Watercooling Config

[uZi]

Hi, planning on upgrading to a opteron 170 setup, using a DFI nf4 expert, and also a 1900xt, probs be running g skill ZX ram too

First of all, will my Maze4 fit the 1900? - its around a year old.. maybe a bit less

(im thinking yes, as ive been told the 1900 has the same fittings as a 7800 - which im sure a maze4 fits)

Secondly: is there any point in cooling the northbridge? I'm gonna take the opteron as far as possible, ie 250+ HTT.. will the NB take this with just a stock cooler?

Finally, my current waterpump has developed a crack, so need a replacement, any suggestions? (the current one is a eheim 1250 - but its been pretty crappy.. so probs wont go with one again)

Btw, my current plan for the Watercooling setup will be:

Res -> pump -> cpu -> gpu -> rad -> res

Thanks in advance!

 

[uZi]

Cheers for replies. Will do some checking about the Maze4 guess the 10 quid is gonna make more sense than forking out for a brand new one

Nice to know the NB isn't connected with the HTT, i've been running a P4 for the past few years, no idea about clocking AMDs recently.. gonna find out soon i guess

@Mike: The eheim has leaked a few times, seemingly for no reason (latest one is a crack at the back, which caused a leak which was about 1cm from taking out my 300gig drive). Also i find it can be quite noisy, even with a lot of bubble wrap under it!! - spose i should get one of those anti-vibration kits Lastly.. it doesnt really fit inside my case very easily, have had it on it's side in my 2 spare 5 1/2" bays, which explains most the vibration i guess. Apart from that i have had it running pretty much non-stop for almost 3 years, so the reliability is good

Will have a look for the Laing D5

Thanks again

 

[uZi]

Think i have the later revision.. for starters its got the DD logo etched into it, instead of the older design (which i remember from a year or 2 ago).. and im almost certain its got the square of holes for ati and nvidia cards, although i cant check right now as its attached to my gpu

Zefen: It really doesnt make a huge difference, as far as im concerned, you want the coolest water hitting the CPU first, then the GPU, then the NB if its there.. apart from that its really not all that important. Although obviously the water should be coolest when leaving the rad.. personally ive got the res just afterwards, to allow the water another chance to cool.

All of this is in terms of a few points of a degree though, cos the flow is moving too fast

So, basically what mike said - want a nice free flow with no kinks and few bends. A big ass rad never hurt either