Cheers for the list Hicks.
I planned on buying an i7 930 and 2x GTX460s this year, so the equivalent to those next year... I'd also like to cool the motherboard and RAM if that's possible too, overclocking is fun, and the overall aim of watercooling
If I bought 2x 360mm rads, where would I put the 2nd one?
Alright, well i aint a clue where you would put the second rad but i guess it depends on the case. Might be better off with a triple rad for a dual gpu loop and a dual rad for the cpu and motherboard. 460's don't pump out to much heat so a single triple rad should do perfect.
Water cooling the motherboard and ram is all possible but you'd have to choose your motherboard carefully i.e look for one which supports it with 3rd party blocks available or pre applied blocks. Ram cooling, iirc only corsair do a water cooling block but im probably wrong? would have to check that your self
Also you would need to get some good fans, i recall the gentle typhoon fans are one of the best (cant remember make). However they do cost like £10-£20 each so if you cant afford it id suggest just getting some yate loon DS12 or what ever they called, they perform great along with being quiet and are cheap ~£5 a pop or some people sell brand new off ebay for £3 each
Originally Posted by snootyjim
as the 800 has 2 holes to feed the tubing out the back of the case you can rear mount a rad, would be better with a 140.2 rad unless you wat to hang a 140.3 off the back like i did, tom at chilledpc made me some stand offs.
knock him down on price though, he is always expensive
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engander as a rad for sale, check its got 15mm spacings and buy it !
http://forums.hexus.net/classifieds-...p355-pump.html
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For inspiration
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=249756
For thought
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=18185343
For quality
http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/index.php
It's 25mm spacings. What does it matter, out of interest? I only noticed what the spacings were just now as I measured them.
ahh well, it wont fit in the top of a corsair case, or any other modern case designed to take a 120.3 rad as most are 15mm spacings now, you should update the for sale thread m8, i sold mine when i got the corsair case so i could get one that fit
the 25mm thread gave it another 20mm in length to pip the others in cooling tests, but made it a pig to seal the gaps.
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I do indeed, and now I've picked up enough tubing and barbs from MoonPig to connect everything together (and a £5 off voucher from Clas Olhson so I can buy more bits and cutting disks for my multi-tool), I can start on modding up my case and finally do the buildscary jim has my old one
From what I read before buying the rad off Gonz, as long as you're not after supremely low temps the PA120.3 can actually shift a *lot* heat - upwards of 500W with the appropriate fans and water flow. Given that I'm willing to let things run warmish, I'm hoping it'll be enough to cope nicely with a Q6600 and 2 8800GTXs... but we should know for sure soon enough
yes your right there jim, the cooling performance of both the pa120.3 and xspc rx360 are so very good that you can run loads off it. But as you say it just depends on what temps you want it to run at
If your doing moderate overclocking i.e just above palit sonic clocked gtx 460's or the new kaf or what ever brand it is, then you should be fine with temps in acceptable levels.
Bigger tubing = higher flow, less restriction but also less pressure. Low pressure isn’t always good depending on the blocks you’re using. At the end of the day the difference between fat and really fat tubing is a few degrees at most. If it’s easier to route slightly thinner tubing then got for it. The brand/quality of tubing is more important in determining kink-resistance or flexibility than anything else.
very true bugbait, i forgot about that
Go with what bugbait said, what ever you can fit in your case
I'd happily splash out (
I am planning on cooling the memory and motherboard and everything, so 2 rads and 2 pumps are probably necessary tbh.
I've just ordered myself a Corsair 700D and Corsair HX850w from Scan
That's £290 spent so far.. I thought buying a high powered PSU would help with dual graphics cards and stuff, and the millions of fans and pumps and stuff I'll soon be powering.
Not bad, wish i had that sort of cash to spend willingly
Do you really need to cool the memory? Sure, it looks great and sounds cool but TBH, it doesn’t add any value unless you’re pushing the overclock to its limits. I have stock, passive cooling on my motherboard and the temperatures are fine. My CPU stepping is the biggest problem with my overall overclock.
If you want to keep everything inside then you can fit a 120.1 x 2 + 120.3 inside the Corsair without any modifications. I read somewhere that the lower HDD is removable in the 700D (has screws versus the rivets in the 800D) so you might be able to get something bigger into the base. A pair of good 120.1’s is plenty for any CPU on the market at the moment. This leaves the 120.3 for GFX + Others.
My back spasms at the mere thought if moving my 800D when it’s fully loaded.Not bad, wish i had that sort of cash to spend willingly
dont wc the ram, and you would be best with a dual loop/pump setup if you want to cool mobo, cpu and video.
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Why shouldn't I cool the RAM? Are the gains noticeable on watercooled RAM?
Would it be better to have 2 separate loops or to have 1 bigger loop with more rads and pumps?
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