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Hey you all, after doing some experimenting with various newer high performance heatsinks with my Main rig, which is an Opty 170 in a Coolermaster Praetorian case, I have decided that I will go with water instead of high end air for it. I plan to mount the pump and radiator in another gutted and modded case instead of going internal in the Praetorian, as it doesn't have a whole bunch of room width-wise. That was most of the problem with going high end air, since it is a little too shallow to mount a Big Typhoon with a Panaflo M1A or a Scythe Ninja (removable mobo tray eats up case width).
Anyways, I plan to probably use a Black Ice Pro III radiator with 3 quiet 120mm fans for the rad. I'm planning to use the maze4 chipset block on my Epox mobo (9NDA3+). However, the cpu waterblock and pump are still up in the air and I'm looking for advice on.
What seems to be the best waterblock for cooling dual core AMD processors? I know that the Storm is pretty well considered to be best for single core procs, but I don't know about on dual core cpu's.
I still haven't decided if I will watercool my video card gpu yet, but I'm kind of leaning toward it right now. I'm running an AGP Sapphire X800XT-PE vid card. Who makes a good waterblock that fits this card? All suggestions here are welcome, as I don't know of a gpu block that will fit this vid card.
As for the water pump, I'm thinking of going with a 120v pump since I plan to have it and the radiator in a separate box, using Eheim quick disconnect ball valves on the hose for when I need to move the system for any reason. Right now I'm thinking of something like the Eheim 1260 or 1262, but I definitely am open for suggestions. Low cost is not a priority with this setup but max performance is a priority. I'm partial to Eheim from past experience with their products, but I'm open to suggestions for reliable, leak-proof, high pressure alternatives. I plan to use 1/2" OD (3/8" ID) tubing for the coolant hose. I also plan to use a reservoir to make filling and bleeding the system easier.
I'm not a noob at watercooling, but the last watercooled system I put together was close to 3 years ago. I updated the waterblock to a DD RBX I got here in the classies for a good price about 3 months or so ago and it performs well, but I'm looking for even better performance on my Opty rig with this new setup.
Also, I won't be buying parts for about a month or so, when my tax refund comes in, so I welcome all comments on my ideas here.
Anyways, I plan to probably use a Black Ice Pro III radiator with 3 quiet 120mm fans for the rad. I'm planning to use the maze4 chipset block on my Epox mobo (9NDA3+). However, the cpu waterblock and pump are still up in the air and I'm looking for advice on.
What seems to be the best waterblock for cooling dual core AMD processors? I know that the Storm is pretty well considered to be best for single core procs, but I don't know about on dual core cpu's.
I still haven't decided if I will watercool my video card gpu yet, but I'm kind of leaning toward it right now. I'm running an AGP Sapphire X800XT-PE vid card. Who makes a good waterblock that fits this card? All suggestions here are welcome, as I don't know of a gpu block that will fit this vid card.
As for the water pump, I'm thinking of going with a 120v pump since I plan to have it and the radiator in a separate box, using Eheim quick disconnect ball valves on the hose for when I need to move the system for any reason. Right now I'm thinking of something like the Eheim 1260 or 1262, but I definitely am open for suggestions. Low cost is not a priority with this setup but max performance is a priority. I'm partial to Eheim from past experience with their products, but I'm open to suggestions for reliable, leak-proof, high pressure alternatives. I plan to use 1/2" OD (3/8" ID) tubing for the coolant hose. I also plan to use a reservoir to make filling and bleeding the system easier.
I'm not a noob at watercooling, but the last watercooled system I put together was close to 3 years ago. I updated the waterblock to a DD RBX I got here in the classies for a good price about 3 months or so ago and it performs well, but I'm looking for even better performance on my Opty rig with this new setup.
Also, I won't be buying parts for about a month or so, when my tax refund comes in, so I welcome all comments on my ideas here.
