Hi guys, wanted to run some checks on setting up water-cooling for my pc. The primary intention is silent rig with some minor over-clock ability. I have been reading for the last 1 month and knowledge wise is real overwhelming. Up till date I have been trying to put bits and pieces together. I hope that the Guru here can provide some advice:
Rig Selection:
a) Case: Corsair 800D/ 650T(White edition)
b) PSU: Corsair 750W AH I think
c) Processor I7, Ivy Bridge, Z77 Motherboard Asrock Fatality
d) RAM – GSKill 8GB X 2
e) Graphics – ATI 7850/ 7870
f) HDD – 1 X 120GB SSD, 1X 1TB 3.5”
g) DVD Rom – Any black colored DVD Writer will do
Cooling wise for air cooling, in usual practice people put min of 3-4 fans(Front, Top, Back, Side) excluding CPU, GPU, PSU Cooling. So all in is about 7 fans average. In the case of moving to water cooling, assuming a similar set up 7 fans(2 front, 3 for 360 or 120.3 radiator, 1 for 120.1 radiator and 1 for back and probably 1 for top) with the consideration of reservoir noise if any, and pump how would water cool actually make this quieter or silent assuming fans used are the same? Or could I reduce the set up I have planned?
Assuming that we are inclined towards water cooling still, I have this darn blur knowledge about T Line vs Reservoir. Most articles/ forums say T Line is a pain to maintain and sustain, but I have seen really nice pictures that some guys have done with T Line, and they say they took 5mins to fill it and bleed etc. How is such even possible? So far I have not found a detailed article on how to hook up a T Line, and how to bleed, etc. Any assistance is appreciated. I am only a little inclined to T Line due to space constraints, as in the reservoirs that I see, we dun really have a proper place to house them. E.g. such as the drive bay, or HDD bay, topping up is still a pain with the needs to practically remove it, and add coolant or distilled water. How is that different from T Line? I do see sometimes people use fillports for reservoir. In general what would u guys recommend for easy maintenance and sustenance with cost effectiveness?
I know someone will tell me go Air cooling, but let’s consider water cooling.
Rig Selection:
a) Case: Corsair 800D/ 650T(White edition)
b) PSU: Corsair 750W AH I think
c) Processor I7, Ivy Bridge, Z77 Motherboard Asrock Fatality
d) RAM – GSKill 8GB X 2
e) Graphics – ATI 7850/ 7870
f) HDD – 1 X 120GB SSD, 1X 1TB 3.5”
g) DVD Rom – Any black colored DVD Writer will do
Cooling wise for air cooling, in usual practice people put min of 3-4 fans(Front, Top, Back, Side) excluding CPU, GPU, PSU Cooling. So all in is about 7 fans average. In the case of moving to water cooling, assuming a similar set up 7 fans(2 front, 3 for 360 or 120.3 radiator, 1 for 120.1 radiator and 1 for back and probably 1 for top) with the consideration of reservoir noise if any, and pump how would water cool actually make this quieter or silent assuming fans used are the same? Or could I reduce the set up I have planned?
Assuming that we are inclined towards water cooling still, I have this darn blur knowledge about T Line vs Reservoir. Most articles/ forums say T Line is a pain to maintain and sustain, but I have seen really nice pictures that some guys have done with T Line, and they say they took 5mins to fill it and bleed etc. How is such even possible? So far I have not found a detailed article on how to hook up a T Line, and how to bleed, etc. Any assistance is appreciated. I am only a little inclined to T Line due to space constraints, as in the reservoirs that I see, we dun really have a proper place to house them. E.g. such as the drive bay, or HDD bay, topping up is still a pain with the needs to practically remove it, and add coolant or distilled water. How is that different from T Line? I do see sometimes people use fillports for reservoir. In general what would u guys recommend for easy maintenance and sustenance with cost effectiveness?
I know someone will tell me go Air cooling, but let’s consider water cooling.