1/2" watercooling for 6800 cards (NON-dangerden)

Kosmic

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The DD 6800 block is a sub par performer from what I've read. My wc system is already 1/2 ID hosing, so I can't go swiftech. What are my options? I'd really like something that's 1/2 id that can just bolt right on.

 

Aphex_Tom_9

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the maze4 gpu block fits the 6800 with only a little modding

 

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Yea, I read that post about it. The guy made a sweet ramsink, too. I have a thing against dangerden though. They steal designs.

 

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You could use a swiftech mcw50 with barb adaptors.

 

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Kosmic said:

Yea, I read that post about it. The guy made a sweet ramsink, too. I have a thing against dangerden though. They steal designs.

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We think alike... Yeah just get the swifty and use adaptors.

 

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I would, but I don't want the added restriction of the 3/8" ID inlet channels. I want to keep everything at 1/2" ID.

 

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Kosmic said:

I would, but I don't want the added restriction of the 3/8" ID inlet channels. I want to keep everything at 1/2" ID.

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Are you using 5/8" barbs on EVERYTHING? If not then the 3/8"ID restriction is already present... Anyway, it honestly won't hurt your flow that much by having a small section be 3/8".

 

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LOL. I just called swiftech and Gabe convinced me that I wouldn't be losing any flow by just going with the barb adapters since the inside of any 1/2" barb shrinks things down anyway. Very persuasive guy, and his arguments made sense, so that's what I'll go with. Thanks for the feedback and nudging my thinking back to swiftech.

 

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Yeah,

At first I fell in love with Swiftech (W/C noob here... ) and then people told me it wasn't the best and that it was "ok" for noobs..

Then I do my research and I find they have some of the best blocks and pumps..

Gotta love em...

 

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Yup, swiftech is great. People poopoo them because they don't do 1/2" ID tubing, but most of the experts in watercooling agree that 3/8" ID is ample. Gabe today referred to the 1/2" ID tubing as a garden hose. Still, I like my big old garden hose inside my computer.

I see swifty has a 120mm radiator kit with basically a black ice xtreme. They're always improving.

 

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Kosmic said:

Yup, swiftech is great. People poopoo them because they don't do 1/2" ID tubing, but most of the experts in watercooling agree that 3/8" ID is ample. Gabe today referred to the 1/2" ID tubing as a garden hose. Still, I like my big old garden hose inside my computer.

I see swifty has a 120mm radiator kit with basically a black ice xtreme. They're always improving.

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Even Cathar's hopping on the 3/8" bandwagon with the new storm water-blocks (Storm G4 proto-type in my avatar). He said that 1/2" would be unnecessary for his new bocks due to the high-pressure drop/low flow characteristics of the storm series.

 

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polarflo

 

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^^ those are hot, i have the older gpu block from them, works well.

 

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i hope those polarflos work well. have a gpu and chipset block coming

 

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Those polarflos look nice. Thanks for the link/pic. I might give them a try depending on how the swifty block does.

 

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trick, i thought you got the silverprop? link me to what you ended up getting.

 

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ya i ended up going silverprop at the last moment, i thought long and hard about all the waterblocks and decided silverprop was the best for me went with the cyclone fusion HL http://www.criticool.com/2videoblocks.html

 

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kos be sure to post a pic and some temps of your waterblock. wanna see how they measure up. silverprop is gunna pwn u!

 

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yea, silverprop fusion hl is great, i have it and i love it
-it also looks the best

 

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Your double-tall radiator and only cooling the northbridge/gpu will be the factor in your better gpu temps. You just worry about cooling that prommy compressor.

As for how it locks, it's locked away inside the case...I really don't care, but it will look just fine, and it'll match the cpu block.

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kos be sure to post a pic and some temps of your waterblock. wanna see how they measure up. silverprop is gunna pwn u!

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