[Shawnie]

Had been thinking of setting up an watercooling rig.
With the advise & help of some of the Bros here
094145
Bullydog
Kozato
(thanks alot)

This is my first attempt on Water cooling.
Details of Rig are as follows
i7 920
Msi X58 Pro
Team elite 1333 3 x 2gb rams
Gecube 4890 1GB
Andyson 800W
Lian Li Pc7-fW

Water cooling Parts
Swiftech MCP655

Swiftech MCR220 (bought from Bullydog @ a nice price)

Tygon 1/2ID 3/4OD tubings

Switftech Swiftech MCRES Micro (bought from Bullydog @ a nice price)

Coolant from ZtomicLab Cheap @ 30 per bottle

Lastly
Swiftech GTZ cpu block (awaiting collection)

[Shawnie]

While Awaiting for the CPU block. Flushed the radiators & stuff using a spare PSU & distilled water.



When using the Bispower RAD support I
Notice that the Screws supplied doesnt fit my Radiators Did some Self DIY with ideas credits from MoonSymph Project Biscayne .

[Shawnie]

Was thinking of which setup?

RES>pump>Rad>CPU>RES

or

Pump>CPU>Rad>REs>Pump

Which setup will be better in terms of cooling?

[094145]

RES>pump>Rad>CPU>RES

i think this one is better....ask others for opinion...glad that solve ur rad mounting issue..btw u rig is awesome

[bianco]

another wc rig. nice.
depends on the placement of your go for the shortest route and placement of your wc components.
although from the looks of it, it won't matter much because the distance between the components are the same since you mounted your rad at the back with the inlet/outlet on top (i assume).

but i have this idea, if my assumption is right that your rad is at the back.

1, attach the res at the inside backplate of the case
2, attach the pump inlet pointing up receiving feed from res
3, tube from pump outlet to the cpu wb
4, from the wb, goes to the rad inlet
5, rad outlet goes to res....

[Shawnie]

Bianco is this what u meant? sorry for the poor drawing.

[Philip]

Why not mount e rad internal.. at the top perhaps.

Phil

[bianco]

i overlooked that you have the swiftech res...but i guess the bp rotaries can help.

i was looking for the pic in xs as sample, but gave up too many rigs for me to remember which thread. here's a drawing though:


not sure how wide your case is btw to accommodate the pump like that and avoid the gpu or any of your expansion cards.

[Shawnie]

Internally no space since i am using a mid tower.

On top of the casing nv consider b4. any bad points of mounting @ the back of the casing?

[Shawnie]

Originally Posted by bianco

i overlooked that you have the swiftech res...but i guess the bp rotaries can help.

i was looking for the pic in xs as sample, but gave up too many rigs for me to remember which thread. here's a drawing though:


not sure how wide your case is btw to accommodate the pump like that and avoid the gpu or any of your expansion cards.

Bianco thxs for the effort of drawing out the diagram. I dun think can fit my pump & res there due to the PSU & my gpu card & and side window fan.

[bianco]

Originally Posted by Shawnie

Bianco thxs for the effort of drawing out the diagram. I dun think can fit my pump & res there due to the PSU & my gpu card & and side window fan.

haha. was just fiddling around with paint. got you point, googled your case... just try to bring up that pump up high closer to the cpu to shorten your loop.

the res in the drawing is pointing towards the side of the case btw.

[Kozato]

Hey, my compression fittings cannot be used with your tubings bro.....

[Shawnie]

Originally Posted by Kozato

Hey, my compression fittings cannot be used with your tubings bro.....

Yeah i know. since gary didnt change the order for me. no worries abt that. i will keep the compression bards & change tubings in future.

[Shawnie]

Originally Posted by bianco

haha. was just fiddling around with paint. got you point, googled your case... just try to bring up that pump up high closer to the cpu to shorten your loop.

the res in the drawing is pointing towards the side of the case btw.

Bianco thxs have a better picture of it now.

[Kozato]

Originally Posted by Shawnie

Yeah i know. since gary didnt change the order for me. no worries abt that. i will keep the compression bards & change tubings in future.

I have some tubings that are compatible with the fittings. 2meter of Tygon B-44-X 1/2" ID and 5/8" OD. I can give you all of them.