Water cooled PC, 1337 roxorzzz!1!1!!!! Options

[Uppitycracker]

Well Im going to do it for christmas, Im going leet, Im sick of hearing my fans whining when Im playing games, and the fact that theres 8 in my box total it sounds like an airplane idleing beside me Also I wanna push my p4 2.8e up to atleast 3.5 and get my x800 around 600mhz.

This list of stuff for the most part is pretty generic, the pump is quite sufficient. I opted for the less atractive heater core since it cheaper and works better then the radiators made for pc's.

Because of the size of the rad it probably going to be mounted outside the computer which will be better for cooling anyways.

Double Heater Core Radiator, 11" x 6 1/8" x 2" - $34.99
Danger Den Fill port - $11.95
Hydo L25 Pump, 185gph - $37.95
Barbed Polypropylene T - $1.75
10ft Clearflex60 Tubing - $10.00
20x Adjustable Plastic Hose clamp - $15.00
Clear Cylindrical Reservior -$25.00
Maze4 CPU Block - $36.70
Maze4 GPU Block - $39.95
8x Ramsinks - $19.95
4oz Water Wetter - $3.50

Total - $236.74 + shipping

all 1/2 pipe size

Anyone here have experience with water cooling? any tips, tricks, pics? Ive read up quite a bit on the parts needed and am confident my list of parts will do very well. I also read up on kits that are available and for anyone insterested in water cooling the Kingwin Artic cooling kit has had nothing but good reviews and only cost 99USD, though its not great for OC applications it reduces noise to almost nothing.

This post has been edited by Uppitycracker: Nov 21, 2004 - 1:29 AM

[Sev408]

Double Heater Core Radiator, 11" x 6 1/8" x 2" - $34.99
Danger Den Fill port - $11.95
Hydo L25 Pump, 185gph - $37.95
Barbed Polypropylene T - $1.75
10ft Clearflex60 Tubing - $10.00
20x Adjustable Plastic Hose clamp - $15.00
Clear Cylindrical Reservior -$25.00
Maze4 CPU Block - $36.70
Maze4 GPU Block - $39.95
8x Ramsinks - $19.95
4oz Water Wetter - $3.50

Total - $236.74 + shipping

all 1/2 pipe size


Well you could buy a premade WC kit. But to me it sounds like you want to OC so go with what you have. Heres a little hint though,

Radiator Core-If you can weld buy a used heater core from the junkyard, any car will do and weld the 1/2 inch pipe attachments on. The heater core is only like 5 bucks.

Not sure what the danger den fill port is but you dont need it if you are buying a reservior, they have fill ports in them.

Your 10ft tubing, go to Home Depot or any hardware store and buy the clear vinyl tubing. 10ft is $1.35 at Home Depot for me. Also buy metal clamps, not cheap ass plastic ones, Home Depot carries them for 79 cents a piece and they use a screw to tighten them down.

What are you putting the ram sinks on? Your Motherboard? or Video Card?

You shouldnt need that T line either, T and F lines slow down your flow since you are using a 185gph it will be at about 90-100 after 4ft of line. Also if your on a budget then dont buy a reservoir, use a T fitting and put a line up to the top of your case to hold more water and used as a fill port. Either option will do neither is better then the other, minus the amount of water the reservoir holds. I also recomend going to Petsmart or Petco and buying a water pump there. You can get that same pump for around $15. Make sure it has both inlet and outlet though.



The order you should have your setup is: resovoir-pump-radiator-cpu-and anything else(in this case gpu) before it goes back to the resovoir.

Also if you put the radiator in the front of your case and im assuming its 80mm fans put 4 on the rad. 2 on the front side sucking air in, 2 on the back blow the air out, it will circulate more air this way and cool the water faster.


Hit me on aim if you want to ask me any questions. Scheetz316


PS. HAHAHAH 2.5ghz HAHAHAH im running a P4 3.0ghz OC'd to 3.ghz4 with a 1gig Dual Channel ram and a FX5900 ultra is on its way.

This post has been edited by Sev408: Nov 21, 2004 - 6:16 PM

[Uppitycracker]

Double Heater Core Radiator, 11" x 6 1/8" x 2" - $34.99
Danger Den Fill port - $11.95
Hydo L25 Pump, 185gph - $37.95
Barbed Polypropylene T - $1.75
10ft Clearflex60 Tubing - $10.00
20x Adjustable Plastic Hose clamp - $15.00
Clear Cylindrical Reservior -$25.00
Maze4 CPU Block - $36.70
Maze4 GPU Block - $39.95
8x Ramsinks - $19.95
4oz Water Wetter - $3.50

Total - $236.74 + shipping

all 1/2 pipe size


Well you could buy a premade WC kit. But to me it sounds like you want to OC so go with what you have. Heres a little hint though,

Radiator Core-If you can weld buy a used heater core from the junkyard, any car will do and weld the 1/2 inch pipe attachments on. The heater core is only like 5 bucks.

Not sure what the danger den fill port is but you dont need it if you are buying  a reservior, they have fill ports in them.

Your 10ft tubing, go to Home Depot or any hardware store and buy the clear vinyl tubing. 10ft is $1.35 at Home Depot for me. Also buy metal clamps, not cheap ass plastic ones, Home Depot carries them for 79 cents a piece and they use a screw to tighten them down.

What are you putting the ram sinks on? Your Motherboard? or Video Card?

You shouldnt need that T line either, T and F lines slow down your flow since you are using a 185gph it will be at about 90-100 after 4ft of line. Also if your on a budget then dont buy a reservoir, use a T fitting and put a line up to the top of your case to hold more water and used as a fill port. Either option will do neither is better then the other, minus the amount of water the reservoir holds. I also recomend going to Petsmart or Petco and buying a water pump there. You can get that same pump for around $15. Make sure it has both inlet and outlet though.



The order you should have your setup is: resovoir-pump-radiator-cpu-and anything else(in this case gpu) before it goes back to the resovoir.

Also if you put the radiator in the front of your case and im assuming its 80mm fans put 4 on the rad. 2 on the front side sucking air in, 2 on the back blow the air out, it will circulate more air this way and cool the water faster.


Hit me on aim if you want to ask me any questions.  Scheetz316


PS. HAHAHAH 2.5ghz HAHAHAH im running a P4 3.0ghz OC'd to 3.ghz4 with a 1gig Dual Channel ram and a FX5900 ultra is on its way.
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Awesome thanks for the tips man!! Also my cpu is a 2.8e not to far from yours, with 1 gig dual channel ram and a x800 pro

Is that yor setup above?? Ya the list of parts has changed a bit since I posted that, Ill do a revised version in a bit. For the heater core I dont have a welder, I dont mind spending 15 more dollars to have a ready to go one.

the heat sinks are for my video card, my system memory stays stock and they already have aluminum covers for cooling.

Ya Im going to see what I can get around here for cheap, thanks again for tips on where to get stuff!