Taking A Shot At Water Cooling

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Hi All,

I've decided to give water cooling a shot after hearing/reading all the advantages of putting a system on water. Better temps is first on the list of course, less noise in general, and the all round challenge of getting a system up and running, are what motivated me to do it in the first place.

I have'nt seen a dedicated thread on here on water cooling pc's so my research has been quite extensive on other forums. Googling will give you all the links you need if you are up to reading and deciphering info from the multitude of sites, links and forums.

I will also be posting pics as my build goes, give or take a few weeks to a month or 2. Budget is also something that i have considered as well as availability of parts locally. I found that ordering through online stores is the easiest but of course the landed cost is very pricey. This is why the build will take a little time to complete.

Here is a list of components i will be using:

Xeon 3110 processor
Biostar I45 Motherboard
2x2gb Gskill 1066 RAM
Gigabyte Odin 800W Power Supply
Palit 4870 Video Card
Lamptron FC-2 Fan Controller
Western Digital Blue 640gb HDD
Antec 300 Case

Water Cooling Components:
D-tek Fusion CPU Waterblock
Swiftech MCP355 12v DC Pump
Swiftech MCR220-QP Radiator
XSPC Acrylic Reservoir
Tygon® Silver Antimicrobial Tubing 3/8in. ID 1/2in. OD
Bitspower G 1/4in. 3/8" Silver Stubby Fittings

Here are a few pics i took:

The Antec 300 - i chose this case because it is not very expensive and it has space for 2 120mm fans on the front. This area will house the Swiftech 240 radiator.



The case stripped and some unfinished holes cut out.




Here are some shots of the components.

The Mobo and Video Card


Power Supply


Fan Controller


Fans


I will be posting more pics later as i go. Please feel free to comment and suggest on things here. I know there are some of you who have experience with this so your input is very welcome. Are there any pitfalls to look out for? general mishaps and duh moments?....post it so everyone can benefit.


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[andz]

Very nice specs as always, love the 4870! :P
There are more gains then risks in water cooling, its just people think WATER>DEAD Computer.
Are you ordering from sidewinder? pc-perform, frozen-cpu?.

I am also probably going to go for water cooling but unsure atm because of the money.

[glide 1]

Very nice specs as always, love the 4870! :P
There are more gains then risks in water cooling, its just people think WATER>DEAD Computer.
Are you ordering from sidewinder? pc-perform, frozen-cpu?.

I am also probably going to go for water cooling but unsure atm because of the money.

Thanks Andz, If ever maka watercooling ta dri cebu ug sakto, it will be up to people like you to take the initiative of bringing parts in - nya barato pa gyud

Ordered from those stores, yes.

Go for it bai, lahi sad lingaw.

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Today i started working on the mounting of the radiator. As expected, sakto kaayo sa front with very little space to spare.

The rad with 4 little mounts


Mounted rear view


mounted front view

[The_Pharmacist]

Today i started working on the mounting of the radiator. As expected, sakto kaayo sa front with very little space to spare.

The rad with 4 little mounts


Mounted rear view


mounted front view

quite big radiator you got there sir.

i believe the cost of this cooling system is also HIGH, not so affordable for most but then this should be an excellent example for those who want to use such system.

atang sa mi ron

[dmelsie]

wew nice WC set up
question lang dis a ka kapalit ana lamptron fc 2 fan controller?
nindot kaayo na siya 45 watts per channel lol pwede au if daghan fan e control in one channel

[glide 1]

quite big radiator you got there sir.

i believe the cost of this cooling system is also HIGH, not so affordable for most but then this should be an excellent example for those who want to use such system.

atang sa mi ron

Actually not so big compared to the quad rad that are available these days (4x 120mm fans). So you can imagine twice the size of this 1

Mao gyud, i just realized how expensive it is or can be.


dmelsie, bought it sa US. I quite like it kay dili kaayo hayag ang led's I dont think i'de ever need so much wattage/amps for a fan, pero kung imo i-parallel 3-4 fans cguro.

[andz]

Very nice radiator! *so jealous* i need like 1 quad rad, 1 triple rad, 1 dual rad on my case lol kills my money

[EarlZ]

Very nice radiator! *so jealous* i need like 1 quad rad, 1 triple rad, 1 dual rad on my case lol kills my money

This is simply overkill, based on experience a single triple rad can handle your tri-sli 285 or quadsli GTX w/ a 4.2Ghz i7, or get a dedicated tri-rad for the VGA cards.

[dmelsie]

This is simply overkill, based on experience a single triple rad can handle your tri-sli 285 or quadsli GTX w/ a 4.2Ghz i7, or get a dedicated tri-rad for the VGA cards.

ahhhh naka set up na diay kag watercooling nga nka tri sli earlz?
nindota gud pakit a nya me og pic