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TheMuskr

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  1. you would be better off putting a couple extra CPU blocks in the loop that are connected to the peltier coolers. Putting the cooler on the radiator will do next to nothing. They are designed to cool by radiation not conduction. Once you get below ambient temp the radiator is going to be hurting your temps not helping.. plus you need to really worry about condensation
  2. Just use Mayonnaise, seriously it works really well.. and it will give your computer a lovely smell http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/316189-28-temporary-thermal-compound-replacement-mayonnaise
  3. Have you checked the cpu temps in HWmonitor? maybe it is reading the temps incorrectly
  4. That isn't how pressure works.. Water is an incompressible. this means that if there is flow to the GPU then there has to be flow to the CPU. It's a closed system, mass in has to equal mass out. So the mass flow rate of water into the gpu block is the same as into the CPU block. http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/conservation-mass-d_182.html Source: Mechanical Engineer
  5. for an SLI rig 500 is pretty low budget. that second block adds a lot od cost
  6. Geat! I would have had a stroke with a beast build in a cheap case.
  7. If you are going to blow all of this money then do it right. That coolermaster case is a horrible case for watercooling, You need sotmthing more like a caselabs case, I recommend the SM8 http://www.caselabs-store.com/merlin-sm8-case/
  8. Every watercooling system should be a sealed system.. The liquid should have the chance to evaporate
  9. Looks pretty good, although I would be worried that you can only fit a 240 rad. I'm cooling a i5 2500k and a OCed 780 with a 420mm rad, temps around 50c at load. A 240 will be fine for GPU only, but if you plan on expanding to the CPU the temps may get a little high. With that said, If you want to upgrade you could always just get a better case and another rad.. Everyone loves upgrading Good luck
  10. Except that it retains the stock heat sinks for everything except the core. the kraken does not do thjis
  11. With the computer constantly heating the inside of the refrigerator the fridge would have to run constantly most likely burning out the pumps pretty quick. generally a fridge runs once every while.
  12. Yeah it's a good idea to wait. I would save about $400-500 for a nice custom loop, but before then you need a computer worth watercooling. At the end of the day it's up to you but I wouldn't watercool that hardware
  13. Because it is a very niche market. NZXT has a bracket that allows you to connect a cpu cooler to most cards but that's about it as far as noob friendly solutions.
  14. Yeah... This is just a bad idea. AIO's are not designed to ever be taken apart. The reason is that the parts are only worth using in the configuration they are sold in. Just save up for a decent custom loop or get a better AIO
  15. Brass and copper are fine together. Aluminum is what creates galvanic corrosion, but nothing quality is made from aluminum as far as watercooling is concerned. I would suggest the alphacool nexxxos ut60 line of rads. They are all copper.
  16. That is the cutest graphics cards i've ever seen nice build
  17. it's stretch.. A new freelance builder should not charge anywhere close to what a large shop can. We don't know if the OP wrote up paperwork to warranty his work like most shops would, which justifies a lot of the cost. Also a lot of the parts make no sense for the price range. like others have said he could have done better with some prebuilts which should never happen
  18. This is a cool idea but it will not be easy to do. First the water-cooling loop's coolant will not get anywhere remotely hot enough to make it work.. A regular lava lamp requires a power of 50w an about 3 hours to liquify the wax solution. For comparison paraffin wax melts at 99 degrees F, and water-cooling loops should hopefully never get close to that. This brings a second problem, lava lamps do not use water. They use a mineral oil mix. The only possible solution is to make a separate loop to make the lava lamp. At this point you should just throw a lava lamp in there and buy a case of beer. Personally I would stay away from adding heat sources to my computer, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to see someone try to pull this off
  19. Some do, but you don't have to get monsoon/bitspower fittings.
  20. 500 can easily be enough 250 for a D5 raystorm kit http://www.frozencpu.com/products/16070/ex-wat-210/XSPC_Raystorm_EX240_Extreme_Universal_CPU_Water_Cooling_Kit_w_D5_Variant_Pump_Included_and_Free_Dead-Water.html?tl=g30&id=dBLxwU3W#blank Buy a couple more compression fittings and a gpu block Should cost about $400
  21. I'm not a huge fan of the x20 pump. It doesn't really allow for expansion. If you just want a CPU loop on a low budget it's ok.
  22. Oh it is, easily. when you get into buying compression fittings and thick rads it is not hard to blow by the $600 mark.
  23. If they are nvidia cards you can use nvflash to flash them individually without taking them out.
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