some warter cool advice please
hi all i have been reading up on water cooling for a few weeks now and have decided to jump in at the deep end just hope i don't get wet
i wanted to stay away form kits so below is a list of my spec plus water cool parts apart from tubing fittings and coolant just want to see what people think
now for my questions
1) what to use compression fittings so i assume i need g1/4 thread for my components is this right
2} what size tubing and fittings would be best to use on my 800d case to max cooling and have good flow rate
3)i will be fitting 240mm rad with 2 120mm fans to the top of the 800d is it best to have the fans pulling air from outside the case through the rad and out the exhaust fan in the back
4) want uv blue coolant any recommendations on brand and amount i will need to buy
thanks in advance spec below
my budget is £1200
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black £214.98
(£179.15) £214.98
(£179.15)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 SUPER OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650HXUK) £103.99
(£86.66) £103.99
(£86.66)
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXMD) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
EK 460 GTX Nickel Acetal Full Cover VGA Waterblock [3831109830178] £66.37
(£55.31) £66.37
(£55.31)
XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump - Clear £54.12
(£45.10) £54.12
(£45.10)
EK Supreme HF Copper Plexi (775/1156/1366/AM3) CPU Water Block [3830046990181] £51.05
(£42.54) £51.05
(£42.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Black Ice GT Stealth 240 Radiator £34.70
(£28.92) £34.70
(£28.92)
Akasa AK-274CB-4BLS 120mm Blue LED Fan £11.22
(£9.35) £22.44
(£18.70)
Akasa AK-178-UV 12" Cold Cathode - Ultra-Violet £9.98
(£8.32) £19.96
(£16.64)
Akasa SATA-II 60cm Blue UV Data Cable £3.98
(£3.32) £11.94
(£9.96)
Sub Total : £1,000.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £203.45
Total : £1,220.72
hi all i have been reading up on water cooling for a few weeks now and have decided to jump in at the deep end just hope i don't get wet
i wanted to stay away form kits so below is a list of my spec plus water cool parts apart from tubing fittings and coolant just want to see what people think
now for my questions
1) what to use compression fittings so i assume i need g1/4 thread for my components is this right
2} what size tubing and fittings would be best to use on my 800d case to max cooling and have good flow rate
3)i will be fitting 240mm rad with 2 120mm fans to the top of the 800d is it best to have the fans pulling air from outside the case through the rad and out the exhaust fan in the back
4) want uv blue coolant any recommendations on brand and amount i will need to buy
thanks in advance spec below
my budget is £1200
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Black £214.98
(£179.15) £214.98
(£179.15)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 SUPER OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £164.99
(£137.49) £164.99
(£137.49)
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1090T Black Edition 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Corsair HX 650W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650HXUK) £103.99
(£86.66) £103.99
(£86.66)
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-17000CL9D-4GBXMD) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
EK 460 GTX Nickel Acetal Full Cover VGA Waterblock [3831109830178] £66.37
(£55.31) £66.37
(£55.31)
XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump - Clear £54.12
(£45.10) £54.12
(£45.10)
EK Supreme HF Copper Plexi (775/1156/1366/AM3) CPU Water Block [3830046990181] £51.05
(£42.54) £51.05
(£42.54)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Black Ice GT Stealth 240 Radiator £34.70
(£28.92) £34.70
(£28.92)
Akasa AK-274CB-4BLS 120mm Blue LED Fan £11.22
(£9.35) £22.44
(£18.70)
Akasa AK-178-UV 12" Cold Cathode - Ultra-Violet £9.98
(£8.32) £19.96
(£16.64)
Akasa SATA-II 60cm Blue UV Data Cable £3.98
(£3.32) £11.94
(£9.96)
Sub Total : £1,000.42
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £16.85
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £203.45
Total : £1,220.72
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