Tirian-64 Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 i just saw the review for the thermaltake armor lcs case, and i was wondering if anybody knew, if by chance the bigwater 735/745 dual radiator would fit in the front of the regular thermaltake armor? it would be nice to be able to expand my current setup with that, have three rad's. then i could maybe add a gpu waterblock too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 I really wouldn't be going with a bigwater setup if you plan on upgrading you graphics card to an 8 series or x2 series. A water setup from thermaltake is something I would really use for any form of overclocking or even gaming. Three rads is going to be a lot of resistance for that small pump, plus your blocks and anything else you have in the loop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tirian-64 Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 i wasnt planning on sticking with the dinky little one from the SE, thats like 120l/hour, id get a different one, the one that comes with the 745 if like 500 l/hour with more than 6ft of head like the SE's. with the dual rad inside, its a pretty small loop and i dont really need the gpu water cooled as its stayed pretty cool as it is. so far ive hit like 45-46C load with the bigwater, i dont see why everyone knocks it so bad i have plenty of room in the case, and moving the HDDs around to the top would let me move a lot of the heat away from the mobo and chipset another thing i noticed, is that the tmg2 radiator says it has two connections one for 1/4 tubing and one for 3/8th tubing, but current rad i have does that too, but i dont see how it fits two different sizes, unless they are really close to eachother Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlimmerMan Posted March 31, 2007 Posted March 31, 2007 Tt and watercooling do not mix. I suggest you look elsewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 so far ive hit like 45-46C load with the bigwater, i dont see why everyone knocks it so bad that's because those temps are HORRIBLE for a 3500+ @ 1.4v on water... i got my 3500+ to 2.92 GHz at 1.568v at 41-43 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tirian-64 Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 well, my temps were better when it was external, but i move this around a lot (pain in the butt cause its so heavy) so the tubing sticking out was a bit cumbersome. now that its internal, its warm air being pushed over the rad so thats not helping. the side of the apartment complex i live in, is always hot, like this winter, we didnt even have to turn on the heat, right now ambient is like 28c and the cpu is idling around 34 but as far as i can tell, it doesnt look like the tmg2 comes with that bracket but i havnt gotten around to measuring yet. i dont know if im going to be able to mount in any proper way. might have to wedge it in there with anti vibration padding heh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlimmerMan Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Sell your crappy water cooling kit and buy a ultra-120 or tuniq tower, you'de get better results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 No kidding, I've used the bigwater only on silent builds for customers, and even then it was because they couldn't afford a decent setup and insisted I use this great Thermaltake one. Thermalright and Tuniq's aircooling solutions blow this out of the water. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Water cooling is a pita. There are to many good air coolers unless you just have to have water cooling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mombo Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Well I agree with everyone else the thermaltake is no good. Main problem with adding another rad into your setup is that your losing even more pressure. The best way would be to get 1 really good rad and be done with it. The Thermochill PA120.2 is enough to cool a cpu and gpu. If you got the Thermo PA120.3 then ya....thats good. I would look at upgrading to one nice rad and dump all the others. Might also cut some of the weight down as well. The thermochills are much bigger then your normal rads though. But they are the best made right now nothing better as far as I know. Not sure but you would prob have to upgrade your tubing as well. you prob have the dinky stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdaddy25fb Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 Those are great rads...but tirian is still using the thermaltake pump. And I would not trust that pump with a large SA radiator....simply put that pump doesn't give enough head Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tirian-64 Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 yeah, im looking at ditching the SE, although my budget isnt very big at all. the SE's pump is rated at 90 l/hour, and there isnt a lot of head there what would you suggest for a cheap 3/8th pump and rad? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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