Looking for comments on water cooling setup please...

[Blue Jester_2112]

Hi people,

I'm looking for opinions on my water cooling setup. Here's what I have.

250 gph mag drive pump (Danner)

What problems might I see with this pump? Any expieriences, good or bad you can relate would be great.
Any precautions I should take with it before I set it up?
Will there be a problem if I mount it on it's side? (would help it fit better)

8" x 9-10" x 2" copper heater core.
Is this a good size in you guestimation? (those dementions are off the top of my head but are close to the real ones.)
I have a 120mm 120cfm fan I was planning to use, think it'll do a good job cooling this sucker? Would I be better with 2 92mm 40-50 cfm fans or 2-4 80mm fans? should they push or pull the air through it?

1/2" tubing.
Good? Bad? doesn't matter?

DD Maze2 on the way.
Gonna Lap it, and use ASII.

My system:

AXIA 9 1.2ghz T-Bird
A7M266
Golden Socket
300 watt Antec psu (might upgrade, undecided as of yet. I wanna see how well it performs.)
512 meg Crucial

I wanna get this thingy up to 1.5 if possible, I'll be happy with 1.4xx though. (Had it there with golden gate with temps under 50*C load)

What do you guys think? Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Tips? Remarks? Quaint anecdotes? Stories from grampa's farm? Aesops Fables? Should I shut up now?

Please let me know, I'm all ears (It's a genetic dissorder) =]

Thanks!

[Ridenow]

Sounds good so far, copper block and copper rad. I am not familiar with that pump, is it inline? Are you going to have a resiviour?

[Blue Jester_2112]

Whoops, forgot to mention that, it's going to be inline with no reseviour.

[Flash]

The cooling rig looks real good, but I definitely think you should upgrade that power supply. IMO, 300W just doesn't cut it for a 1.5ghz processor. But before you shell out the dough give it a try.

[Blue Jester_2112]

Kool, I ordered a new psu, a 350w enermax. It should work ok, I would have gotten a better one but I don't have have the funds right now.

Any other comments guys? C'mon, I need some more expertise before I start weaving and circulating water around $1000+ worth of computer parts. =]

I've read through the articles on the front page and the past threads but some feedback on my particular setup would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[William]

looks fine to me, pump could be a TAD weak, but no biggie at all. Unless you can find a 350 mag drive, don't sweat it at all. go 1/2" if thats what the pump fittings and heater core fittings are. Other than that, everything looks great. Have fun.

[ve6jhc]

I am running a cooling system similar to yours. I made a metal case to mount my pump/water res/heater core. I am using a pair of 6 inch 110 volt fans. One fan blows into the rad and the other pulls air out. My copper block is a homemade piece constructed of a pair of 2 inch copper end caps soldered together. I then machined in 3/8 fittings into one side to connect my water hoses. I am running a Tbird 1000 at 2 C over room air temp. I would suggest smaller fans that I am using as the big ones are way too loud and the air coming off my heater is not even warm.

[cjtune]

Originally posted by William
looks fine to me, pump could be a TAD weak, but no biggie at all. Unless you can find a 350 mag drive, don't sweat it at all. go 1/2" if thats what the pump fittings and heater core fittings are. Other than that, everything looks great. Have fun.

Yeah, it's better to oversize than undersize -consider getting a bigger pump, maybe 400gph. Larger fittings are better too. I think there's a benefit as well to have a reservoir, even a small one -primarily as a safety buffer and so it's easier to prime the inline pump.