new to watercooling

[RCoon]

Parcels arrived!
I await a text from my girlfriend saying she wont be back from work training until later tonight.
*crosses fingers*

 

[d1nky]

Parcels arrived!
I await a text from my girlfriend saying she wont be back from work training until later tonight.
*crosses fingers*

hahaha!

edit: im going to be testing this beast out with some benches in a min. see if it can handle 1.55-1.6v and 5ghz +

before i used to get it to cut out from heat lol

no likey no lighty......... let the heat see the sink!

 

[RCoon]

CPU Temp went up about 5 degrees in idle, and about 3 degrees on load. GPU temps are GODLY

 

[d1nky]

that looks awesome!

one query, what happened to the missus? its half-eight and youve done a couple hours work

my new stuff is on the way, got to wait for my res and that but weekend is soon!

 

[RCoon]

that looks awesome!

one query, what happened to the missus? its half-eight and youve done a couple hours work

my new stuff is on the way, got to wait for my res and that but weekend is soon!

Like i said, work training late. I've been working on this since 4.30pm and finished literally 20 minutes ago. Took me 4 hours

Sadly the GTX cooler had to be removed as the black heat shim restricted the water block, so I've ordered some Alpenfoen VRAM and VRM heat sinks to glue onto the memory and VRM's which are currently bare, and it makes me paranoid. That wont arrive until Saturday though /sadface. GPU temps are epic, but CPU temps are floating at 71 on full Prime 95 load. 34 degrees below throttling temp, so I guess they're pretty decent temps.

 

[d1nky]

overall, total cost and everything. are you happy?!

im pretty pleased and im not even half way there yet. i havent seen one drop of water on my hardware, paranoia is going slowly, its quiet and feels safer than wrestling with a tower heatsink and fans.

i finish at half-five maybe six, tired dirty and hungry. so havent got much time for anything!

still contemplating a new case, but if i did id probably want new stuff for it lol unless my dad wants to swap his xigmatek midgard....

 

[RCoon]

Overall total cost:
kit - £140
2 litres of white mayhem - £30
extra tubing - £12
GPU block - £40
Extra 120 rad - £30
extra barb fittings - £9
alpefoen VRM and VRAM coolers - £12

Total cost of around £275 with a few pennies or pounds either side.
I was honestly not convinced of the cost effectiveness of watercooling, it was actually your idea of getting it that gave me a nudge to give in to curiosity. Honestly I expected it to cost more and give worse results. It was hard as hell this first time round, but to anyone thinking of doing watercooling and thinking it's expensive - you can cool just your CPU epically for £145.
I think the added GPU cooling is where the best results are found, but its also costly.

All in all, totally worth it.

 

[d1nky]

i been contemplating water for ages, since ive been on this forum. i saw the same negatives as you, worried about water and electric but now im a changed person lol

that gpu block for £40 may convince me to get some water on my card.

cant wait to fire out some benches, but itll mean some serious tweaking as ive pushed the limits already.

and look we've got our own watercool thread

 

[RCoon]

i been contemplating water for ages, since ive been on this forum. i saw the same negatives as you, worried about water and electric but now im a changed person lol

that gpu block for £40 may convince me to get some water on my card.

cant wait to fire out some benches, but itll mean some serious tweaking as ive pushed the limits already.

and look we've got our own watercool thread

They're universal, so I'm certain it will fit your card too, you might even get lucky and be able to keep whatever VRAM and VRM cooling you have on there already and not have to buy heatsinks. Adding a single EK 120 radiator just seems to have altogether transformed the temperature of the GPU.
I guess this thread would be ideal for newcomers to the watercooling scene, and prove that retards like me can do watercooling without leakage!

 

[radrok]

You can also buy Heatkiller universals that can be outfitted with VRM module.

 

[erocker]

You can also buy Heatkiller universals that can be outfitted with VRM module.
http://shop.watercool.de/WebRoot/Sa...D/8CBB/0A0C/05E7/6D16/HK_GPU-X_Core_60DIY.jpg
http://www.coolingtechnique.com/img...LER_microSW-X_40_DIY_e_60_DIY/microSWX_11.jpg

That is very cool.

 

[d1nky]

and prove that retards like me AND YOU can do watercooling without leakage

fixed.


that heatkiller may be the thing im looking for, damn you watercooling! total outlay may come to the price of an extra card lol but id have to buy two just in case, fittings, hose, id want another 240 rad, means more sleeving. - may do it actually!


what else do we add to this thread to make it more informational?! (i was thinking cleavage for some reason lol)

think, that in a few years time or possibly ten years time. a noob watercooler may be looking for infos on the net, come across this thread and NO cleavage!

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Like i said, work training late. I've been working on this since 4.30pm and finished literally 20 minutes ago. Took me 4 hours

Sadly the GTX cooler had to be removed as the black heat shim restricted the water block, so I've ordered some Alpenfoen VRAM and VRM heat sinks to glue onto the memory and VRM's which are currently bare, and it makes me paranoid. That wont arrive until Saturday though /sadface. GPU temps are epic, but CPU temps are floating at 71 on full Prime 95 load. 34 degrees below throttling temp, so I guess they're pretty decent temps.

Nice end result. Looks niice.

 

[Norton]

Those setups both look great guys!!! -

I set mine up with the dual rads like yours rcoon and I'm loving the temps on the gpu/cpu
*in my case I was lucky enough to fit the rear rad inside though...

Only thing I want to do now is make it better.... which is the main reason why I put the side panel back on and put the rig back to work

 

[d1nky]

^^ im falling for the white build!

rog colour scheme has been overdone so much its a cliche lol

i cant wait to get mine looking pretty again. lol my single push fan is on by one screw!

 

[RCoon]

^^ im falling for the white build!

rog colour scheme has been overdone so much its a cliche lol

i cant wait to get mine looking pretty again. lol my single push fan is on by one screw!

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
I had a ROG motherboard, the V Formula for my 8350, but that went to my brother. Problem with white builds is the motherboards are always a problem, as you can see mine is black and blue. The only motherboards that are mainly black are the MPower (with yellow) and the ASRock ones, which have weird colours on the VRM sinks.
Would have been cool to mount the 120 rad inside, but I really wanted dual fans on it to handle the extra load.
Also that heatkiller with the little VRM addon is SO AWESOME.
I wont put my 275 on water because it barely touches 40 degrees when loaded with Physx.
I dont think I'll touch the watercooling for a long time now, the only thing I'm always looking to do is add more white, specifically the motherboard.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

You can also buy Heatkiller universals that can be outfitted with VRM module.
http://shop.watercool.de/WebRoot/Sa...D/8CBB/0A0C/05E7/6D16/HK_GPU-X_Core_60DIY.jpg
http://www.coolingtechnique.com/img...LER_microSW-X_40_DIY_e_60_DIY/microSWX_11.jpg

That is the sweetest GPU block I have ever seen.

 

[Nordic]

That is the sweetest GPU block I have ever seen.

Their full version blocks pretty cool too. I have one. I like it.

 

[d1nky]

ya know that xspc plate on the cpu mount, well it fell off my intel one. maybe paint that white?

dont know if ya up for new fans but corsairs got white rings, i know ya said mobo but apart from painting the heatsinks, its a tough one for sure!

oh btw ive got white monsoons coming

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
I had a ROG motherboard, the V Formula for my 8350, but that went to my brother. Problem with white builds is the motherboards are always a problem, as you can see mine is black and blue. The only motherboards that are mainly black are the MPower (with yellow) and the ASRock ones, which have weird colours on the VRM sinks.
Would have been cool to mount the 120 rad inside, but I really wanted dual fans on it to handle the extra load.
Also that heatkiller with the little VRM addon is SO AWESOME.
I wont put my 275 on water because it barely touches 40 degrees when loaded with Physx.
I dont think I'll touch the watercooling for a long time now, the only thing I'm always looking to do is add more white, specifically the motherboard.

The MSI GD65 Gaming is near enough all black.

 

[RCoon]

Yeah I'm tempted to go for 4 corsair white ring'd fans, even though the current H100 fans are double the pressure in H2O.
The new GD65 looks cool but its essentially switching what I have in blue for red.

 

[d1nky]

does the crosshair come with that hotwire for graphics (asus 7970)?

if you can change the rings on the corsair h100s ill send a bunch of rings. about 6 or glue em to ya fans

 

[RCoon]

does the crosshair come with that hotwire for graphics (asus 7970)?

if you can change the rings on the corsair h100s ill send a bunch of rings. about 6 or glue em to ya fans

Yeah the H100s are just generic crappy fans with 7.7 pressure compared to the corsair SP's with 3.7. I'll buy some Corsairs soon I think, in the meantime I guess I'll keep an eye out for an EVGA board or something, as they look all black:

 

[d1nky]

i wish i could put the rings on either side of the fan. when you see the back of them they look crap and arent worth the cash.

i spent £66 on the things lol

 

[RCoon]

Can anyone note any serious differences between temperatures when you have a radiator after a component rather than before?
I've got my loop pumpres>cpu>240>gpu>120>pumpres