The old thread can be found here:
Lowyat.Net Watercooling Club V1
Lowyat.Net Watercooling Club V2

Some FAQ and useful links:
What is water cooling? http://compreviews.about.com/od/cpus/a/LiquidCooling.htm/
Beginner's Guide to Water Cooling: http://www.overclockers.com/beginners-guide-water-cooling/
Clunk's Water Cooling beginner's guide (very informative): http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/water-cooli...-beginners.html
Some nice water cooling PC's which might give you ideas: http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/


Please also post up your water cooling PC setup (something like below):


Note: Anyone that wants to add in anything to this main topic, please feel free to PM me

This post has been edited by clawhammer: Nov 17 2011, 05:16 AM

You should get the EVGA SLI bridge (full black), it's very nice

Aquagrafx modular? Something new and fun to play with

Please come up with an unbias list of where we can get water cooling parts then PM me, I can edit the topic

Too high of a flow/pressure doesn't mean you will get wonderful temps. The job of the pump is to make sure the water flows at a reasonable pace and having a 100,000 l/h pump wouldn't help to reduce temps any further Therefore, get a pump that can sufficiently give you a good water flow depending on the loop are you configuring (no need to spend 2-3 pumps or do wonders). On the other hand, people prefer Swiftech pumps because it is quiet and runs on DC so you can easily plug onto your PSU molex connector. The Eheim is AC and you need a wall plug all the time.

My 2 cents from my humble experience

This post has been edited by clawhammer: Mar 31 2012, 02:05 AM

My pleasure and that's certainly a good choice

Why not you flip the radiator inlet/outlet to the other side? Looks better I think?

You don't need dual pump in the same loop seriously, it doesn't help much. If you want better temps, run 2 separate loops a.k.a dual loop.

You got it correct Many people are often misled by certain quarters with the wrong facts and information so that is why they end up purchasing 2 pumps for a single loop. Unless we have a very weak pump or the loop is too restrictive then it makes sense to have 2 pumps but in normal scenarios, 1 pump is often enough Moreover, these are physics. If you have a small radiator and even if the water moves at 10,000 l/h, it will still be hot. If your water moves slowly and you have a super big radiator, it performs much better.

Previously I used to have a customer that insists a dual pump setup would give better temps and did not want to listen to my advice. I was trying to help him save up the money for something more worthy to invest but he refused. However after he bought the 2nd pump from me and tried for himself, he finally agreed with what I told him. Some people try to outsmart the law of physics but for me, I always follow it (because I'm not Einstein)

Your PC will not explode when the pump fails. Technology these days are very advanced and your CPU has temp protection and will auto shut down (if things are too hot). You can also tell if the pump is running or not by looking at the temperature. All you need to do is download CoreTemp and have it displayed in your taskbar. If you are using Swiftech pumps, it is also very reliable and I probably heard of 1 failure out of the hundreds I've sold throughout the years.

@Big boss shepard, your setup looks perfectly fine. Our WC environment runs in a closed system and in a closed system, the pressure is adequately maintained. The only issue is when you first bleed the loop and existence of air inside the loop would require the pump to work harder (extra pressure). Once it stabilizes and you close your reservoir cap tightly, you need not worry about it.