Watercooling a Phantom 410

[PureJaz]

I was going to just buy some new fans but have decided i will do my first every watercooling on a system.

Was thinking something like:

OcUK Tech Lab - V12 Watercooling Kit 360

with

Aqua Computer AquagrATIx Waterblock HD 7970

As i have pritty much no idea what how to do this any recommendations as to whether or not this will work and what fittings i will neeD?

 

[passey89]

i wouldn't go for a 360 in a phantom 410. its a nightmare in the full phantom.

i personaly went for the EK kit as i prefer compression fittings to barbs.

I would go for a 240 kit add another 120 / 240 RAD to it

 

[passey89]

you will also need 2 extra barbs / compression fittings ontop of teh kit

 

[PureJaz]

Thank you,

Was a bit worried that it was going to be too big.

So you recommend:

EK-KIT H3O 240 HFX High Performance Watercooling Kit
+
Aqua Computer AquagrATIx Waterblock HD 7970
+
The various fittings i need?

 

[gcaster]

What CPU is it gonna be cooling and what kinda OCs you running. Should be OK with a 240 but pushing it if you're running a hot CPU.

 

[passey89]

you will need these fittings

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-123-EK

I would try and put another 120mm rad in as well to help with the gpu.

go something like

RES --> 240mm RAD ---> CPU ---> 120mm RAD ---> RES

You of you go for that you will need 2 x of those fittings for the gpu block and another 2 for the 120mm RAD.

That should keep everything cool whilst overclocked

 

[PureJaz]

Its an Intel I7 sandybridge.

ATM i'm running it at 4.5 ghz.

With water cooling i obviously would want better. Would 5 GHZ be possible?

 

[gcaster]

Back when I was watercooling 1 GPU I was running my 2500k at 4.8 comfortable enough with a 6950 (unlocked to 6970) in the loop on a single 240 rad. This card will run a bit hotter than yours so you should be fine without the extra 120, my temps were never super low but more than acceptable for me (high 20s idle, then high 60s/low 70s at load) if you want lower than that you'll need the extra rad.

As far as 5GHz goes, temps aren't really the limiting factor when it comes to clocking SB chips and although you'd no doubt be able to handle the heat output of the chip at 5GHz under water it might just not be able to get there stable. If your sole aim of watercooling is to hit 5GHz try clocking it to this on air first to see if the chip can handle it (getting over 4.8 is where the fun starts with SB usually!).