water cooling project

[jwhitt]

ok im looking into water cooling my rig amd skt 939 3200 and vid card nvidia 7800 gt im looking at running a combo of setups first off i have an antech p180 case, im looking at getting a Thermaltake Big Water SE then going out of that to the cpu then vga, then out of the case to a Thermaltake CL-W0042 setup which is an external water cooling system radiator and pump assembly, then into a Thermaltake AquaBay CL-W0032 Cooling System 2U Liquid Level & Flow Indicator which will be in the top two bays of my case, the thought is that the first radiator... thoughts concerns sugestions, i havent water cooled a system sence about 2000 which i used peltier elements to chill the water before it even went to the components... my idea is to cool the water as much as possiable (obviously) before it goes back to the cpu

 

[HardWarrior]

Just to be clear, you want to cool two blocks with 2-3 independent water-cooling systems? Could you sort of flow chart what you're planning?

 

[mindwreck]

i think he wants the Big water ->cpu->gpu-> CL-W0042 (Text) -> to res/flow rate thing->back to big water

he is pretty much combing 2 watercooling kits into one.

 

[jwhitt]

yeah that was the idea, the reviews ive read on teh big water diddnt seem that great so i kinda wanted to try to combine the two, like i said ive water cooled in the past, but that was before watercooling was "cool" no pun intended, when i made my rig i had to engineer the entire thing myself people werent making ready made kits (p3 650 skt 370) i had to piece the setup together out of what i could find/make, i guess really im looking to see what people are using and what works well

 

[HardWarrior]

Okay then. Are you hooked on the idea of using kits?

 

[kamranziadar]

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[HardWarrior]

Jw, you mentioned that you want the coolest water temps you can get. If that's the case, running your coolant through 2 rads, or even 200 for that watter, won't make THAT much of a difference. The best you can hope for is an inlet temp just above ambient. IMO, you'd be better served with a large exchanger, something like 3x120, mounted with powerful 120x38mm fans. I've seen units even bigger, like 6x120 and larger. You won't have to forego the simplicity of a kit either. You can simply substitute an aftermarket exchanger, with the correct barbs, and take it from there.

One reason not to go with multiple rads is that, collectively, two rads are going to adversely affect your flow, and like I said, for very little real gain.

 

[Ping to the Pong]

i agree, better to upgrade to a larger radiator then to impede flow with two radiators. Are you set on thermaltake? Instead of combining two systems, why not just buy components seperately. If your main concern is cooling, then you should pick up the best parts out there. The blocks that come with the TT kit arent that great and the pump is not very strong either.