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water cooling setup question

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Rasha

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Okay im building a new rig based off of danger den wb and there pump/double heater core with shroud etc. on 1/2 inch hose, my problem is i want to cool everything, hard drives, nb, cpu, and gpu, i dont think i can do that with one pump, i was thinking about using y connectors hooked up to resevoir and heater core and just using two pumps and splitting the duties one on cpu/gpu, one on nb and harddrives, however i know water doesn't compress, and your limiting your flow by the fact that your now trying to pump twice as mutch water through a 1/2 inch connection on heater core all the way through to the resevoir and back to next y connector, any idea's on a good solution besides just creating two setups, or am i compleatly wrong and will one pump do what i want it do ?

edit: edited it to make sense putting in those minor details that make it understandable to everyone else :p
 
There's not a lot to be gained from water cooling the chipset and your hard drives, unless your goal is to eliminate fans and have a really quiet system.

I'd do something like, get a small second pump. Run it res>nb>drives>res. That way it won't interfer with the cooling of the major stuff and won't add the extra heat of a bigger second pump.
 
okay well i can skip the hd/nb cooling but anyone know of a quite nb/air heatsink thats better then the stock one with the a7n8x-d its running as almost as hot as my cpu using touch as a judge and considering my cpu runs at 62C under load thats pretty freaken hot
 
Just about any chipset heatsink will beat the stock offering. Just look for one with taller fins and a thicker fan. I'm partial to Swiftech's, despite the high price.
 
HeThatKnows said:
Just about any chipset heatsink will beat the stock offering. Just look for one with taller fins and a thicker fan. I'm partial to Swiftech's, despite the high price.
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Yeah, I'd save the money you'd spend on hdd coolers and nb waterblock and extra pump and get a decent heatsink for your NB (passive if you're worried about the noise) and you can get some really quiet 120's or something to cool the rest of the stuff down.
 
okay seeing as this is my first wc attempt, i just cought myself from being an absolute idiot.. i think:p

im rather fond of buying the dd 12v d4 pump, and also the snt aquatube resevior, but ID this OD that mm vs inch's im confused as a 400 dollar hooker in the projects.
obviously you want the largest hose fitting but the pump/heatercore is shown as 1/2 or 3/4ths inch OD, wheres the radiator is 10mm ID, wth does that make it compatable with? or do they just use smaller stuff in germany? and that being said if i had a 3/4th inch OD pump, i go and look at the tubing on DD and its like 1/2 ID 3/4OD tubing, will that fit a 3/4th inch OD pump? AAAAAAAAAAAAAH im melting this is nuts
 
For barb fittings, you want the outside diameter of the barb to match the inside diameter of the tubing; 1/2" ID tubing on a 1/2 OD" barb.

I'm not too familiar with the aquatube (and SNT's site isn't working for me), but I think it uses compression fittings. Compression fittings are sized for the outside diameter of the tubing; 8mm ID 10mm OD tubing with a 10mm compression fitting. You might want to email them to be sure.
 
Yeah, the standard German setup (who they were made for) is 8mmID/10mmOD (essentially 1/4" ID 3/8" OD).

The fittings are replaceable, but you should make sure you get the right kind from SNT if/when you order. The threads for the fittings will be metric, and you won't find compatible parts at the local hardware store.
 
jesus talk about gimping yourself, this reminds me of the whole 9mm vs 45 debate, i just hope everyone doesn't randomly switch to that setup
 
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