Hey Guys, Im new here so be gentle....
I am planning on water cooling my current rig so I get some experience at it before building my monster new rig in a year or two. I have a TT soprano DX case which is only a mid tower so its cramped for room and no cable management or water cooling holes. Im trying to use as much gear as I can that I will use with my new rig (case, w/c gear, etc)
Current Hware
Q6600 (Gay B3 stepping)
Kingston HyperX Ram
Gigabyte
XFX GTX280 XXX edition
Toughpower 750watt
What Im thinking is
Corsair 800D case
Fan controller
Swiftech MCP655B pump
thermochill PA 120.3 Rad
Swiftech XT CPU block
3x scythe gentle typhoons in push or pull
EK multioption 250 res
Bitspower True Silver compression fittings 1/2"
Feser tubing 1/2" UV Red
EK-FC280 GTX for VGA
EK-D5 X-TOP
Setup: Res > Pump > Rad up top > CPU > GPU > back to res
My starting questions are if anyone can help:
As far as I can tell the rad and blocks are all copper so distilled water + silver fittings will do? (I am assuming the pump doesnt have any materials which will cause galvanic corrosion since everyone seems to use MCP655s or vairants, so no other additives needed) I read that the rad is made of brass and copper, im assuming that those 2 dont cause corrosion with each other
Is there enough room for the 360 rad in a 800D with GTs (ive heard its a massive case but havent seen one in person)?
If I need to add in another single rad, im worried that I will then need another pump & res? and now the cost starts climbing above what I can afford in the short term haha
Will the 360 rad provide enough cooling for my hware? (i am looking to overclock, but not trying to set any records, besides im hamstrung with B3 stepping)
I am planning on water cooling my current rig so I get some experience at it before building my monster new rig in a year or two. I have a TT soprano DX case which is only a mid tower so its cramped for room and no cable management or water cooling holes. Im trying to use as much gear as I can that I will use with my new rig (case, w/c gear, etc)
Current Hware
Q6600 (Gay B3 stepping)
Kingston HyperX Ram
Gigabyte
XFX GTX280 XXX edition
Toughpower 750watt
What Im thinking is
Corsair 800D case
Fan controller
Swiftech MCP655B pump
thermochill PA 120.3 Rad
Swiftech XT CPU block
3x scythe gentle typhoons in push or pull
EK multioption 250 res
Bitspower True Silver compression fittings 1/2"
Feser tubing 1/2" UV Red
EK-FC280 GTX for VGA
EK-D5 X-TOP
Setup: Res > Pump > Rad up top > CPU > GPU > back to res
My starting questions are if anyone can help:
As far as I can tell the rad and blocks are all copper so distilled water + silver fittings will do? (I am assuming the pump doesnt have any materials which will cause galvanic corrosion since everyone seems to use MCP655s or vairants, so no other additives needed) I read that the rad is made of brass and copper, im assuming that those 2 dont cause corrosion with each other
Is there enough room for the 360 rad in a 800D with GTs (ive heard its a massive case but havent seen one in person)?
If I need to add in another single rad, im worried that I will then need another pump & res? and now the cost starts climbing above what I can afford in the short term haha
Will the 360 rad provide enough cooling for my hware? (i am looking to overclock, but not trying to set any records, besides im hamstrung with B3 stepping)
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