My first foray into water cooling. tips and advice please.

Chocki

Chocki

Chocki

Associate
Joined
18 Oct 2002
Posts
1,682
Location
Wolverhampton UK
Here goes.

The line up so far.

ASUS Striker II Extreme nForce 790 Ultra SLi

2 x 1GB OCZ FLEX XLX DDR3-1600 memory

 Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9650 "LGA775 Yorkfield" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Lian-Li PC-V2000B case

2 x Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 rpm SATA 16MB Cache

Gainward nVidia GeForce 9800GTX BLISS 512MB....

3L Fluid XP Extreme

Thermochill PA120.3 120mm Triple Radiator
Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655 12 VDC Pump

2x GUP Japan Smart Drive 2002C Hard Drive Silencer
EK Multioption Reservoir 250

This is what I have so far.

As you may have guesed, I'm going to be building a bit of a beast (I hope).

Looking to get another graphics card, another pump, require advice on PSU and fans. I would like this to be powerful yet quiet.

Will also be getting a soundcard, always been a creative fan, but not sure if this is still the way to go, Oh and will be running Vista 32bit.

Once I get everything I need, will start the build and keep an update on here incase anyone is interested.

So any advice please?.
 
Finally built it !

http://www.infamous.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/MyPC.jpg

works very well, but don't go near FluidXP. It's like treacle and the pump won't pump it. Currently diluted 50% with deionised water until I replace it all with something better.

Haven't had time to seriously overclock it yet, but has been running at 4gigs but not 24/7 stable. Quad core overclocking takes more time than previous systems and I haven't had enough spare time yet.

Graphics card clocks extremely well and remains very cool.

So far so good.

For info.

The res I have mounted upside down!. This gives one 1/2" outlet straight into the pump, a lot easier to bleed. > into rad > into Fusion v2 with quad core insert > into T block.
From here it splits with 1/2" continuing at 90Degrees into the graphics cooler which then returns to one of the ports on the reservoir via 1/2" tubing.
The other split (Straight on) reduces to 3/8" for the fusion block > then into another T block.
This splits into two 1/4" tubes which are conected to one stick of memory each, out of this they recombine via another T block and continue in 1/4" back to another port on the reservoir.

What happens is the flow splits nicely between the graphics card and the fusion and memory with good ballanced flows through everything.

In short, it works just as I planned it.

The final line up:
ASUS Striker II Extreme nForce 790 Ultra SLi

2 x 1GB OCZ FLEX XLX DDR3-1600 memory

Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9650 "LGA775 Yorkfield" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Lian-Li PC-V2000B case

2 x Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 rpm SATA 16MB Cache

Gainward nVidia GeForce 9800GTX BLISS 512MB....

3L Fluid XP Extreme

Thermochill PA120.3 120mm Triple Radiator
Swiftech Laing D5 Vario MCP655 12 VDC Pump

2x GUP Japan Smart Drive 2002C Hard Drive Silencer
EK Multioption Reservoir 250

SilenX fans throughout.

Physx card

Asus Sonar D2X soundcard in PCIx slot

Plextor DVDr

Floppy

and a Coolermaster 1000w PSU
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom