opinions and whatnot welcomed ;)

[_INDY_]

1st post YEAH!!!i've been lurking and reading forums and reviews from a few forums and decided to finnally join this one because everyone seems pretty knowlegable in quite a few areas so here's the question OH OH OH i brought pictures toooooo

I would like some opinions/comments/flames on my selections that i am going to use to delve into the world of watercooling/overclocking here's the bits and pieces


case: antec p180
power: antec neoHE 500w
cpu: AMD x2 4200 manchester 2mb L2 cache
MoBo: asus A8N-sli premium
ram: 2GB (1024x2) OCZ platinum
vid: eVGA 6800GS x1 for now sli later
HDD1: WD 36 gb raptor for boot/games
HDD2: joerandom sataII with 100+gb storage
dvd/cdr: Plextor 716SA SATA

now my thoughts(i use the term loosley) om my water cooling setup, what i'm going for is mainly performance, but quiet(er) then 6 or more fans blasting away to get the same overclocking numbers, with a stock look in an unconventional(p180) case for water cooling, no flash and fanfare when it comes to windows and lights and uv dyes and stuff. Unless I open up the case i don't want anyone to be able to tell it's watercooled.

here's the stuff for the h20

tubing 3/8" tygon or clearflex
pump/res combo: MCRES-1000P
rad: MRC80-QPK- is an 80mm crossflow rad with a resoldered end tube
CPU block: was thinking DD TDX but i heard they need lots of pump
NB: none, it has a heatpipe on it
gpu(s): DangerDen NV-68or somthing similar to the one i posted below which is one somone made from xtremesytems forum, i do have accsess to a cnc at my old highschool so i could make one like that.

as far as rads go are 80mm ones pretty useless or what? i haven't seen many comparisons for rads that small i guess that should tell me somthing but...i dunno

here's some sweet mspaint drawings of what i was thinking and a pic of the water block, rad mod.....................and a little monster







Thanks guys
Marcus

[Etacovda]

Dont bother with anything under 120mm for a radiator.

[Dr_Strangelove]

I would say that an 80mm Rad is pretty useless for the most part. If you are really pressed for space maybe a PA160 could owrk out for you.

[jman1310]

Originally Posted by Dr_Strangelove

I would say that an 80mm Rad is pretty useless for the most part. If you are really pressed for space maybe a PA160 could owrk out for you.

i'm a little confused how a bigger (160mm > 120mm) rad would help someone pressed for space

but

the pa160 has some terrific numbers behind it and could likely cool your whole system or mount a dual 120 along the top of the case and cut a little hole in your case and mount the res in a lower bay

look around this forum to find other ideas on rad location because that 80mm rad won't cut it for you

get a pa160 or a dual 120 rad for decent temps

[gmat]

^^Yes get a bigger rad. That's what makes watercooling worth at all.
Remove the front bottom cage, and fit the rad here, maybe transversally (fit it on the side panel)
You can even remove the bottom fan with its cage, and put a XP-120 (or similarly sized) rad, again transversally on the side panel.
And you forgot the pump: but it in the bottom part along with the rad.

[Dr_Strangelove]

Originally Posted by jman1310

i'm a little confused how a bigger (160mm > 120mm) rad would help someone pressed for space

but

the pa160 has some terrific numbers behind it and could likely cool your whole system or mount a dual 120 along the top of the case and cut a little hole in your case and mount the res in a lower bay

look around this forum to find other ideas on rad location because that 80mm rad won't cut it for you

get a pa160 or a dual 120 rad for decent temps

LOL...."Pot calling the kettle black"

Well I suggested the PA160 since I really feel that is the smallest rad that is worth a damn. A single 120mm is nice, but still nowhere near as efficient as a dual 120mm or the PA160.

But I do agree with what you said. He needs to "find" some space to make that work if he wants the results he is looking for.

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i thought the idea was to get the res as high as possible? also do you think the pump will be sufficiant once i put a bigger(read thicker) rad?

[gmat]

Move to a 12V Laing pump, and to a separate res. Put the res on top, the pump on bottom. Will save headaches about priming and bubbles in the loop. The Laing pumps are powerful enough to push water through a restrictive loop.