Watercooling........ again

[scottish]

Well basically got a new computer recently but I want watercooling again

I'm buying a 6950 2GB tomorrow and returning my 6870 1GB as it's faulty

So will be cooling my gfx card + CPU

YOUR BASKET
1 x Xigmatek Elysium Full Tower Windowed Case - Black £149.99
1 x Hardware Labs Black ICE SR-1 360 Radiator £83.98
1 x EK HD6970 Full Cover Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **EN Nickel Plating** £74.99
1 x Laing 18W DDC-Pump 12V DDC-1T Plus £59.99
1 x EK Supreme HF CPU Waterblock - Nickel Plexi **2011 Compatible** £49.99
1 x XSPC Acrylic Tank Reservoir for Laing DDC £24.98
2 x Mayhems Aurora -Tharsis Red Coolant 1L £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x OcUK Tube Cutter Aluminum 3-14mm £8.50
10 x BitFenix Spectre LED RED 120mm Fan £6.49 (£64.90)
8 x Bitspower Matt Black 1/2" High Flow Barb (G1/4") WAAD-193 £3.25 (£26.00)
4 x XSPC 7/16" ID [16/11mm] High Flex Hose - Clear £2.99 (£11.96)
2 x EK PSC Compression Fitting 7/16 [16/11mm] - G1/4 - Nickel [3831109845011] £2.99 (£5.98)
1 x OcUK Value PSU Bridging Connector (24 Pin) £1.30
Total : £610.25 (includes shipping : £14.75).



Thoughts etc?

[Jin]

Can I ask is that £610 spent on just your cooling system?

[Recursion]

Why are you watercooling?

[N!ck]

I think your tubing is too thick for the rest or your stuff.

[scottish]

Can I ask is that £610 spent on just your cooling system?

Well £150 is on case, but other than that yeh

Why are you watercooling?

So I can OC without giving a **** about airflow :p

and the normal "it looks cool"

I think your tubing is too thick for the rest or your stuff.

Yeah it's meant to be like that for a tight fit.

[N!ck]

Yeah it's meant to be like that for a tight fit.

Quite. I read it wrong and thought you were putting 7/16" tubing on 1/4" connectors which is not going to work. I see my mistake now.

[Stephen!]

I would recommend you go with the XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Reservoir instead of the pump top, looks a hell of a lot better.

[scottish]

bay res comes with built in pump doesn't it

I have a XSPC Dual 5.25" Bay Res + Pump set atm and it failed (or atleast most likely cause for temps spiking to 95°)

******* annoying posting on this forum as the black skin is still ****** and all the other skins are ****.

[Jin]

So I can OC without giving a **** about airflow :p

and the normal "it looks cool"

Forgive my ignorance but if you are spending £610 on a cooling system and case so you can overclock and get a little bit more bang out your processor why not spend that money on a better processor or am I missing the point here? :S

[scottish]

Well technically its £377 on cooling.

£150 is on case as the one I recently bought is annoying and small.

Another £65 is on 10x 120mm fans

And majority of it will be useful for future builds (only the 2 water blocks will need to be replaced)