- Joined
- Feb 23, 2004
- Location
- Chicago
First timer here ready to get my feet weet. haha.
I have been a member for some time here, trolling the forums and ready articles and reviews here and there on OC.com for a few years now. You guys have made my expericnce with overclocking come to life with my first PIV 1.6a cpu overclocked on air to about 2.2. my second experience was another PIV 3.06 @ 3.6 again on air. I have since moved on with the rest of the band wagoneers to a 805 D, with a very minor overclock due to misrepresented motherboard that said it had cpu volt control, but did not.
anyways I have been pondering a whole new build and water cooling has always piqued my interest to get some uber Mhrtz. After taking a refresher course and looking around at parts at some sites, I thought well let me just step in small I dont want to drop 2k on some new hardware only to blow it all on a leaking hose. So I decided to take it slow and see what I can squeeze out of my 805 D with my midsize case with watercooling.
My goal for this set up is High performance with silent/quiet operation. So on to to the nitty gritty.
I definetly want to use 1/2" hose's but a couple of questions first.
should I use 1/2" outlets and just a straight 1/2" hose and clamps. I have read before using slightly smaller hose size would make a tigher fight any thoughts. I also read for years about "Pressure drop and the impact it can have on a loop" so I use 1/4" threaded bards that have a 1/2" outlet is that going to cause a issue. Should i be looking for somthing else I see products everywhere that have these 1/4" threads.
Also I want a pretty high horse power pump looking to move about 600+GPM. Any recommendtions on a silent/quiet one.
I am also looking to do some cutting in my case I am going to mount a double 120mm Fan/Rad in my top two 5.25" drive bay slots. Blowing up of course. I have a dremal and done cutting before in my cases but this leads to uneven cuts in the material due to some unsteady hands any recommendations on cutting out some blow holes perhaps tools or techniqe?
Anything else you guys or gals that might want to point out on a first try would be much'o appreciated.
Ill keep you all updated with this post. Thank you.
I have been a member for some time here, trolling the forums and ready articles and reviews here and there on OC.com for a few years now. You guys have made my expericnce with overclocking come to life with my first PIV 1.6a cpu overclocked on air to about 2.2. my second experience was another PIV 3.06 @ 3.6 again on air. I have since moved on with the rest of the band wagoneers to a 805 D, with a very minor overclock due to misrepresented motherboard that said it had cpu volt control, but did not.
anyways I have been pondering a whole new build and water cooling has always piqued my interest to get some uber Mhrtz. After taking a refresher course and looking around at parts at some sites, I thought well let me just step in small I dont want to drop 2k on some new hardware only to blow it all on a leaking hose. So I decided to take it slow and see what I can squeeze out of my 805 D with my midsize case with watercooling.
My goal for this set up is High performance with silent/quiet operation. So on to to the nitty gritty.
I definetly want to use 1/2" hose's but a couple of questions first.
should I use 1/2" outlets and just a straight 1/2" hose and clamps. I have read before using slightly smaller hose size would make a tigher fight any thoughts. I also read for years about "Pressure drop and the impact it can have on a loop" so I use 1/4" threaded bards that have a 1/2" outlet is that going to cause a issue. Should i be looking for somthing else I see products everywhere that have these 1/4" threads.
Also I want a pretty high horse power pump looking to move about 600+GPM. Any recommendtions on a silent/quiet one.
I am also looking to do some cutting in my case I am going to mount a double 120mm Fan/Rad in my top two 5.25" drive bay slots. Blowing up of course. I have a dremal and done cutting before in my cases but this leads to uneven cuts in the material due to some unsteady hands any recommendations on cutting out some blow holes perhaps tools or techniqe?
Anything else you guys or gals that might want to point out on a first try would be much'o appreciated.
Ill keep you all updated with this post. Thank you.