My first splash into water

Im going to make the plung into water Just wanted any advice to quite the voices in my head I am seting up for overclocking the noise or looks are 2ed consern
The new MB will be a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136
The Case is http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1215768&CatId=32
Fans: I have a 120 frount and rear and 2 80 in the side
The rest of the config in in my SIG

I plan to use:
CPU block:APOGEE™ GT Extreme Performance Universal CPU water-block
Rad: A Heater core from a chevet (As seen here )
Woud like advice on pump, barbs or locking conectors, coolent, and tubing type and any thing else you got
I am a Mechanic by trade and can and will hack case apart as needed

The ram is cooled with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835202003

Thanks in advance

For a pump, go with a MCP655 (Liang D5)
Tubing, I would recomend clearflex 60 1/2" ID 3/4" OD. Price vs Performance it's awesome tubing. You can get it for less than a buck a foot.

For barbs, use what comes with the block. You should be able to just cut the tubes on the heater core, and fit the tubing over them.

Hose clamps, your safest bet is to use 1" worm drive hose clamps.

also what resivour to use? ive seen the drive bay ones are they any good?

reservoirs tend to leak over time, just get a T-line

Here is a good Res, highly popular. A fill tube is cheaper and works just fine, but you need a plug for the T line, some fancy ones for $12 or a lab grade rubber plug works just fine. All these items I listed need to be ordered with the 1/2" OD fittings if you use 1/2" ID tubing.

http://www.petrastechshop.com/swmchire.html
A neater res, but more money
http://www.petrastechshop.com/swmchire.html

Pump, only one I'll really recommend for just about any setup
http://www.petrastechshop.com/swmcin12pu.html

Your CPU chip cooler is good, but the Fuzion is rated a bit better
http://www.petrastechshop.com/dfuuncpubl1.html

Hose, I suggest 1/2" x 3/4' hose made by Tygon, there is cheaper and still pretty good stuff out there.
http://www.petrastechshop.com/1id3odtysian.html
http://www.petrastechshop.com/1id3odmagepu.html

Clamps, zip ties done RIGHT are good. The best, most reliable is
http://www.petrastechshop.com/ststwohoclwb.html

Coolant. Hmm that heater core I'm sure is copper I hope. I'd run 10% Toyota or VW/Audi antifeeze, it has some important stuff in it for corossion. And a biocide and anti-algae, search for them in the forum here. And the rest distilled water. There is no need to run fancy expensive fluids.

I don't run water yet. But I have researched and read for the last 4 months, and just ordered all my parts today in fact. So I'm not an expert, but have learned from all these fine folks what is good and bad.

ralphT said:

also what resivour to use? ive seen the drive bay ones are they any good?

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Res are all about personal taste. I actually have a res and t-line in my loop. The res is for looks and extra coolant and the T-line is to make it easy to fill.

The easiest long term solution is a t-line. It can be a real pain to bleed the air out of a t-line though, so be prepared for some frustration there.

Go here, read this first.
...you need to know what heatload you need to cool, and then need to know what minimum spec is required to cool that heatload. This l'il guide gives you a very rough guide on how to do it based on information available.
http://www.over-clock.com/ivb/index.php?showtopic=20277

Determining flow rates:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=151627