Watercooling on a Budget

[atomicus]

Well it's very ghetto and the res/pump mounted outside the case looks awful, plus the tubing is a mess, but if you're happy with what you spent (and given) and your temps/noise levels are good, then none of that really matters. I don't see a drain port though.

[Hayabusa1989]

On 07/01/2017 at 0:23 PM, atomicus said:

Well it's very ghetto and the res/pump mounted outside the case looks awful, plus the tubing is a mess, but if you're happy with what you spent (and given) and your temps/noise levels are good, then none of that really matters. I don't see a drain port though.

 

I personally like the res/pump mounted outside - not that i had any choice. Tubing wise im sorta happy with loops and shit in it. I've ended up spending £140 including the GPU block. The pump is silent and i get brilliant temps compared to the stock bullshit cooling before, Roughly a 30c difference in temps. 

One day maybe i will do the whole "Hardline tubing and spending £30 a fitting and buying a whole new case etc." but for now i'm really happy. 

I don't get the "ghetto" comment though its not like I've used cable ties and shit.

 

Anyways as far as drain port goes ive got a fitting in the top of the big rad that i can drain out of.

like this : 

[atomicus]

3 minutes ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

 

I personally like the res/pump mounted outside - not that i had any choice. Tubing wise im sorta happy with loops and shit in it. I've ended up spending £140 including the GPU block. The pump is silent and i get brilliant temps compared to the stock bullshit cooling before, Roughly a 30c difference in temps. 

One day maybe i will do the whole "Hardline tubing and spending £30 a fitting and buying a whole new case etc." but for now i'm really happy. 

I don't get the "ghetto" comment though its not like I've used cable ties and shit.

 

Anyways as far as drain port goes ive got a fitting in the top of the big rad that i can drain out of.

 

Plenty of builds in this case have the res/pump inside, but your config obviously didn't allow it. It does look rather precarious as you have it, but like I say, if it works and you're happy, that's all that matters.

 

Hard line fittings can be had for around £4-5 each lol, don't know where you get £30 from??

 

Can't see the drain port, but that's fine as long as you have one at a low point somewhere.

 

[Hayabusa1989]

2 hours ago, atomicus said:

 

Plenty of builds in this case have the res/pump inside, but your config obviously didn't allow it. It does look rather precarious as you have it, but like I say, if it works and you're happy, that's all that matters.

 

Hard line fittings can be had for around £4-5 each lol, don't know where you get £30 from??

 

Can't see the drain port, but that's fine as long as you have one at a low point somewhere.

 

Well regardless, thanks for all your help  

[MekaStrix]

On 19/12/2016 at 4:06 PM, Hayabusa1989 said:

Hi,

 

So i have a £150-160 max budget to build a loop,
I already have the GPU Block for my Titan X (also came with a backplate)

 

 

 

I need to obvs build a full loop around it. 

I am relatively new to Watercooling despite doing this myself with some cheap pump and old bits of AIO coolers - yes silly i know but fun : 

 

 

 

Anywho i have £150 roughly to spend and need enough cooling power to cool the Titan X and the CPU - I will admit the CPU is an awful overclocker. 

The Titan X i really want to be able to push into the 1500mhz range though. 

 

 

Can you guys help me ?!?!?

 

 

 

Edit : i was hoping to use  7/16" ID 5/8" OD 16/11mm  tubing as i already have lots (see picture)

With that budget maybe check around ebay for rads if you give them a good flush then you'll be fine the 360mm rads usually go for 35 ish on ebay uk 

[Hayabusa1989]

On 1/9/2017 at 2:51 AM, MekaStrix said:

With that budget maybe check around ebay for rads if you give them a good flush then you'll be fine the 360mm rads usually go for 35 ish on ebay uk 

its already done but thank you

[Popi]

Water cooling is noisier than air cooling most of the time.(pumps, fans)

[Hayabusa1989]

What Pump or Fan are you using mine is silent

[atomicus]

1 hour ago, Popi said:

Water cooling is noisier than air cooling most of the time.(pumps, fans)

 

LOL, no it is not! You are quite simply doing watercooling wrong if you are experiencing that.

[Popi]

4 hours ago, atomicus said:

 

LOL, no it is not! You are quite simply doing watercooling wrong if you are experiencing that.

I am not doing watercooling. Good air cooler tbh outperforms AIO units for an example in noise and performance.

 

And yes air cooling is quieter than watercooling(leds things make sound)

[atomicus]

1 hour ago, Popi said:

I am not doing watercooling. Good air cooler tbh outperforms AIO units for an example in noise and performance.

 

And yes air cooling is quieter than watercooling(leds things make sound)

 

Are you are lumping AIOs in with custom loops? They are a totally different thing, and yes they are generally noisier than air coolers. But I am referring to a custom loop. You CAN have a noisy system with a custom loop, but as I say, only if you do it wrong. Done right, it can inaudible.

[Hayabusa1989]

13 hours ago, atomicus said:

 

Are you are lumping AIOs in with custom loops? They are a totally different thing, and yes they are generally noisier than air coolers. But I am referring to a custom loop. You CAN have a noisy system with a custom loop, but as I say, only if you do it wrong. Done right, it can inaudible.

Tempted to change this to the "marked as solved" lol

[Hayabusa1989]

15 hours ago, Popi said:

I am not doing watercooling. Good air cooler tbh outperforms AIO units for an example in noise and performance.

 

And yes air cooling is quieter than watercooling(leds things make sound)

Also this is highly dependant on what AIO unit you are using surely ? 

(also whilst my loop may not be as sophisticated as others it is silent)

 

And no you can't beat Custom Loop for performance with Air if the Loop is done well even I know that.

[RxL]

if you have £150 why dont you just save an extra £150 and get the P360 kit from EKWB and your GPU to the loop you will be hard pressed to get a loop going with £150 and for that price would you risk you're rig getting destroyed?

[Popi]

On 11.1.2017 at 9:17 PM, atomicus said:

 

Are you are lumping AIOs in with custom loops? They are a totally different thing, and yes they are generally noisier than air coolers. But I am referring to a custom loop. You CAN have a noisy system with a custom loop, but as I say, only if you do it wrong. Done right, it can inaudible.

Of course it can be inaudible if you've got couple of 360mm/420mm rads, so you could turn the fan speed on the lowest setting.

[atomicus]

1 minute ago, Popi said:

Of course it can be inaudible if you've got couple of 360mm/420mm rads, so you could turn the fan speed on the lowest setting.

 

Even x2 280's would do it, or a single 280 for a CPU only loop.

[0ld_Chicken]

I like the res/pump on the outside.  Is the res centered in the middle of the case?  Kinda reminds me of mine that sticks though a table surface.  

 

Watercooling is definitely quieter than air.  The ONLY data point that MAY be debatable would be idle usage noise readings but that's bs and like judging PC's by idle temps.  I've got 2xD5 running full speed and since they're properly decoupled, I can't hear a thing from them.  Noisiest thing is my HDD and it's not bad at all. 

 

Imo the best thing I ever did with watercooling was changing my fan curves to react to water temps instead of component temps. Since I've got lots of rad space (just over 1000mm x 120mm) I can have my fans go from 500rpm  at idle to 800rpm after 15 minutes or so of a full load and still maintain <50°c temps all around

[Hayabusa1989]

On 12/01/2017 at 11:59 AM, RxL said:

if you have £150 why dont you just save an extra £150 and get the P360 kit from EKWB and your GPU to the loop you will be hard pressed to get a loop going with £150 and for that price would you risk you're rig getting destroyed?

I have already finished my build, check page 2.

[Hayabusa1989]

On 13/01/2017 at 11:53 AM, Popi said:

Of course it can be inaudible if you've got couple of 360mm/420mm rads, so you could turn the fan speed on the lowest setting.

Someone is very "anti" water for no reason.

[Hayabusa1989]

On 14/01/2017 at 0:28 PM, 0ld_Chicken said:

I like the res/pump on the outside.  Is the res centered in the middle of the case?  Kinda reminds me of mine that sticks though a table surface.  

 

Watercooling is definitely quieter than air.  The ONLY data point that MAY be debatable would be idle usage noise readings but that's bs and like judging PC's by idle temps.  I've got 2xD5 running full speed and since they're properly decoupled, I can't hear a thing from them.  Noisiest thing is my HDD and it's not bad at all. 

 

Imo the best thing I ever did with watercooling was changing my fan curves to react to water temps instead of component temps. Since I've got lots of rad space (just over 1000mm x 120mm) I can have my fans go from 500rpm  at idle to 800rpm after 15 minutes or so of a full load and still maintain <50°c temps all around

ahh thanks

[Popi]

18 hours ago, Hayabusa1989 said:

Someone is very "anti" water for no reason.

I'm not anti watercooling.

[Hayabusa1989]

1 minute ago, Popi said:

I'm not anti watercooling.

to say its more noisy than air....

[Hayabusa1989]

12 minutes ago, Popi said:

I'm not anti watercooling.

its fine if you are some people are its not a big deal

[Hayabusa1989]

Sooo After much thought, i will properly re-open or create another thread as in a few months time i will fully rebuild this and try to make it all contained tidy and nice  My biggest reason is i get very close to kicking the tubes on the outside. First i need a new desk however. Consider this thread dead for a while unless anyone wants me to do benchmarks and or heat tests etc. 

 

 

[Hayabusa1989]

So I did redo it all inside a HAF-X Pictures Soon