Do i only need one pump one water block one radiator??? beford you say i have but i think i remember needing more that one radiator and i just need to double check!!!!
yep thats all you need, youll also need to think of some way of filling/bleeding the system be it a t-line or a reservoir
Dude im not havinga a go at your level of knowledge, but odnt even bother with watercooling until you are very competent with computers and things in general, ive spent 3+years reading about watercooling and im only jsut ready to have a go at 1 block T line setup. I recall asking people where to buy screwdrivers in previous threads.
I agree with Fatboy. Stay well away from watercooling until you can build an aircooled PC without anyone holding your hand all the way. It is much, much more than just slapping some plumbing in.
And it should be said that you shouldn't attempt watercooling for the first time on a PC that you can't afford to not have for a while. My buddy didn't know what he was doing, and his system leaked on his GPU, frying a 6800GT (luckily he didn't fry more of his system, his machine would freeze every time he tried to do anything graphical, like a menu fade).
If you stick with 1/8th or 3/8ths and use a bay res I think you'll be fine. 1/2inch on the other hand will probably make an ameture leak and kill hardware. Might wanna start with a kit. Evercool is a nice place to start. If you want some kick go to www.dangerden.com. If you live in the UK then you'll have a bunch of AQ goodies available to you. I'd go with those and make a nice small bore system. AQ blocks generally do about as well as the 1/2inch systems too which is a plus. And they're damn sexeh.
Granted it's complicated, but come on!! It doesn't take three years of research! I read up on it for around 2 weeks, then went and designed and built my first watercooled rig. People leave college with degrees after three years!! My rig if fine.. it's cooling a overclocked 7800GTX and a overclocked FX60. Temps are around mid 30s in general use... it's quiet, efficient, and reliable. Why should I have spent another 2 years and 50 weeks researching the subject? It's not rocket science.
Yes, but I would suggest you read tecguy's other threads (mainly in Modding). He really does not know anything about PCs yet. He does not know how to use Google (moreover seemed a bit reluctant to learn). He had to ask where to buy screwdrivers (yes, really). He does not know what a multimeter is. He asks if a motherboard with 8 channel audio has sound on-board. He produces threads like this and this. I don't wish to sound unkind, we all were beginners once after all. But I really think that until tecguy is competent enough to work out the answers to such questions for himself, he should stay away from water cooling for now.
Can't agree more really. When watercooling you need to be able to help yourself, basic knowledge of the PC and the rest IS needed. You can't rely on a forum for help in those situations, because your playing with water, and expensive pc components. Trust me, even first timers will **** up when installing things around hardware.
all agreed.. I was really talking to fatboy, who suggested three years worth of research is still not really enough. Yep.. it's complicated.. no denying that, and yes, it caused me a few headaches, and yes, I made some mistakes when building it... but reading up on it for a few weeks is pretty much enough I'd say. I do take your point about general PC knowledge however. I was a n00b at watercooling, but definitely not a n00b when it comes to building PCs. It was still a misleading comment tho. He needs some experience in PC hardware first is all... watercooling itself is not the big scary thing some make it out to be so long as you have the background knowledge in building systems, but building a watercooled rig when you dont really know how to build a standard air cooled one probably is not a good idea.
Im not a jump in at the deep end kind of person though. Id rather understand how things work and read up on others experiences before i do something myself. Although i probably could have pulled of w/c ages ago.
Personally, I think you can pick up the basic gist in two weeks but to really understand it takes much longer. There is a lot that we don't know we don't know... or we think we know but don't. Visit Procooling.com for a lesson in watercooling humility.
[spam@above] hi [/spam] i honestly can't see whats so hard about water cooling. As long as you proper research - looking at other peoples projects helps i would guess - then it shouldn't really take more than 2 weeks :/ (thats talking about a person who already knows how computers work as such).
Well, tecguy made a thread asking the question "what does a processor look like when on a motherboard?" so honestly, watercooling is the LAST thing he should be trying to do.
