I'm planning on redoing my watercooling setup, but I need some advise on what to do. This is the only rig I've ever watercooled so right now it has a Cooler Master Aquagate kit.
The CPU is the only thing currently in the loop and stays between 30-40c. I bought an eVGA Hyrdo copper block off ebay and want to cool my 280 with it. I also bought a new Thermaltake P500 pump and a danger den single 5 1/4 bay reservoir.
My current setup basically looks like this.
So my questions are:
1) Should I completely ditch the Aquagate kit and build a new loop for the cpu/nb?
2) Is the p500 pump going to be a good pick for running a loop with just the 280 in it?
3) Would a single radiator be good enough to cool the 280 loop?
4) If I ditch the kit, what would you recommend getting for the cpu block, rad, pump, and res? I want this new build to be a lot cleaner than it currently is
5) Where would be the best places to mount a second radiator(currently a dual on the ceiling of the case) and pump?
CPU: Q6700 oced to 3.2ghz (didn't want to go higher or start messing with voltages until I put some cooling on the northbridge)
Motherboard: Evga 780i
Ram: 8gb Corsair xms2 (oced to 960mhz)
Any tips/ideas appreciated
The CPU is the only thing currently in the loop and stays between 30-40c. I bought an eVGA Hyrdo copper block off ebay and want to cool my 280 with it. I also bought a new Thermaltake P500 pump and a danger den single 5 1/4 bay reservoir.
My current setup basically looks like this.
So my questions are:
1) Should I completely ditch the Aquagate kit and build a new loop for the cpu/nb?
2) Is the p500 pump going to be a good pick for running a loop with just the 280 in it?
3) Would a single radiator be good enough to cool the 280 loop?
4) If I ditch the kit, what would you recommend getting for the cpu block, rad, pump, and res? I want this new build to be a lot cleaner than it currently is
5) Where would be the best places to mount a second radiator(currently a dual on the ceiling of the case) and pump?
CPU: Q6700 oced to 3.2ghz (didn't want to go higher or start messing with voltages until I put some cooling on the northbridge)
Motherboard: Evga 780i
Ram: 8gb Corsair xms2 (oced to 960mhz)
Any tips/ideas appreciated