Second try at WCing setup (First time failed pretty bad).....

[Dillusion]

I tried watercooling about a year ago with my S478 2.4C but i learned my lesson never to buy cheap shitty parts and espect them to work good. But anyway, i've been looking around and i have a few criteria/questions to meet.

1- The pump cant be one of those huge eheim or swiftech/polarflo/DD Mag sized pumps. The new 12v swiftech low profile is nice, so i went with that. It seems ideal because im gonna mount it in my 3.5" bay (two slots)

2- The case is a LL PC-7B Plus so it has dual 120MM Fans, a single 120MM rad is perfect.

3- I have an SLI setup so i dont wanna invest in two waterblocks (especially on 6600gt's), so CPU and NB (NF4 for intel) is all i need.

4- If i have a filliport style thing going, with the T-Bar and the fillport drilled into the top of my case, that eliminated the need for a resevoir, right?

5- All NF4 Mounts are the same right...NF4 for AMD or intel should fit vice versa?

Heres what i had in mind so far:
PolarFLO TT Serues Acrylic 3/8" CPU Block
PolarFLO TT Series Acrylic NB/Chipset Block
DangerDen BIX 120MM Radiator
Swiftech 3/8" 12v Low Profile Pump
PolarFLO Filliport (Made by DD)
And 6 feet of clearflex tubing from Home Depot....

6- What Setup should i route everything. Pump-Rad-CPU-NB?

7- I have half a bottle of water wetter, some blue UV dye, and pure drinkign water should be ok right?

 

[wwparrish]

4 - yes you are correct.

7 - steam Distilled water is less than a buck a gallon. Drinking water has minerals in it.

 

[Dillusion]

What aboot the parts? Ok for a 6XX series P4 you think?

 

[Vertigo Acid]

5 - No. You need to make sure you are getting an intel block design for a 4-loop mounting system

 

[Dillusion]

Uh....4 loop mounting system? The NF4 for intel only has two mounts, not 4 like the intel chipsets do.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

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Uh....4 loop mounting system? The NF4 for intel only has two mounts, not 4 like the intel chipsets do.

Word. That's news to me

 

[Dillusion]

So i ordered it:

ORDERED: August 2nd, 2005

www.voyeurmods.com-
Red UV 3 1/2" Floppy Bay Resevoir 3/8"ID Fittings
PolarFLO TT Series Copper CPU Block 3/8" for LGA775
PolarFLO TT Series Copper VGA Block 3/8" for ATI Series Graphics Cards
8' of PrimoFLEX RED UV Tubing

www.dangerden.com-
Black Ice Pro Radioator 120MM BLACK 3/8" Fittings
DangerDen (Swiftech) MCP350 3/8ID Low-Profile Pump
FREE- MCT-5 Non-Conductive Solution (Dont know what this stuff is but it was free!)

The dangerden order was 98.89$ shipped and the voyeur order was 139.65$ shipped, so 238.54$ total shipped, not too bad eh!

 

[Dillusion]

I have a few ?'s too again:

Whats better for the 120MM Rad's fan: Push or Pull? Im gonna have the rad mounted inside the case, and the 120mm fan outside the case, so which is ideal?

And for my CPU block, it has two ports, one in the middle and one on the side- The one in the middle should be the outlet, and the one on the side should be the outlet right?

And as for setup, should it flow like this?...

Pump -> CPU -> GPU -> RAD -> RES ?

Thx in advance

 

[BurntToast]

I'm a n00b, but the word I got is that pulling is best. Just make sure to seal the fan/rad up the best you can to prevent air from escaping around the rad and not going through it. I built a shroud for this problem. So far so good!

 

[miro]

Push/pull isn't going to make a huge difference, but imo pushing is better. Both is best (one fan on each side of the rad) if you have the room for it, and you can use lower RPM, ie quieter, fans. And definitely use a shroud on each fan to eliminate the dead spot in the middle. Buy the shrouds if you want, but a tupperware dish about the size of your rad with the bottom cut out works fine.

 

[mohammedtaha]

I have a few ?'s too again:

Whats better for the 120MM Rad's fan: Push or Pull? Im gonna have the rad mounted inside the case, and the 120mm fan outside the case, so which is ideal?

And for my CPU block, it has two ports, one in the middle and one on the side- The one in the middle should be the outlet, and the one on the side should be the outlet right?

And as for setup, should it flow like this?...

Pump -> CPU -> GPU -> RAD -> RES ?

Thx in advance

If you can't do a push pull combo then pull would be better.

As for the water block. The one in the middle should be the inlet and the side ones should be the outlet.

Best loop is

Pump --> Rad --> CPU --> GPU --> T-Line / Res --> Pump