Watercooling advice..

[xSunnYx]

I'm getting temps around +50 degrees celsius @ 2750 with my Zalman 9500.
http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/3.jpg

I was thinking about getting some Asetek set. KT12A-12VS (but adding 2 seperate radiators.)

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/asetek_flow.jpg

3x 1x120mm radiators (was planning to get 1x 3x120mm radiator, but that wouldn't fit in my case.. so 3x 1x120mm would set on different locations of the case tho) The top and front radiators suck cool air in, PSU and rear radiator blow air out..

Would this setup take too much tubing for the pump to handle?

Spec :
Technical Specifications:
Power consumption: 7W
Qmax: 900 l/hm
Hmax: 150 cm

Dunno what the heck it all means (I'm dutch, so beats me)

[Sixix]

why do you need a watercooling? my CPU (AMD tbred) gets up to 65 degree under stess in summer, but it is burning since 3 years stable...
water cooling can cause many problem, trust me ;)

[xSunnYx]

2 reasons, higher OC and less noise (1900XT makes a turbine noise and gets up 88 degrees celsius on 100% load )

[LunaticTheory]

I don't like water coolers. This is what I have in my system and it brought it down from 45 degrees to about 34 degrees, and that is me using it a lot. I put it between my vid card and sound card and it draws the heat produced right out. Just a thought and cheaper.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1597433&CatId=494


:banana:

[jinx187]

I use Water cooling for mine pretty efficent but if your not experienced with OC'in and cooling stick with water cooling its piss eays for beginners.

But if your a pro screw the water cooling go for a vapour chill! cools the parts to -27 for some uber oc'in

[Fianor]

I'd need to know the gpm of the pump and do lots of math to be able to tell you sunny. I would guess that one pump is not strong enough for 3 radiators though, and I'd be worried about both the amount of noise and pressure one strong enough to run through 3 at a speed capable of maintaining adequate cooling would add. My first guess is that the 3rd radiator in this setup would actually cause the system to run hotter due to not having enough water flow.

I would dump the radiator on the front, just have a decent intake fan there, and change the water flow.

Pump -> cpu -> rear radiator -> graphics card -> upper radiator -> pump

Either that or add a 2nd pump

pump A -> rear radiator -> cpu -> upper radiator -> pump B -> graphics card -> front radiator -> pump A

[xSunnYx]

Well, reading those specs.. it's 900 Liter an hour.. 15 liter a minute.. dunno how many gallons that is..

Could get a 1020l/hm pump instead for 10 extra bucks to get a lil extra flow?

http://www.ct-systemen.nl/product_info.php?products_id=2312

[Fianor]

With 3 radiators I'd go for the higher flow, I believe the lower flow will have a very hard time running 3 radiators. But like I said, I'd be more inclined to either dump a radiator or add a 2nd pump, if you add the second, 2 of the smaller ones will be fine. Don't forget to use either deionized water or something specifically designed for electronics liquid cooling. They some kewl UV stuff. :)

[xSunnYx]

I been thinking abit, trying to eliminate at least 1 rad, but yet keep a nice cooling.

I figured i use the 4x 120mm rack i got with the Coolermaster Stacker 830 and fit 2x 2x120 rads in it.

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/pc/9.jpg

http://images.teamxsunnyx.com/asetek_flow2.jpg

[Fianor]

CHRIST! That must sound like a jet engine when you crank that all up right now, however if you put a nice hepa filter screen on the fans you should be able to de-allergen your house in about 10 minutes.



I would put a radiatior between the cpu block and graphics card

pump -> cpu -> rad A -> gc -> rad b -> pump

Otherwise looks good to me.

PS, you can just ship that zalman you're pulling out to me, I wouldn't want you to have to waste storage space on it ......

[pylar]

i had the same problem with my pc, but my new case solved everything, much better cooling now. you may wanna try a big tower instead. water cooling is way too expensive

[Psycho]

that machine is a beast... good luck with watercooling :p

[jinx187]

Get a vapour chill :(

[xSunnYx]

Get a vapour chill :(

Too expensive >.> Besides, i ain't got no rooom for it. If i had a Lian-Li i would have considered it tho..