WoodButcher
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Originally posted by: Akaz1976
Can I use simple distilled water without any additive as coolant without damaging stuff?
In a strictly copper block / rad loop yes. NO mixing metals!
Originally posted by: Akaz1976
Can I use simple distilled water without any additive as coolant without damaging stuff?
lots and lots of helpful people around here and to the best of my knowledge Aigo is at the top of the heap, If you post a new thread he is bound to see it but if not knock on his door, send a PM.Originally posted by: waxking1
You have a T between your radiator and CPU that looks like a drain line but it looks like it may attach at the top filler(Idon't think it does but the picture makes it look this way).
Your right, it just hangs out up there, being longer just is more conveinent to fill / bleed and drain.
If this is the drain line and you lower it to drain, does the radiator have to be removed to drain fully? I blow air through the system to drain but it dosen't drain dry, just enough to take things apart without building the ark first.
Are those quick connect couplings on your reservoir and if so why do you need them there? No quick disconnects, That res has been changed out for XSPC restops because it leaked. My plexi- work needs some work!!!
I'm planning on using copper EK blocks for CPU and GPU(GT200). How do you know you are ordering copper fittings. Most of the sites I've gone to have pictures that look like steel or aluminum and the descriptions don't say what they are made of. Just ask, the better stores will have answers. Read reviews or post up on anand and some chump like me will have the answer. I'm always willing to share my lack of knowledge! I'm pretty sure that EK is all copper, they might have a nickel plating but I would say your on the right track..
When you hook up your fans on the 3x120, do you splice the wires of each fan into the next with the last set of wires going to the controller? Yes, splice, solder and heat-shrink tubing. All but the RPM wires, those I cut short and cover using only the last fan in line to monitor speed.
Thanks
Your welcome! Thanks for the kind words. Flattery of my work will get you,,,,
hmm,
not much,,,,,
but I will help where I can:laugh:
Edit because I found your build thread and it is answering some of my questions but I'm still reading it.
Originally posted by: aigomorla
If you combo the two, that?s a bit overkill as KY Jelly is awesome on its own.
Originally posted by: Wrzesien
With the i7 getting more reasonable in price can you run a small comparison of the water cooling kits on the market today? Including one or two air-coolers and maybe one 2x120mm water cooling kit would make for a nice decision matrix. Some of the products I'm considering:
A good air cooler for the LGA1366 like the HRT-120 XT
CoolIT Domino A.L.C. (Has native LGA1366/775 support)
http://www.coolitsystems.com/i...o-alc-released&catid=2ress-release&Itemid=3
Swiftech H20-120 (Needs an adaptor for LGA1366)
http://www.swiftech.com/products/h20-120-compact.asp
Any other single 120mm radiator 1, 2 or multi-piece kits you know about for the LGA1366.
Swiftech H20-240 (for higher-end rad performance)
A custom H20 rig with best-in-breed parts for pump, block, radiator (3x120 maybe?).
Thanks a bunch!
Originally posted by: aequasi
idk if this is too general of a question, but whats a normal price range for setting up watercooling, with cooling on two gpus, cpu, hd's and ram?