TH Water Cooling Club and Picture Gallery

[rubix_1011]

Looks good. I have an old one of those MicroRes's laying around...they are a weird design that is just kind of awkward, but they do work well if you can find a place for it.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

You don't appear to have a long wait in that list? oversight or you already have one?
Moto

 

[saint19]

I'd change the reservoir for this one: http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/xsacd5tarefo.html

You can mount the pump there for save a little space, I have one and it's very good as easy to install.

 

[Lutfij]

from gallery to parts suggestion thread - keep the thread clean mateys!
*i'm sending a PM to muffin man!

 

[amuffin]

from gallery to parts suggestion thread - keep the thread clean mateys!
*i'm sending a PM to muffin man!

I just want the best of the best for my system, and I know all of the pro's hang out here 😉

 

[wolfram23]

Not really much point in a res from a performance standpoint, anyway. It does help with getting bubbles out, and it should help with filling the loop, but it doesn't affect temps. At least not by much. The volume just isn't that big unless you're using a big double bay res, but ultimately having appropriate cooling is significantly more important than a large water volume.

A simple T line for filling is all you need. Resevoirs are mostly for looks IMO.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Unless you cool the res as well like some folks do, helps take a little more heat out 🙂
Moto

 

[rubix_1011]

Eh, you'd really be hard pressed to see much temp difference in an acrylic res, even in a single or dual bay res size. Water is moving so fast that it isn't spending much time there to be cooled. Also remember, plastics are very poor heat conductors so it's likely that any potential for heat dissipation is being hampered by acrylic's poor dissipation properties. There were some passive reservoirs in the past, but those were mainly made from aluminum...and we know where that conversation is headed.

 

[wolfram23]

My only point about double bay rads is the volume of water. Takes more energy to heat it up. Of course, running for a few hours and volume doesn't mean anything anymore. But for quick stress tests it might reduce the water temp a couple degrees.

 

[rubix_1011]

Yes, overall volume will take a little longer to reach equilibrium, but when it comes to the volume of a single vs. a double bay res...I'm betting that difference is less than 1-2 minutes of difference and less than 1-2C during that time.

You could have a 5 gallon bucket as a reservoir and at 100% load, it would also reach working equilibrium, but it might actually be a bit less due to much larger surface area being able to dissipate heat.

 

[wolfram23]

I know someone here is using a beer cooler as a reservoir, and drops 4L jugs of frozen ice into it... no more rads!

But yes rubix, I agree. Hence why I said reservoirs are kind of useless.

 

[Lutfij]

4Ryan6 is the name

 

[rubix_1011]

Yeah, mostly for show, but they can help fill/bleed time if you have them setup in your loop correctly, i.e. feeding your pump inlet and level or higher to the inlet opening.

The wrong res can be a pain to use and other res's are just tacky.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

So four resses in a loop is going to be a little O.t.t. then? 😛
No kill like overkill lol
Moto

 

[rubix_1011]

If you are going to speak in terms of overkill, I'd rather overkill on pumps or rads vs. reservoirs.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I'm doing that on the radbox 🙂
When I'm done it'll be
Two EX480's push
One RX240 push/pull
Two X20 750 pump/resses
Two T-Virus resses
And five 120's in the case
Cooling a 975 at 4GHz
And the 6950's at standard clocks
Im only going push on the EX's for now, I'll add the other eight later 🙂
Moto

 

[lowjack989]

Heres is my newly plumbed loop...I shortened it quite a bit

Before:

After:

 

[lowjack989]

Here is a pic of the plumping:

Needs a 90 degree ELL fitting from the Rad. back to the Res.

The finished project buttoned up:

 

[Motopsychojdn]

When you come to flush, take about 30mm off the tube going to the rad, just even it up a touch, looking good though
Moto

 

[lowjack989]

I need a 45 degree fitting on the block as it started to crimp if I tried to get them even with each other...Thx for the critism though Moto

 

[saint19]

I need a 45 degree fitting on the block as it started to crimp if I tried to get them even with each other...Thx for the critism though Moto

Keep in mind the fan, the 45º fitting should be more longer than others.

 

[lowjack989]

Here is a pic that shows how tight the hose on the far side is...

 

[wolfram23]

Looking good. Honestly with a closed case (no window) I wouldn't worry too much about making it perfect. Unless you plan to go to huge LANs and try to win money with your build lol.

 

[lowjack989]

@wolfram23-->Thanks for the compliment...I am not a fan of windows or lights IMO it just looks gawdy, no offense just my opinion. I love keeping my inside nice and neat so when you do pop the side off at a LAN party people go...WOW !!!

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Spray that drive black as well then, keep it stealth hehe
Moto