Author Topic: Can anyone here build a watercooling system? (Read 290 times)

CaptainWTF · « **on:** December 15, 2011, 10:22:59 PM »

good waterblocks, reservoir, tubing, pump etc?.I plan on moving over to liquid when I do a ivybridge setup., and I use a GTX 560. I need a 3x120 radiator. Cause thats what fits in my case >_> Corsair 800D <3. Haven't decided if I want to add black lights or something in and do UV tubing. Probs not. I'd prob go with clear tubes and do a dye bomb.

[IAM] Punisher · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2011, 01:17:29 AM »

Take pictures before, after, during. Would be cool to see the process

[IAM] theNineteen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 16, 2011, 02:44:44 PM »

Black lights? Those will show stains!

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #3 on:** December 16, 2011, 07:00:00 PM »

I'm just wondering if anyone here has a good idea on what is good to get.

[IAM] iba · « **Reply #4 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:59:08 PM »

Well, I did a little bit of watercooling in the past for some high end systems I built...

As for the radiator, you really can't go wrong with anything that is all metal, as in, no plastic side tanks that are crimped and sealed. Whatever kit or package comes with the most goodies for the money is the one to get. Some of them have just a radiator, some come with tubing, fittings, etc. Just have to look for the best buy of the day/week.

That said, some are all aluminum and some are copper hybrid, and the aluminum ones are more expensive but perform better. I doubt you'll ever do anything wild enough to justify the price, as the copper ones do very well anyway. Remember, it is water cooling, so it's going to be pretty good regardless.

The only downside to the dye I've seen so far is some of them tend to lose their brilliance after a while. Couldn't tell you what the best ones are, I did opaque tubing in all of them and just went with wild neon colors. I thought they looked the best and all of the high end tubing is like that. Plus, I'm always hesitant to put shit in the cooling loop that isn't either water or a manufactured coolant that might affect the way the pump works.

[IAM] iba · « **Reply #5 on:** December 18, 2011, 06:02:20 PM »

Totally forgot about the other stuff too...

As for the pumps I used, I couldn't tell you what they were. The electrician that worked for our company knew where to get them. They were 120VAC whisper pumps that flowed 2-5gpm. They were split housing, double sealed, centrifugal pumps that were rated for continuous duty and had a guaranteed POH of 80K/h. They were bad ass external pumps and I wish I knew what they were because they never failed, and they had a small built in pressure switch with an alarm/latching relay too.

I made my own reservoirs out of lexan so I could fit them in whatever case I had to work with so it would look like a true custom job instead of trying to fit in a pre-made one. It's actually pretty easy to do, and there's plenty of tutorials on how to work with it on youtube. Just remember, if you build your own, drill EVERYTHING and dry-fit it before you glue it. Drive all your screws in and everything and make sure it doesn't warp or anything wild before you glue, or you'll regret it if one single edge isn't true and you assemble it, and then find out it leaks after one day of heating it up and getting some pressure in it if you end up not venting the system.

[IAM] iba · « **Reply #6 on:** December 18, 2011, 06:04:26 PM »

Final words:

Water cooling is effing expensive. If you're building a high end system, plan on spending close to 500 bucks on a water cooling setup. Don't cheap out on anything...

You WILL regret it.

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #7 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:30:57 PM »

Quote from: [IAM] iba on December 18, 2011, 06:04:26 PM

Final words:

Water cooling is effing expensive. If you're building a high end system, plan on spending close to 500 bucks on a water cooling setup. Don't cheap out on anything...

You WILL regret it.

Thats why I'm asking people here. I'm prepared to spare no expense when I do a ivy setup with watercooling. I just want liquid cooling for the gfx card really.. and then I figure shit if I'm doing gfx card cooling might as well do it all but I could just do a system for the graphics card since I already have a corsair h80. not a big fan of it maxing out the fan speeds when it hits anything over 25C though.. and now I'm going to be saving up even more money for a GTX780. I saw the numbers on those fuckers. like 2x the performance of a 580.

[IAM] iba · « **Reply #8 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:56:25 PM »

Well, if you already have a H80... I mean, there's 100 bucks right there into the 500 dollar system. The H80 does pretty well by itself and will probably be more then you will need for the setup you're planning. You could always splice in your own fan controller if you're not happy the way it does it's regulation.

If you're doing just a cooler for the video card, I'd just recommend one of those all-in-one setups that has a pump/fan/rad setup and plumb it direct. Would check out all of the reviews first to see which one is the most reliable and then put in a pressure switch (well, pressure switch regardless of the configuration), and wire it to a relay you tie into the ATX-green pin, so no matter what if the pressure drops, it will kill the system power. You'll have to tie in a timer if you don't control the cooling separately (as in using a header or PS driven pump)

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:59:57 PM »

I got the h80 because it works well had good reviews and came with a 5 year warranty. I can't argue with that. and most likely I will do my own fan controller

I wasn't aware they had all in one GPU setups though for video cards.

[IAM] iba · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:51:43 PM »

When I say AIO, I mean, an AIO water pump/rad/res setup, and then you buy a GPU block and plumb it direct. For that, you only need a small pump and small res and probably a single 80-100mm fan/rad combo. Something like that should run you in the 200 dollar range, versus spending 500 bucks for a larger system that will also include the CPU, RAM, HDD/SSD, etc...

I don't mean a setup like the H80 for a GPU, as I don't think they have one.

CaptainWTF · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:10:28 PM »

yeah but i have a corsair 800d I mean i could do a 3x120. might as well right?.... and what about ssd's?... I will never watercool my ram. its jus fine as it is. And I'm not a big fan of overclocking my processors. big pain in the ass for such little gain.

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CaptainWTF · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:13:19 PM »

You mean like one of these? http://www.frozencpu.com/products/12368/ex-wat-164/Ek_H30_Supreme_HF_360_EN_Advanced_Liquid_Cooling_Kit_EK-KIT_H3O_-_Supreme_HF_360_EN.html?tl=g30c83s137

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