Solved WaterCooling Plan (No AIO)

[NoN]

I've swear many years ago not making any misplaced remarks to my girlfriend that could end-up a total war!

Best not to say anything really - something I could learn

My laptop runs hot (thus the question) but isn't relevant to your thread so I'll not go on about it. Please excuse me.

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I'm sure you'll enjoy that one: Make a removable laptop water cooler!

 

[adamf]

Yeah I did. Some of the comments made me laugh out loud. I better call it a day.

 

[NoN]

So, finally got the Reservoir Tank!

I deciced to go for a Koolance modular Reservoir body 60mm*80mm (shorter than the one on attached pic) and Koolance Pump Fitting & Reservoir Base.

The Res Base comes with a bracket which fit 120mm fan width , which is quite handy to make myself two holes that fit 120mm.

I choosed a modular ResTank because Koolance is the one who made a "Reservoir Coupler with Fitting Sockets x2 G1,4" (handy for a new loop) in case you want to expand the reservoir higher & fill it bigger, they've got Res Body from 30mm, 50mm to 80mm, shorts one.

I liked a lot this way of mounting yourself your own. Didn't went to a reservoir coupler yet, though!

Nor did take the Pump as i want to know before which DDC outflow ones i'll go.

Still some parts to grab...might have to sweat a little before!

 

[HarriePateman]

Its going to look beautiful!

 

[NoN]

Its going to look beautiful!

Hope so!

The loop should look something like the attached pic...

 

[NoN]

I was a bit worry about that Alphacool xp3 Light Nickel/Acetal water block, then i made a Tim (zm-stg2) quick test over a hard surface.

Designed a "+" in center of the water block then pressed it by the four corners, on a thick plexiglas surface (15mm).

Here the result (attached pic)...Looks ok and spreading well rounded!?! what you guys think?

 

[HarriePateman]

Good Idea!

 

[NoN]

So back on that setup...

Finished with buying parts and now waiting for the compression fittings i last ordered to arrive next week.

Pretty happy of myself having step forward to watercool my rig.

One question...i saw some but not manies are washing/rinse their radiators with hot tap water in case residues remain inside, aswell wash all parts before mounting.

Also, are you using a little of tap water to wet the O-rings before tighten them onto their place?

Humm, looks some basic groundwork to do....

 

[Layback Bear]

You can use what ever coolant you plan to use in the system to pre -dampen your " O " rings.
That way their won't be a cross contamination of fluids.
Washing your components before installing is always a good idea. You never know what was left from manufacturing process. I did this using a small amount of liquid dish soap and then rinse a lot. All done in the kitchen sink.
I use distilled water and a silver coil only in my system.
Because I'm paranoid I also ran my system 48 hours and then replace the distilled water again.
Probably not needed but distilled water is cheap. Now I know the system is as clean as I can get it.

 

[NoN]

You can use what ever coolant you plan to use in the system to pre -dampen your " O " rings.
That way their won't be a cross contamination of fluids.
Washing your components before installing is always a good idea. You never know what was left from manufacturing process. I did this using a small amount of liquid dish soap and then rinse a lot. All done in the kitchen sink.
I use distilled water and a silver coil only in my system.
Because I'm paranoid I also ran my system 48 hours and then replace the distilled water again.
Probably not needed but distilled water is cheap. Now I know the system is as clean as I can get it.

Thanks for respond & suggestions...

I'll be using a "ready to use" coolant with an additive for the DDC pump mechanism and Corrosion inhibitor inside which i might be using only for tighten the O-rings.

As for washing parts, looks distilled water is the way to go.

 

[NoN]

So...

Installed today my custom water cooling loop!

So far no probs and everything is working fine, no leaks were found.

I've use 7mm "Shroud & Decoupling" for the 120mm Fans onto the 30mm Radiator to have more of Airflow, and two others 140mm fans on Top of the case, hidden, are on extraction.

DDC Pump is PWM and plug onto CPU_FAN and have to be tuned a little with the Asus Fan XPert+

Its getting late and i'm working tomorrow all day, so i will keep you in touch soon with Temps.

Attached two pics, one when i was filling the Res Tank and the other when installed.

I haven't yet fix the Res Tank onto the Hard Drives cage and it will be about two centimeters higher than on pic.

Also the tubing (10/13mm) will be tighten a little closer to each over , those are brand new so might need time to bend at their places.

I'll post a new pic and share Temps soon.

Cheers!

 

[NoN]

I've done IntelBurn Test V2 and my CPU set to @4,3GHz - 1,224V

The results showed on pics are the second run test (used first to pre-heat). I don't know really what to think, its running cool, not above 70°C. I haven't kept some similar results with my previous Aircooler. Thermal compound is only two days fresh install.

The Water Pump on Mobo CPU_Fan header is quite silent and didn't past 4000Rpm during load. Radiator fans x2 were running 1300Rpm to 1400Rpm

Temps on idle are between 27°C-29°C (Room Delta 19°C) with the pump running an average of 2300Rpm which make it barely audible, fans running Pwm approx 1200Rpm.

 

[essenbe]

Use hot water with a little vinrgar in it. Then be sure to wash it thoroughly with plain distilled water. Jack's (Layback Bear) advice is very good. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask either one of us.

 

[NoN]

Use hot water with a little vinrgar in it. Then be sure to wash it thoroughly with plain distilled water. Jack's (Layback Bear) advice is very good. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask either one of us.

If you talk about washing radiator & parts i've already done it! Residues in radiator were most of the black paint chips the others parts was dust from stock place.

I was sharing Temps!

Otherwise...
My loop is quite classical, nothing fancy or complicated!!

I've let on purpose some tubing length in case i'll be adding another 120mm radiator on rear case from the "out" pump to "in" Radiator. I've just 55mm to place it (include 120mm fan) and might have to grab a 15mm slim Fan line, in case. Will do something like a 60mm Radiator surface to cool...

The main thing is that i do not want to use smartcoil to stiff the tubing as i do not like it too much as for look...the shorter ones i could find are 10cm black mate.

It will have been overkill to take with a Pwm DDC Pump some 13/16mm tubing and harder to bend too. Could have go 10/16mm but found it too big for my rig.

I need a spacer to place between the two tubing of the waterblock to make them go straight before going to their other side input/output. But can't find one or they're do are too thin to hold strong (attached pic)!!!

 

[essenbe]

Non, I'm sorry, but I really don't know what you are asking. But, try to stay awat from 90 degree fittings as much as possible. @ 45 degree fittings can help make turns much better and will help line up the tubing. For example, to make my tubing run straighter, I used a 45 on my CPU block and a 45 on my radiator which enabled me to not have to make a long bend so the tubing wouldn't kink, which is a strict no-no. With the 2 45 degree free center compression fittings the tubing run was almost perfectly straight and I have little to no flow restriction.

Your temps look good to me. Water cooling will not really give you lower idle temps. Where you will see the difference is with high overclocks that an air cooler or AIO cannot handle. You should find that a custom loop will handle it just fine. For example. On my rig I can run Prime 95 at 5 GHz all day long, and the temps will get high, but not too high. I have used a Noctua NH-D14 air cooler and a Corsair H100. Neither one of those could even come close to handling that. However, at moderate overclocks and idle, there will be little difference, some in prime, but not a whole lot. I can game for hours at 4.6 and never get over 50-55. Also, remember I live in Florida which is very hot and I am upstairs.

 

[NoN]

Non, I'm sorry, but I really don't know what you are asking. But, try to stay awat from 90 degree fittings as much as possible. @ 45 degree fittings can help make turns much better and will help line up the tubing. For example, to make my tubing run straighter, I used a 45 on my CPU block and a 45 on my radiator which enabled me to not have to make a long bend so the tubing wouldn't kink, which is a strict no-no. With the 2 45 degree free center compression fittings the tubing run was almost perfectly straight and I have little to no flow restriction.

Your temps look good to me. Water cooling will not really give you lower idle temps. Where you will see the difference is with high overclocks that an air cooler or AIO cannot handle. You should find that a custom loop will handle it just fine. For example. On my rig I can run Prime 95 at 5 GHz all day long, and the temps will get high, but not too high. I have used a Noctua NH-D14 air cooler and a Corsair H100. Neither one of those could even come close to handling that. However, at moderate overclocks and idle, there will be little difference, some in prime, but not a whole lot. I can game for hours at 4.6 and never get over 50-55. Also, remember I live in Florida which is very hot and I am upstairs.

Thanks for respond and infos essenbe,

I was asking about a spacer between two tubing but that's a bit of quick-fix!!

I'm aware about 90° compression fitting and restricted flow...I got only one from the "In" pump and a 45° from the "Out" Pump.

I might need one or two more from the "Out" Water Block and "In" Radiator (as you described) but i would have like it more directly plug on the waterblock, that's why i was searching alternate, plus a 45° wouldn't fit onto the Radiator without a 1/4 adapter because of the 7mm "shroud & decoupling" i'm using...or an extended 45° one but at cost!

I'll see all that!

As for the Temps thanks to have let me know your setting.
I thought that will be the case for normal use...I'm at @4,3GHz everyday and i will see when my thermal compound will be ready of its fresh install if overclocking higher could help me to see what's really going on with a custom Water Cooling solution.

 

[paulpicks21]

So...

Installed today my custom water cooling loop!

So far no probs and everything is working fine, no leaks were found.

I've use 7mm "Shroud & Decoupling" for the 120mm Fans onto the 30mm Radiator to have more of Airflow, and two others 140mm fans on Top of the case, hidden, are on extraction.

DDC Pump is PWM and plug onto CPU_FAN and have to be tuned a little with the Asus Fan XPert+

Its getting late and i'm working tomorrow all day, so i will keep you in touch soon with Temps.

Attached two pics, one when i was filling the Res Tank and the other when installed.

I haven't yet fix the Res Tank onto the Hard Drives cage and it will be about two centimeters higher than on pic.

Also the tubing (10/13mm) will be tighten a little closer to each over , those are brand new so might need time to bend at their places.

I'll post a new pic and share Temps soon.

Cheers!

Looks awesome NoN, very nice mate!

 

[NoN]

So...

Installed today my custom water cooling loop!

So far no probs and everything is working fine, no leaks were found.

I've use 7mm "Shroud & Decoupling" for the 120mm Fans onto the 30mm Radiator to have more of Airflow, and two others 140mm fans on Top of the case, hidden, are on extraction.

DDC Pump is PWM and plug onto CPU_FAN and have to be tuned a little with the Asus Fan XPert+

Its getting late and i'm working tomorrow all day, so i will keep you in touch soon with Temps.

Attached two pics, one when i was filling the Res Tank and the other when installed.

I haven't yet fix the Res Tank onto the Hard Drives cage and it will be about two centimeters higher than on pic.

Also the tubing (10/13mm) will be tighten a little closer to each over , those are brand new so might need time to bend at their places.

I'll post a new pic and share Temps soon.

Cheers!

Looks awesome NoN, very nice mate!

Thanks Paul...that's pretty basic but its first one custom!!

 

[essenbe]

Non, the only other recommendation I would suggest, and you may have already done it, is to build in a means to drain the loop at any time, easily.

 

[NoN]

Non, the only other recommendation I would suggest, and you may have already done it, is to build in a means to drain the loop at any time, easily.

You mean a Drain Valve at bottom of the tubing loop for easily drain the system...

Yeah, i though about it and saw they're huge "T" sized metal x2 G1/4 and those plastic ones (not plugin ones) were so looking cheap...