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Improving Kingwin Arctic cooler awc-1

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plywood99

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Hey all,
Just got the Kingwin awc-1 water cooling kit. Works pretty good but I want to improve it. Cpu block seems kinda cheap in this setup, would replacing it help? Any ideas besides " THROW THAT POS IN THE TRASH" would be appreciated. I do want to keep it, just want to improve on it however I can.
Peace out..
 
There isn't much you can do to the block to improve things other than add some arctic silver to the bottom of it if you already haven't. Replacing it with the right block could definitely help. Let us know a little more about the setup and maybe we could give you some ideas to improve on the complete loop as a whole or whatever.
 
ProOC said "There isn't much you can do to the block to improve things other than add some arctic silver to the bottom of it if you already haven't. Replacing it with the right block could definitely help. Let us know a little more about the setup and maybe we could give you some ideas to improve on the complete loop as a whole or whatever."

Here is the link to product. http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.asp?LineID=&CateID=31&ID=187

It is a dual radiater setup, one rad takes up a 51/4 bay and the other rad just mounts somewhere. The hose are 1/4 inch i.d. It comes with cpu and gpu blocks but I'm only using cpu block.
The blocks really seam kind of wimpy. I took the cover off and It looks like the thing was assembled with clear epoxy. I definitely need to get a better block.
Who makes a good 1/4 inch inlet block?? Also thinking of replacing the 2nd rad with a 85 chevette heater core.
 
Well, I just hot-glued a 120 fan to the bottom of the rad/res. That helped a little, but I definitely believe I need a new cpu block. Any good ones out there with 1/4 inch inlets??
 
plywood99 said:
Well, I just hot-glued a 120 fan to the bottom of the rad/res. That helped a little, but I definitely believe I need a new cpu block. Any good ones out there with 1/4 inch inlets??
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Besides Koolance, the Innovatek ones will work too, so will any German low flow block.
 
I was supposed to be getting an Evercool WC-201 from eBay (same kit, but rebadged), and was looking to replace the CPU block with a Koolance CPU-200g, cut out the top fan grill in the main unit, and maybe replace the tubing with better stuff (read as more kink resistant).

Unfortunately, the seller decided to rip me off. :mad: The only good thing is, I'm working on building a different W/C setup now.
 
Timmee said:
I was supposed to be getting an Evercool WC-201 from eBay (same kit, but rebadged), and was looking to replace the CPU block with a Koolance CPU-200g, cut out the top fan grill in the main unit, and maybe replace the tubing with better stuff (read as more kink resistant).

Unfortunately, the seller decided to rip me off. :mad: The only good thing is, I'm working on building a different W/C setup now.
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Actually the Kingwin is the rebadged unit, the Evercool unit is the original manufacturer.
 
Evil Weazel said:
Actually the Kingwin is the rebadged unit, the Evercool unit is the original manufacturer.
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Doh!! I knew I would screw that up.
 
Evil Weazel said:
I posted this thread a few hours ago, apparently not in the right place it is in Overclocking and Cooling but not under Water cooling specifically. I have the same unit, here is the thread:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=848568
Look at my results tell me what you think! I don't know if this good or bad for this proc.
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Those temps seem to be pretty decent to me. Better than I get with my setup, but then again, I'm running with a lot more voltage 1.8V.
I did some more research on the Kingwin awc-1 and found the pump to be quite slow, can't remember the specs for it but it's not much of a pump and it runs @ only 5 volts. I'm going to mod mine to run off the 12 volt line connected to the built in fan controller. That will allow me to change the voltage to between 6 and 12 volts. :D
I hope I don't burn out my pump... :( But one MUST take chances you know. :)
 
WOOHOO!!!!

I modded the pump on my Kingwin so it runs off the fan speed controller and so far the results are excellent! Before the mod when I looked in the res you could barely see any water movement. But now the water fairly splashes around!! :D Plus I can control the flow of water with the fan speed control rheostat.
There is definitely an improvement in water flow. Now to see what else I can do to this baby...
Peace Out.
 
5v pump running at 12V... your livng life on the edge.lol.

Maybe try getting better cooling to your rads. IE: higher flow fans, shrouds, removing any restrictions to air flow. That kinda thing.
 
MikeP said:
5v pump running at 12V... your livng life on the edge.lol.

Maybe try getting better cooling to your rads. IE: higher flow fans, shrouds, removing any restrictions to air flow. That kinda thing.
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Too close to the edge.. Stinking pump DIED after just 90 minutes of uber-voltage!! :mad:

But this afternoon I went to Lowe's and bought a $20 dollar fountain pump, stole the rads and blocks from the Kingwin unit and trashed the rest! I must say that I'm glad I did too. Performance with the new pump is much better, 5 degrees celcius drop. Now I definitely need a new cpu block..
 
thewhiteguy said:
What pump did you get? Got some pics?
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Sorry no pics. :(
The pump is rated @ 120 gph.It's the kind that needs to be mounted inside the res. I put mine inside a clear plastic container that holds about 3 cups of water.
My cpu temp is the same as my case temp and only rises 5 degrees under load with this pump. :)
So far I,m very happy with it.
 
hahaha thats great your getting to the point where you might as well get a new pump from evercool via rma and sell it on ebay to make a custom system, different pump+rad+block=whole new system! zalman sells a 1/4 inch block that performs pretty well but like i said you may as well get a via pump and single 120mm rad and a swiftech block and youve got a whole new system for around the same price that performs much better. your eagerness is awesome!
 
BobSassafrass said:
hahaha thats great your getting to the point where you might as well get a new pump from evercool via rma and sell it on ebay to make a custom system, different pump+rad+block=whole new system! zalman sells a 1/4 inch block that performs pretty well but like i said you may as well get a via pump and single 120mm rad and a swiftech block and youve got a whole new system for around the same price that performs much better. your eagerness is awesome!
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Yeh I'm reallly gettin into this water cooling stuff. :D
The highest I've seen my temp reach under load is 39C with water, it was 55-60 with air. I definitely have the W.C.B. - Water_Coolin_Bug
 
I ordered my Kingwin AWC-1 yesterday. I would go for a DIY setup but... I plan to put this baby in my Shuttle XPC. At least 3 people have installed it in their XPC already (one of them did it for both their Shuttle's). Of course there are people have put DIY wc setups in SFF (small form factor) systems as well but it requires much more work (usually with a good portion of the setup being put outside of the case).

I know that your pump fried at 12v but do you think something between 12v and 6v would work? 8v or 9v?

Or I'm even considering disabling the pump and using a more powerful external one. Do you think it should be possible with this system? And hopefully the whole setup will still fit inside my XPC case.
 
Well, I finally got my Evercool WC-201 kit (same as the AWC-1), and after going over it, I've decided that I'm going to be cutting away as much of the fan guard as I can (I might replace the fan in the main unit, if I can figure somthing out). I'm already planning to run a Koolance CPU-200G block, instead of the stock cpu block. I've also turned the shroud around on the secondary radiator, in order to use a fan in a pull configuration. Finally, I installed a spacer (old 80mm fan that was gutted), 80-92mm fan adapter, and a 92mm Vantec Stealth fan to the secondary radiator. I haven't tested it yet (no system to test it on), but when I do, it should be at least a little better than stock.
 
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