what is a good starter setup for a gigabyte 3Daurora case

[JMCD]

Just remember to add a drain so when you want to add something else it's easier :)

[jdrom17]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

ok I got a pretty good Idea of what I want I want to water cool the CPU and my HIS Radeon HD 3870 ICEQ3 775MHZ 512MB 256BIT GDDR4
I think that those to produce the most heat but those ( for now ) are the things I would like to water cool and knowing me later on I problably will start to Add things because I get board lol

Should probably step up to a MCR320 if you want decent temps on the GPU and CPU and the DB-1 pump is out of the question.

[Shadowmeph]

ok I am looking at this so far;
MCR320 , 3 GELID Solutions GELID Silent 12 1000RPM 120MM Quiet Fan 37CFM 20.2DBA HDB 3PIN, Swiftech MCP655 12V Industrial Water Cooling Pump 1/2IN Barbs, either this Swiftech MCW60-R2 GPU Water Block for Most NVIDIA & ATI Video Cards 1/2 & 3/8 & 1/4 Barb Fittings or this D-TEK Customs Fuzion GFX V2, but I am not sure which to use and also how to cool off the other parts on the Vid card.

D-TEK Customs Fuzion CPU Water Block LGA775 with PRO-MOUNT 1/2IN Barbs Swiftech APOGEE GTZ LGA775 CPU Water Block G1/4 Chrome HI-FLOW 1/2IN Barb Fittings or Swiftech APOGEE GTZ LGA775 CPU Water Block G1/4 Chrome HI-FLOW 1/2IN Barb Fittings
not sure which is the better between the two
as for tubing and such I am not sure probably use a T fitting instead of a res
could I use Anti freeze and then buy some distilled water and mix it or are there better methods?

[MpG]

Don't bother with the antifreeze. Just run pure distilled water, and add a drop or two of PT_Nuke to act as a biocide.

Between the two waterblocks, the Fuzion will work better with smaller pumps, while the Apogee GTZ might get you an extra few degrees with a good pump. Both have excellent mounting systems. If you were thinking of using compression fittings, they won't fit on the Fuzion, so go with the GTZ. Otherwise, doesn't matter.

[jdrom17]

Go with the GTZ since the MCP655 pump is pretty strong so it should do fine.

As per the GPU blocks, I believe the Swiftech one is less restrictive than the D-TEK. As for cooling the other components, grab some Enzotech ramsinks (might want the short ones). You should still have some airflow over the GPU though since those ramsinks need some sort of air to keep cool, especially the MOSFETs.

And yeah, PT_Nuke + Distilled or buy the pre-mixed Feser One fluid.

[Shadowmeph]

thanks for the advice I will go that way then . I was price matching these thingas and is there ever a big difference between NCIX and Direct Canada ( the better of the two)

[brewer265@]

Another good option when you have space constraints. You can hang the rad of the back with a Swiftech MCB-120 Radbox Revision 2 Black
Cheap and easy.

[Shadowmeph]

hmm I was looking at the big price difference between XSPC X2O Delta CPU Block V3 LGA775 AM2 CPU Water Block G1/4 and the
Swiftech APOGEE GTZ LGA775 CPU Water Block G1/4 Chrome HI-FLOW 1/2IN Barb Fittings not sure how much of a difference performance wise between the two .I am also a little confused about the 1/4 ,1/2 inch stuff, is that the inner size of the tubing measurement? Because what I was thinking is to mounting 2 MCR220 ( on the side door )with either one of those blocks and a MCP655 . for now then latter getting the wc block for my 3870 hd but will that combination work together?

[magelan]

1. G1/4 is the actual hole on a waterblock item.
2. X/Y ID refers to the Inside Diameter for the water to run through.
3. X/Y OD refers to the Outside Diameter of the tubing

I have myself recently gotten into the watercooling. Overall, if you shop around, most everything is G 1/4 threaded. So you shouldn't need to worry about that. All you need to be concerned is if all your fittings are the same. Eg, tubing and fittings.

The MCP 655 is not interchangeable in terms of fitting. It is a hard 1/2" ID. So it requires 1/2" ID tubing. Though with a lot of effort such as dipping the tubing end in boiling water, some people have managed to fit a 3/8" ID tubing onto the MCP655. There is a mid step tubing available at size 7/16" ID.

If you are going to use compression fittings instead of normal fittings, then the tubing OD matters. It has to match the compression OD fitting size. Else you just wasted a fair chunk of money as watercooling equips are non-refundable/tradable back to the seller like ncix.com.

[miggs78]

MCR220, MCP655 and a Apogee GTZ all the way..

As magelan said.. the threads are g 1/4, most barbs I've seen are g 1/4 threaded, I think basically all of them are.. As for tubing, the 2 most common choices are 1/2" and 7/16".. People tend to get the 7/16" which with the 1/2" barb is a tight fit, the tubing is going no where, in fact to take it off, you will be lucky to pull it off, you would most probably have to cut the tubing.. 1/2" can give more tighter bends though but since it's thicker tubing, people don't like much tubing in their cases.. I personally would get 1/2" tubing, if you don't wanna hurt yourself taking tubing off, and the ease of installation..

[Shadowmeph]

sorry to reopen my old thread but I am finally going to buy a rad or two but not exactly sure which to go for the only things I have so far is mcp655 and a custom v8 stinger cpu block with the 1/2 " fat boys I need to know which rad is good for this combo?

[MpG]

Don't be afraid to start a new topic.

Two biggest questions are 1) How much room do you have/how are you mounting the rad and 2) What kind/speed of fans are you planning on using?

[Shadowmeph]

Well I was thinking of removing the dustcover on the side door and making a set of brackets to mount 2 240 rads and if that can't be done then I guess I will have to mount the fan on the back of the case as for fans I am not sure yet I don't want this to be Noisy but I guess that a fan controller would fix that job I am not planing on doing very high over clocks because this e8400 isn't an eo its the other type ( new to overclocking :) ) so I am doubting I would get a very high overclock