Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. - Page 2

DeusGear · 10-30-07, 10:05 PM

Well look at it this way. I'm running my quad @ 3.6 ghz with a tuniq tower (air cooling) and when not in use its fan rpm is 720 (out of 2k) and I get 38-40c idle and 55-60c load (fan is at max, both exhaust and inside the tuniq). I expect your temps to be way lower with water though!

einstein_314 · 10-30-07, 10:09 PM

Ok if you're only cooling the CPU then you definately DON'T need a 120.3 radiator....a 120.1 should be more than enough. Or maybe go with a 120.2 to allow for future expansion.

With my Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz (B3 stepping) I get an idle of ~40C and load of ~53C (ambient ~23C). With a G0 stepping your temps will be much lower. Probably mid 30's idle, mid 40's load.

mythy · 10-30-07, 10:14 PM

I cant find a rad to fit in here

cant be any wider then a 120mm fan

Buckeye · 10-30-07, 11:15 PM

I like the one the OP posted, looks real nice.

I am also looking at the Zalman setup
http://www.guru3d.com/article/zalman...00_review/467/

I know you guys have said the WC the chipset just adds resistance to the loop, what about the ASUS Maximus Formula SE ? it really seems to need WC as it does get a bit warm.

Maybe a more powerful WC setup would be required, or 2 Zalman's LOL, or WaterKeg.

LORD-eX-Bu · 10-31-07, 02:40 PM

hell no to the radiator. Get yourself at least a Swiftech MCR220 or a Thermochill PA120.2.. if you get a crappy radiator your temps will always suck. For fans I would recommend the yate loon D12sm fans, they are cheap and 25mm thick so you shouldn't have any clearance issues with your motherboard and did I already say that they are cheap?

Get an Apogee GTX or Dtek Fuzion cpu waterblock, get a MCP 655 pump(powerful enough for future expansion and will help tems, silent as well) and some decent tubing like Tygon(won't kink as easy).

Don't get any of that pre-mixed coolant scheisse that you have to pay like $20 for, go to petra's shop and get you some nice pentosin coolant, mix that with distilled water(5% coolant or 10% mix if you want a deeper color) and get a nice biocide, put a couple of drops into the mix and you're set.

stncttr908 · 10-31-07, 10:47 PM

GG Lord.

I love my Thermochill. I only have two low RPM Yate Loons on it and it's still chilly.

10-30-07, 10:05 PM	#13
DeusGear Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 575	Re: Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. Well look at it this way. I'm running my quad @ 3.6 ghz with a tuniq tower (air cooling) and when not in use its fan rpm is 720 (out of 2k) and I get 38-40c idle and 55-60c load (fan is at max, both exhaust and inside the tuniq). I expect your temps to be way lower with water though! __________________ Abit ip35 pro q6600 3.6 MSI N480GTX 8gb G.Skill Win7

10-30-07, 10:09 PM	#14
einstein_314 w00t!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 2,905	Re: Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. Ok if you're only cooling the CPU then you definately DON'T need a 120.3 radiator....a 120.1 should be more than enough. Or maybe go with a 120.2 to allow for future expansion. With my Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz (B3 stepping) I get an idle of ~40C and load of ~53C (ambient ~23C). With a G0 stepping your temps will be much lower. Probably mid 30's idle, mid 40's load. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2GHz (9 x 355) w/ Swiftec APOGEE GTX Waterblock\|\| Asus P5B-Deluxe WiFi Edition eVGA 8800 GTX Superclocked Edition @ 675/1150 w/ DangerDen 8800GTX Waterblock\|\| 4x1GB Mushkin XP2 PC2-8500 X-Fi Fatal1ty 64MB \|\| PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W \|\| Seagate 7200.10 320 GB \|\| Dell 2407WFP Logitech Z-5300 Speakers \|\| Sennheiser HD555's \|\| Logitech G7 \|\| Logitech G15 \|\| Windows Vista Ultimate x64

10-30-07, 10:14 PM	#15
mythy Single Male Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,115	Re: Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. I cant find a rad to fit in here cant be any wider then a 120mm fan __________________ ---Q6600 @3.45 430FSB - P5K Deluxe--- ---1066 5-4-4-12 PL6! - 257 GTX OCed--- ---ASUS Xonar DX - Dell 2407 24 LCD---

10-30-07, 11:15 PM	#16
Buckeye Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 468	Re: Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. I like the one the OP posted, looks real nice. I am also looking at the Zalman setup http://www.guru3d.com/article/zalman...00_review/467/ I know you guys have said the WC the chipset just adds resistance to the loop, what about the ASUS Maximus Formula SE ? it really seems to need WC as it does get a bit warm. Maybe a more powerful WC setup would be required, or 2 Zalman's LOL, or WaterKeg. __________________ New Build Coming Soon Powered by Liftoff and soon to be cooled by H30.

10-31-07, 02:40 PM	#17
LORD-eX-Bu Horus the pointy master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 4,609	Re: Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. hell no to the radiator. Get yourself at least a Swiftech MCR220 or a Thermochill PA120.2.. if you get a crappy radiator your temps will always suck. For fans I would recommend the yate loon D12sm fans, they are cheap and 25mm thick so you shouldn't have any clearance issues with your motherboard and did I already say that they are cheap? Get an Apogee GTX or Dtek Fuzion cpu waterblock, get a MCP 655 pump(powerful enough for future expansion and will help tems, silent as well) and some decent tubing like Tygon(won't kink as easy). Don't get any of that pre-mixed coolant scheisse that you have to pay like $20 for, go to petra's shop and get you some nice pentosin coolant, mix that with distilled water(5% coolant or 10% mix if you want a deeper color) and get a nice biocide, put a couple of drops into the mix and you're set. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

10-31-07, 10:47 PM	#18
stncttr908 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 4,496	Re: Building a Water cooled PC! Advice ect. GG Lord. I love my Thermochill. I only have two low RPM Yate Loons on it and it's still chilly. __________________ PC - \| Core i7-2600K @ stock \| Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 \| 4GB Patriot Sector 5 DDR3 \| Galaxy GTX 460 1GB @ stock \| Corsair Force 120GB SSD \| Seagate 1TB 7200RPM \| 320GB Seagate 7200.10 \| 2x Seagate 500GB USB 2.0 \| Lite-On 20x SATA DVD+RW \| Silverstone TJ-09 \| Corsair 620W PSU \| Logitech Z-5500s \| Sennheiser HD-570 headphones \| Samsung 2494LW \| Laptop - \| Dell Inspiron 1420 \| C2D T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB cache) \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 160GB 7200RPM HDD \| DVD +/- RW \| 14.1" WXGA+ (1440x900) \| Broadcom 802.11g \| NVIDIA 8400M GS 128MB \|

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