been looking all night here -.- here are some parts ive been looking at - all help appreciated! ALOT! if these parts are useless tell me and give me a reccomendation Res - phobya balancer black nickel either the 150mm or 250mm EK-Multioption reservoir again 150mm or 250mm Pump- phobya dc12-400 12 volt pump EK-DCP 4.0 (12V DC Pump) 360 Rad- Phobya G-changer 360 ver 1.2 EK-CoolStream RAD XT (360) 120 Rad- Phobya G-changer 120 ver 1.2 EK-CoolStream RAD XT (120) Waterblock- EK-Supreme HF - Acetal+EN (Nickel) tubes- reccomend fittings- bitspower black ek fittings
Both are a decent choice. Pick a size that fits in your case. It's essentially the same pump, only rebranded by either company. Don't have any first hand experience, but you should do OK with it if you're not willing to shell out for a Laing pump, which are pretty much industry standard. I've heard that DCP 4.0 will be somewhat more noisier than laing D5 for example. EK also makes a nice combo reservoir for DCP pumps. Again both should work for their price. If you want something with more performance, Thermochill PA series or XSPC RX are the way forward, but these much more expensive. One of the best blocks currently. If you look to save a few £(or whatever currency), Supreme LT/LTX will not lose you lot of of performance, but costs way less. For tubing, I'd recommend 3/8 ID 5/8 OD tubing with compression fittings. It can be bent nicely, but isn't so bulky like 1/2 ID 3/4 OD tubing. Tygon is the best you can get, but you'd do adequately with most brands. Bitspower has great selection of different, matching types of adapters, fittings and angled connectors, something EK misses from their range atm. Also, Alphacool compressions are worth to check out, looks very nice and costs somewhat less than BP ones.
You can use a rad holder similar to this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ek-u...rious-placements-of-radiator-outside-pc-cases You need to make sure that a rad on the back won't block access to any ports on the motherboard backplate. Unless you're using a Black Ice rad then an additional rad will add very little restriction to a loop
thanks man, this is for a haf-x btw, apparently they can take a 120 on the back with no mods? theres 2 holes for tubes etc.. any idea? or know anybody thats maybe tried?
If you have decent PWM control on your motherboard I'd consider a Swiftech 35X as the PWM allows slow running at low load ramping the speed up at higher loads. I run mine at 20% speed (currently just using the one pump) and have it scale up to 60% when the temps hit 50ºC. I've no experience with a 355 but they're supposed to be a bit quieter than a 35X but don't normally come as standard with variable speed. A 655 Vario is also a good pump and reasonably quiet at full speed although you may find you're able to run it at slower speeds. Any one of these would be sufficient for your proposed setup.
Do you need the extra 120? I know it's a hassle but why not try working with the 360 first. I've got a 360 cooling an i7-860 and OC'd GTX 480 using small 8mm tubing. Works great for me, and I wonder how much a second 6950 adds vs the super-hot 480. Also if you are planning to mount a res in the HAF-X bays, beware of dual-bay models because the HAF-X has small guiding rails that block it. I found that out the hard way RE: Motherboard PWM control - what board are you using? Our Fan Xpert software can do this for you. I'm not entirely sure if motherboards supports 18-24W via 3/4pin though; 1-2 amp seems very high.
As far as I'm aware you don't stick the whole pump into motherboard - only the separate PWM lead for speed control. Rest of the pump is best to wire directly into power supply. Swiftech site will have more information. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
heres what i have chosen so far :/ what you guys think ? as far as i know its a decent setup ? just need to find out what and how many barbs i need ? thanks again, Luke
2 for each radiator, block and reservoir, so 8 total. Your pump will have 1/2 barbs so expect hard times pulling that 3/8 ID tubing over them. You might wanna consider getting the plain pump body from Alphacool and add custom top to that - there's more performance to be had, more options for connectivity and it'll look way better than stock top. EK top will only be 17£ more if you get the plain pump body. It's worth pointing out that earlier this year EK had issues with their nickel plating process - lots of users were reporting their plating flaking off. Supposedly EK upgraded their plating process, which should have resolved the issue, but there are still some doubts and murmurs concerning the issue around the web - not everyone has been satisfied even with the new process. If you want to play 100% safe, pick another manufacturer's block, or get a plain unplated copper one from EK. For fittings, you'll need to get ones that'll match the ID of your tubing, in this case 3/8 inches or 10mm (actually it's 9,5mm) and get clamps to prevent the tubing from slipping off the fittings. It is also possible to run with larger diameter fittings like 1/2, but getting the tubing over them will be difficult. Also, have you given any thought for coolant yet? Running plain distilled water with silver kill coil and/or silver/copper-based biocide is recommended over colored premixes. Otherwise you're set to go.
thanks man could you link me up to the pump? i see a few alphacool ones? and if i use compression fittings doesnt that mean i shouldnt need clamps? I thought the ek blocks were supposed to be the dog's balls? hopefully they'v addressed the issue, as i like the look of the ek block as for the coolant, your right on the money thats why i choose the red tubes another question, would it be better if i was to add a fillport to the res? or is it just as easy any other way?
Alphacool VPP655 Single Edition Regarding compressions - you are correct. Compression fitting has a screwable nut which tightens and secures the hose to the fitting, i.e acts like a clamp. You won't need additional fillport imo, just design the loop so that you have enough hose length to pull out the tube res and unscrew the cap easily.
thanks man your helping out alot is this the correct top? http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/EK-Water-Blocks-EK-D5-X-TOP-Acetal-G14-Rev-2_19917.html and 8 norm fittings? or will i get a few 90 degrees etc?
