ratatatatat Posted August 23, 2010 Posted August 23, 2010 Hey friends, It's winter in Australia and owning 2 GTX 480's in SLI is quite rewarding, the temps are reasonable and the fans aren't blazingly distracting. I am a pretty happy buyer. When my heater goes on and the room temp gets about 25 degrees c, thats a different story. Watching a blu-ray 70 degrees c, playing Bad Company 2 85 degrees c, playing The Witcher 75 degtrees c, playing Aion 70 degrees c...... Thats with room temps at 25! Imagine the 40+ degree days we are gauranteed to get this year? I HAVE to water cool. I have a Corsair Obsidian 800D case, which is a relief. I know nothing about setting up a water cooling rig. I have decided to go with EK stuff all the way pureley because it looks good and its reasonably priced. Here is what I have decided on so far. EK-FC480 GTX - Acetal+Nickel EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump) EK-CoolStream RAD XT 240 EK-Reservoir for DCP 4.0 What I would really appreciate, is some assistance with fittings, tubing, coolant and the loop setup. What fittings go where and which fitting are best? Also, what size tubing will I need?A And what size fittings etc etc. Oh and the thermal grease for a GPU? Any thoughts? I know you guys will smash this and I am looking forward to your educated opinions. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 (edited) EK makes top notch hardware. Use non conductive TIM on GPU namely Artic Ceramic. I would think about a 120.3 rad(trip 120mm). Distilled water with PT Nuke for coolant. 1/2 tubing would be OK. I use Python tubing but there is a lot to choose from. Bitspower makes good compression fittings. Here is a rad size guide for heat dissapation: 120.1 = 150W 120.2 = 300W 120.3 = 450W 120.4 = 600W Edited August 24, 2010 by Drdeath Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratatatatat Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 EK makes top notch hardware. Use non conductive TIM on GPU namely Artic Ceramic. I would think about a 120.3 rad(trip 120mm). Distilled water with PT Nuke for coolant. 1/2 tubing would be OK. I use Python tubing but there is a lot to choose from. Bitspower makes good compression fittings. Here is a rad size guide for heat dissapation: 120.1 = 150W 120.2 = 300W 120.3 = 450W 120.4 = 600W Sweet, cheers. So have you got any idea what barbs I will need? And how many? What about the loop structure? Any help would be awesome. Thanks mate. I am a total novice to watercooling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 You definitely want to use more than a 240 rad. That would be hard pressed to cool just the cards. EK makes some really nice blocks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratatatatat Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 You definitely want to use more than a 240 rad. That would be hard pressed to cool just the cards. EK makes some really nice blocks Ok sweet. I'll go with the EK-CoolStream RAD XT 360 What about fittings though? Any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratatatatat Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 Oh and what are the 'top pumps' for? Will it be necessary to have one of these? Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 (edited) Ok sweet. I'll go with the EK-CoolStream RAD XT 360 What about fittings though? Any suggestions? Bitspower makes barbs and compression fittings. 1/2 inch will be fine. If you plan to cool CPU amd 2 x GPU's you need 2 loops and 2 rads. If just the GPU x 2 , 1 loop. Pump>>>GPU>>>>GPU>>>>>RES>>>>>RAD Edited August 24, 2010 by Drdeath Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratatatatat Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 Bitspower makes barbs and compression fittings. 1/2 inch will be fine. If you plan to cool CPU amd 2 x GPU's you need 2 loops and 2 rads. If just the GPU x 2 , 1 loop. Pump>>>GPU>>>>GPU>>>>>RES>>>>>RAD How about this? cooling.bmp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drdeath Posted August 25, 2010 Posted August 25, 2010 How about this? That will be good actually better than my layout. The pump does dump a little head back in the loop. it is minimal but Rad...GPU is a bit better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratatatatat Posted August 26, 2010 Posted August 26, 2010 That will be good actually better than my layout. The pump does dump a little head back in the loop. it is minimal but Rad...GPU is a bit better. sweet. thanks again buddy. Will have pics up within the next 2 months. Gonna set me back $800 for the setup:( but summer will be loud and hot otherwise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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