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Hi Folks,

I am looking to get a new case and a water cooling loop for my main gaming pc.

The spec is currently a E8400 @ 4Ghz, 4GB ram and a 4870 512mb.

I want to get a new case as mine is a bit batter after a few years of upgrades etc but wanted to have a bit of a project over the christmas holidays so want to get a water cooling loop.

This is the spec I have put together.



Reasons for choice

CPU block - good performance and can keep when I eventually upgrade.

Bay res - I am not going to have a window in my case at first so just want something to be able to see the water cooling etc from outside.

Pump - Quiet.

Case - I am going to drill out the rivets on the 3.5" bay drives and put the rad there. It already have the mountings for 2 120mm fans and a front made out of mesh. I'll only need to use the 3 larger bays for 1x bay res, 1 x cd-rw and 1 x hdd in mounting clips.

Also, 140mm top exhaust will be good at removing excess heat

Is this a good setup? I am a bit uncertain on the gain I would get from water cooling temperature wise, my gfx card runs very cool at the mo under an Accelero cooler but my CPU is a bit toasty under a quiet Nocuta.

Thanks

Matt
 
I could get another 120 rad for the exhaust (either 120mm or 140mm).

What pump would you recommend? I would pay more for a quieter running pump
 
DDC1-T with an aftermarket top. the best one is the one with the XSPC res stuck on top available from OCUK.

two bad rads are not better than one good one. The Swiftech rads are fine for single heat sources but would need a lot of airflow (=noise) to cool good cpu/gpu. Get a thicker rad with quality fans.
 
Tat pump does look good however it runs at 24Db! Is there anything that is quieter than that? Would it be worth looking into doing 2 loops, 240mm rad for the cpu and one 140mm rad for the gfx card?
 
I have the 18w DDC on a anti vibration mount I bought and it is very quiet. The 18w will do cpu, nb and gpu in one loop if you wanted it to.

If you have an accelero then I would just do the cpu and the nb if you wanted. For me the heat isn't the limiting factor for overclocking on my gc and it is quiet so air cooling is fine. Where as my q6600, the heat can be a limiting factor in overclocking, that's why I WCed it.

I would also agree on 1 good rad > 2 bad rads. Try and get a Thermal Chill or Feser if you can afford it. I had to go for the Swiftech because of my case and space.

Just my opinion.
 
Ok,

I think I have decided I am going for the 2 loops. I might just get 1 loop for the cpu first and add one later if I want one for the gfx card.

Would to still recommend the above pump for just the cpu or could I get a different one? Also, I wasn't planning on cooling the NB, is there much benefit to doing this?
 
very similar to what i first bought, the swiftech with that pump will not be able to handle GFX and GPU.
ive now upgraded to a TFC and im putting it in a new case to aid airflow, the 300 is going to be rammed the pump/res is massive (well my 750 version is) and theres really no need to have the other reservoir aswell tbh.
i had to go for swiftech due to space restrictions, and it keeps the CPU alittle bit warmer than my push/pull true but a lot quieter.
basically you are doing exactly what i did using nearly exactly the same components, you will need another bottle of feser aswell to fill the res and loop and its good to have one spare in case you need to make changes.
 
Sayso said:
very similar to what i first bought, the swiftech with that pump will not be able to handle GFX and GPU.
ive now upgraded to a TFC and im putting it in a new case to aid airflow, the 300 is going to be rammed the pump/res is massive (well my 750 version is) and theres really no need to have the other reservoir aswell tbh.
i had to go for swiftech due to space restrictions, and it keeps the CPU alittle bit warmer than my push/pull true but a lot quieter.
basically you are doing exactly what i did using nearly exactly the same components, you will need another bottle of feser aswell to fill the res and loop and its good to have one spare in case you need to make changes.
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I am planning on removing the 3.5" drive bays and am going to put the rad there. Is it posible for me to get a bay res/ pump? Are they any good?
 
OK,

I changed my mind. I origionally wanted to get a case that needed very little modding to get watercooling in however I have decided to get the best results I will have to mod a radiator into the roof of a case. (I don't really want an external rad)

I have put the following spec together for just the cpu cooling. I don't know whether I can get away with having a 120.2 or a 120.3 for this set up. I'd prefer the smaller but don't want to compromise performance (also it might dictate which cases I can and can't have)


Thermochill PA120.3 120mm Triple Radiator £52.99

Laing DDC 1-T Pro 10W 12V DC Pump £39.99

EK Supreme i7 Clear Top (Socket A,754,939,AM2,478,LGA775 & LGA1366) CPU Water Block £34.99

XSPC Single Bay Reservoir - Clear £19.99

Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Blue) £6.99

XSPC 7/16 Clear - 1m £2.49

PrimoChill Anti-Kink Coils 5/8"- Black £1.99

If I had a 120.3 would I eventually be able to add a gpu cooler to the loop as it is. Also, should I look into NB cooling?
 
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