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[Alcalol]

Hi all, this seems like a painfully easy and frequently asked question but I cannot find it anywhere on forum and website so if this is a repost of someone else's question I apologise and plz link me.

Anyway I am currently planning on building a new machine and my last computer used the asetec single radiator system which was good but I really would like to give this Danger Den stuff a try ... I have no idea what I am doing and I have a few questions:

1. The blocks comes in 1/2" and 3/8" sizes but I have no idea what size the pump inlet/outlet diameter is and I dont want to choose the incorrect part

2. I am going to be using the akasa ecplise-62 and I was planning on getting the following:

Tank-O-Matic reservoir
Black Ice Extreme Hi-Flow triple (am gonna drill 3x 120mm holes on top)
maze4 nv-6800 sli block
maze4 athlon64 lucite top block
maze4 chipset block
Eheim 1260 pump
mct-40 non conductive liquid
Clearflex 1/2" tubing

is this actually going to work + fit? and would 1/2" inch but too bulky?
(any recommendation for other parts welcome :D)

3. would this setup support me cooling 2x geforce 6800GT, AMD64 4000 and chipset?

Thank you all for helping, much appreciated :)

[Aphex]

ok, first off size of hose will not matter so much with a 1260, with a less powerful, sorry, POWERFUL pump [i.e. anything!!] then 1/2 would be better. 1/2 is what most ppl use and if u can i would.

ur gfx card block is 2 in one there, are u wanting maze 4's or nv-6800's? lol, the thing that really matter there is your motherboard, paul tried making a dual 6800 system using 2 nv-68 blocks and it required some serious hacking to the parts and wouldn't really fit on any board apart from the asus sli boards which have to pci slots between the pci-e slots. if ur board only has one slot between the pci-e slots i'd go for the maze 4 acetals [in nice chrome if it fits in with your case]

and ur system can definitely handle all that, with a bixIII and a 1260 u could have hard drive blocks in there as well, the power and cooling potential will be more than u will need, but will keep things nice and chilly.

with u wanting to cool cpu nb and 2xgpu it might be a good idea to have a setup slightly different to normal mayb something like this

res->pump->rad->y-splitter->cpu->nb---->y-joiner [join tubes together]->res
->gpu1->gpu2->

just so taht cool water is going to all chips, if u have them all in a row the water might be too warm by the end to properly cool the last blocks.

there will be a drop in pressure by splitting the water, but with a 1260 in the system i don't think u need worry about it, as it has a head twice the 1250, which will be more than enough.

hope that helps!!

[Aphex]

damn the loop i have put there hasn't come up properly, but i'm sure u get the idea. if not i'll do something in paint to illustrate it better.

[Alcalol]

Thanks that definatly cleared up all my queries apart from 1 ... how can it go to the res twice in 1 cycle ? I dont cannot picture the setup :S

[Aphex]

it isn't going thru it twice just that the loop starts and end there
as a loop suggests it goes in a circle and that it what i was trying to imply.

[Alcalol]

I am sorry I still dont really understand cuz it goes thru cpu then nb ... but then it's joined so how can it go res then gpu1 and 2? :S

and I am going to use the abit fatal1ty sli board dunno if that worls with the nv-68 sli block?

sorry I am a bit stupid :E

[koola]

My w/c system goes like this:

pump->cpu->gpu->rad->res

How doe's yours go?

[DoLoop]

I think Aphex means this, but correct me if I'm wrong.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~tr4pd00r/watercooling.JPG

[Alcalol]

ah I see :D Thanks for the diagram now I think I understand :) Also last time I tried to fix a fan onto the radiator I tried to screw the fan to the 4 holes on the radiator ... but it doesnt seem to want to fit very well ... considering I am fitting this on the top of my computer I need a screw that will go all the way from the top of the computer through the fan and radiator ... not sure how I can make that look nice and does the radiator/fan/grill come with the correct screws?

Sorry I am asking newb questions like this but I just wanna make sure I get it right I am spending 1.7 grand on this machine I want it to be the ultimate dream machine. (yea I know there is never "perfect" but I wanna come close :p)

[coolmiester]

Must admit i would ditch the 1260 as its way oversized for you planned set up and got for a much better suited pump like a DDC or D5

The Pump Info (http://www.coolercases.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=15) page will give you a much better idea of physical size and performance.

Sli NV-68 blocks won't fit on the Abit board, only the Asus A8N board so you would need to consider 2x Low Profile Maze4's along with ram sinks.

Just a thought - why not go for 7800GT's as appose to 6800GT's

[Aphex]

hey i have drawn out the loop that i was thinking of, a bit different to doloop's but i have no way to put the image up, would some1 mind putting it up for me?
cheers!!

[Alcalol]

Ok I'll have a look at the pump section and decide. Also the reason why I chose 6800 instead of 7800 was because I couldnt find the NV-78 blocks but now that u have added them to site I might do that instead :) btw does the single/SLi NV-78 fit on an abit board?

I am planning to get this case which seems to be prefect for my triple fan radiator and extra power supply for watercooling :D

http://mountainmods.com/images/images_big/U2UFOB3.jpg

Although it's a tad expensive I think it's worth it as it looks so cool

(18" cube seems reasonable but when I measured it out it's MASSIVE!) lol

[DoLoop]

This pic was done by Aphex, I've just hotsed the pic for him.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~tr4pd00r/wc%20loop%20changed.JPG

[Alcalol]

Ah I see :) Thank you very much.