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- May 10, 2009
Case: Thermaltake Armor + LCS VH6000 Series Full Tower Case (Black)
Power Supply Unit: Ultra X3 1600w PSU
Motherboard: (ATX) X-58, 3-way SLI; Classified Mainboard (EVGA)
Core Processor: Intel Core i7 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130w Quad-Core Processor
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 H2OC ThermoIntelligence (BFG)
Memory: Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM @ 2,000MHz (PC3 16000) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model with DHX & Airflow Fan
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit (OEM)
Tools: Ultra 130 Piece Premium Tool Kit
Others: the case came with an all coper waterblock for Intel P4 775/478 and AMD AM2/K8 processors. Also includes 3/8 tubing. This case has a built in reservoir and rad.
Okay I obviously plan on using the res and rad that are built into the case. I bought it for this purpose in attempts at simplifying this for myself as this is not only my first liquid-cooled build but my first build period. Did I bite off too much, or am I in good hands? I thought it would be a cake walk at first. Now that I have done some nosing around this forum and others I am not sure of myself. It seems the more I look into one thing or another the more I am not sure of as it seems there are many things to consider; even scientific and quantitative data/schematics etc. I’m not stupid it’s just that doing something for the first time where I have so many bones invested, well; it makes me a bit hesitant.
So that is pretty much my system as was listed above (or is going to be or so I hope, lol) . What I plan on liquid-cooling is my processor and graphics card to start with; however I would like to make provisions for the future. I have heard it said that good layout and planning or the most important part of this. Eventually I would like to cool my ram, get an additional 295 GTX for essentially quad SLI, and maybe even cool one of my hard drives (10,000rpm). Can I do this or should I designate separate loops and get yet additional hardware: pumps/rads/reservoirs, etc? Anyhow I guess let’s start with the more basics:
1) I was first wondering about the layout, specifically the order (however I don’t know what all needs to be taken into account here)
2) Secondly the tubing size; I wanted to get ½ Tygon, though already connected to the pump and res in of my case is 3/8 inch with quick connectors at the ends going into it for me to take it from there. Will this create a chock point if I at that point go to 1/2 thereafter?
3) Waterblock: which one? I was thinking on from Danger Den but I don’t know. I found one that they make for the i7. Can I cool the motherboard, North and South Bridge or get one that does this all with one block?
4) Thermal Compound (Arctic Sliver #5): the best?
5) Well to be continued until I know more…
I plan on putting this beast together on the 22nd – 24th of this month and well, I pretty much need it done by then so I need to get my waterblocks ordered and delivered in time. Also money is not really an issue to some extent; I would just rather get higher end components even if I have to pay a little more for them. Thank you in advance for reading this and for any of you that offer help: it is greatly appreciated. Already surfing around this forum I have learned quite a bit, thanks.
Garden of War
Power Supply Unit: Ultra X3 1600w PSU
Motherboard: (ATX) X-58, 3-way SLI; Classified Mainboard (EVGA)
Core Processor: Intel Core i7 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130w Quad-Core Processor
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 H2OC ThermoIntelligence (BFG)
Memory: Corsair Dominator GT 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM @ 2,000MHz (PC3 16000) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model with DHX & Airflow Fan
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit (OEM)
Tools: Ultra 130 Piece Premium Tool Kit
Others: the case came with an all coper waterblock for Intel P4 775/478 and AMD AM2/K8 processors. Also includes 3/8 tubing. This case has a built in reservoir and rad.
Okay I obviously plan on using the res and rad that are built into the case. I bought it for this purpose in attempts at simplifying this for myself as this is not only my first liquid-cooled build but my first build period. Did I bite off too much, or am I in good hands? I thought it would be a cake walk at first. Now that I have done some nosing around this forum and others I am not sure of myself. It seems the more I look into one thing or another the more I am not sure of as it seems there are many things to consider; even scientific and quantitative data/schematics etc. I’m not stupid it’s just that doing something for the first time where I have so many bones invested, well; it makes me a bit hesitant.
So that is pretty much my system as was listed above (or is going to be or so I hope, lol) . What I plan on liquid-cooling is my processor and graphics card to start with; however I would like to make provisions for the future. I have heard it said that good layout and planning or the most important part of this. Eventually I would like to cool my ram, get an additional 295 GTX for essentially quad SLI, and maybe even cool one of my hard drives (10,000rpm). Can I do this or should I designate separate loops and get yet additional hardware: pumps/rads/reservoirs, etc? Anyhow I guess let’s start with the more basics:
1) I was first wondering about the layout, specifically the order (however I don’t know what all needs to be taken into account here)
2) Secondly the tubing size; I wanted to get ½ Tygon, though already connected to the pump and res in of my case is 3/8 inch with quick connectors at the ends going into it for me to take it from there. Will this create a chock point if I at that point go to 1/2 thereafter?
3) Waterblock: which one? I was thinking on from Danger Den but I don’t know. I found one that they make for the i7. Can I cool the motherboard, North and South Bridge or get one that does this all with one block?
4) Thermal Compound (Arctic Sliver #5): the best?
5) Well to be continued until I know more…
I plan on putting this beast together on the 22nd – 24th of this month and well, I pretty much need it done by then so I need to get my waterblocks ordered and delivered in time. Also money is not really an issue to some extent; I would just rather get higher end components even if I have to pay a little more for them. Thank you in advance for reading this and for any of you that offer help: it is greatly appreciated. Already surfing around this forum I have learned quite a bit, thanks.
Garden of War