watercooling rad box

MikeTimbers · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:21

Yes. Panaflow 38mm deep 120mm fans are the best 120mm fans for water-cooling that money can buy. The L1A version on a 7v adaptor provide good static pressure (air flow power) which means they can still get air through a radiator, something that many 25mm deep 120m fans simply can't do at 7v.

welshtom · 11 Mar 2006 at 22:22

virtually all 120x120x25 wont be able to provide that pressure at 7v

unless they are full on deltas or something

smids · 12 Mar 2006 at 01:57

Dear lord - £330 - might as well get 2nd hand phase

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The SLi GPU blocks probably hit the budget badly though, so fair enough.

You thought about a dual heatercore? Cheaper by a fair distance and probably more effiecient. I have mine in a push/pull with 2 120x38mm fans on either side running at about 4v (just enough to turn them and push some air) and they cool really well. Then again, my stacker houses the rad right at the front in place of some drive bays, so they get direct cool air... Hmm... I'm blabbering.

And that is cooling an X2 @ 1.49v 2805mhz with an X1800XT clocked @ 690/1600...

kinggost · 12 Mar 2006 at 20:09

ive bin lookining as was thinking of not puting a chitpset waterblock on a buying the zalman passive hs. Ive shoped around bit more and got the price down to £250 without nb block. As stated before i allready have swiftech storm block

matt100 · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:07

Got to say I haven't noticed much of a change in my nb temp by watercooling it although it has gone into a loop with both gfx cards in.

I still think you can get it all in your v1000

kinggost · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:28

matt100 said:
Got to say I haven't noticed much of a change in my nb temp by watercooling it although it has gone into a loop with both gfx cards in.

I still think you can get it all in your v1000

Do you want a pic of my case wid all the bits in it

kinggost · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:41

here is a image if you want one

Martynt74 · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:42

Should be doable Matt managed in a PC60 and isn't the V1000 pretty much the same size?

kinggost · 12 Mar 2006 at 21:51

i just cant see where the 120.3 wil fit that the only bit and my comp runs to hot so wil have to run out side so may as wel use rad box

matt100 · 12 Mar 2006 at 22:57

Right, lose the 120.3 and get a 120.2 for a start, yes it will make a tiny difference but its certainly not the be all and end all and doing it my way will save you the hassle and expense of building a radbox.

Excuse the ghetto pic but I can't be arsed to do any better..

Tidy your cables, rest your pump on the bottom shelf of your case with foam mounts to kill the vibrations and voila.

I did say this earlier but the only thing you'll remove from this by getting a radbox is the pump and rad, the pump can be houses very easily (or maybe even get an mcp350/res comba as seen here (available at ocuk) and then you only need to house the rad..

Cut a hole in the top of your case easily for a 120.2 (if you move your top ide drive down one then you'll get a 120.3 in there I'm sure) or hang it off the back of the pc using fanmounts or homemade standoffs.

Stop fannying about with a radbox, and to correct marv(

), I had TWO loops fully cointained in a pc65 which is about 75/80% of the size of your case. Get tidy in there and I reckon you'll find acres of space.

kinggost · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:04

i aint got the guts to cut holes in the top of my case. I know to mask it out but u all ways end up bogein it.

Edit: in the last pci slot there is a sound card

matt100 · 12 Mar 2006 at 23:52

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=4632024&postcount=397

and you could always move the soundcard?

kinggost · 14 Mar 2006 at 21:46

if i do a rad box how will i power the pump will i have to trail one of the molunex connectors from the psu

matt100 · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:28

kinggost said:
if i do a rad box how will i power the pump will i have to trail one of the molunex connectors from the psu

yes you'll have to trail a molex with extenders. a molunex is some sort of kitchen appliance iirc.

kinggost · 14 Mar 2006 at 22:36

that ok i dont mind because the lian li window hides all the conectors. Will my psu be able to handle it all tho

kinggost · 23 Mar 2006 at 17:26

wel thanks for all the help people i have orderd all the bits have nearly everything only the fans to come. I it cost me more than i thought in the end but never mind. I might start a new thred next week when im putting it all together.

iraiguana · 23 Mar 2006 at 18:42

what psu do u have, sorry i cant seem to see it. If its in the range of 600w then it should be ok, i dont believe a pump draws too much more, mostly due to the dual 7800's and dual core is the main usage.

kinggost · 23 Mar 2006 at 19:39

its a 580w tagan easycon i have a

audigy 4
2x 7800gtx xfx ee 490/1300
2gb memory
x2 4400
2 opti drives dvd combi and dvdrw
150gb raptor
250gb wd hdd
going to be 4 120mm fans at 7v
d5 pump
4uv lights

janesssssy · 23 Mar 2006 at 21:05

Whats the point in spending that sort of cash when for a little extra you can get Phase? :confused:

kinggost · 23 Mar 2006 at 21:54

janesssssy said:
Whats the point in spending that sort of cash when for a little extra you can get Phase?

I didnt buy the watercooling for overclocking that why i didnt pick phase. I got it for being quiet and cooling my ststem down my cpu hits 60oC at load and both my gpu hit 80oC. its cost me bout £350-£400 But the most expensive part was the sli gpu at lik £90.