Thanks for this!

the corsair 800D is an amazing water cooling case (if not the best, aside from the mmod cases).
the corsair H50 isnt a great block to be honest. Its good and will get the job done.
However, it just doesnt keep up to par with the self built loops utilizing a larger rad and better cpu blocks.

Mountain Mods

As mentioned earlier, all rads are more or less the same in their respective heat load capacities.
the 655 pump has been mentioned, and although a good pump, tests have proved that the 355 pump + top is better.
The Koolance blocks doesnt even make the top 5. And no, it is not better than the Heatkiller.
Event he apogee XT with its original milling defects performed better than the koolance blocks.
I like the QDC fittings from koolane but thats about it. I would be wary of koolance and always check for AL in their stuff.


Agreed that there are more stuff than the old days (by old i mean early 2000).

 Have you thought about adding http://www.jab-tech.com/ to the list of stores. I have bought a few things there. Seems to be a good site.

 It has been awhile since I bought from them. I do remember that they had the item I needed at a good price. As with any purchase shop around for the best deal. I just wanted to give another option to people.

http://www.realredraider....forumdisplay.php?f=113
a link to the realredraider forums CPU test block section.

I was PMed on another forum earlier about "rising liquid levels" in the reservoir. The thing that came to mind immediately was there was a small leak somewhere that was letting air in pushing the water level in the res up.

We found that it was an overstressed rotary compression that although was not leaking, was letting air through. After it was replaced the problem disappeared.

I have updated the faq in the first post describing this case.
Hope it helps. Good luck on all the WC builds out there. Cheers.

Great guide. Ever considered building your own case specifically designed around water? That is a project that many might attempt (well, maybe if it were a wood case, or plexi), provided they had guidance.

You definitely seem to know your way around the liquid cooling equipment.

I do have one question. How does EK waterblocks rank, from radiators to waterblocks to you. What they build appears to be good quality, just curious if people have any preferences for or against them.

Thanks owcraftsman, i figured that they were great on blocks. I doubt that there would be too much difference in radiator performance between brands.

That was a good idea for a radiator box and resivoir. I would probably try something like that to keep the heat away from my corner desk (pump the heat into someone elses room more likely )

Do you think it would be necessary to add a booster pump to get the fluid to move a few feet further than the case, to put the radiator elsewhere?

Hi people. I am new here, and i am very intrested about water cooling, now i want to creat my own water cooling system, I need to do right choise for that i can pay max 180-200$ . Please help me to choose something. Thanks very much.

Hi every one I want to buy my own water cooling system, shame is that in my land there is no one water cooling systems sells, i am getting to buy online everything, and how we know shipping is very expensive, that is why i am try to buy water cooling kit, all in one box. for example yesterday i found some kits, like thermaltake bigwater, coolmaster and larkooler normal prises. koolance expensive for me. How you can see my PC spec down here. Please tell me what can i buy for 180-200$ max! Thanks

boredgunner

What would you like to water cool?  Sadly $200 won't get you very far in the water cooling market.

For 200$ i found larkooler BA2-244 for just 180$ and Larkooler BA2-241 for 130$, What can u tell about this cooling kits?

Nah look at this.

http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=410769

From what I gather those are decent parts.  I reckon I will pick those up for a separate CPU loop after I do my GPU first (GTX 480 really needs it at these volts).  Except I'll stick with Feser UV Green tubing (which means 1/2" ID, still fine) and Panaflo fans, just a push config since push/pull with those would be overkill.  

Due to work getting really busy I have not had the time to update, answer questions on this topic and other PMs on watercooling. My apologies to everyone. Anyway I'll start, not by answering the previous questions (as someone else has probably already addressed all the questions), but by talking about Dust.
 
Yes, you heard me right... dust.
 
Dust build up can severely hamper the cooling abilities of your air cooled and WC rigs. Im sure you all know this already, but I urge you all to clean your rigs at least every 6 months. Im a rather lazy person myself and have been neglecting my rig as work has come by the ton loads. Today however, I spent a good 30min to do a quick cleanup of my rig - Using an air duster, replacing some filters, and the fans/rads (I did not top up or change the DW in my loops as they are still crystal clear and at decent levels even after 8 months... Silver coils ftw!).
 
Anyway the results were astounding. Just cleaning out the dust from the system yielded a drop of around 6c overall case temp, 5c CPU core temp, and 7c GPU core/pcb temps. I use a HAF932 for my main rigs case and the airflow really does help when its cleaned. I surprised even myself from these results.
 
Anyway, good luck with everyones build - be it air or water.
 

  Demciflex filters after a couple weeks/months(?)