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Suggestions for my first WC'd PC

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Nightwings

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Hey there. I just bought the hardware for a new PC and was looking for some suggestions and recommendations. Here's what I got.

Thermaltake Kandalf LCS case - the one that has the rad built in to the front door
Intel e6700 core 2 duo
Asus Striker extreme mobo
4 sticks of OCZ Flex liquid cooled RAM - 1Gb each
BFG 8800GTX liquid cooled edition video card

Some questions I have.

1) Some things I've read say the Thermaltake cooling system works well, then a few things I've seen on here make me think it not so good. I want to change the CPU block for sure. What is the best blocks on the market?

Should I change out the pump or is it good enough for this system. Will it be able to handle the size of the sytem I'm putting together?

2) What's a good southbridge water block for this motherboard?

3) I'm thinking of splitting the flow up so that the different components are not all in line then re-routing everything back together after. Should I split the RAM loop in to two loops instead of running all four in one line?

4) The case comes with TT's liquid coolant additive. Should I get something different?

Anything else I might be overlooking please bring it up. I'm open to all sugestions here.
 
Thermaltake has an extremely bad rep for piss poor products. It's not so bad when your talking air cooling but when you talk about wc'ing and the potential damage you can get from sub standard products. It's difficult to give you recommendations based on what you have. You really should have started asking questions before you bought.
 
I didn't really buy it for the cooling system it was more because I like the case. This is why I'm asking for opinions and recommendations on hardware.
 
I am note sure about that setup. All I can tell you is get a D-tek FuZion for your CPU and a Maze4 for your GPU and call it a day. I am not sure of the ID/OD of tubing you use for that Rad but whatever the size make sure you match it with the barbs needed for your water blocks.
 
If have already purchased the gfx card then would say get the Dtek fusion w 3/8 barbs and a DangerDen chipset block 3/8 barbs. Loop>pump>cpu>gpu>chipset>mem>res
The water temp will equalize. You will be pushing that system.
 
Well I pretty much had it in my mind that I would most likely pull out the cooloing system the case comes with and sell it on ebay, then install my own.

One thing I'm not sure about is the rad this thing comes with. It appears to be a pipe line looped 5 times through the width of the rad which translates to the liquid inside passing in front of the 3 fans 10 times. I'm not sure if this is an efficient cooling method or not but considering this thing is gonna be set up in my basement where my current air cooled rig's internal ambient air temps are so low the monitor just says Lo instead of an actual number it may be enough.

I'm definitely getting a Fuzion, and a new pump and res.

If this circuit is too much for one pump i'm willing to setup a second circuit for part of it. This case is bigger than my Damier (3500 cu. in. vs 4750 cu. in.), which I thought was big, so there might be enough.

I might have big dreams but some friends said that about my current PC and that build went through with no problems.

As stated above and suggestions are welcome.
 
Make sure to get a copper radiator if you don't want to worry about corrosion...

Most BIP's will fit where the LCS one does with a bit of modification.

There are ways of circumventing corrosion, but even then, the stock radiator is fairly poor, might as well switch her out.

The pump should be fine.

And yes, EK waterblock for the GPU.
 
The rad's piping is copper but if it's not up to snuff I will change it out too.

My 8800 is BFG's liquid cooled edition that comes with DD's 8800 water block installed by BFG, so no need for a block there.
 
Nightwings said:
3) I'm thinking of splitting the flow up so that the different components are not all in line then re-routing everything back together after. Should I split the RAM loop in to two loops instead of running all four in one line?.
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I've not tried it myself, but I hear (and it makes sense) that splitting up the flow creates the problem of keeping the water from mostly just following the path of least resistance, starving the more restrictive components.

Then again, your RAM probably dosen't NEED that much cooling. :)
 
Ok that's a point I will take into consideration. Once I have the case and hardware I can make a more definite plan but this is one of the reasons I was thinking of setting up two systems. I could use the larger system for my CPU and GPU, and install a small system for the RAM.
 
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