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tonberry_ax
post Oct 23 2013, 09:46 AM

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QUOTE(gxthelord @ Oct 23 2013, 01:15 AM)
After going through your worklog, I decided to put on hold my water cooling setup. smile.gif Ur worklog made me realize that if I rush everything with limited budget it will not end up well especially for Arcylic Tubing Loops.
With all those parts listed initially I was planning to fork out around 500-600 for the tubings and fittings seems that the budget is hard to fit in without those rotaries.
Initially I was thinking of running the tubes like this
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But your worklog made me realize it's better to slowly get my things one by one, slowly finish up my build even though it'll take sometime. smile.gif So I decided to put hold and saved up for rotaries and another additional 240mm rads as well. ^^
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Bro, I understand your difficulty becoz i have the same case like urs. This model i can say is quite small in tower case category. This case have limited choice of rad becoz it has limited top spacing. Cant use XSPC kit if you using extra DVD burner etc.

If u wana put this thing in you have to sacrifice another thing. A lots of thing have to adjust here & there till now i still not yet start this project. doh.gif doh.gif

Well unless, you have the guts to mod and tear things apart to make it the way you wanted.
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post Oct 23 2013, 12:28 PM

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QUOTE(gxthelord @ Oct 23 2013, 01:51 AM)
but for aesthetics purpose, rotaries should be better is it? Cuz what I see most people do is use rotaries and straight arcylic tubes.
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Depends what you want to achieve.
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post Oct 23 2013, 04:56 PM

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QUOTE(tonberry_ax @ Oct 23 2013, 09:46 AM)
Bro, I understand your difficulty becoz i have the same case like urs. This model i can say is quite small in tower case category. This case have limited choice of rad becoz it has limited top spacing. Cant use XSPC kit if you using extra DVD burner etc.

If u wana put this thing in you have to sacrifice another thing. A lots of thing have to adjust here & there till now i still not yet start this project.  doh.gif  doh.gif

Well unless, you have the guts to mod and tear things apart to make it the way you wanted.
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Haha true true. I'm using just one HDD tho, SSD will most probably mounted at the back. So Its quite spacey on the top bottom part. biggrin.gif Like u said, althou it is a full tower but its really more like in between mid tower and full tower. ^^
I'm using single DVD Drive so I think should be ok for me ^^ But its cheap ma considering how it look and what u get for u r paying for. I'll never regret getting this case XD
Back to WC, I think most of the pumps,res would be either placed in between the mobo and hdd cage, or bottom front. biggrin.gif
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post Oct 23 2013, 11:59 PM

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QUOTE(gxthelord @ Oct 23 2013, 04:56 PM)
Haha true true. I'm using just one HDD tho, SSD will most probably mounted at the back. So Its quite spacey on the top bottom part. biggrin.gif Like u said, althou it is a full tower but its really more like in between mid tower and full tower. ^^
I'm using single DVD Drive so I think should be ok for me ^^ But its cheap ma considering how it look and what u get for u r paying for. I'll never regret getting this case XD
Back to WC, I think most of the pumps,res would be either placed in between the mobo and hdd cage, or bottom front. biggrin.gif
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IMHO, better to put it on top, make use of the 360mm spacing.. get the slimmer rad like ax series
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post Oct 24 2013, 12:21 AM

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QUOTE(tonberry_ax @ Oct 23 2013, 11:59 PM)
IMHO, better to put it on top, make use of the 360mm spacing.. get the slimmer rad like ax series
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yup I already have a slim 360mm rad. biggrin.gif Was thinking of adding 2nd rad smile.gif
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post Oct 24 2013, 12:51 AM

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QUOTE(gxthelord @ Oct 24 2013, 12:21 AM)
yup I already have a slim 360mm rad. biggrin.gif Was thinking of adding 2nd rad smile.gif
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which slim rad u r using?
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post Oct 24 2013, 12:55 AM

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QUOTE(tonberry_ax @ Oct 24 2013, 12:51 AM)
which slim rad u r using?
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Swiftech MCR 320 QP – Stack Edition the thickness just around 3.4cm. Just fits well in our case ^^
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post Nov 4 2013, 08:52 PM

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rclxms.gif excellent! very helpful, i will placed my wc orders once i completed my hardware drool.gif
pali_5373
post Jan 16 2014, 04:34 PM

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i want to ask a question..
here is my current loop

RES>DUAL D5 PUMP IN SERIES>RAM1>CPU>RAM2>480RAD>
GPU1>GPU2>GPU3>480RAD>RES

planning to watercool my mainboard which has MOSFET and SB separate block.

so the planning on the new loop will be like this

RES>DUAL D5 PUMP IN SERIES>RAM1>SB>CPU>MOSFET>RAM2>480RAD>
GPU1>GPU2>GPU3>480RAD>RES

the question is,
do i need dual loop for this setup?
TSpristine
post Jan 16 2014, 04:51 PM

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QUOTE(pali_5373 @ Jan 16 2014, 04:34 PM)
i want to ask a question..
here is my current loop

RES>DUAL D5 PUMP IN SERIES>RAM1>CPU>RAM2>480RAD>
GPU1>GPU2>GPU3>480RAD>RES

planning to watercool  my mainboard which has MOSFET and SB separate block.

so the planning on the new loop will be like this

RES>DUAL D5 PUMP IN SERIES>RAM1>SB>CPU>MOSFET>RAM2>480RAD>
GPU1>GPU2>GPU3>480RAD>RES

the question is,
do i need dual loop for this setup?
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Hi bro,

Well, if your current temperatures are alright, you wouldn't need to dual loop. AFAIK MOSFET and SBs don't dump a lot of heat into the water loop.
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post Feb 12 2014, 03:18 PM

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Thank TS very informative thread. thumbup.gif



This post has been edited by wkkm007: Feb 12 2014, 03:19 PM
TSpristine
post Feb 12 2014, 05:43 PM

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QUOTE(wkkm007 @ Feb 12 2014, 03:18 PM)
Thank TS very informative thread. thumbup.gif


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I try. smile.gif

Thanks for sharing the magnetic cooling video. laugh.gif
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post Feb 12 2014, 06:45 PM

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QUOTE(pali_5373 @ Jan 16 2014, 04:34 PM)
i want to ask a question..
here is my current loop

RES>DUAL D5 PUMP IN SERIES>RAM1>CPU>RAM2>480RAD>
GPU1>GPU2>GPU3>480RAD>RES

planning to watercool  my mainboard which has MOSFET and SB separate block.

so the planning on the new loop will be like this

RES>DUAL D5 PUMP IN SERIES>RAM1>SB>CPU>MOSFET>RAM2>480RAD>
GPU1>GPU2>GPU3>480RAD>RES

the question is,
do i need dual loop for this setup?
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U already have dual d5 and dual 480 rad which i think more than enough for your loop. Monstrous case you have there!
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post Apr 10 2014, 02:18 AM

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yes. dual D5 pump is already enough to make your loop cooler. i'm also using a dual D5 pump and my loop is pretty cool and never over 50 degree at full load.
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post Apr 29 2014, 10:52 PM

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QUOTE(hafdin @ Apr 10 2014, 02:18 AM)
yes. dual D5 pump is already enough to make your loop cooler. i'm also using a dual D5 pump and my loop is pretty cool and never over 50 degree at full load.
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never reach 50?
that is good
i've Oc my 4820k to 4.5GHz and it reach 60+
guess i pump in too much voltage .

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