Alex is going watercooled

[=98=]

Yes, you heard it here first folks, i'm taking the big jump into watercooling.

Since my case is huge, i will be doing all watercooling internal. I originally wanted to use a triple radiator, but without extreme modding, i couldn't mount that on my roof.

So, this is how it will work:

Pump > double 120mm rad > cpu > single 120 rad > northbridge > VRM > t-line/res > pump

The double rad will be on my roof with 4 fans in push pull config and a single rad on my rear exhaust fan.

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I can't decide whether to watercool my graphics card though, or if three radiators will be enough for CPU, NB and GPU. Anyone got an idea?

Anyone got advice on parts?

Anyone got any experience or advice?

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These are the parts i have come up with so far:


ThermoChill PA120.2
D-TEK FuZion v2 CPU Block
12V Laing D5 Vario/Swiftech MCP655 Pump
Black Ice GT Stealth 120
Yate Loon x 4
PrimoChill Black PVC Hose Clip 1/2" OD (10 Pack)
1/2" Clear High Flex Hose (XSPC)
Feser One Coolant 1ltr (UV Black)
XSPC Bay Reservoir - Clear

What do you think?

[Hellsent 2.0]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

I wouldnt WC the NB imho..I would then WC the gfx card...

[=98=]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

hmm, i was thinking i might just point my Spotcool at it. I want to run 1.55v through it.

[signa]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

Nooo!

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[Flt. Sgt. Powderhound]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

Or you could do it on the cheap and dunk your PC in cooking oil.

[AvalancheDiode]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

Water cooling can be done WAY CHEAPER if you know how to make your own parts, or get them from hardware supply.

One 12cm radiator is probably good for 250W. For your system, you need at least 500W. So two radiator panels with two 12cm fans.

However, there are funnier way (not necessarily cheaper) to do this heat exchange business.

I am still in the process of figuring out how to make a water-cooled PSU.

[=98=]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

One 12cm radiator is probably good for 250W. For your system, you need at least 500W. So two radiator panels with two 12cm fans.

I'm planning on a double 120mm radiator and a single 120mm radiator after the CPU, but before a graphics card.

[AvalancheDiode]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

I'm planning on a double 120mm radiator and a single 120mm radiator after the CPU, but before a graphics card.

Do not connect your device serially. Connect them in parallel. The radiators should be connected at the returning hose before return to reservoir.

[=98=]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

So, in words, draw me a diagram? You say

Pump > 2 x 120mm Rad > CPU > graphics card > 1 x 120mm Rad > pump

[AvalancheDiode]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

So, in words, draw me a diagram? You say

Pump > 2 x 120mm Rad > CPU > graphics card > 1 x 120mm Rad > pump

More like this: (in top down order)

pump
CPU GPU (use a y-connector to split flow)
(recombines with another y-connector) Radiators
back to reservoir

There is no point connecting radiator before entering things you want to cool. Radiators dissipate heat by blowing air through the finned tubes. The reason for parallel connection is to use coolest coolant out of the reservoir for all your components, so the heat carried out from CPU won't end up decreasing heat transfer from GPU.

[KillerStickMan]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

I prefer to just spray the inside of my computer with a fire extinguisher every 30 min...

[.Gunfire]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

^^ Lol because I bet your system just runs oh so hot :p

[peeth]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

From what I've read about water cooling all of the parts you have chosen look good.

Wouldn't running it in parallel cause there to be a massive loss of flow through each component, thus making the system less effective at removing the heat, also as the GPU produces more heat than the cpu the water would be at different temperatures which would cause expansion, different speeds of flow and then little eddies* would be formed at the Y connectors.

Actually wouldn't a Y connector produce small eddies anyway?


*An eddy is an area of liquid that is either not flowing or flowing in the opposite direction to the main flow.

[=98=]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

From what I've read about water cooling all of the parts you have chosen look good.

Yea, i just hope the single and dual rad work out well. My mate is going for a triple rad, but i would have no where to put it. Plus, he is mounting externally, i want internal (thats' why i bought such a F'ing massive case)

Wouldn't running it in parallel cause there to be a massive loss of flow through each component, thus making the system less effective at removing the heat

That's what i thought. The Laing D5 is a very powerful pump, but I still think it would reduce pressure.

also as the GPU produces more heat than the cpu the water would be at different temperatures which would cause expansion, different speeds of flow and then little eddies* would be formed at the Y connectors.

I don't think eddies would form. The liquid is not hot enough to cause expansion. The only worry would be the pipe kinking, but you can get anti kink coils for a few Quid.

[Bisley_Bob]

Re: Alex is going watercooled

Avalanche, the drop in pressure from using a Y-Splitter would ruin the performance. Waterblocks need high flow to exchange maximum heat into the water, by splitting your flow you would effectively half the pressure going into each block.
Also, with radiator positioning, its commonly accepted that you put your radiator after the pump and before the CPU block because you want that water as cool as possible before it hits the CPU, pumps also create a little heat and will impart some of this into the liquid. Although, in practice the order in which you put your components doesn't affect temperatures very much, that's the widely accepted view.