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well res's work like this
in theory the bigger the res the longer it takes for the system temp to rise
extreme example:
if lake hurion was your res it would take forever to get the temps to rise
in a loop this small it doesnt make much of a difference because no one is really going to have a res big enough inside the case to make that much difference
as for the coolent... most people make their own stuff.. the most common is 75% distilled water and 25% antifreeze... also getting some biocide, non-alcoholic iodine or algecide keeps stuff from grown in your loop (you dont need much maybe 3 mls?)
for just the cpu IMHO the BIX2 is over kill... you could probably cool it with just a BIX or even a BIP. (i just happen to be selling both lol but thats another thread)
as per the fans
here is something that I didnt know until a couple of months in each rad needs a different type of fan
the BIX type rads are made for performance and visually look almost 2 X as thick as a bip... thus they need higher CFM fans to be effect where as a bip cools just find and can do it with less noise, and less powerful fans
EDIT: Clamps are kinda a personal thing some people use these
and some people use these
and still others use zip ties
as per fittings what exactly do you mean?
in theory the bigger the res the longer it takes for the system temp to rise
extreme example:
if lake hurion was your res it would take forever to get the temps to rise
in a loop this small it doesnt make much of a difference because no one is really going to have a res big enough inside the case to make that much difference
as for the coolent... most people make their own stuff.. the most common is 75% distilled water and 25% antifreeze... also getting some biocide, non-alcoholic iodine or algecide keeps stuff from grown in your loop (you dont need much maybe 3 mls?)
for just the cpu IMHO the BIX2 is over kill... you could probably cool it with just a BIX or even a BIP. (i just happen to be selling both lol but thats another thread)
as per the fans
here is something that I didnt know until a couple of months in each rad needs a different type of fan
the BIX type rads are made for performance and visually look almost 2 X as thick as a bip... thus they need higher CFM fans to be effect where as a bip cools just find and can do it with less noise, and less powerful fans
EDIT: Clamps are kinda a personal thing some people use these
and some people use these
and still others use zip ties
as per fittings what exactly do you mean?
