nerdman978
August 13th, 2009, 07:42 PM
I haven't stopped by the Ubuntu forums in awhile, so this could be my first post in well over a year.
Anyway, I'm trying to set up a new liquid cooling system for a new PC of mine. I'm going to sell my old setup (Conroe motherboard, no SLI support, Core 2 Duo E6400, 8800GTS, 500W PSU all that good stuff) and put together a new Core i7 system with the some of the proceeds (and of course some additional cash of mine).
I want to cool my new GPU in addition to the CPU in my water cooling loop. The GPU will be a Geforce GTX 260, and the CPU a Core i7 920. The blocks for both are here
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9160/ex-blc-620/Swiftech_Apogee_GTZ_i7_CPU_Waterblock_-_Socket_LGA_1366.html
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2067/ex-blc-285/Swiftech_MCW60_VGA_Water_Block_-_Rev_2_nVidias_GeForce_200_Series_Ready_260_275_28 5_.html
I also plan on getting the full coverage heatsink for the GPU (checkbox at the bottom).
I have a radiator from my old Thermaltake Bigwater 735 water cooling setup with 3/8" fittings, so I'm going with 3/8" compression fittings for all of my blocks (I don't trust barbs, even though they are cheaper). Which leads me to my first question, how much 3/8" tubing will I need? I'm thinking around 5 feet would be a good idea. The new case is going to be a Cooler Master HAF 932, so the tubing will need to be fairly long as the HAF is a large case. The pump/reservoir is going to be in a drive bay (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/6473/ex-res-130/XSPC_Bay_Reservoir_Pump_Combo.html).
My other question is whether or not I should include a T-line in my setup so that the coolant goes to the GPU and CPU separately, rather than going first to the CPU then going to the GPU.
Also, how necessary is a flow meter? And any recommendations for one?
Suggestions about anything here are welcome. The rest of the hardware for my new PC includes a 750W Xclio Greatpower PSU, 6GB of DDR3-1333 RAM, and a Foxconn Flamingblade LGA 1366 motherboard.
Anyway, I'm trying to set up a new liquid cooling system for a new PC of mine. I'm going to sell my old setup (Conroe motherboard, no SLI support, Core 2 Duo E6400, 8800GTS, 500W PSU all that good stuff) and put together a new Core i7 system with the some of the proceeds (and of course some additional cash of mine).
I want to cool my new GPU in addition to the CPU in my water cooling loop. The GPU will be a Geforce GTX 260, and the CPU a Core i7 920. The blocks for both are here
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9160/ex-blc-620/Swiftech_Apogee_GTZ_i7_CPU_Waterblock_-_Socket_LGA_1366.html
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/2067/ex-blc-285/Swiftech_MCW60_VGA_Water_Block_-_Rev_2_nVidias_GeForce_200_Series_Ready_260_275_28 5_.html
I also plan on getting the full coverage heatsink for the GPU (checkbox at the bottom).
I have a radiator from my old Thermaltake Bigwater 735 water cooling setup with 3/8" fittings, so I'm going with 3/8" compression fittings for all of my blocks (I don't trust barbs, even though they are cheaper). Which leads me to my first question, how much 3/8" tubing will I need? I'm thinking around 5 feet would be a good idea. The new case is going to be a Cooler Master HAF 932, so the tubing will need to be fairly long as the HAF is a large case. The pump/reservoir is going to be in a drive bay (http://www.frozencpu.com/products/6473/ex-res-130/XSPC_Bay_Reservoir_Pump_Combo.html).
My other question is whether or not I should include a T-line in my setup so that the coolant goes to the GPU and CPU separately, rather than going first to the CPU then going to the GPU.
Also, how necessary is a flow meter? And any recommendations for one?
Suggestions about anything here are welcome. The rest of the hardware for my new PC includes a 750W Xclio Greatpower PSU, 6GB of DDR3-1333 RAM, and a Foxconn Flamingblade LGA 1366 motherboard.