Watercooling advice :)

BigDom

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Back in the day when watercooling was fairly new naturally a lot of rigs where DIY or semi-DIY with stuff like heater matrix's for rads etc.

I'm thinking about my next project when Project Red alert is finished and thinking of making use of the biggest case I have. a full tower case which has TON'S of space inside and doing a watercooling project off it.

However I'd like to keep the budget right down so would like advice on cheap options for the Rad, Res ( if I need one ) and Pump plus which are the best choices for waterblocks (Graphics, CPU (939) and possibly NB).

This project will be a single GPU project.
 
Thanks guys, guess with a rad being only £25 I'd not get a heater matrix any cheaper so worth getting a purpose built one. Where would be the best place for the Rad? Being a full tower case I have a fair amount of choice.

Is there a chipset block ( assume that's for a NB ) available which would fit over an AN8 NB ( check my photo in the NB cooling thread for the problem :) ).
 
Mmm Roof of the case sounds tempting, the top of the case has a 'lid' on it which sits over the floppy drive bay. Don't use a floppy so can cut out the mounting for that and a 3 1/2 HDD bay behind it leaving a 2" high bay for the rad with a pair of 120mm fans mounted below in the main case and a large whole suitably decorated in the top of the case lid.

There is a LOT of space in that area, above the PSU ( which is in a very typical position overlapping the Mobo ) there is more than the space for a second PSU. Occured to me I could mount the fan and res there? So then just two pipes go below to the water blocks?
 
Ahhh cool - with a T-Line does the configuration have to be like that or can the pump be quite high up? I'm thinking about the potential configuration I have in mind.

Radiator in the roof of the case with two 120mm fans blowing upwards through the rad and out of a suitable hole in the top of the case.

T-Line say coming down at the rear of the case ( internally ) behind the Rad to a T by the pump mounted above the PSU (I'd fabricate a shelf for it ) about 10" below the Rad.

Then pair of pipes dropping down to feed the cooling blocks.

Incidently is the T-Line open to the air?
 
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