Watercooling

Olly

Olly

Olly

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Right, before I start a little background:

I have done the watercooling thing before. Hooking up my cpu, chipset and 2 7800gtx's at the time with abmismal results.

I'd like to try again, this time trying to cool my QX6700, and my 8800gtx (going to leave out the chipset for now.)

would the Zalman Reserator 2 be up to this ? Or should I do a custom build ?
 
OK well if you must know, it was a real hotch-potch of a setup. I had 3 radiators which could have 2 120mm fans on each and a water pump submerged in a resovoir. Can't remember all of the exact models of components but I got everything from a germany company (won't post competitor link here !)

The main problem I had was keeping everything cool, it seem to heat up. I'm not joking what I did next:
I put it in a mini fridge ! but that didnt seem to work either ! Later people told me i was using the small 1/8 ? tubing and a crap pump which A) wasnt pumping the water around fast enough and removing heat and B) the radiators weren't getting rid of the heat quickly enough.

I change my hardware as often as my underpants so I'm also worried about having to buy waterblocks for say the latest gfx card etc etc but I know thats just part and parcel of watercooling !

Instead of going the whole hog again, I'd like to start with just the CPU, and build it up over time, so can anyone recommend me some a good basic setup of tubing, pump/ressy etc and see how it goes ?
 
cool i've added you, hopefully we'll speak soon !

thanks for your replies guys,that swiftech kit looks cool.

Only other obstacle I might have is my case. I want to build the watercooling stuff in its own (probably a desktop Media center case) case and sit it on top of my main PC, as I have this :

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very nice replies guys, will have a proper read when I get home. With regards to my case, i have my 10 hdds on the right side and my 900w psu too, so i really didnt want to put the pump/res there !

anyone have any links to the following :

Swiftech Apogee GTX cpu block - found link
EK 8800GTX block kinda found link
DDC 12V pump with alphacool top
thermochill PA 120.3 rad - found link
EK multi option res

mail me at [email protected] if they're competitors :)

Also the Swiftech Kit says 7/16" ID Tubing , will 1/2" tubing be ok ?
 
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omg replying to my own posts now, found a site which has things in stock, and all parts recommended. Still just gonna start with the cpu 1st though !
 
ok, so my current thinking is this, using a Lian-Li PC-V300:

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would it work ?

I want it to be super cool, hence 2 rads. Overkill, crazy ?
 
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