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- Feb 5, 2010
Hi I'm new to water cooling and I'm currently ordering parts for my first water cooling build. So far I've gotten my Case which is a Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS and I've got 1 T-virus reservoir by Frozen Q . I plan on water cooling an Intel Core i7 920 plus the NB/SB, Mofset and the RAM of a evga x58 3-way sli classified motherboard. I also plan to w/c an ati radeon HD 5970 and maybe a physx card if the are compatible with ati. Any ways I was reading the Water Cooler guide for beginners and came up with a few questions to ask.
Before I read the guide I wanted to water cool the cpu , nb/sb,ram and the mofset on one loop with a 120.2 or 120.3 radiator w/fans . Now that I have read the beginners guide and see how hot the core i7 runs I see now that I can only run one loop just for the cpu. Can the i7 handle a 120.2 radiator?
As for everything else I'm going to w/c I'm wanting to keep the inside of the case clean for example a good/clean wire management with good/clean tubing routes in other words I don't want wires and tubing's going everywhere where you can't see what I have to show off. So my next question is does anyone make an enclosure for external radiators?
My current plan now is to have one loop inside the case , and another one or two running from an enclosure with my Desktop sitting on top of the enclosure tubes and wiring for the fans running from the bottom of my case, up to what ever else I plan on water cooling.
I also have a question about radiators and water cooling blocks, from the communities point of view. What is the most used or what is the best company out there for water cooling blocks and rads? Just asking cause I don't want to be mixing metals that cause accelerated corrosion like Alu+Cu.
I'm sorry if I confused anyone about my post, just asking questions and trying to make a good solid build.
Before I read the guide I wanted to water cool the cpu , nb/sb,ram and the mofset on one loop with a 120.2 or 120.3 radiator w/fans . Now that I have read the beginners guide and see how hot the core i7 runs I see now that I can only run one loop just for the cpu. Can the i7 handle a 120.2 radiator?
As for everything else I'm going to w/c I'm wanting to keep the inside of the case clean for example a good/clean wire management with good/clean tubing routes in other words I don't want wires and tubing's going everywhere where you can't see what I have to show off. So my next question is does anyone make an enclosure for external radiators?
My current plan now is to have one loop inside the case , and another one or two running from an enclosure with my Desktop sitting on top of the enclosure tubes and wiring for the fans running from the bottom of my case, up to what ever else I plan on water cooling.
I also have a question about radiators and water cooling blocks, from the communities point of view. What is the most used or what is the best company out there for water cooling blocks and rads? Just asking cause I don't want to be mixing metals that cause accelerated corrosion like Alu+Cu.
I'm sorry if I confused anyone about my post, just asking questions and trying to make a good solid build.