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Massive Attack

Massive Attack

Massive Attack

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hi guys recently got a core 2 duo and a new mobo its rather hot so im looking into water cooling, i have a lian li pc7 (mobo in sig) and i want to cool the mobo using water i have found a site that does special blocks for them, i need some help selecting the correct components and i want to cool the following:

E6600 ( as of yet not overclocked, definatly planned tho)
mobo (v regs, NB and SB , *oi no competitors!* )
2x 7900GS overclocked to 620/1800

i was wondering will 1 single 240 rad cover this or 1x120 rad and 1x240 rad looking at the danger den black ice series


cheers



here is a pic of the board with the custom made water blocks

http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dfi680fullqe1.jpg
 
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A PA120.2 will be fine for the GFX. A PA120.1 will be wnough for the CPU but will limit your overclocks a tad. 2 -120.2 loops would be the best bet IMO.
 
Move the HDDs into the 5 1/4 bays, move the PSU down to the bottom HDD tray area and you can fit a triple rad in the roof.
 
A bit too much to squeeze inside a PC-7, I'd seriously consider getting a larger case, unless you want to position rads externally.
 
How many HDDs do you have??

Much cleaner (and easier to bleed) to put PA120.3 in the base of the v2000 - & it still allows installation of 6x HDDs in the lower rack...

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i have 5 hdds i like your v2000 did you drill new holes to relocate the hdd rak/holder then? do you have anymore pics, if i made a loop it will be quite complex has i would need 6 water blocks
 
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MikeTimbers said:
New to water-cooling and you want to do a six-block loop? Might I ask why?
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mobo has NB, SB, MOSFETS which all get really really hot, CPU and SLI gfx = 6 blocks, my mobo is sitting at 50 idle at stock im probably going to start off with 4 and add the sli later
 
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With respect and meaning no offense, you are asking for major trouble unless you are a plumber! First time water-cooling does not generally include cooling six items in a single loop. Most experienced water-coolers have come to the collective conclusion that there is no point cooling chipsets and motherboard components. Get some heatsinks for them, run a nice slow 7v 120mm fan wafting air over the motherboard and you'll be fine.

Concentrate for the time being on getting your cpu (if you must your gpu although again I'd go with a good after-market heatpipe cooler like the ones from Zalman) properly cooled with a high-quality block, pump and rad. See how you like it before you invest serious money in a six-block rig only to find it's a lot harder than you think.
 
MikeTimbers said:
With respect and meaning no offense, you are asking for major trouble unless you are a plumber! First time water-cooling does not generally include cooling six items in a single loop. Most experienced water-coolers have come to the collective conclusion that there is no point cooling chipsets and motherboard components. Get some heatsinks for them, run a nice slow 7v 120mm fan wafting air over the motherboard and you'll be fine.

Concentrate for the time being on getting your cpu (if you must your gpu although again I'd go with a good after-market heatpipe cooler like the ones from Zalman) properly cooled with a high-quality block, pump and rad. See how you like it before you invest serious money in a six-block rig only to find it's a lot harder than you think.
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LOOOOL
 
MikeTimbers said:
With respect and meaning no offense, you are asking for major trouble unless you are a plumber! First time water-cooling does not generally include cooling six items in a single loop. Most experienced water-coolers have come to the collective conclusion that there is no point cooling chipsets and motherboard components. Get some heatsinks for them, run a nice slow 7v 120mm fan wafting air over the motherboard and you'll be fine.

Concentrate for the time being on getting your cpu (if you must your gpu although again I'd go with a good after-market heatpipe cooler like the ones from Zalman) properly cooled with a high-quality block, pump and rad. See how you like it before you invest serious money in a six-block rig only to find it's a lot harder than you think.
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ok thanks for the advice, as i said i have no clue about water, there is a heatpipe cooler on the NB and it came with my mobo its complete rubbish dont know what Dfi were thinking i am going to replace this with a thermalright HR-05 with a 7v fan, which is what i have on my southbridge at the moment keeps it at 45 load with no fan on, i have some zalman VF-700 s on my graphics cards what would you recomend upgrading these to as they are at 48 idle.
 
Massive Attack said:
ok thanks for the advice, as i said i have no clue about water, there is a heatpipe cooler on the NB and it came with my mobo its complete rubbish dont know what Dfi were thinking i am going to replace this with a thermalright HR-05 with a 7v fan, which is what i have on my southbridge at the moment keeps it at 45 load with no fan on, i have some zalman VF-700 s on my graphics cards what would you recomend upgrading these to as they are at 48 idle.
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feel free to tell me i'm talking crap but i'm sure zalman did a decent cooler for the mb where you had to bend the pins. was a PITA but it worked really well on the NF4 boards... don't know about your setup but worth looking into. i know when i was looking at water cooling gfx and cpu were going to need a fair bit of planning, let alone blocks on the mobo as well.
 
OK, do me a favour. I have sigs turned off because they're generally uninteresting and eat bandwidth. Could you list your existing components? What mobo do you have? What graphics card will you be using?

I'm interested now and that's unusual so give me all the facts. How do you know your mobo is running hot? How hot? Has it any negative effects or is it just that you would like it to be cooler? Have you a picture of how it's currently set up? What case fans are you using in the PC7?
 
MikeTimbers said:
OK, do me a favour. I have sigs turned off because they're generally uninteresting and eat bandwidth. Could you list your existing components? What mobo do you have? What graphics card will you be using?

I'm interested now and that's unusual so give me all the facts. How do you know your mobo is running hot? How hot? Has it any negative effects or is it just that you would like it to be cooler? Have you a picture of how it's currently set up? What case fans are you using in the PC7?
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right my rig below, how hot you ask 52 Idle @ stock its not affecting my system but i want it cooler so i can get a decent overclock i am using everest ultimate to mesure temps, i am using zalman 120mm fans which push 87cfm at full speed and around 40 at slow i have a pic but its not very good

http://img164.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00251ly3.jpg

the 120 fan on the side is inatking as is the front, the back is an outake also have the psu and an 800 at the top outaking, i am looking at changing my case as you can see i have a lot in there and 5 hdds, i am looking at the Lian Li A16B as it is like the pc7 but it will allow better storage of the HDDs and it will be easier to cut a PA120.2 at the top

E6600
DFI 680I LT
2GB Geil DDR2-800
7900GS Sli (620/1800)
2.1TB (5 HDDS)
Corsair HX520
X-Fi
 
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