Naturally Aspired PC WaterCooling Club

[erocker]

Looks like a lack of packaging materials.

 

[WarEagleAU]

I agree erocker but its still a nice rad and a good price. Id be pissed about that too.

 

[Exavier]

all I can say is, I'm damn glad it's still watertight

 

[Exavier]

GOT MY HYDOR L30
awesome, now to fire this baby up!

 

[kyle2020]

England really does have a benefit - super low winter temps!

 

[Whilhelm]

wow, that's pretty cold, do you have to wear a winter jacket, gloves and a hat while you game.

I suppose if you are playing the winter levels in Crysis it would make the game more realistic

 

[kyle2020]

wow, that's pretty cold, do you have to wear a winter jacket, gloves and a hat while you game.

I suppose if you are playing the winter levels in Crysis it would make the game more realistic

haha

It was 15 degrees in the house at the time - I was at school, and everyone else was out so the heating wasnt on when I got in. Its been as low as 5 degrees on core 2 before

 

[Cold Storm]

DAMN! That's one of the reason's I wish I wasn't in a tropical weather!!!! Sweet weather Kyle!

 

[kyle2020]

DAMN! That's one of the reason's I wish I wasn't in a tropical weather!!!! Sweet weather Kyle!

its not as good as it sounds, trust me

 

[Exavier]

lol ya it sucks for anything but stresstesting but even so nice temps

my rig is in pieces on the floor so I'm currently using my mum's work pc *shhh*

a quick question; if I'm using a Hydor L30 pump, can I mount it at a 90 degree angle so that my reservoir can be above it, or will this kill the pump's impeller/dodads? thoughts? sneeky help me out here haha

 

[oily_17]

a quick question; if I'm using a Hydor L30 pump, can I mount it at a 90 degree angle so that my reservoir can be above it, or will this kill the pump's impeller/dodads? thoughts? sneeky help me out here haha

Cant see it doing any harm to the pump at all.

I have seen builds with the Swiftech MCP655 mounted at 90 and no harm coming to it and with the res above the pump should help with the inlet (gravity helping the flow)

 

[EastCoasthandle]

There is a review of EK D5 X-Top Rev 2. For those that have D5 pumps.
It also seems that the Scythe 120x25mm Slisptreem fans are becoming popular. In particular the SY1225SL12SH which produces 110CFM at 37dBA

 

[Cold Storm]

The review is pretty sweet! I looked and found it at Sidewinder for $39.99. I think it is a nice set up if you have the motor itself..

 

[EastCoasthandle]

I love these fans. Think im going to do all my case in them - 61CFM and they are almost silent, im dead impressed.

I really like those fans. I checked their website for the specs. Not at the CFM I would like at 1500rpm but I may reconsider if I find out that the static pressure of those fans or other information.

Edit:

Newegg customers seem to love this fan!

 

[EastCoasthandle]

The review is pretty sweet! I looked and found it at Sidewinder for $39.99. I think it is a nice set up if you have the motor itself..

It's really tempting isn't it? I thought there was one more D5 top that did well (I believe I posted here) but can't find it at the moment

 

[Cold Storm]

I think there was also.. but, I'm looking at redoing my loop to fix it right, so I really might grab that since I'm going to grab one of Fit's D-Tec flow tops

 

[intel igent]

detroitAC top's

 

[alphadog0309]

hey guys great thread led me to join these forums...

i had a question about placement of the radiator- if i buy a 120 x 2 radiator, would it be a good idea to cut a hole in the bottom of my case and place it there with new case feet raising it up a bit?? or is this a bad idea???

 

[DanishDevil]

That would be fine, but you would have to ensure that there would be enough airflow under the case to get to the radiator. For example, if you're putting your computer on carpet (which I don't recommend anyway) then you would have to have some fairly tall case feet to compensate.

Placement of water cooling components is really a personal choice. Just keep in mind filling and draining the loop, and how hard you're making your pump work to get the water through the loop while taking gravity into account.

 

[alphadog0309]

thanks and also was wondering what is a cheap case that you think is good for a watercooling setup... i potentially want to go dual loop because i do have an SLI setup

 

[DanishDevil]

I have a few for sale They're not cheap though.

A lot of people really love the CoolerMaster CM 690. They're cheap, great quality, and fairly popular for air cooling. You could probably watercool in it too.

 

[alphadog0309]

i was looking at the 690 before but then i saw the thermaltake V9 which seems to be ok as well... did you see the element s??? looks ready for w/c from a noob standpoint... LINK

i would take your cosmos s but i dont have the $$$ right now sry...

i was actually also looking at a cosmos 1000 refurb on coolermaster.com ... its going for 89.99... does anyone have an experience with them, i dont want to buy a case with a giant dent or something missing in it

 

[ascstinger]

I would advise against the slipstreams for radiator use, especially in vertical mounting situations.

I tested my slipstream vs my s-flex of around the same rating when I was testing my loop, and the slipstream just got louder and moved less air. Set the sflex on one end of my 360 and the slipstream on the other for a direct comparison. If you don't want to shell out for some s-flex's, I'd say go for some yate loons from petra's tech (which are supposedly superior to the ones on other sites) and about the same price as the slipstreams

however I could just be a blubbering idiot as I've only had my loop setup for 3 days now

 

[DanishDevil]

Not sure about the refurbs, but send me a PM if you're interested in the Cosmos S, and maybe we can work something out. I do need a few things for my new build, so maybe a partial trade could be in order

 

[kyle2020]

My loops components are up for sale if anyones interested! Im also selling my Cosmos 1000, links are in my sig!