Noob Water Cooling Success!

[DragBag11B]

Initial build: Azza Hurrican Case(2011)


Corsair 800D upgrade(6/2013)


WC up and running after 24HR leak test


Close up

I did a ton of homework via Tom's and OC.net and finally consulted sixer and balls before taking the plunge. Install was relatively easy and now my CPU is running about 10-12 degrees cooler. Thoughts, concerns, etc?

 

[RainMotorsports]

Congrats, rad seems a bit overkill but lets push that voltage and go for 5Ghz Joking aside should have room to grow with that radiator.

 

[sixer9682]

Looks good, what are the temps running.

 

[DragBag11B]

Looks good, what are the temps running.

At idle, 4.5GHz, fluctuates between 18-20 degrees.

Looks good. get rid of those led's in the block.
Save up for a 780 hydro copper.
Now that you have your feet wet on WC, work on shortning the lines when you do the video card. And using the minimum.
Oh yea compression fittings and using 1/2 ID tubing...
Looks outstanding though

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

That is the plan, aiming for the 780HC before BF4. Got a promotion yesterday to Project Manager, which will help facilitate my tech dreams.
Kit was recommended by sixer and for what I want to do it should be great for a long time. I just ordered 1/2 ID tubing and compression fittings this morning along with extra coolant, because I wasn't too comfortable with the barbs and plastic clamps and I verified that it isn't the length of the tube, but the girth that matters.

 

[DragBag11B]

18-20 at idle??? Where he Fuck are you Canada. thats 64f

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Haha, no. In Maryland, but the wife keeps the apartment around 70F. While playing BF3, CPU was keeping between 32-35C.

 

[2Tartu]

Haha, no. In Maryland, but the wife keeps the apartment around 70F. While playing BF3, CPU was keeping between 32-35C.

when i play bf3 on a sunny day, my cpu thermometer starts beeping...

 

[sixer9682]

When you change the tubing you might want to reorient the order. Right now it looks like you're going from the reservoir to the cpu and from the cpu to the radiator. Unless you installed the water block in the reverse direction. If that's the case, then you're good.

If the intake is on the right then that should feed from the radiator and the out from the water block to the reservoir/pump and then into the radiator. You should have, for best temps, from the reservoir to the radiator, from the rad to the water block, from the water block to the reservoir. That way the coolest water flows to the cpu, the warm shit gets pumped right into the rad where it cools and then back to the cpu.

 

[Snakebabies]

hahahaa! nice sig renno! miss flyin with you guys and fucking shit up!


if you add a gpu into the loop, cpu should be first commpnent cooled in the loop correct?
also, if you run temp sensors in your lines, where would you install them with cpu/gpu loop?

 

[sixer9682]

Yeah, CPU then straight to the GPU then the GPU. Here's a pic of mine so you can see. You could get a T-splitter and place that between the GPU and the reservoir. It will give you a good idea of the temps after it leaves the CPU and GPU.

 

[Snakebabies]

aye...already had something in mind with splitter/drain point too...figured temp sensor would be most efficient at the ass end of the loop.

 

[Asylum-Havoc]

Nice build DragBag... welcome to the water cooling community