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[ahboyhan]

Hi everyone

my first ever post on this forum.
I'm from Singapore

i need some help on selection of water cooling components.

my current setup,

Chassis: Cooler Master HAF-X
Power Supply: Corsair AX 1200
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme
Processor: Intel Core i7 950
Graphics Card: GTX 580
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 120 GB
HDD: WD Cavier Black 1 TB
Soundcard: Creative SB X-FI Titanium HD
Memory: either Corsair Dominator GT 2000 Mhz or Mushkin Ridgeback 1600 Mhz

Thanks you all.

[MrInFiNiT3]

http://koolance.com/default.php

Start w/ the CPU and GPU blocks....
You'll need a good pump, radiator, and a basic reservoir to start.

If it were myself....
CPU= cpu-360
GPU= VID-NX580
Pump= PMP-450S
Radiator= EHX-1320BK (comes with shroud and fans)
Reservoir=RP-450X2
Fittings= NZL-V10-16KG2 (x3)
And the color/type of tubing of your choice found here

[mihapiha]

what's planned? Watercooling the CPU or something else besides that?

I build a watercooling for a friend of mine into that case. He wanted his GTX480 and CPU watercooled...

[ahboyhan]

hi

thanks for the valuable information.

i intend to watercooled the CPU, GPU and motherboard.
the Koolance waterblock for Rampage III Extreme is just too sexy.

few questions,
1. single and dual loops?
2. redundancy pump? add EK dual pump top?? laing D5 better?? but it looks exactly the same as the swiftech version?
3. any idea whether the frozenQ T-virus reservoir good? it look cool as well.


Thanks

[mihapiha]

1. two loops are better. 2x 200mm radiator like this one: http://www.aquatunin...Xtreme-200.html
2. what pumps you use for so small loops really doesn't matter. The gain by getting the best and most powerful pump out there is pretty small...
3. never used the frozenQ T-virus, but any reservoir is good... They don't really differ much

Now I wanna know your budget. Because if you don't intend to spend 600 € or more on that a dual loop thing can't really be done

[ahboyhan]

600 Euro = around $1100 SGD +/-

delivery charges is a killer as well.
any recommended online shop??

frozencpu and performance pc delivery charges are quite high to Singapore.

[mihapiha]

I recommend http://www.aquatuning.de/

If they ship to Singapore I don't know.

But there must be a local store you can use. Maybe one in Malaysia. I know also one in Australia: http://www.thekoolroom.com/
There have to be better ways than shipping this half across the planet.

[jfrydom]

mihapiha, on 13 January 2011 - 09:57 AM, said:

I recommend http://www.aquatuning.de/

If they ship to Singapore I don't know.

But there must be a local store you can use. Maybe one in Malaysia. I know also one in Australia: http://www.thekoolroom.com/
There have to be better ways than shipping this half across the planet.

all the things ive about aquatuning..
Anyway, i would recommend against dual loops if you want more uniform temps across the board. However if you change out GPUs frequently or want really low deltas in on one loop you might be better off with dual.

[ahboyhan]

i would prefer single loop as it will be neater and dual pump for redundancy. recommended???
anyway, can HAF-X fit 2 rad for dual loop??
1 x 360, 1 x 240??

[Rageaholic]

ahboyhan, on 13 January 2011 - 12:53 PM, said:

i would prefer single loop as it will be neater and dual pump for redundancy. recommended???
anyway, can HAF-X fit 2 rad for dual loop??
1 x 360, 1 x 240??

Most likely a 240 on the bottom if you take out the bottom hard drive caddy's. Maybe, you can do it with the one of the other CoolerMaster cases. Forgot which one though.

[ahboyhan]

mihapiha, on 13 January 2011 - 09:31 AM, said:

1. two loops are better. 2x 200mm radiator like this one: http://www.aquatunin...Xtreme-200.html
2. what pumps you use for so small loops really doesn't matter. The gain by getting the best and most powerful pump out there is pretty small...
3. never used the frozenQ T-virus, but any reservoir is good... They don't really differ much

Now I wanna know your budget. Because if you don't intend to spend 600 € or more on that a dual loop thing can't really be done

specified reason not to use frozenQ res? recommendation?

[ahboyhan]

how about coolant and tubing??
recommended size??
temp sensor and flow meter required??

please enlighten me.

Thanks

[mihapiha]

I don't believe a bottom 240 will fit in the Haf X.

[Sykes]

What is the shop you are buying from and what is your budget?

[ahboyhan]

Sykes, on 13 January 2011 - 03:15 PM, said:

What is the shop you are buying from and what is your budget?

Don't really have a preference for which shop. most important is end of the day the price is right.
In Singapore there isn't much retailers selling water cooling stuff especially Koolance products.
They only carries EK, swiftech and XSPC

so my only place to shop is through online.
so far i'm looking into frozencpu, performance pc and koolance. but the shipment is more expensive than the blocks.

[Sykes]

ahboyhan, on 13 January 2011 - 03:22 PM, said:

Don't really have a preference for which shop. most important is end of the day the price is right.
In Singapore there isn't much retailers selling water cooling stuff especially Koolance products.
They only carries EK, swiftech and XSPC

so my only place to shop is through online.
so far i'm looking into frozencpu, performance pc and koolance. but the shipment is more expensive than the blocks.

I meant a online shop of course.

How do you wanna set up your watercooling loop?

[ahboyhan]

Sykes, on 13 January 2011 - 03:35 PM, said:

I meant a online shop of course.

How do you wanna set up your watercooling loop?

i have no idea. I'm here for people like you to enlighten.

[mihapiha]

A very wise answer. Since you plan on cooling CPU, MB and graphic card, I'd suggest a 360 radiator. But that's the minimum. Personally I'd go with a Watercool Mora 3 and have it externaly.
Without the radiators the case will remain clean. otherwise it will look pretty much like a bomb dropped in there.

Look at my "internal" cooling solution a year ago. I bet you've never seen such a mess:

[Rageaholic]

Could always do it like how DazMode did his watercooling rig.

http://www.youtube.c...feature=channel

Skip to about 2:30

[ahboyhan]

that's quite messy. are there 3 loops??
1. cpu
2. mobo
3 gpu

suggestions for coolant and tubing size?? bigger gives better flow?