Water Cooling

[clocker]

K,
As you know, I have used watercooling (the infamous AquariusII kit, to be exact), but have switched back to air for the time being.

A very popular radiator seems to be the heatercore from an 86 Chevy Chevette.
It's a good size and has 1/2" fittings- the preferred size for serious watercooling systems it seems.

Of course you still run into the dreaded noise issue...a big radiator and an effective waterblock demand some serious airflow to remove the heat.
Twin 120mm fans (typically Tornadoes) seem to be the solution of choice.

[Samurai]

Originally posted by Marius24@5 April 2004 - 22:58
instead of startin a new topic on basicly the same thing how much would it roughly cost in £ to get a decent water cooling system up and running and anyone got any good UK site for info/pricing?

Aria

[Marius24]

Originally posted by Samurai+6 April 2004 - 04:01--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Samurai @ 6 April 2004 - 04:01)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Marius24@5 April 2004 - 22:58
instead of startin a new topic on basicly the same thing how much would it roughly cost in £ to get a decent water cooling system up and running and anyone got any good UK site for info/pricing?

Aria [/b][/quote]
cool nice site. have u bought from them before?

[abu_has_the_power]

wc is good, if u have the dough and the space in ur pc. or u can always get one of those koolance external ones that go on top, but they&#39;re not as good. be careful though, if it leaks or breaks, say byby to everything

[Samurai]

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Originally posted by Samurai@6 April 2004 - 04:01
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@5 April 2004 - 22:58
instead of startin a new topic on basicly the same thing how much would it roughly cost in £ to get a decent water cooling system up and running and anyone got any good UK site for info/pricing?

Aria

cool nice site. have u bought from them before? [/b][/quote]
Yes. They are very reliable and the prices are excellent too. Highly recommended.

I believe my dad also uses them and bought 60% of his PC&#39;s componants from here too.

[clocker]

I just saw this link to the Zalman Reserator and thought you might be interested.

I am...

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by clocker@7 April 2004 - 08:49
I just saw this link to the Zalman Reserator and thought you might be interested.

I am...

Yeah, You sent me that link before via PM clocker, it does look quite good, thanks&#33;
How much of a risk is it though? how easy would it be to mess it up and ruin everything? if you have some general computer knowledge and good common sense, and built my computer myself, think I would be able to add a wc system to it easily?

[kaiweiler]

Has anyone ever seen any Canadian sites with this product? the "Zalman Reserator 1 Complete Silent CPU Water Cooling System"?? I am interested to see how much they are asking for it, I&#39;m guessing 300-350
If your not sure what system it is refer to clockers post, or Here

[lynx]

In UK that checks out at about £215 including tax & shipping, equivalent to nearly &#036;400 US

I hope it is more stable than it looks, or at least leakproof AND capable of running on it&#39;s side. 3 litres of water on the floor and a blown cpu would not be my idea of fun.

@Kaiweiler, there&#39;s not much risk as long as you do as much assembly as you can beforehand, and check everything for leaks BEFORE you go near your case.

I&#39;m running a little behind on my mods, took me far too long yesterday to make enough space in what is now purely a computer suite (anyone want a spare bed?), and I&#39;ve been out most of today, so it won&#39;t get finished until sometime tomorrow.

I made a small mistake when positioning the holes in the back of the case for the pipes to pass through. I measured the relative positions using the connectors which fit on the outside. I didn&#39;t realise at the time that the ones on the inside have a larger flange, so they would not fit side-by-side. The solution was simple, either move the top one up a little or move the bottom one down. I decided that I had room to move the top one up.

And that&#39;s where the small mistake became a bigger mistake. When I later came to install the graphics card I realised that the flange on the bottom connector made it almost impossible to fit the retaining screw. If I&#39;d moved the bottom hole down instead, the gap between the connectors would have been in the perfect position. I had to remove the connector to get the screw in place, but fortunately I can just get to it enough to remove the card in the future without removing the connector again.

The case is fully assembled now and just waiting for me to carry the cooler upstairs. If only I could get the water out of the waterbath it would be a lot easier, I suppose I&#39;ll just have to do it one step at a time (literally ). I wish it had a drain plug.

More reports tomorrow.

[clocker]

Lynx,

Your system sounds fascinating...any chance of pics?