Looking to do 1st Water Cooling Rig

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mmmmmdonuts

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So I am looking to take the dive into water cooling. I have about a $200 budget and this is my first time doing it. I am looking to cool a X6 1055T with an AM3 MB. Eventually though I will probably transfer this to a bulldozer rig or a LGA2011 in the future.

Right now since I only have around $200 I was just going to cool the CPU but I would like future expansion capabilities for one GPU as. (Probably will not go dual GPU)

My case is a Cooler Master Sniper Black Edition and I was probably going to mod it so it could fit a triple rad inside.

My thought initially is to go with the XSPC Rasa Kit RS360.

I would plan on running just distilled water with a kill coil (upgrade tubing???). I don't know if I can do better with buying individual parts though as I still have some wiggle room in my budget above the $150 mark.

I really want to also tailor this for expandability in the future. (Have a strong enough pump, big enough rad, etc.)

Any suggestions?
 
Okay. I saw the RX kit before. From all I can see is that it is a much thicker radiator (RS vs RX). I mean how much of a difference in cooling performance would I see by using that thicker rad?
 
Its a little over $200 shipped. Its like $201 something. Still going to see if I can do a little more research tonight before I pull the trigger.
 
mmmmmdonuts said:
Okay. I saw the RX kit before. From all I can see is that it is a much thicker radiator (RS vs RX). I mean how much of a difference in cooling performance would I see by using that thicker rad?
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The radiator on the RX is quite a bit better. If you are going to do a budget loop, you might as well do the best budget loop you can do from the start. Less to upgrade later on if you want more. There is a 5% off Jabtech coupon floating around too.
 
I see a lot of people on various forums explaining that the pump is to weak? I know its not the MCP-355 or the MCP-655 but I think I am going to give the RX kit a try. Total came to $199.14 shipped with a kill coil. Right on budget. Used the promo code "FACEBOOK" for an additional 5% off. Thanks silversilver.
 
mmmmmdonuts said:
I see a lot of people on various forums explaining that the pump is to weak? I know its not the MCP-355 or the MCP-655 but I think I am going to give the RX kit a try. Total came to $199.14 shipped with a kill coil. Right on budget. Used the promo code "FACEBOOK" for an additional 5% off. Thanks silversilver.
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Cool. Make sure you rinse everything out well. There is a big owners thread on OCN you should check out.
 
So my kit came in today and I was planning on using my Thermaltake Armor+ case for watercooling with an internal rad. I got the RX360 and I have a few questions about placement of the rad.

I was going to put it in the bottom of the case because it fits most naturally there and I have six of the 5.25 drive bays filled so I can't mount it in the front of the case. (The PSU goes in the top of the case and I could always flop it with the radiator and put it on top which I have seen done but it tends to look sloppier) but this may ultimately be the way I do it.

1) Should I leave the radiator at the bottom of the case? Is it better to use push or pull on the fans? Should I push or pull the air in the case or out of the case? Currently the fan has a side fan (230mm) blowing air in and a front fan (200mm) doing the same with a fan in the back blowing air out (120mm). If I move it to the top of the case how should I push air through the radiator? (same question I guess)

The way it is now I would only have about an inch of clearance at the bottom of the case for air coming in so I would raise the case up a bit of the ground to give more air a chance to pass through the radiator.
Any suggestions for this case?
 
First do this if you haven't -

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I'm not sure if that black piece has vents/slots under it, but I'd take a dremel to it and add slots so the 360 rad can pull in fresh air. Set the rad up on the bottom as intake in push/pull config and see if you can get a filter or something to limit dust accumulation.
 
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