Hi all,
I recently made some serious upgrades (for me anyways) to my hardware. With my ram having tall heat sinks, air cooling was pretty much a no-go. I got looking at the AIO solutions, but after looking at people's builds here and HWC I got thinking why not go for a full WC loop. After a buttload whole bunch of reading and looking at some awfully nice builds here I am.
Here are the important parts:
Phantom 630
Asus P8P67 Deluxe board
i7-2700k (currently on stock cooler)
16GB Corsair Vengeance
2x Asus 660Ti DCII
I am looking at picking up a complete kit from Daz to start, then adding blocks for the gpus (EK makes the only FC blocks compatible with my gpus) and all the other bits I will need.
Here is what I am thinking for a loop:
Top rad will likely come from whatever kit I buy from Daz, with fans in a push (either pushing air into the case or pushing it out not sure which). For the bottom rad, I got one of these http://koolance.com/radiator-2-fan-120mm-30-fpi-copper dirt cheap (read free). I think I want the fans set up to push air through the rad into the case.
I have thought of a couple of things since I roughed that out.
a. I originally thought of putting a T connector and a ball valve fitting for a drain, then go thinking wouldn't it be more efficient to put a couple of QDCs on the bottom rad and having a piece of hose with a QDC for a drain?
b. I am a little concerned about the tube run from the bottom rad back to the res/pump. Would I get too much of a kink in the tube as it goes into the drive bays? Without inhibiting flow too much, would a 45° or 60° fitting help out there?
c. Will a single pump be alright for this set up?
d. I know that Koolance rad is a high density rad, so I will need fans with some horsepower to them, any suggestions?
e. What would be the best way to fill up this set up, and bleed it when the time comes?
I will be running distilled water/biocide mix only, no dyes or other additives. No ideas yet on whether I want coloured tubing and UV lighting or not yet. The way this case sits under my desk, nobody sees the window....so the pron pics will have to suffice.
Feel free to point out the errors in my planning and ideas.
Perry
I recently made some serious upgrades (for me anyways) to my hardware. With my ram having tall heat sinks, air cooling was pretty much a no-go. I got looking at the AIO solutions, but after looking at people's builds here and HWC I got thinking why not go for a full WC loop. After a buttload whole bunch of reading and looking at some awfully nice builds here I am.
Here are the important parts:
Phantom 630
Asus P8P67 Deluxe board
i7-2700k (currently on stock cooler)
16GB Corsair Vengeance
2x Asus 660Ti DCII
I am looking at picking up a complete kit from Daz to start, then adding blocks for the gpus (EK makes the only FC blocks compatible with my gpus) and all the other bits I will need.
Here is what I am thinking for a loop:
Top rad will likely come from whatever kit I buy from Daz, with fans in a push (either pushing air into the case or pushing it out not sure which). For the bottom rad, I got one of these http://koolance.com/radiator-2-fan-120mm-30-fpi-copper dirt cheap (read free). I think I want the fans set up to push air through the rad into the case.
I have thought of a couple of things since I roughed that out.
a. I originally thought of putting a T connector and a ball valve fitting for a drain, then go thinking wouldn't it be more efficient to put a couple of QDCs on the bottom rad and having a piece of hose with a QDC for a drain?
b. I am a little concerned about the tube run from the bottom rad back to the res/pump. Would I get too much of a kink in the tube as it goes into the drive bays? Without inhibiting flow too much, would a 45° or 60° fitting help out there?
c. Will a single pump be alright for this set up?
d. I know that Koolance rad is a high density rad, so I will need fans with some horsepower to them, any suggestions?
e. What would be the best way to fill up this set up, and bleed it when the time comes?
I will be running distilled water/biocide mix only, no dyes or other additives. No ideas yet on whether I want coloured tubing and UV lighting or not yet. The way this case sits under my desk, nobody sees the window....so the pron pics will have to suffice.
Feel free to point out the errors in my planning and ideas.
Perry
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