Cooling new watercooling setup

loop needs a bit of fine-tuning, its a pain in the arse to fill up at the moment. cant get the bubbles out

and then i need to get the rest of the system tidied, bit of a mess at the moment, ill be sorting out the cable un-management shortly

 

i would have had either a 'Y' Splitter off the GPU to the rad, or would have put the 'T' line after the bend from the GPU to the RAD.

Also, do you mind me asking,' Whats the point in a P180? '

 

i like the look of it. if i had been thinking about radiators when id bought the thing, i might have gone for something a bit more spacious, but i wasnt, so i didnt.

with a bit of work its got plenty of room, im going to buy a couple of 500gb hdds soon as well, which pretty much clears the upper 3.5 bay. going to turn that into a cool little stash box i think.

 

You may all disagree, but i think External (especially on top) Radiators are horifficaly ugly.

If I had been you I would have bought a high-end Air-Cooled set-up and saved a whole load of money.

But I'm not you, so I didn't.

 

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i tihnk the whole loop needs a slight rethink to be honest. im goingto take the pump apart and widen the inlet as well i think, possibly put another fill port in at the bottom for easier draining, reposition the other nearer the top

 

You could always make a radbox out of aluminium and place it on top? just to cover the rad up??

 

As far I know (from having that res.) that port you're using is designed to be a fillport.

 

i know, but i think its far more useful reversed

as for a radbox, not a priority at the moment, cosmetics come second

on another note, does anyone else have an 18w ddc? it seems to be fairly loud, on the contrary to what ive heard about them

 

[Final bit of complaining] Also, whats the need of a PA120.3 for that setup ??

 

there weren't any 120.2's in stock

 

Seems like a good enough reason

 

LOL ^^

i have the ddc+ 2 and that is silent, mind you its resting on thick foam

 

I took the neprene from under the block so its connected solely by the reservoir. much quieter now

 

hmm.... my DDC-1 was far quieter with the neoprene under it...

 

The fill port (in this case, drain port) is fine, but the loop does need a rethink. Extend the tube from the GPU block to the T-line by about an inch or two, and shorten the tube from T-line to drain port. See if you can run the tube from radiator to res over the CPU-to-GPU tube, to run parallel with the tube running from pump to CPU block.

I take it that the pump is now suspended from the rad by its inlet tube? That will indeed significantly reduce vibrations from pump to case. You could also build a foam-rubber nest for it.

 

Loop deffo needs a rethink.

I always think that having the res as the highest point makes bleeding the system 100% easier.

I recently went back to watercooling and it took me about 2 hours to drain, swap radiator for a larger one, refill, bleed and fire up.

Having the res at the highest point means the air naturally heads for it.
My loop was almost completely bled before I even fired it up.

The pumps always sound lounder when there's air in the system.
Once its bled properly it'll be near silent (apart from the inevitable vibrations).

 

I'd agree, but only because I have one at the highest point.

I Guess you're filling the loop my putting the case on its front, and filling from the fillport (are you ??)

But, yeah, I hve found it much easier having the res as the Highest point..