new to watercooling

[RCoon]

Mine arrived, stock fans looks kinda crappy, but thats fine, I wont be using them. Somehow the 2 meters of tubing doesnt look to be enough, but I'm sure when measured out properly thats fine. 240mm Rad looks a little bad for sure, but I'm certain it is generally a better radiator than the H100. All in all, looks promising, definitely entry level stuff, radiator could be thicker.

EDIT: OMNOMNOMNOM HARIBOS NOM

 

[radrok]

Now off to work on that loop!

You'll be having plenty of fun

 

[RCoon]

Now off to work on that loop!

You'll be having plenty of fun

I'm at work, the closest thing to gaming I have is my mouse and keyboard xD

 

[Knight091]

hey, im about to purchase an xspc raystorm RS240 kit.

i also want some monsoon compression fittings and because im vain want some red hose.


i have been reading and watching guides to watercooling for a couple weeks now, but sizes are still alien to me.

IM A NOOB, so with this kit
http://www.xs-pc.com/watercooling-kits/raystorm-750-rs240-watercooling-kit

what size fittings would i need?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?keywords=monsoon+compression&sortby=priceDesc

and what size hose?

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/cat/Hose-and-Accessories_38.html


i kind of guessed hose would be dependent on fittings and vice versa. but which is best for me and what do i need.....


my shopping list also includes

distilled water - would 5 litres be enough for a couple changes?
biocide
couple more fans

thankyou kind fellows.... and yea its about time i got a waterloop lol

I have been thinking of getting the xspc raystorm as well.

 

[d1nky]

knight thought you had like a sweet watercool loop anyway?

this would be a down step for ya.


and rcoon we got the same sweeties lol

just got 5L distilled from halfords for a few quid.

 

[Knight091]

knight thought you had like a sweet watercool loop anyway?

this would be a down step for ya.


and rcoon we got the same sweeties lol

just got 5L distilled from halfords for a few quid.

No I mean the water block...lol

That is the XSPC Raystorm CPU Waterblock..

 

[de.das.dude]

since this is a info-ish thread...

can someone tell me why people dont use car-engine coolant?

 

[d1nky]

omg watercooling is friggin wicked!

the loop is outside running, tbh i dont know why im testing it like this as i got other stuff to come. air bubbles disappeared straight away! no leaks so far with the standard fittings. there was some shit in the loop so that will be gone when i change stuff arond and flush next time.

probably will freeze the remaining 5L of distilled


i can see this is going to be very very addictive!


@DDD i was in the car shop earlier and was thinking the same lol

 

[Knight091]

omg watercooling is friggin wicked!

the loop is outside running, tbh i dont know why im testing it like this as i got other stuff to come. air bubbles disappeared straight away! no leaks so far with the standard fittings. there was some shit in the loop so that will be gone when i change stuff arond and flush next time.

probably will freeze the remaining 5L of distilled


i can see this is going to be very very addictive!


@DDD i was in the car shop earlier and was thinking the same lol

Why you think I built a loop and ripped it out and redoing another..lol

 

[d1nky]

haha i know!

i cant wait to get this all together, still got to plan out the cylinder res route and think about the rad fitting

 

[shoestring]

I take my watercooling loop apart often. I add a few things move the rads around tweak the fans... its the best part of watercooling is...the tinkering.

My advice would be .... slow down ..... enjoy the build .... it reduces the mistakes and errors.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Lol I never used to leak test mine, I'd just whack it all in, never really had any probs.

 

[20mmrain]

i should be getting all round corsair sp120s, ive got two but need a matching set.

airflow 65cfm
static pressure 1.8
1650rpm

should be ok with corsairs for the time being

i got a proper pipe cutter as well, perfect cuts

I would go for the SP's with 2300 RPM's and a Static pressure of 3.1mm instead of the1600RPM model. Reason... because they can be turned down under normal use but they are also able too be turned up when needed for better temps. I love mine! I jut switched from some NZXT fans to the Corasair SP's and haven't looked back since.

I take my watercooling loop apart often. I add a few things move the rads around tweak the fans... its the best part of watercooling is...the tinkering.

My advice would be .... slow down ..... enjoy the build .... it reduces the mistakes and errors.

I 100% agree with this statement! Take your time! The outcome will look way better and you will have way more fun!

Lol I never used to leak test mine, I'd just whack it all in, never really had any probs.

Well then you are lucky! For me.... Why risk your expensive investment for little extra effort. I would much rather be safe than sorry.... Plus it really doesn't take much effort to setup your loop outside the case for testing.

I not only always tested outside my case.... But I also tested inside after re-assembly to verify I put everything back together correctly.

 

[RCoon]

Installed it all, figured I'd put everything together and turn the fancy lights on (they're all white, but phone camera is so awful it makes it all look blue...) and take some photos for people to see. Right now I'm going to run it overnight to do some leak testing, so far max temps are 67 when running Prime95

I have some more White CLC Cathodes arriving Thursday, as well as half a metre of white LED's to strap to the inside of the case, for some total white-out and emphasize the tubing. For now that will have to do until Thursday!
EDIT: I've also done some cable tidying as those PCI-E power cables looked pretty messy.

 

[Law-II]

Hi

since this is a info-ish thread...

can someone tell me why people dont use car-engine coolant?

I do; first into H2o with a Danger Den kit here shipped with MCT-5

atb

Law-II

 

[Irony]

Lol, 5 pages in 2 days.

Water cooling does get addicting, (and expensive fast) but hey, we can justify it cuz we're enthusiasts. lol.

I've got Monsoon fittings. I love how they look, they really give a clean look. I also have 1/2x3/4 tubing, I like it bigger. I think it looks better.
The monsoons were a major pain to install on this particular tubing tho because it's thicker than its rated size by almost a 1/16, but I think they would be perfect on just about any other tubing.

Also, I wasn't really clear on it, did you end up buying the water online? Cuz you can get distilled water at the grocery store. I think someone mentioned that. I just have straight distilled water in mine, and I know there are some others on here too. I think as long as you drain it and everything every few months you're good.

Also, last but not least I'm pretty much a noob too. lol

 

[d1nky]

rcoon that looks pretty good with white liquid in there. shame you couldnt get teh rad to sit higher up or something. i got pretty confused with the 1million screws and thread bars that came haha!

ive got the same routing with the hose set up, just got to plan how to get hose to the cylinder i want at the bottom.

so temps are pretty good in comparison?!

my 1/2 hose and monsoon fittings should be here by the weekend. friday ill order a cylinder res. and some more monsoons to go with it.


yea i got the distilled from a car shop, £3.99 for 5 litres.

 

[RCoon]

rcoon that looks pretty good with white liquid in there. shame you couldnt get teh rad to sit higher up or something. i got pretty confused with the 1million screws and thread bars that came haha!

ive got the same routing with the hose set up, just got to plan how to get hose to the cylinder i want at the bottom.

so temps are pretty good in comparison?!

my 1/2 hose and monsoon fittings should be here by the weekend. friday ill order a cylinder res. and some more monsoons to go with it.


yea i got the distilled from a car shop, £3.99 for 5 litres.

Yeah theres plenty of screws, it actually came with some useful screws I used for something else, and the rubber washers for the mounting bracket you can use for external mounting proved to be very useful for a couple of screws that were too long in my other case! H100 max temps in P95 were around 87, now after a re-paste on the delid and the watercooling, max temps are 67-68 in P95, so all in all a pretty epic temperature drop. I also have LOADS of hosing left, and about 175ml of coolant too. Eventually, I'll invest in a GPU block, but for now I need to save money for a car damnit!

 

[radrok]

Yeah the issue with watercooling is that you reach a point where you are limited by 24/7 voltage...

I wish I could go higher than 1.53v without repercussions but it'll probably chew the chip longevity a good deal.

Also this time around nvidia's GK110 doesn't have voltage control so you can't push that good 1.3v-1.35v on water for insane clocks

 

[d1nky]

thats pretty cool, this will be a massive improvement from the aegir.

 

[RCoon]

Yeah the issue with watercooling is that you reach a point where you are limited by 24/7 voltage...

I wish I could go higher than 1.53v without repercussions but it'll probably chew the chip longevity a good deal.

I almost cant be bothered with GPU cooling, because its at its max voltage and temps are 67 under full load anyway, so water wouldnt improve much, and yet it would make the whole thing so much cooler!

 

[radrok]

yet it would make the whole thing so much cooler!

Yeah you'd cut those temperatures, I never see more than 35C on full load on the GPUs.

Still I would not go fullcover, every single time I do I regret it... they just become expensive paper weight.

You can put an universal block on top of your GPU core and retain the 780/Titan shroud

you just need to remove the vapor chamber on top of the gpu and keep the rest.

Would not look as good as a fullcover but that depends on what you want.

 

[RCoon]

Yeah you'd cut those temperatures, I never see more than 35C on full load on the GPUs.

Still I would not go fullcover, every single time I do I regret it... they just become expensive paper weight.

You can put an universal block on top of your GPU core and retain the 780/Titan shroud

http://images.anandtech.com/doci/6760/GeForceGTX_Titan_3Qtr2a.jpg

you just need to remove the vapor chamber on top of the gpu and keep the rest.

Would not look as good as a fullcover but that depends on what you want.

I dont think I'd go full cover, I might even see if I can cut the in/out holes into the GTX shroud and run the universal block inside it, just for tidiness.

 

[radrok]

I'm gonna take a couple of pics of my universal waterblocks, gimme 2 minutes

Room was a bit dark sorry

Watercool does marvelous waterblocks, they are my choice for radiators.

 

[RCoon]

Need to find a GPU block that compatible with the 780/Titan