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well here are the radiators, my problem is the configuration of them, simply too many possibilities, so if you could find the time to give your opinions, I would really appreciate it.
I also need advice on a type of shroud for the radiators, the purpose is to inshore good air flow through the radiator.
and lastly how to attach the fans to the radiators?



all advice is welcome and thank you

 
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I don't use a flow meter, never have, never will.

Having a picture of a flow meter does nothing to support a finding, especially when you cannot be 100% conclusive that it is reading correctly or you are accurately converting what is being reported. Does the flow meter registering on the pump without restriction show a flow rate that is close to the rated flow of the pump with your conversion?

If so, great, but if so, you're still running lower than 1.0 gpm on your loop, meaning your delta-T MUST be offset to calculate your cooling potential. Meaning - you have to over-rad to accomplish the same cooling ability that you could achieve with a higher flow. Adding cost of 3x 360 radiators ($60, example) starts to get expensive...
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good point, so what if I look a little stupid in the process, right. ok I'll show my failures as well not just what works or looks nice. I did like the idea of you imagining it, before I showed it. but getting real time info on improvements does have its appeal, maybe I wont put such a large hole in the wall, when things get tough, I'll have to fix that latter.
 
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ok so here is what is happening so far, I decided not to drill holes through the mother board, but rather to leave a space for the tubing in between, much easier to work on this way. I will line the whole case with cut to fit mother board pieces but here is the idea of what I am doing. the board flipped upside down will hold the radiators and pump, and the face side will be completely striped allowing room for wires and tubes.



so what do think, ideas, opinions, and changes, anyone?
 
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yea, good idea, that way they will blend in better. with the front and back plates the spacing will be jest enough for the tubing to fit through. the same with the space after the board before the next board, I will get it as close as possible so that it is just enough for the tube to fit through. I have been pondering the bottom plates whether to have a space, or just drill the two holes. one for the tube, and the other for the pump plug. have pics of the rads with radiator shroud, and fan shroud full stack of 6 rads in each row all connected, and stable, soon.
 
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the bad thing is that paint doesn't end up looking that well on plastic parts - i have an idea but it is expensive...getting copper fittings 😛

i also like how the mobo is looking, though on a side note - will you replace the heatpipe assembly or will you mod it as well?
 
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that's already modded, it is from another board, do you think I should remove it or keep it? and no I can't afford copper fittings, but maybe as a upgrade later it would look nicer. I have two copper plumes for this build but the flow rate dropped drastically after install, so I went back to the manifolds. maybe if I get that sparkly copper paint it would look closer to copper on plastic. besides there will be glow paint all over the place too, and under a black light you can't tell what color it is really, but without it you certainly can, and I do want it to look nice. Ohh, if cost wasn't a factor I wouldn't have to worry about stuff like that.
 
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you know the copper raystorm i'm getting showed flow restriction and i'm beginning to wonder if that's attributed to the material and not the machining process...

But it was just an idea :)

Ohh, if cost wasn't a factor I wouldn't have to worry about stuff like that.
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that my friend is called a challenge 😀

you're going to use the crosshair right? so that heatpipe assembly has its own place - provided you're cooling the entire board without the heatpipe assembly?
 
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yes, but that is in a whole different case, the Qpower case, that this one is going to be connected to the Qpower case. the Qpower case is getting a whole new refit as well. I will paint the case itself inside and out, to make it look new. and this case will have some art work on the outside it to make it look nice and new, and you are starting to see how the inside of it is turning out to look. this case is only to hold the new radiators, and a pump. I am leaving room for two more radiators later, but they will be normal rads, at that point bringing the total to 7 rads on this build. the over clocking i will do, oh yea, the over clocking i will do. but that is for a latter time, I'll post pics of that as well, we will see how high i get.
 
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a little less but not much, I do like asus or gigabyte cards, have had to many issues with other companies, so I just stick with them now. but it's a good card? how do you thank it will perform in a SLI setup? I have never had a SLI setup before, so I do not fully understand what the two cards linked together is supposed to do for the system. I have read many reviews, but they have different opinions on what it does for the system performance. (I take that back I once had 2 Voodoo cards linked together years ago, but this is not the same is it? ) sometimes it hurts the system and at other times it helps. it's so hard to understand.
 
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a single GTX 480 will trump anything you have now and some more :) if you're going to sli, you'll need two identical cards meaning 2x GTX480's - which won't be cheap. stick to one. Besides the CPU will def bottleneck you in every aspect of the GTX480, so if you were thinking of adding another...it might just crawl to sleep.

you can retire the 8800 GT/Ultra's you have - and consider the GTX480 a worthy upgrade.
 
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