I LOVE Watercooling

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I will have to take pics tonight but I finally got my CPU and Video Card under water and all I have to say is wow.

I feel like I should tell the whole story about how this came out...

Last year I bought a Rocketfish case from a member on here who already had a second top for the case modded with a 480 Rad Grill.

Case had been sitting in a cardboard box in my living room for this past year. During that time I bought a Apogee GT block used and a Corsair/Swiftech pump. I bought new a Swiftech quad radiator, fan controllers and some yate loon medium fans.

After having trouble watercooling my 4870x2, I bought a GTX470 and an EK Block for that.

The Corsair pump was NOISEY to say the least so I upgraded to the Swiftech 655 and this thing is whisper quiet.

So the conclusion for me is, I could not be happier, steadily have my Q6600 OC'd to 3.6 with idle temps at 32 degrees and the 470 GTX is idling at 27 degrees. All this while my computer barely makes any noise at all. I am beyond impressed.

I learned alot through the forums on how to go about doing this and I doubt I would ever have done without the knowledge gained from this forum. So, thanks to all those who posted questions and answers and the in between, because of you I now have joined the ranks!

Sorry for the big rant, just still excited.

Will post pics asap!
 
I can see that haha, I am already looking into thermastats, a better solution to my t-line fill port, etc.

The quietness and the temps are still mind boggling to me though, I seriously barely hear the low hum of the fans. The pump is dead quiet, my wife cannot even believe it and she could care less haha.
 
bah im feeling the opposite right now.

I bought a lian li v1200b on ebay, and after i sold the parts it came with, i was left with basically a POS.

I had to retrue the unibody case, get some of it spot welded back together, then i had to rotate the bent hard drive cages with their propietary slides.

Then i had to cut a hole in the top, it didnt look pretty, and on top of all of this i still need to plumb my loop...


Im just not feeling it :(
 
Cat1yst said:
bah im feeling the opposite right now.

I bought a lian li v1200b on ebay, and after i sold the parts it came with, i was left with basically a POS.

I had to retrue the unibody case, get some of it spot welded back together, then i had to rotate the bent hard drive cages with their propietary slides.

Then i had to cut a hole in the top, it didnt look pretty, and on top of all of this i still need to plumb my loop...


Im just not feeling it :(
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Well it definitely was a lot of work to get the loop setup and after getting a new pump and a new GPU/Block to integrate into the loop was also a big PITA.

Like anything that is rewarding it takes work and patience, that is all I really can say.

Good luck with finishing it!
 
I bought a simple Tt bigwater kit. since then, I cannot imagine life without. I've upgraded some components here and there, had a gpu block crack and spray coolant EVERYWHERE, lol. but scare aside, I'll never go back to air if I can help it.
 
Yes, it's a PITA sometimes, but it's more of the modding your car/motorcycle kind of PITA:p
 
rustygunner said:
Yes, it's a PITA sometimes, but it's more of the modding your car/motorcycle kind of PITA:p
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+1 Been there and currently there :) Modded my car with engine management, TBE, guages, intercooler, etc.

Bike just has a slip on and some other crash specific items ( its pretty much a track bike now)
 
Congrats!

Welcome to the club.

It is something that only a small group of people actually experience. It is wild, scary, frustrating, and rewarding. I've been on water for a year, and let me tell you it is nice. Sure, there are moments ... like looking at your rig and saying "pleaze don't asplode" or having to top off the reservior after a while then realizing you did such a good job routing your tubing that you can't quite get to the fill port on the res.. (creative tubing and a tiny-arse funnel does the trick).

Sometimes you'll wonder why you did it. Sometimes you'll wish you had just gone the simple route.

Then, you'll step back, realize that you are actually Water-Cooling your computer, and you'll remember - "oh yeah", totally worth it.
 
I'm planning a brand new lga 2011 or bulldozer build late next year and can't wait to watercool it. I've kept the same case for the last 6 years so I feel justified to get a new one and will have the opportunity to match it with the WC gear for an ideal setup. I will of course be turning to the [H] community for gear recommendations and advice when the time comes.
 
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