couple of watercooling q's

[hunter00]

couple of questions...

first about tubing... does it matter what type you use? is silicon really so much better than vinyl?

second . . . .my schematic . . .

pump -> T, one to - > cpu -> rad -> pump
other to -> north bridge -> gpu -> rad -> pump

is this okay? also where should the fill tube lines go?

also, instead of running the things in parallel, would it work better buying a really cheap pump instead? (like 20 bucks?)

[UnaClocker]

Originally posted by hunter00
couple of questions...

first about tubing... does it matter what type you use? is silicon really so much better than vinyl?

second . . . .my schematic . . .

pump -> T, one to - > cpu -> rad -> pump
other to -> north bridge -> gpu -> rad -> pump

is this okay? also where should the fill tube lines go?
Let's start with the hose. Plenty of people use vinyl. It's not going to kill you, and it's dirt cheap. but silicone is so much better, it's like night and day when you finally get some of the stuff. It's so much easier to clamp to prevent leaks, it's alot more flexible so the hose doesn't put pressure on the waterblock, which can cause it to not seat properly on the CPU. It doesn't harden in the cold and go soggy when it's hot. If you get the thickwall silicone, it's very kink resistant compared to vinyl. But like I said, if your on a budget, it's not the end of the world to buy vinyl. :)
As for your flow design.. Running through a T or a Y does not guarantee even flow on both sides of the loop, you could end up with most of your water going through the northbridge and GPU. Or none of it going through the northbridge and GPU. Water is alot like electricity, it takes the path of least resistance.. I can't tell, are you planning to run 2 radiators? If that's the case, I'd go, pump-northbridge-gpu-radiator1-cpu-radiator2-back to pump.. :) Or even better, get a second pump dedicated to the northbridge/gpu loop. :)

[wolfsid]

Originally posted by UnaClocker

Let's start with the hose. Plenty of people use vinyl. It's not going to kill you, and it's dirt cheap. but silicone is so much better, it's like night and day when you finally get some of the stuff. It's so much easier to clamp to prevent leaks, it's alot more flexible so the hose doesn't put pressure on the waterblock, which can cause it to not seat properly on the CPU. It doesn't harden in the cold and go soggy when it's hot. If you get the thickwall silicone, it's very kink resistant compared to vinyl. But like I said, if your on a budget, it's not the end of the world to buy vinyl. :)
As for your flow design.. Running through a T or a Y does not guarantee even flow on both sides of the loop, you could end up with most of your water going through the northbridge and GPU. Or none of it going through the northbridge and GPU. Water is alot like electricity, it takes the path of least resistance.. I can't tell, are you planning to run 2 radiators? If that's the case, I'd go, pump-northbridge-gpu-radiator1-cpu-radiator2-back to pump.. :) Or even better, get a second pump dedicated to the northbridge/gpu loop. :)


Yes I would go with Pump-cpu-radatior-gpu-chipset-radatior-pump

and i belive that silcone is way better then vinyl or any other type and if U are spending money on silcone already get the thick on just U never know when U might get a new waterblock or radatior and it just makes it soo much easyer to take it off and put it on and also it seals better then vinyl also...


hack the planet..

[Intraveinous]

Nuther nice thing about silicone tubing is it has a much higher melting point. Buddy of mine was running PVC tubes, his pump started to fail, block got hot enough to melt out some of the solder that held it together, needless to say, that got hot enough to melt the PVC tubes as well. Would have been just the chip, maybe the mobo that died, but instead, due to water leakage, his GF2 Pro, SBLive Platinum 5.1, and 3Com NIC all met a watery grave...
Basically the only things that survived were the case and the drives... :(
I agree on the pump - gpu - northbridge - rad - cpu- rad - pump design... Best you're gonna do with out adding a second pump/water loop...
Let us know the results!
Peace
John

[wolfsid]

CRazy Story man I just had another one Try doing a voltage mod to you video card ex. geforce 3 ti my card and it blowing up on you because you forget to turn on the pelter...