[Razer]

Woah, you can but a case with watercooling equipment for £200, £192 seems steep for a watercooling system..

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

I know.. but of course it was all custom matched for what I already have in way of case and components plus some of it's just general mod type stuff lighting cable ties and the like. Heres the spec.

CPU Block - OCZ HydroFlow HF-MK1 x1
Reservoir/Pump - XSPC Single 200 Bay reservoir pump (clear) x1
Radiator - Black Ice GT Stealth 120 x1
Thermal paste - Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound x1
Grill - Black powder Coat Circles PA120.1 Rad Grill x1
lights - 12" Quad CCFL UV Kit x1
Tubing - XSPC Od clear hose x2m
Coils - Primochill Antikink coils x2m
Rad fan - Yate Loon 120mm D12SL-12 LED Blue x1
fan control - Xilence Fan controller x1
temp probe - LCD blue display temp sensor x1
\ XSPC Acrylic desk mount x1
ties - 150mm Velcro cable ties x10
velcro pad - 120x100mm velcro pad x1
pci vents - Nexus ventilation bracket 3pack
South bridge block - EK-NB/SB Asus 1


It's just a gimicky job i'm doing really - something to show off to jealous mates

plus you never know.. I'll be constantly upgrading this build so maybe when day I might afford some serious component that does actually need WCing.

Just realised I missed off the coolant It must have jumped outta the basket somehow... I'll add it in when I actually do the order.

[ilop12]

youll need to drill holes for the tubing in the back. make sure you have those rubber circle washers so the tubing doesnt get cought or cut in the holes. also, get non-cunductive liquid without any color or uv because that makes it more conductive.

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

Originally Posted by ilop12

youll need to drill holes for the tubing in the back. make sure you have those rubber circle washers so the tubing doesnt get cought or cut in the holes. also, get non-cunductive liquid without any color or uv because that makes it more conductive.

Yeah the one I looked at was non-conductive, but what I mean is why do I even need tubing to go out through holes in the back?

[serverguy]

Where do you plan on putting the radiator?

[ilop12]

well if your radiator is set up in the back you need the tubing to pass into it.

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

Originally Posted by serverguy

Where do you plan on putting the radiator?

I was thinking on the base of my case, stuck down with a velcro pad.

Originally Posted by ilop12

well if your radiator is set up in the back you need the tubing to pass into it.

I see what you mean now, but surely if the radiator was out of the case it would be easier, better and much more efficient to use a pass-through PCI plate? That way theres no problem with rough edges and the case retains it's resell value.

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it however, there shoud be space on the base of the case (tri-rhyme ) but if not and I have to put it outside I'll reconsider my options then.

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by 4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie

I was thinking on the base of my case, stuck down with a velcro pad.



I see what you mean now, but surely if the radiator was out of the case it would be easier, better and much more efficient to use a pass-through PCI plate? That way theres no problem with rough edges and the case retains it's resell value.

I'll cross that bridge when I come to it however, there shoud be space on the base of the case (tri-rhyme ) but if not and I have to put it outside I'll reconsider my options then.

If it's on the bottom of the case you are going to have to cut some pretty darn big holes in it.

The radiator has to be able to blow the hot air through it, and then out of the case. Hence why you get radiator grills etc.

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

Oh.. I thought I just fixed a fan on the top of it which withdrew air from the sinks within the radiator, and then exhaust fans would clear it from the case. Would op. temp.s be to high like this?

[Razer]

If it's the Sonata 3, you could put the radiator in the redundant air filter space?