paulieg's first watercooling adventure, help wanted!

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 17, 2008

Try lubeing the rubber ring with a bit of summat.I found if the rings are dry,they sometimes grip the metal surface of the barb/rad and bulge a bit from one side when you tighten them.

DOM · Oct 17, 2008

Paulieg said:
It's only leaking from one, and I made sure the o-ring was tight against the barb.

yeah it might need more cuz mine are tight then i give it a lil more havent had a leak sine my first loop

trt740 · Oct 17, 2008

man I'm excited for ya paulie boy let use know how it goes. Water cooling scares me unless it's a full kit i would be totally lost.

I like these kits http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108076
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106117

I'm sure they are crap compared to your setup. Paul how did you know what to buy and how much was that beast.

Deleted member 24505 · Oct 18, 2008

Thermal take kit is cack,the swiftech apex kit is by far the best kit,and a great start to water cooling.

PaulieG · Oct 18, 2008

trt740 said:
man I'm excited for ya paulie boy let use know how it goes. Water cooling scares me unless it's a full kit i would be totally lost.

I like these kits http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108076
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108105
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106117

I'm sure they are crap compared to your setup. Paul how did you know what to buy and how much was that beast.

I just asked Wile E and Sneeky a ton of questions. I bought all my parts at Petra's and Performance PC. The people at Petra's are awesome. It's up and running now, and I'll post pics later. It really was pretty easy, and kind of fun. The temp differences are worth it.

DOM · Oct 18, 2008

so did you have to use the tape ?

and where are the pics

PaulieG · Oct 20, 2008

OK, problem with my camera. It's now working. I'll get some pics up tonight!

DaMulta · Oct 20, 2008

Paulieg said:
OK, problem with my camera. It's now working. I'll get some pics up tonight!

Damn it I come in this thread looking for pics and I hit this post at the very end :banghead:

DaMulta · Oct 20, 2008

Paulieg said:
I'm primarily concerned about the NB barbs. They are supposed to be 3/8" barbs, but the tubes slip on fairly easy compared to the cpu block and Rad.

Here is what I did/before it's own loop/

Take a 3/8 line and go onto the bards then stick that 3/8 line into the 1/2 it will fit. Then clamp that tube.

It does not really kill the flow.......

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

OK, here's some pic's. Take it easy on me guys, since it is my first attempt! Better tubing and cable management coming soon.

erocker · Oct 23, 2008

Awesome man!! I was considering puttin my radiator in the same position as yours. Did you have any troubles bleeding the air out? I assume the resevoir is in the HDD bay.

DOM · Oct 23, 2008

looks good :toast:

I would of did res>pump>cpu>nb>rad>res

cuz so the blocks wont losse flow from going trough the rad first but still :pimp:

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

erocker said:
Awesome man!! I was considering puttin my radiator in the same position as yours. Did you have any troubles bleeding the air out? I assume the resevoir is in the HDD bay.

This HAF is designed to to mount the rad up top. You just take out the 240mm fan, and voila! Pre drilled for mounting. Yeah, I put the microres in the drive bay. Bleeding seemed to go fine, though I'm not sure I'd noticed if it didn't. I do think I may buy some better tubing at some point, but since I knew I'd have some screw ups, I went with the cheap stuff.

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

DOM said:
looks good

I would of did res>pump>cpu>nb>rad>res

cuz so the blocks wont losse flow from going trough the rad first but still

Yeah, I may try that map after I get some better tubing.

DOM · Oct 23, 2008

Paulieg said:
Yeah, I may try that map after I get some better tubing.

yeah never liked that kind

ive only used tygon

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

When I want to empty the line to replace the tubing, what's the best way to do this?

DOM · Oct 23, 2008

i take off the res and drain it then make it the lowest so it can fill up then do it agian then tilt the case to get most off it out the take the blocks off

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

DOM said:
i take off the res and drain it then make it the lowest so it can fill up then do it agian then tilt the case to get most off it out the take the blocks off

Do you run the pump after you take off the res to drain it?

DOM · Oct 23, 2008

no, no need to and your not suppose to run it ewith out water/coolant

_jM · Oct 23, 2008

Is that the CoolerMaster HAF case? LOL @ ME i just saw it was.. I wonder how adequate the cooling would be if you mounted the Rad at the bottom and put the PSU up top. Maybe put some casters on the case in order to keep it up higher.

Sasqui · Oct 23, 2008

Nice job

- finally got to see some pics of the case you stole from me

Any plans to put the GTX in the loop?

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

_jM said:
Is that the CoolerMaster HAF case? LOL @ ME i just saw it was.. I wonder how adequate the cooling would be if you mounted the Rad at the bottom and put the PSU up top. Maybe put some casters on the case in order to keep it up higher.

Yeah, I'll be playing around with the rad placement and loop configuration over the next couple of weeks. I'm just happy to have it up and running. It was really fun, and easier than I thought it would be. Now I've got another addiction to contend with! :laugh:

trt740 · Oct 23, 2008

Paulieg said:
OK, here's some pic's. Take it easy on me guys, since it is my first attempt!

it looks great man !!!!!! great job! I love it

PaulieG · Oct 23, 2008

Sasqui said:
Nice job - finally got to see some pics of the case you stole from me

Any plans to put the GTX in the loop?

No plans to add the gtx260 to the loop. It stays nice and cool, even overclocked.

DaMulta · Oct 24, 2008

U used the tubes that leak hard core!!!!

But they don't bend very easy, I liked using them just beware.

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