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Share my First WC rig
- Thread starter psoutlaw
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- Jan 5, 2005
- Location
- Ormond Beach, FL.
You would be much better off cooling the GPU instead of the chipset. Nice and neat 
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- Mar 8, 2006
Yeah... agree water cool the GPU rather than chip or do both. I won't mention the kink.....
I'll also presume the tubing flattened a little from storm to chip by the length of the tubing on a tight bend.
Suggestions:
1. Storm to chip - Lengthen tubing (if it's is kinking)
2. Take chip to res hose and use for chip to GPU or maybe use for GPU to res.
3. Make sure chip to GPU tube has a good length so as not to kink/flatten.
4. Pump to rad looks a little tight as well but may be OK.
On my first build I did the same thing made sure the tubing was not too long so I kept a good flow but I made them too short and had problems with tube flattening on bends. Learnt by it re-did it and all good now.
I'll also presume the tubing flattened a little from storm to chip by the length of the tubing on a tight bend.
Suggestions:
1. Storm to chip - Lengthen tubing (if it's is kinking)
2. Take chip to res hose and use for chip to GPU or maybe use for GPU to res.
3. Make sure chip to GPU tube has a good length so as not to kink/flatten.
4. Pump to rad looks a little tight as well but may be OK.
On my first build I did the same thing made sure the tubing was not too long so I kept a good flow but I made them too short and had problems with tube flattening on bends. Learnt by it re-did it and all good now.
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I see what u are talking about the kink in the pic but it is not kink/flaten, I tried hard not to kink/flaten the tubes. The reason (other than temps) I chose to cool the chipset is that the heatsink for it hits the video card. That block is made for these big cards, not sure how well it will cool but its worth a try. The GPU will be next on my list but I just wanted to see how this works first. Im new to WC so i got a question. I got a Black Ice Xtreme Dual rad, how many things is to many to cool in the loop before it hurts the overall cooling of the rig? Thanks for the input.
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- Mar 19, 2002
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- South Carolina
Daddyjaxx said:You would be much better off cooling the GPU instead of the chipset. Nice and neat
Thanks. This was his first build and didn't want to add the extra connection on the card yet. this is really the prebuild. lol
I am gonna try and talk him into adding the gpu next. He is about to build a dual core system though. It may be slightly delayed.
voigts- I had these res.' custom made for these 2 projects. Mine is still in scattered across the house condition though. changing design and hardware plans to much.
And there is no kink/flattening of the hoses anywhere in the loop.
Will adding a block in the loop for the vid be to much for the BIX2? or should we add a BIX1 for it?
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- Aug 30, 2005
it depends how restrictive flow will be, im pretty sure a BIX2 will be able to handle it. If you have a D5 pump in there, it should be fine to add a GPU block.
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- Jun 24, 2001
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You'll easily be able to add a GPU block, that pump is powerful and the armor allows for plenty of air flow.
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- Feb 16, 2004
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- Tennessee. USA
Nice set up. Good clean run. The main thing I noticed is the wiring. Wow man. Nice clean run of the wires. I need a class in that. That is some of the tightest wiring runs I've seen.
