Water cooling setup

MacGruber · 25 Mar 2009 at 17:24

Hi guys, i would really appreciate comments on my watercooling choice of parts,
there will be 2 loops 1 for the CPU and 1 for the GFX card

By Heinrichg

w3bbo · 25 Mar 2009 at 17:41

The res/pump combo is not very powerfull and will definitely not perform well with the CPU loop as you have chosen one of the most restrictive blocks on the planet. Either change the CPU block to something less restrictive or upgrade the res/pump combo. You should be fine for the GPU loop.

MacGruber · 25 Mar 2009 at 19:36

any suggestion for a better i7 cpu block?

Gepetto · 25 Mar 2009 at 20:00

MacGruber said:
any suggestion for a better i7 cpu block?

I'd like to get an opinion on this as well, although for a Socket 775. A write up I read on the EK block showed good temps, but high flow resistance. Better flow resistance on the D-Tek Fuzion with the temps only slightly higher.

Would a D-Tek Fusion be ok with that res/pump combo?

w3bbo · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:30

The EK supreme is one of the best cpu blocks out atm but it needs a good pump to go with it. The Swiftech GTZ comes very close and is much less restrictive.