Water cooling A8N32-Sli in V1000

Day03 · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:23

I was thinking about installing a watercooling inside my V1000 with A8N32-Sli mobo and was hoping that I can get some advice on what parts to cool and where to place the watercooling components. I'm not doing this to get better overclocking but it just gives me something to do with the PC and also looks cool under UV. My system is running very quiet on air and would like to keep it quiet with water cooling. I don't think that a radiator with 3 fans is something that will suit me as it will deffinatelly increase the noise. Can I get away with using a radiator with a single fan? My CPU is set to Cool & Quiet and overclocks to 2.4GHz at 100% load, my GFX card is not overcloked so I don't think that it need that much cooling. On the A8N32-Sli mobo do I remove the heatpipe and cool the chipsets and Mosfets or is it better to leave it on. I don't want to use that noisy blower fan for the heatpipe when the CPU is passively cooled. Can all the cooling components be installed inside the case or do some have to be outside?

Day03 · 8 Jun 2006 at 22:39

I've looked at the Resorator but it is a huge thing. It looks stylish but at present I don't have the space to put it.

Day03 · 9 Jun 2006 at 19:24

Looks like the most difficult thing to do is installing the rad inside the case. How much cooling would 1 fan rad provide and that's when it's inside the case?

Day03 · 9 Jun 2006 at 21:56

Mounting the radiator outside the case is not a problem for me but I would like it within the case. I looked at the Swiftec H2O-120 with a single radiator and that might do the job. I will not be doing any serious overclocking so don't need supercooling with a bigger radiator. I think that the radiator might fit where the front intake fan is and then move the HHD rack to the drive bays.

Day03 · 9 Jun 2006 at 22:45

I was looking at the H2O-120 Premium kit but I'm not sure about the pump that it comes with. From the specs it seems quite noisy at 24-26dB so was looking at the Swiftech MCP655 pump. I haven't found yet the noise levels it produces but in the description it says that it has improved noise levels and also the speed can be controlled to make it more quiet. As I'm not using it for major overclocking it does not need to be running at full power. Collecting the components separatelly even with the more expensive pump is not going to be that much more than buying the H2O-120 Premium kit.

Day03 · 9 Jun 2006 at 22:48

I also will be adding a GPU cooling block. . I've got the 6800GT and currently it's temp is below 40C so doesn't need much cooling.