Going back to Air cooling - Page 3

Naekuh · Mar 1, 2010, 09:20 PM

yeah i havent been very happy at boxgods either, and primochill.

His plastic compressions are starting to have problems, and we kinda warned him about those in the past.

The T3 has great numbers.. but the problems associated with it, i can understand ya.
Ive been LCing for 10yrs+ so ive ran into every little problem one can possibly think about in watercooling.

OP lemme tell you this tho.
There is no bigger satisfaction then having a well working LC system up for the first time.
In fact it becomes a crack addiction in you trying to get the perfect setup.

There is also no greater nightmare then you leaking on your first LC system either.
Ive seen enough to make people never touch water, which is why i always try to recommend parts which i have had the most history of working parts with.

I would really recomend u just grabbing a swiftech MCRes.. or even this koolance res + d5 top unit and retrying it.
You will not be disappointed this time around when you get it working.

I can guarantee you on that.

trickson · Mar 1, 2010, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulieg

If you decide to go water, don't go with a garbage system like that Thermalcrap pisswater. Good air will perform better than this.

Water is very safe for the most part, especially if you test for leaks outside your case. Problem is, IF you have a mishap, consequences can be severe. I will say that I've set up 5-6 loops over the last couple of years, and I've never had a leak inside a case.

+1 . I stress to any one don't ever get the Thermalcrap Pisswater

they really suck . when going water you also have to use real hose clamps not them BS clips they give you . But all in all I am very pleased with my water cooler a tad better for me as I do massive over clocking .

trickson · Mar 1, 2010, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naekuh

yeah i havent been very happy at boxgods either, and primochill.

His plastic compressions are starting to have problems, and we kinda warned him about those in the past.

The T3 has great numbers.. but the problems associated with it, i can understand ya.
Ive been LCing for 10yrs+ so ive ran into every little problem one can possibly think about in watercooling.

OP lemme tell you this tho.
There is no bigger satisfaction then having a well working LC system up for the first time.
In fact it becomes a crack addiction in you trying to get the perfect setup.

There is also no greater nightmare then you leaking on your first LC system either.
Ive seen enough to make people never touch water, which is why i always try to recommend parts which i have had the most history of working parts with.

I would really recomend u just grabbing a swiftech MCRes.. or even this koolance res + d5 top unit and retrying it.
You will not be disappointed this time around when you get it working.

http://www.koolance.com/water-coolin...v-rp450_p4.jpg

I can guarantee you on that.

My swiftech setup has not leaked once ! Love it to death and them huge res's are for really small Epeens any way they do nothing to cool the water just an eye sore for the Epeen .

kenkickr · Mar 1, 2010, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naekuh

yeah i havent been very happy at boxgods either, and primochill.

His plastic compressions are starting to have problems, and we kinda warned him about those in the past.

The T3 has great numbers.. but the problems associated with it, i can understand ya.
Ive been LCing for 10yrs+ so ive ran into every little problem one can possibly think about in watercooling.

OP lemme tell you this tho.
There is no bigger satisfaction then having a well working LC system up for the first time.
In fact it becomes a crack addiction in you trying to get the perfect setup.

There is also no greater nightmare then you leaking on your first LC system either.
Ive seen enough to make people never touch water, which is why i always try to recommend parts which i have had the most history of working parts with.

I would really recomend u just grabbing a swiftech MCRes.. or even this koolance res + d5 top unit and retrying it.
You will not be disappointed this time around when you get it working.

http://www.koolance.com/water-coolin...v-rp450_p4.jpg

I can guarantee you on that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickson

My swiftech setup has not leaked once ! Love it to death and them huge res's are for really small Epeens any way they do nothing to cool the water just an eye sore for the Epeen .

I may just do that if but I just sold my EK Supreme HF and that was a AWESOME block!! if I can't sell my 5870 and Crosshair III blocks by the end of the week then I will probably march right back to water with the D5 + koolance res. I just gave away a swiftech micro res v2 thinking I'd never use it again

trickson · Mar 1, 2010, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenkickr

I just gave away a swiftech micro res v2 thinking I'd never use it again

I love mine !

Never giving this one up .

DTV DRAGON · Mar 1, 2010, 10:44 PM

I Love The Look Of Water Cooling!!!!

trickson · Mar 1, 2010, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTV DRAGON

I Love The Look Of Water Cooling!!!!

ME TOO

Duffman · Mar 1, 2010, 11:26 PM

+1 to the Prolimatech Megahalems. Love mine. Same price as the Tuniq but doesn't include a fan. Not an issue for me as i got plentys laying around. Has clips for two fans though. Push Pull FTW.

I think either would be a great choice tho.

assaulter_99 · Mar 1, 2010, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duffman

+1 to the Prolimatech Megahalems. Love mine. Same price as the Tuniq but doesn't include a fan. Not an issue for me as i got plentys laying around. Has clips for two fans though. Push Pull FTW.

I think either would be a great choice tho.

Plus it looks nice and naughty too! Warrants the nickname megatron well rofl! It doesnt come cheap though. Anyways I don't know if somebody said it here, there's also the scythe mugen 2, it's real cheap and you can put in a lot of fans if you like. But its big, real big! Is a pretty good performer too, for the price.

Duffman · Mar 1, 2010, 11:34 PM

yes, the design on top definitely looks like a Transformer logo. I got the Mega Shadow which is Black Chrome and extra menacing looking. There was a shortage of the normal Megahalems at the time so i paid extra to get it on my schedule...

assaulter_99 · Mar 1, 2010, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duffman

yes, the design on top definitely looks like a Transformer logo. I got the Mega Shadow which is Black Chrome and extra menacing looking. There was a shortage of the normal Megahalems at the time so i paid extra to get it on my schedule...

Black chrome looks better anyways!

brandonwh64 · Mar 1, 2010, 11:42 PM

I have a swiftech single bay res and i love it! tomorrow i will be adding LEDs.

assaulter_99 · Mar 1, 2010, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

I have a swiftech single bay res and i love it! tomorrow i will be adding LEDs.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...insidenew2.jpg

Is that you haf brandon? Long time no see rofl. Its looking nice m8.

brandonwh64 · Mar 1, 2010, 11:51 PM

yes that my HAF! i also have the side panel swapped out too

assaulter_99 · Mar 1, 2010, 11:55 PM

Haha, so you finally got your side panel!

Looking gr8.

DTV DRAGON · Mar 2, 2010, 12:05 AM

found this comparison on the thermalright true black and a thermaltake watercooling setup
kinda interesting

Duffman · Mar 2, 2010, 12:07 AM

Kinda reinforces what people are saying about the Thermaltake WC eh?

assaulter_99 · Mar 2, 2010, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTV DRAGON

found this comparison on the thermalright true black and a thermaltake watercooling setup
kinda interesting

Yeah lol that's why thermaltake is no longer a top dog! It starts to get depressing when air beats water. I wonder what happened to them, they seem really lost lately.

DTV DRAGON · Mar 2, 2010, 12:11 AM

seeing the facts and getting alot of great info from you guys iam glad i didnt go with the thermaltake 850i setup, the guy is even throwing in two new 120mm coolermaster fans with the true black i bought, it looks big lol hope my side panel fits back on, i guess time will tell

Duffman · Mar 2, 2010, 12:14 AM

I'm pretty sure you should have no problem in your Antec 600.

I have my old Noctua nh-u12p in the wife's case which is some old "xblade" case or something and it fit fine.

assaulter_99 · Mar 2, 2010, 12:16 AM

Out of curiosity, what cpu is that? Seems the thermaltake failed the 2.8 test. Is that an i7? Or a c2?

Voltages point that its a c2, I might think.

DTV DRAGON · Mar 2, 2010, 12:46 AM

no they couldnt finish the test is what it said in the article because the system crashed lol sounds like my luck

Naekuh · Mar 2, 2010, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickson

My swiftech setup has not leaked once ! Love it to death and them huge res's are for really small Epeens any way they do nothing to cool the water just an eye sore for the Epeen .

I like my res..

Its the only one where i can use my dual inlet dual DDC with.

epeen??? maybe but it has performance behind it as well.

DTV DRAGON · Mar 2, 2010, 03:18 PM

can you guys tell me, the true 120 can take two fans , and the guy is sending me them so i want to run both, so can i just splice them together and then run the one lead to the cpu fan plug on motherboard?or will two fans be too much for that? because i want them to speed up @ slow down according to temps

Paulieg · Mar 2, 2010, 03:27 PM

For those thinking of water cooling for the first time. Consider getting yourself a inexpensive tech station bench. This will give you an opportunity to set up a loop outside of a case, with nothing but the blocks over top of your hardware. Not to mention it is so much easier to manage the loop in general, with the rad and res off to the side. I'll post some pics after I get home from work to illustrate what I mean.

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Mar 1, 2010, 11:26 PM	#58
Duffman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mt. Pocono, PA Posts: 812 (0.41/day) Thanks: 63 Thanked 68 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	+1 to the Prolimatech Megahalems. Love mine. Same price as the Tuniq but doesn't include a fan. Not an issue for me as i got plentys laying around. Has clips for two fans though. Push Pull FTW. I think either would be a great choice tho. __________________ My Rig,Black Knight. Buy My Silverstone TJ09

System Name:	Black Knight
Processor:	Intel Xeon W3520 @4.2Ghz
Motherboard:	evga Classified 760
Cooling:	Prolimatech Mega Shadow with Dual Noctua NF-P12 fans
Memory:	6GB Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 (3gb x 2) 1600
Video Card:	Sapphire 5870 Vapor-X
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Mar 1, 2010, 09:20 PM	#51
Naekuh Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Miko Fox? Fire Miko? Its FireFox-Tan! Posts: 412 (0.27/day) Thanks: 17 Thanked 108 Times in 90 Posts System Specs	yeah i havent been very happy at boxgods either, and primochill. His plastic compressions are starting to have problems, and we kinda warned him about those in the past. The T3 has great numbers.. but the problems associated with it, i can understand ya. Ive been LCing for 10yrs+ so ive ran into every little problem one can possibly think about in watercooling. OP lemme tell you this tho. There is no bigger satisfaction then having a well working LC system up for the first time. In fact it becomes a crack addiction in you trying to get the perfect setup. There is also no greater nightmare then you leaking on your first LC system either. Ive seen enough to make people never touch water, which is why i always try to recommend parts which i have had the most history of working parts with. I would really recomend u just grabbing a swiftech MCRes.. or even this koolance res + d5 top unit and retrying it. You will not be disappointed this time around when you get it working. I can guarantee you on that.

Mar 1, 2010, 10:44 PM	#56
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	I Love The Look Of Water Cooling!!!!

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Mar 1, 2010, 11:34 PM	#60
Duffman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mt. Pocono, PA Posts: 812 (0.41/day) Thanks: 63 Thanked 68 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	yes, the design on top definitely looks like a Transformer logo. I got the Mega Shadow which is Black Chrome and extra menacing looking. There was a shortage of the normal Megahalems at the time so i paid extra to get it on my schedule... __________________ My Rig,Black Knight. Buy My Silverstone TJ09

Mar 1, 2010, 11:42 PM	#62
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,562 (10.03/day) Thanks: 2,146 Thanked 5,340 Times in 3,696 Posts System Specs	I have a swiftech single bay res and i love it! tomorrow i will be adding LEDs. __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

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Mar 1, 2010, 11:51 PM	#64
brandonwh64 Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chatsworth, GA Posts: 13,562 (10.03/day) Thanks: 2,146 Thanked 5,340 Times in 3,696 Posts System Specs	yes that my HAF! i also have the side panel swapped out too __________________ Cruncher's: All GPU's GPU's: 7970 3GB Unlocked = 8 Threads 5770 1GB OCed = 2 Threads

Mar 1, 2010, 11:55 PM	#65
assaulter_99 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,634 (1.30/day) Thanks: 53 Thanked 284 Times in 266 Posts System Specs	Haha, so you finally got your side panel! Looking gr8. __________________ "I assault bases, not women!" : @ssaulter_99

Mar 2, 2010, 12:05 AM	#66
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	found this comparison on the thermalright true black and a thermaltake watercooling setup kinda interesting Attached Thumbnails

Mar 2, 2010, 12:07 AM	#67
Duffman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mt. Pocono, PA Posts: 812 (0.41/day) Thanks: 63 Thanked 68 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	Kinda reinforces what people are saying about the Thermaltake WC eh? __________________ My Rig,Black Knight. Buy My Silverstone TJ09

Mar 2, 2010, 12:11 AM	#69
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	seeing the facts and getting alot of great info from you guys iam glad i didnt go with the thermaltake 850i setup, the guy is even throwing in two new 120mm coolermaster fans with the true black i bought, it looks big lol hope my side panel fits back on, i guess time will tell

Mar 2, 2010, 12:14 AM	#70
Duffman Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mt. Pocono, PA Posts: 812 (0.41/day) Thanks: 63 Thanked 68 Times in 65 Posts System Specs	I'm pretty sure you should have no problem in your Antec 600. I have my old Noctua nh-u12p in the wife's case which is some old "xblade" case or something and it fit fine. __________________ My Rig,Black Knight. Buy My Silverstone TJ09

Mar 2, 2010, 12:16 AM	#71
assaulter_99 Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,634 (1.30/day) Thanks: 53 Thanked 284 Times in 266 Posts System Specs	Out of curiosity, what cpu is that? Seems the thermaltake failed the 2.8 test. Is that an i7? Or a c2? Voltages point that its a c2, I might think. __________________ "I assault bases, not women!" : @ssaulter_99

Mar 2, 2010, 12:46 AM	#72
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	no they couldnt finish the test is what it said in the article because the system crashed lol sounds like my luck

Mar 2, 2010, 03:18 PM	#74
DTV DRAGON Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: canada Posts: 874 (0.48/day) Thanks: 141 Thanked 64 Times in 56 Posts System Specs	can you guys tell me, the true 120 can take two fans , and the guy is sending me them so i want to run both, so can i just splice them together and then run the one lead to the cpu fan plug on motherboard?or will two fans be too much for that? because i want them to speed up @ slow down according to temps

Mar 2, 2010, 03:27 PM	#75
Paulieg The Mad Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Wherever I can find the iron. Posts: 11,448 (5.01/day) Thanks: 2,519 Thanked 3,054 Times in 2,098 Posts System Specs	For those thinking of water cooling for the first time. Consider getting yourself a inexpensive tech station bench. This will give you an opportunity to set up a loop outside of a case, with nothing but the blocks over top of your hardware. Not to mention it is so much easier to manage the loop in general, with the rad and res off to the side. I'll post some pics after I get home from work to illustrate what I mean. __________________ "I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds." -Henry Rollins My heatware Save lives by joining the TPU WCG team!

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