My first watercooling kit!

[zero-one]

Hiya

After doing lots of reading on forums and the like - i've decided to jump on the ever growing water cooling bandwagon.

As i said, i've done a lot of reading and have come up with the following build -


D-TEK FuZion v2 CPU Block
Swiftech MCW60 GPU Block
1/2" Barbs (prob the EK ones)
1/2 Hose Clips (i'm paranoid!)
XSPC X2O 400 Pump and Reservoir - Clear
XSPC RS240 120mm Radiator - Black
2 Yate Loons
7/16" Masterkleer Tubing
Feser One Blue
Swiftech MCB-120 Radbox

Cooling the parts in my sig.

Not really doing it to increase overclock or signifcantly decrease temps/noise. More an experiment really. It's something i've always wanted to do.

I was looking at one of the kits but i think i'd get much more satisfaction from doing a custom build.

Do you think its a good spec? Where could it be improved?

EDIT: Forgot to ask: will i need any sealing tape? These are the barbs i was looking at : Link

 

[Cob]

No you won't need sealing tape with 7/16" tubing on 1/2" barbs.

If you're going to put a graphics card in the loop then you'd be better looking at a 240mm radiator.

 

[zero-one]

Thanks for the help Cob. I've changed it to the 240 version of the same rad.

What do you think of the other parts? I wasn't going for supreme cooling. I wanted good blocks but wasn't to going to go overboard on the pump, res and rad.

 

[Cob]

The rest looks ok. But have you got space in your case for the XSPC X2O 400 Pump and Reservoir? It's 90mm wide and 70mm high (nit including the barbs).

 

[zero-one]

I've only 1 of the drive cages in at the bottom and one DVD drive at the top so it should be okay. I'll measure up tonight before i buy.

Thanks for the help again. It always good to have some expert help.