Water Cooling

Uncleiven

Uncleiven

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I am looking at water cooling my CPU (Q6600) once I have my new P182 case.

The case has the two holes to enable the tubing to enter and exit the case which is good.

My idea is to have the reservoir and things in a separate TV cabinet which is about 1 meter away from my case so it is out of the way and things, can this be done??? So I will need to run over 1.5m of tubing each way, is this ok?

What will actually need to go inside the system apart from the CPU cooler block (I am looking at DangerDen TDX Block)??

So basically if some can advise me on all the parts I will need then that would be great or maybe even a kit :)

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Should be able to work i think a list of parts that you would need are:

Cpu block : I would advise a D-Tek Fuzion or a XSPC Delta
Pump : Go for a 18W DDC Laing with a top of your choice but i think Alphacool came out on top in a review i seen but they are all very close to each other
Radiatior: Thermochill PA120.2 or 3 (depends on budget)
and a T Line or res for filling your system
 
why are you putting things in a separate TV cabinet, should easily be able to fit all parts in a p182 with radiator mounted at back or in the roof if you are willing to do some modding :)
 
I wouldn't bother with the Zalman if you're overclocking, even the newest one will likely struggle with a quad core unless you turn the fan up to the full speed (1600RPM) which, by my standards at least, is pretty loud.

I would suggest a FuZion block, Swiftec micro res, DDC 18w pump and a 120.2 or 120.3 rad (Thermochill being the best). For fans Yate Loon/Nexus are my favourites, good airflow with low noise.
 
Uncleiven said:
so is that a deff no no on these types of kits for overclocking.
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No its not, the Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System will handle a Q6600 up to 1.6Vcore if its a G0 stepping. How much you can overclock it before the fan noise get to you is up to you, but you would probably be able to find a happy medium around 3-3.2Ghz I reckon.

Zalman Reserator2 Fanless Water Cooling System is not going make it as an effective cooling system for overclocking a Q6600. At stock it would be ok, just.
 
id definately go with a custom kit over the Reserator personally, as Raikiri said, D-tek Fuzion cpu block, 18w DDC pump, Thermochill pa120.2/3 depending on room and a reservoir that suits you case best would be my choice :)
 
D-Tek Fuzion
Laing DDC 18W Pump
The biggest XSPC Aluminium Passive Reservoir that will fit in your case (250mm at least)
A 10 or 12-element Cape-Cora Passive radiator with stands

Put the pump, reservoir and block (obviously) inside your chosen case and stand the radiator out of the way somewhere externally. You need a really hefty pump for this sort of system, but the 18W Laing is up to the job. The idea is that there is oodles of cool water in the system so the relatively poor radiator capacity isn't an issue. After about 1 hour it will equilibrate and then it'll just be stable.

It's totally silent and will even cool a decent graphics card as well. Six elements is the recommended number for a Quad, but I like 10 or 12 as it does give plenty of capacity.
 
I got a PA160 in the front of a P180, it involved cutting the case internals about but it went in after a lot of dremeling. There's a great worklog of the project I copied on XS here. Temps were good and it was all internal.
 
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