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just bought my first watercool system off ebay,

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gonna slowly incorporate it onto my rig, should be finished some time during easter. hoping to push my cpu another 200Mhz. once it's up and running i'll post some pics. can't wait to have a quieter pc that's running at 2.6-2.7ghz should be sweet.
 
My first wc system.
Can't seem to figure out how to post a couple of pictures of it.
How do you permantly turn off smiles and is that the key?
 
Originally posted by Unoid
My first watercooling rig:

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I did a full writeup on my entire mod process and have my overclocking results in there also!

Linky with more pics etc at http://unoid.net/watermod/
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dude you totally ripped off my evercool fan on top style :D


looks nice but you gotta toss in some food coloring to get rid of the everpopular Water Wetter tint :D
 
Oh no, tried to do some updating and improved some stuff, fucked up some other stuff.

First the case front:

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Notice the fucked up black drive bay. Apparantly putting it face down on a wood surface somehow ripped up the dye. Gotta redo that tomorrow, no problem really. Notice the second fan and case handles. The fan, I fucked up the hole, see next pic. The handles are much too big because I didnt know the bolts that came with it were much too long for it. I cant trim em down ATM as I dont have any cutoff discs, so until I do, theyre kind of long and floppy :eek:.

The fan fuckup:

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God dammit. I'm gonna try to fix it with some ducting tape (the silver kind), its not obvious enough so I think itll be ok. But DAMN it sucks, this was not a cheap case.

And finally:

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Things are sitting a little better now that I ripped everything out, tried to put a bigger rad in, found out that without barbs the thing was cracking the hose so it was leaking everywhere, so I put it back together. Need to drop a little black food coloring in for awesomeness...will also get that tomorrow.


note: I wish I had some hosting for hard forums, my site is down due to going over bandwidth, and TFID is shut down due to "abuse". Wanker.
 
damn... that sucks. i know what you mean about lian li's being expensive. my brother has the 'basic' $100 pc-7b, and he totally fuxored the side panel tryig to put a window in it. o well, they're "only" $25-ish. maybe you could get some aluminum in there? or do what i did and put in a top window bigger than the screwup and put the fan holes in that (makes it look like it was done on purpose:D)
 
Originally posted by CookiePuss
Haha, cool domain name..lol
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its my friends, my domain got shutdown due to using up my bandwidth in 10 days...never host porn for people, now half the damn internet knows me I bet, I was getting hits from sites in languages I couldnt even read
 
Originally posted by rogue_jedi
damn... that sucks. i know what you mean about lian li's being expensive. my brother has the 'basic' $100 pc-7b, and he totally fuxored the side panel tryig to put a window in it. o well, they're "only" $25-ish. maybe you could get some aluminum in there? or do what i did and put in a top window bigger than the screwup and put the fan holes in that (makes it look like it was done on purpose:D)
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the ducting tape will work just fine, problem is itll be shiny and not brushed, good thing its just a small problem, if I had a huge gash on it I'd cry.
 
hello, i am new in this forum and i have some questions. why most of u use such a big tube?? i think this tube is not safty enough for transport and so on. second question: why most of u use the swiftech cooler. there are so many other coolers with a better refrigerating capacity like the cape coolers or 1a cooling (good testing-site for coolers ). are in the usa not so many different coolers? thanks for the answers.
sry for my bad english ;)
 
Originally posted by karl
hello, i am new in this forum and i have some questions. why most of u use such a big tube?? i think this tube is not safty enough for transport and so on. second question: why most of u use the swiftech cooler. there are so many other coolers with a better refrigerating capacity like the cape coolers or 1a cooling (good testing-site for coolers ). are in the usa not so many different coolers? thanks for the answers.
sry for my bad english ;)
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wow! :eek:

ive never seen such a variety of waterblocks, 46 individual blocks! ive never seen so many. im suprised we havent seen more blocks sold in the usa. if i went watercooling today id buy a cathar's cascade from the selection ive seen, no swiftechs. as for the size of tubing being unsafe id have to diagree. unless your shipping by ups and they arent clamped down how could there be a problem with larger tubing? thanks for that link.

by the way, welcome to the [H]ard|Forum. :)
 
cause of the tubes i was suprised. i never see such a tube in german in a system. and cause of the waterblocks i thought in usa there is more assortment. personally i can advise the cape cooler. it looks very nice and it has a very nice delta temperature. look at the selfmade coolers too. there are many really good coolers with a good quality. and at last a personal tip. i a few weeks a new cooler will be at this shop . when everything is right i heard this cooler is a revolution with great delta T.
 
i forgot. if any of u have questions (translations or other things), my icq number is in my sig.
 
I guess 1/2" ID is the best right now in terms of flow. Nobody really uses 3/8" or 1/4" ID. That's a great site, now only if they had an english version ;). Most of those blocks aren't even available here (maybe I just don't know where to find them).
 
I would like to see a comparison of same equipment but different size tubing. I have a feeling that 1/4 or 3/8 is better than 1/2. Maybe someone has a link to such a review.

The reason I believe this is because although more of a given substance can pass through a wider tube, the pressure/flowrate could possibly be lower/worse compared to a smaller tube. For example, you blow through a regular size drinking straw, and you feel a hard blast come out the other side. But if blow through a jumbo size straw, the blast isn't as hard. The same amount of air is blown, but comes through slower because of the larger channel (lower pressure).
 
Originally posted by Benny Blanco
I would like to see a comparison of same equipment but different size tubing. I have a feeling that 1/4 or 3/8 is better than 1/2. Maybe someone has a link to such a review.

The reason I believe this is because although more of a given substance can pass through a wider tube, the pressure/flowrate could possibly be lower/worse compared to a smaller tube. For example, you blow through a regular size drinking straw, and you feel a hard blast come out the other side. But if blow through a jumbo size straw, the blast isn't as hard. The same amount of air is blown, but comes through slower because of the larger channel (lower pressure).
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I that is true, if you are not using a powerful enough pump. Realize the only idea isn't to push water as fast as you can through the hose, but to also absorb as much heat as possible. I have to believe that a Hydor L30 with 1/2ID will perform better than the same pump with 1/4 or 3/8 tubing...
 
Originally posted by karl
hello, i am new in this forum and i have some questions. why most of u use such a big tube?? i think this tube is not safty enough for transport and so on. second question: why most of u use the swiftech cooler. there are so many other coolers with a better refrigerating capacity like the cape coolers or 1a cooling (good testing-site for coolers ). are in the usa not so many different coolers? thanks for the answers.
sry for my bad english ;)
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wow nice site

as for the tube size, bigger tubes = better flow.

ill try to translate that site a little and get a block from there...although on closer examination theyre 1/4" ID OR SMALLER...ew
 
Originally posted by Benny Blanco
I would like to see a comparison of same equipment but different size tubing. I have a feeling that 1/4 or 3/8 is better than 1/2. Maybe someone has a link to such a review.

The reason I believe this is because although more of a given substance can pass through a wider tube, the pressure/flowrate could possibly be lower/worse compared to a smaller tube. For example, you blow through a regular size drinking straw, and you feel a hard blast come out the other side. But if blow through a jumbo size straw, the blast isn't as hard. The same amount of air is blown, but comes through slower because of the larger channel (lower pressure).
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oh god

the components will create pressure, but in order to maintain that pressure, you need a large flowrate, a good pump and 1/2 ID will destroy any 3/8 or even 1/4 (1/4 is a JOKE)

http://forums.procooling.com
 
some guys use 1/8. but most use 1/4. if u want i caan try to translate the text from the site i linked. and if somebody want to buy one of the cooler i cann ask the shops if its possible to ship to usa.another question for my self: is my english bad, good or middle of these two options.
 
Originally posted by Benny Blanco
I would like to see a comparison of same equipment but different size tubing. I have a feeling that 1/4 or 3/8 is better than 1/2. Maybe someone has a link to such a review.

The reason I believe this is because although more of a given substance can pass through a wider tube, the pressure/flowrate could possibly be lower/worse compared to a smaller tube. For example, you blow through a regular size drinking straw, and you feel a hard blast come out the other side. But if blow through a jumbo size straw, the blast isn't as hard. The same amount of air is blown, but comes through slower because of the larger channel (lower pressure).
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actually the pressure will be lower in the smaller tubing, the faster a fluid travels the lower the pressure drops (did this in thermo, takes a while to get your head round) there will however be a bigger back pressure and resistance to flow on the small straw so lower flowrates.

basically larger tubing will result in higher flow rates and better cooling upto a certain point, if the tubing is too big though and the flow becomes laminar then the heat trasfer properties become crap and perfomance will drop, so there is a bit of a compromise.

IMO 1/2" is probabably gonna be the ideal diameter, i'm sure the manufactures will play around with different diamter fittings and tubing to find out what works best, they're trying to make there product perform as well as possible after all.
 
The thing that made me think of this is the dangerden RBX with it's different size spout adapters. I figure if the adapter's hole is much smaller than the tubing (1/2"), then whats the point of having 1/2" tubing??? Anyway, I don't even have watercooling yet, this is just observations.
 
2fresh is there any chance your heatercore can be done with 3/4" ID barbs? I am playing with a 3/4"ID system idea !
I'm also thinking of creating my own 3 barb waterbock with 3/4" ID

it'll be kick ass if I do make it.
 
no, it's a 3/4x2 support for the res. the res is a plastic sugar
dispenser with no convienent hold down.
 
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I have the same Dan mag pump, anyone know how the guy got glowing barbs? The only ones i could find at were metal at home depot. One of you guys knows where I could get plastic 1/2in to 1/2in ones? Metal to plastic didnt mix well and i had to load on the teflon tape =]
 
Originally posted by karl
some guys use 1/8. but most use 1/4. if u want i caan try to translate the text from the site i linked. and if somebody want to buy one of the cooler i cann ask the shops if its possible to ship to usa.another question for my self: is my english bad, good or middle of these two options.
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i can read german alright, thats not a problem for me at least, and im sure I can fill in the holes with babelfish :D

your english is fine, dont worry
 
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I notice that the flash brings out even little problems that you cant see normally, at all...so bear with me. I will get a pic in sunlight tomorrow, either outside or just in my room. I gotta take it down for a LAN party anyway. I finally got the handles to a real size and theyre tight, seem to work very nicely. The offset fan is really obvious, I need to get some alum tape to fix that, or at least patch it so its bearable. Finally, I need to get a black 3.5" cover and a couple 5.25" covers...you can see the scratch on the one cover in the flashed pic, its really not that obvious IRL, also the dyed CD cover looks perfect in person, i dont know why it looks sketchy wiht the flash. When I get a better pic I'll edit it and edit out this crap :D I also need to try to do the wiring at least a little better, I think looming is called for. My friend might have some lying around I can buy off him.


 
Darw1N, try an ace hardware or any kind of plumbing supply
store. as for the glowing barbs, isn't there a transparent uv
paint available.
 
nice
just ran the numbers on that radiator and its dissipates 550 watts
the BIX2 does about 1800 watts I dont think im gonna change rads
 
kronchev: How much harder is it to fill & bleed with your T-line not at the highest point in the loop? Just curious.
 
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