Watercooling Question?

Jokester · 25 May 2007 at 20:17

Everything you wanted to know about HE v PA and more here:-

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77260

Jokester

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 20:20

Thanks a lot you two ill save up a bit and Get a PA

Want this watercooling kit to last as many upgrades as possible

topgun06 · 25 May 2007 at 20:28

You can usually last a while with the same watercooling kit, im not planning to change anything for a while. You will only need to change something when you upgrade to a CPU socket which your CPU block wont fit on for example. Same with the GPU block. But then thats only changing the blocks, you keep most of the setup how it is.

Any more questions?

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 21:00

topgun06 said:
Any more questions?

If you dont mind could you reccomend me a CPU block please Upto about £30 if poss.

Thanks, Ben

WJA96 · 25 May 2007 at 21:03

Under £30 is a bad price-point as the D-Tek FuZion is £38, but the EK Wave is under £30. I really would stretch the extra £8 though.

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 21:42

How much temp difference would you see if you had a EK Wave and A D-Tek in the Same setup? (Obviously not at the same time)

Thanks, BEn

topgun06 · 25 May 2007 at 22:04

Now thats where my knowledge comes to an end im afraid

Jokester · 25 May 2007 at 22:06

I haven't seen any comparisons of the Wave to the FuZion, but the FuZion is generally considered to be the best block available along with the Apogee GTX. Ones better in high flow, the other low flows, but I can never remember which way round it is. Either way the difference is minor (a degree or two).

Jokester

w3bbo · 25 May 2007 at 22:17

Fusion has highest flow - the GTX is slightly more restrictive. The GTX outperforms the fusion by a couple of degrees IF a bowed base is used under certain conditions.

WJA96 · 25 May 2007 at 22:17

I just sold my EK Wave and fitted a FuZion and the difference is 6C (39C vs. 45C under load). All other components the same. That's quite sizeable in my opinion.

w3bbo · 25 May 2007 at 22:19

Surely you mean 45c(EK) vs 39c(D-Tek)?

WJA96 · 25 May 2007 at 22:28

w3bbo said:
Surely you mean 45c(EK) vs 39c(D-Tek)?

That's patently obviously what I meant - how do you read it otherwise? :confused:

w3bbo · 25 May 2007 at 22:30

WJA96 said:
I just sold my EK Wave 39c and fitted a FuZion 45c and the difference is 6C (39C vs. 45C under load). All other components the same. That's quite sizeable in my opinion.

Jokester · 25 May 2007 at 22:32

I must admit I had to give it a second look

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Jokester

Raikiri · 25 May 2007 at 22:39

topgun06 said:
Yes, but then with a dual 120mm there is the problem of fitting it.

This picture taken from the watercooling case gallery shows how a single 120mm rad can be fitted.

]http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~sclodion/images/projectlog/Finished images/finished loop.jpg[/img]

You could fit a dual RAD to the top of the case like this triple RAD, but this involves modding...

]http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/291/50-Finished-System.jpg[/img]

ORRR... as a last option, you could mount it to the back of the case using the 120mm rear exhaust somehow. Doing this might block some of the PCI slots though...

You could fit a second 120.1 like I have -

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 23:19

WJA96 said:
I just sold my EK Wave and fitted a FuZion and the difference is 6C (39C vs. 45C under load). All other components the same. That's quite sizeable in my opinion.

Ill try and save for a D-tek then 6C is quite a difference

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 23:26

Raikiri said:
You could fit a second 120.1 like I have -

2 x 120.1 was my original idea but 120.1 are £2 cheaper than a 120.2 so 2 of them would be quite expensive.

BEn_2600+ · 25 May 2007 at 23:55

Sorry for another Question, How far off a Thermochill would a Black Ice GT Stealth 240 be?

chaparral · 27 May 2007 at 14:46

topgun06 said:
Yes, but then with a dual 120mm there is the problem of fitting it.

Could you fit a dual 120mm rad in the bottom of your v1000 if you moved the harddrives to the 5.25 bays ??

BEn_2600+ · 27 May 2007 at 14:54

chaparral said:
Could you fit a dual 120mm rad in the bottom of your v1000 if you moved the harddrives to the 5.25 bays ??

Hopefully this is what im going to do if i can source a cheap enough Radiator