What PSU you get?
this thread has made me laugh quite a lot, but I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks when it all eventually works
Good to hear!
My money is on the psu.
So what is your new res and pump?
There are many easy ways to drain a loop.
It all depends on the the loop though.
Some with T line/ drain line at the very bottom of the loop.
Some use the fill line as the drain line as well, but have to tip the case upside down.
Some use Quick disconnects.
I first started with a res/pump combo(DDC with XSPC res top) and did the tubing long enough so I can take the pump/res out of the case and drain by simply unscrewing the tube connected to the pump.
But now I use Quick Disconnects.
sorry to see your luck hasn't improved over the years
all is working now how it shouldglad to see you got most of it up and working
-gives gold sticker- ;D
Need bench marks and temps!
Well you don't have a CPU fan now! that is why bios is giving an error. Many mobos will see it as you have not connected your Air cooled Heat sinks fan. But since you have water cooled, you can either disable it as you did, or connect any other fan to it so bios would not be "confused"
Some pumps have a wire to read the rotation speed, you will have to check if your pump has this, if so you can connect it to the CPU fan header.
Can you do some google-fu and see how the temps are for watercooled Phenom II 965s?
CPU370 is just a tiny bit better in temps than a full nickel EK supreme HF. Also your loop will be a tad bit "warmer" because of the GPU cooling as well,(Compared to a cpu only loop - but not by much)
How hot is your room temp?
When I had my Q6600 overclocked to 3.24 and HD6950(unlocked and Overclocked), it was about 3C higher than room temp for the CPU and 7C higher than room temp for the GPU (room temp around 20C)
You should not compare 2 loops directly as many aspects are different, but you can get the rough idea.
Nice temps! Wonder how this would perform with a 2nd 6950...
Could you please re-post some pics of the Graphics Card? I've got the same card and am wondering exactly what you did with the VRAM!