I wish to purchase a water cooler, but my only fear is of a leak that will damage my very expensive rig. I do not mind the cost and would really appreciate the improved performance by it removing more heat and making less noise, but not at the cost of losing my system.
Just how much of a risk is it and which out of the two would you recommend?
Stunneronureyez
here is what you are going to want to do to get started. 1 theres two ways to go about this, your own custom loop or get a kit, by kit i mean swiftech its the only kit that is good enough in that area. 2 if you want to go with a custom Loop for your cpu you will need the following:
Cpu Block: i Recommend either Danger Den/ Switech apogee/ or Heatkiller, Koolance has some good Blocks also. make sure it comes with a back plate or if you purchase a Heatkiller Cpu block get the back plate that goes with it. you will also need to go by socket type.
Resivior: You can either get a bay resivior or an internal one if you prefer. Bits power has some good ones but there are better. another thing you will need to do is clean your rad with a mix of distilled water and vinegar to get out any junk in the res that wad caught up when it was being fabricated.
Pump: Swiftech or Danger Den has a good selection.
Radiator: These Range from single to Quadruple but being if your only going to set up only a cpu loop go for a dual Rad, now if your going to loop your gpu's also go for a triple or quadruple, you will need to buy blocks for your gpu's also koolance and Danger Den have a good selection also. On that note you will need to purchase fans for your Rad. Xps/Koolance/Swiftech have some good rads for a reasonable price.
Tubing (anti Kink Recommended) Tygon/Fesser/primoChill are some good ones. Depending on the size you Decide to use, you are going to need barbs that fit that size tubing, Example: i use 1/2 ID (inner diamiter) 1/8 wall thickness 3/4 OD (outer diamiter) so you will need a 1/2 x 3/4 barb to fit the tube compression barbs are a plus pn makeing the setup look neater. But barbs+clams are just fine.
Third part depending on the case you are using you will most likely need to modify your case, Drilling holes for screws/ Holes for the tubing to fit if you have watercooling holes on the back of your case, also depends on the size of the tubing you purchase.
there are also guides you can read so you can learn how to fill and Drain your loop, but in order to do this you will need to jump your psu by using a paper clip, ( only do this for when Filling your loop and leak testing) when ready to fill your loop with the prefered coolant either distilled water+additives or a all in one coolant EXP: Fesser one you will need bend the paperclip in a U shape, please make sure the psu is turned off when doing this along with all other motherboard connections, you will using the 24pin connector. At this point only put one end of the paper clip into the green wire socket and the other end into the black ground wire socket this way you can jump your psu with out it being connected to the mobo, please and i mean please do this part correctly so you do not mess up your psu.
When that is prepped and ready begin fill the resivior 1/4 way from the top of the res and stop. Turn on the psu and let the res drain then stop when most of the fluid is out of the res do not drain it completely, Rinse and repeat untill the full loop is filled and the res itself is filled up, just do not fill the res to the top leave some space for air to be released from the fluid. You will have some air bubbles but they will go away in time. if you need more info you tube has some Videos on how to Jump your psu please i advise when jumping your psu do it correctly as it can damage your psu. Also for some guides XtremeSytems has one and a couple others do as well it seems hard at first but when you jump into it you will see how fun it is just take your time doing it and you will have a gret loop if done properly. :D
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