- Joined
- Mar 24, 2011
- Location
- Somewhere in the US
So I bought most of my hardware last year and just now got into Liquid Cooling. I just swapped out the radiator with a new larger one so the setup is still fairly new and still counts as a first time . Anyways, I'm proud of the fact that I had absolutely no leaks on my first and second fill! With the stock heatsink and fan I was getting about 100F while idling. With the WC loop, its 60F at idle and 65F while browsing the web, watching a movie and messaging. Decent improvement if I do say so myself.
So here's my WC setup:
Pump: Danger Den DD-CPX1 (Re-branded Jingway DP600P) Superbly quiet and moves a ton of coolant.
Radiator: Black ICE GT Stealth 360 (120mm x 3)
Tubing: PrimoChill PRO LRT 3/8"ID - 1/2"OD
Fluid: Feser One Non Conductive UV Acid Green (yeah yeah i know i used feser)
Block: EK Supreme LT AMD CPU - Plexi+Nickel (cooling an AMD Phenom II x6 at 3.2GHz)
Fittings: All my fittings are from Koolance using a mixture of compression and barb.
So for now my loop is only cooling the CPU, a bit of overkill for the RAD? Maybe. But I plan on adding one, possibly two video cards to the loop as well if not anything else on the motherboard (which I might also be upgrading as well). In the following pictures you'll also notice I'm using my version of a T-fill line and a drain line that actually proved quite useful. Now before you go off on me for using a T-line, it wasn't till after I installed it that I discovered that they are terrible for releasing air. So naturally my plans also include a reservoir.
The loop is pretty simple. Pump - CPU - RAD - Pump. You have the pictures attached as reference but any suggestions on how to route once I throw in the video card? I probably stick to EK for the block and keep it the same as my CPU. I have plenty of space for additional radiators so feel free to go wild on your suggestions and ideas One of my biggest concerns is, if I do put the GPU on the loop, should I increase the tubing size? And with that, should I upgrade the pump? And with that, haha, what fluid would you recommend?
Thanks for your help anyone. I'll post a list of my hardware if you want.
So here's my WC setup:
Pump: Danger Den DD-CPX1 (Re-branded Jingway DP600P) Superbly quiet and moves a ton of coolant.
Radiator: Black ICE GT Stealth 360 (120mm x 3)
Tubing: PrimoChill PRO LRT 3/8"ID - 1/2"OD
Fluid: Feser One Non Conductive UV Acid Green (yeah yeah i know i used feser)
Block: EK Supreme LT AMD CPU - Plexi+Nickel (cooling an AMD Phenom II x6 at 3.2GHz)
Fittings: All my fittings are from Koolance using a mixture of compression and barb.
So for now my loop is only cooling the CPU, a bit of overkill for the RAD? Maybe. But I plan on adding one, possibly two video cards to the loop as well if not anything else on the motherboard (which I might also be upgrading as well). In the following pictures you'll also notice I'm using my version of a T-fill line and a drain line that actually proved quite useful. Now before you go off on me for using a T-line, it wasn't till after I installed it that I discovered that they are terrible for releasing air. So naturally my plans also include a reservoir.
The loop is pretty simple. Pump - CPU - RAD - Pump. You have the pictures attached as reference but any suggestions on how to route once I throw in the video card? I probably stick to EK for the block and keep it the same as my CPU. I have plenty of space for additional radiators so feel free to go wild on your suggestions and ideas One of my biggest concerns is, if I do put the GPU on the loop, should I increase the tubing size? And with that, should I upgrade the pump? And with that, haha, what fluid would you recommend?
Thanks for your help anyone. I'll post a list of my hardware if you want.