Water cooling loop components

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:27

Firstly hey everyone, i've read these boards for quite a while but never posted..

I want to build a water cooling loop into my newly upgraded pc, but im not sure which parts to get. I've looked around at reviews etc but havent found many up to date or parts in the UK. My case hasnt got room for a 240mm rad, but i could put two 120mm rads sequentiality or would using a cpu block with two outlets to go to two 120mm rads the back to the resivoir be better? I have two iceQ 6950's which i wont put into the loop.

tl;dr

Im looking for;
CPU Block
Radiator/s
Pump
Resivoir
and the smaller tubing 3/8's?

Cheers.

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:43

Double post.

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:50

budget?

Here's a spec anyway

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool Clear HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
2 x Phobya G-Changer 120 Ver. 1.2 Black £33.98 (£67.96)
1 x Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 10 LT £16.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 15,9/11mm (7/16ID) Clear 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
10 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 7/16 [16/11mm] - G1/4 - Nickel [3831109845011] £2.99 (£29.90)
Total : £327.53 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:55

Here's one with 3/8 tubing and fittings:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool Clear HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
2 x Phobya G-Changer 120 Ver. 1.2 Black £33.98 (£67.96)
1 x Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 10 LT £16.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) Clear 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
10 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£27.50)
Total : £325.13 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 17:59

Cheers for the quick reply mate. Budget is a max of £300 or pretty damn close. That spec looks good, did you see my edit ref. a waterblock with 2 outputs? Would that make any real difference?

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:01

Cleeecooo said:
Here's one with 3/8 tubing and fittings:

Thats smaller tubing right? :confused:

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:12

Staffy50 said:
Cheers for the quick reply mate. Budget is a max of £300 or pretty damn close. That spec looks good, did you see my edit ref. a waterblock with 2 outputs? Would that make any real difference?

The CPU block has one outlet and one inlet. That's the best way to do it. Not sure what you mean :confused:

Staffy50 said:
Thats smaller tubing right?

yes. the 3/8 in the second spec is smaller

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:27

The rads are out of stock. Any other reccomendations?

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 18:33

Changed them to better (but more expensive) rads:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool Clear HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
2 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 120 - Black £44.99 (£89.98)
1 x Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 10 LT £16.99
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1850 RPM - 3 Pin £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) Clear 3.3m £10.88
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
10 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£27.50)
Total : £347.14 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 19:27

Would i be able to run this loop with just one of the rads? Its for an overclocked i5 2500k. Also would 1L of fluid be enough?

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 19:46

Staffy50 said:
Would i be able to run this loop with just one of the rads? Its for an overclocked i5 2500k.
yes, but i would just use both. Te extra rad won't hurt and will keep your temps low enough when the 120 rad may be pushing it a little depending on the volts used and the OC

Also would 1L of fluid be enough?
yes, but you may aswell buy 2

Hyburnate · 23 Dec 2011 at 20:59

YOUR BASKET
1 x EK Supreme LTX CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £32.99
1 x EK DCP 2.2 Pump (12v) £29.99
1 x XSPC EX120 120mm Radiator - Black £29.99
1 x EK Reservoir Combo DCP 4.0 £24.98
1 x Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £8.99
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
1 x Arctic Silver ArctiClean Thermal Material Remover and Surface Purifier - 60ml Kit £6.98
2 x Mayhems Ultra Pure H20 Watercooling Fluid 1L £4.68 (£9.36)
1 x Silver Anti Algae Kill Coil - Pulse £3.98
6 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 7/16 [16/12mm] - G1/4 - Black £3.50 (£21.00)
2 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99 (£5.98)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £196.06 (includes shipping : £10.00).

The fans and the liquid are just a placeholder, don't know what colour you wanted.

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:29

Hyburnate said:
The fans and the liquid are just a placeholder, don't know what colour you wanted.

Cheers for the spec. I dont need fans as i have enough spares and im thinking the pastel blue would be the best colour. The algae killer is sold out

will look elseware for it.

How do you export these lists from Your Basket?

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:31

OcUK shopping basket pp for chrome

Use mayhems biocide

The pump in my spec is significantly better than the horrid EK one. If you can afford it, go for it

Hyburnate · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:33

Cleeecooo said:
OcUK shopping basket pp for chrome

Use mayhems biocide

The pump in my spec is significantly better than the horrid EK one. If you can afford it, go for it

Excuse me

I love my pump, it does the same job as your one but yours is significantly dearer. Why so much on a pump?

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:39

Cleeecooo said:
OcUK shopping basket pp for chrome

Link? Is there anything like that for firefox?

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:39

Hyburnate said:
Excuse me I love my pump, it does the same job as your one but yours is significantly dearer. Why so much on a pump?

£40

To be fair, I'm putting 5 blocks, 2 res and possibly 2 rads in my loop

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:39

Staffy50 said:
Link? Is there anything like that for firefox?

On phone so cant link. Google OcUK shopper.

Staffy50 · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:52

Okay, can you see any probs with this setup? I play on adding two grfx blocks at some point, so need the extra give in the loop for that.

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Tech Lab - D5 Vario Pump & Alphacool Clear HF D5 Top Value Combo £84.98
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi £56.99
2 x Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator SR1 120 - Black £44.99 (£89.98)
1 x EK Multioption Reservoir X2 150 Advanced £33.98
1 x Mayhems Pastel - Raspberry Purple Coolant 1L £14.99
1 x Masterkleer Hose Pack PVC 16/10mm (3/8ID) Clear 3.3m £10.88
1 x Mayhems Biocide 10ml £5.99
10 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 10mm 3/8" - G1/4 - Nickel - [Ideal for EK Kits] £2.75 (£27.50)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £338.57 (includes shipping : £10.00).

Cleeecooo · 23 Dec 2011 at 21:54

Aluminium tubing cutter

All good otherwise