Water cooling

[Thx And Bye]

Was your loop worth it? 

 

If the i7-3770k woudn't have such bad thermal interface material i would say yes. 

But since im a lazy shit i didn't delided my CPU and it isn't profiting from the water cooling at all. (load temps are around 72°C, reseated the cooler several times)

For the GPU's i would say that the waterloop as it is now is okay but not perfect, they never got over 55°C ever.

 

I still have plans like moving the system into a smaller case (that would need a lot of customization) and giving both rads access to air from the outside, delidding the CPU so it would profit from the waterloop and i could finally OC it.

But since im a lazy shit i didn't

I think i could've archived the same or similar results with air cooling and i more or less did the waterloop because i wanted a waterloop not because you couldn't do it with air cooling.

... and for the looks of cause.

[xnoobftw]

 

 

well I am planning a loop with 2 240mm rads for both CPU and GPU and it hasn't broken $650 AUD I think it comes down to exactly which parts you get.

 

D5 pumps are big, I'd probably get one if space wasn't going to be at a premium (little Parvum S2). but the phobya pumps are well regarded and can be plugged straight into this reservoir, and are much smaller.

 

Alphacool radiators are much more expensive than the ones from EK or XSPC

 

I suspect your kit is about $150 for the bayres+pump, $130 for the radiator, $70 for the CPU block, and the rest for fittings tubing and coolant.

 

here's my parts list (bent fittings are just a guess):https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=469302&action=wish_lists

 

Hmmm but does their rads perform better? 

Is the kit a good bang for the buck?

And would you recommend me going with just a single 240mm rad even tho the results wouldn't be ideal otherwise?

 

 

If the i7-3770k woudn't have such bad thermal interface material i would say yes. 

But since im a lazy shit i didn't delided my CPU and it isn't profiting from the water cooling at all. (load temps are around 72°C, reseated the cooler several times)

For the GPU's i would say that the waterloop as it is now is okay but not perfect, they never got over 55°C ever.

 

I still have plans like moving the system into a smaller case (that would need a lot of customization) and giving both rads access to air from the outside, delidding the CPU so it would profit from the waterloop and i could finally OC it.

I think i could've archived the same or similar results with air cooling and i more or less did the waterloop because i wanted a waterloop not because you couldn't do it with air cooling.

... and for the looks of cause.

I have the i7 4770 does it suffer from the same thermal interface material issue?

Idk whether to do it now that you've mentioned it....

 

 

 

 

 

And would you guys hire the person's services for 80$SGD (57USD) or do it yourself? (it includes cleaning of the PC)

[JebKerman]

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Hmmm but does their rads perform better? 

Is the kit a good bang for the buck?

And would you recommend me going with just a single 240mm rad even tho the results wouldn't be ideal otherwise?

 

Alphacool's radiator is "full copper" while others are a mix of copper and brass (copper for fins, brass at either end for strength), giving Alphacool's slightly better heat dissipation.

The kit costs as much as the components in it do (more or less). But they are expensive parts. (a D5 alone costs $70-80, and Alphacool's rads are almost twice the price of XSPC's)

I'd set 360mm of radiator as the minimum. 240mm would work but it might have even worse thermal performance than air.

 

I have the i7 4770 does it suffer from the same thermal interface material issue?

Idk whether to do it now that you've mentioned it....

 

Only the "Devils Canyon" processors (4690K, 4790k, and i think the G3258) have the improved thermal interface. And all that come after I suspect will as well (Skylake).

 

And would you guys hire the person's services for 80$SGD (57USD) or do it yourself? (it includes cleaning of the PC)

 

That's really up to you. I personally wouldn't because part of the fun of water-cooling is building it and maintaining it, that's how it becomes a hobby.

[xnoobftw]

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Im on the edge of giving up on WCing Holy crap is it expensive