say, very restrictive/low flow and with an extra GPU getting roughly the same temps as you. There's a link in my sig if you want to have a look.

IMO, it's the low density fin rads that are much more efficient with slow spinning fans. High density fin rads have the potential to perform better, due to the increased fin surface area, but they need faster spinning fans with higher static pressure to achieve that. I've used BI rads before but found that I needed to use higher fan speeds for the same temps that rads like the XSPC RX and Thermochill rads can achieve with lower rpm fans.

Edit, just read your comments about the motherboard block as well, didn't notice that.
 
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wolvers69 said:
IMO, it's the low density fin rads that are much more efficient with slow spinning fans. High density fin rads have the potential to perform better, due to the increased fin surface area, but they need faster spinning fans with higher static pressure to achieve that.

Edit, just read your comments about the motherboard block as well, didn't notice that.
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I have been consderring going for the 1200RPM version of my fans to get the temps down alittle, well I say considering they were the ones I wanted in the first place!

Im thinking of adding an extra double rad in at some point probably when I finally go crossfire.
 
I just buy faster fans, up to 2000rpm, and then slow them down to the speed that I want for silence. That way I can always run them faster if I want/need to.
 
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