Watercooling a Sugo SG05...

godinman · 11 Sep 2009 at 11:51

Sort of.

I've recently got one of these - Corsair H50. Which i've managed to fit where the 120mm fan goes, and it seems to work ok:O

The only modding I had to do was drill the 120mm holes about 10mm lower, allowing me to screw the rad in without it interfering with the HDD caddy. (tho it's mounted sideways and I only have a 2.5" HDD, I think if you had a 3.5 HDD in you'd have more trouble).

The reason i'm posting is to show off slightly (this is my first attempt at watercooling) and to ask a couple of questions. Should the pump be totally silent? As I do have a slight mechanical 'clicking' sound. And is the rad okay on it's side?

Thanks

godinman · 11 Sep 2009 at 13:04

Thanks for that, will post some pics tonight

It's a closed system so if it has got air in it, I suppose i'd have to send it back to OCUK/Corsair?

godinman · 11 Sep 2009 at 16:54

Thanks Tute

godinman · 11 Sep 2009 at 20:55

Got some pics, taken off a blackberry so not great...

It's still fairly quiet, but that ticking noise is annoying me, only because it's now louder than it was on air...

Also had a go at overclocking on the board, managed 3.6ish, went for 4ghz but then the woman wanted to watch a film so shall have to try again tomorrow.

And yes, the case is a mess, but cable management just doesn't happen in this case, it was better before honest!

godinman · 12 Sep 2009 at 09:09

Yeah that's the noise, it's a real shame because it's such a tidy piece of kit.

If I find a solution other than replacement I'll post it here.

godinman · 13 Sep 2009 at 21:02

Thanks for all of the replies

I've been on to Corsair myself and will be sending the unit back.

This is what ramguy from the Corsair tech forum says,

If the noise is loud enough for you to hear it while using the system then it is too loud and we can replace it for you. If you can only hear it with the side of the case off and with your ear next to the case, then there may be a slight buzz.

I can hear mine from across the room, hence the RMA.

And thanks JonJ678, it does seem to work well with that case.

godinman · 16 Sep 2009 at 13:01

Darn, thats a bugger

I wonder if you could just cut the pipes and add in your own res...would screw the warranty but at least you could make sure it's full..hmmmmm

Thanks for the info

godinman · 21 Sep 2009 at 12:40

I have attempted to tidy the case up a bit, to be honest I think it's marginally worse than when I started.

Also put my 3Ghz E8400 in with 4GB of dominator ram, I took them out of my main desktop as, to be honest it just doesn't get used much anymore.