Custom Water Cooling

Found it :D The black Ice really needs at least 1750rpm to be worthwhile (with yate loons). Anything lower and its outperformed by just about everything due to its high fpi. Once above 1750rpm the Black Ice starts to distance itself from the rest. At that point you will be able to cool 300W while keeping your water within 5° of ambient. Way overkill imo if you are only cooling your CPU at probably 175W absolute max. So I would recommend (in this order) Thermochill PA120, Swiftech (without a built in res), and then XSPC RX. Though to be honest they are all within 5% of each other at all rpm, but the difference is there however small it may be. You should be able to get away with fans running at 1000rpm with these other rads to cool your CPU with a water delta of 5°. With the Black Ice you would need 1200rpm for the same water delta.

Now let me know if that made any sense at all :p
 
Hahaha yip made perfect sense :) I was actually just gunna ask how much W you thought I would needed to cool. I was working on 200W including pump since it's submerged.

So I only really need the mid-low yate loons to cool say an MCR220 (swiftech one)?
 
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Best idea is always to get the high CFM fans, and either control them via motherboard/controller or volt mod them. So if you ever need more CFM you have it and dont need to buy fans again. But yes, the Swiftech does very good up to 1500rpm at which point it can handle ±250W. If you are willing to have higher overall temps (10° water delta) the swiftech can handle almost 500W at 1500rpm. So with a 10° delta you can easily achieve top air cooling temps, but with 1000rpm (sometimes less), hence the quietness.

And yes, I forgot about the pump. Even if it is not submerged you must add it into your calcs. It will dump far more heat into the water its pumping than the surrounding air.
 
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Never heard of them, but they should be fine. Pity that performance pcs does not have the non reservoir version of the swiftech. There is probably nothing wrong with them but I just dont like the idea of an integrated res/rad. Anyway, I see you have a 'slim' rad there. You'll get slightly less cooling out of it obviously than a rad with the same fpi. Thats most of the reason why a thick rad with low fpi (eg XSPC) performs the same as a thin rad with high fpi (Black Ice) - they actually have the same fin area exposed to the air passing through them. Where you placing this rad, top or bottom of the 690? How much space is there at the top. Next year when I take the plunge I'm going to try fit the thickest rads with lowest fpi I can find.
 
Well If the rad is thick I assume it has to go bottom and if it's thin it'll go top? So i'm not to worried about placement. I Plan to bleed the system with the rad outside the case (or mounted on the bottom depends) so the res is the highest point.
 
Judging by photos I'd say the max thickness for the top rad is 35mm. I can measure it up (if I remember) tonight when I get home. But ya, if it doesnt fit at the top, then the bottom will be fine. The res does not need to be the highest part, just higher than the motor. You will want to tilt the rad from time to time while bleeding though to help get rid of trapped air pockets.
 
No one mentioned this but you can probably mix aluminum and copper IF you use anti-freeze used in cars (ethyl glycol based anti-freeze), they have heavy corrosion inhibitors because cars usually use copper, aluminum, cast iron, plastic and what not all in the same coolant loop. It is poisonous tho (causing acute kidney failure if ingested) and should be mixed 50/50 with distilled water to be most effective. Should also be replaced every 2 years just to be on the safe side.
 
Finally got my loop assembled! :D

Wow so finally had time to build my loop :)
Selling my NZXT case, went and bought a CM 692 Adv.. Very nice case!!

Ok so YES I'm proud of my work and wanna show off cause it hasn't leaked (yet:erm:)!! :D
So here are some pics of the parts :)
XSPC RASA block
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XSPC pump/res combo
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EK Radiator
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PrimoFlex Pro tubing (not as uv as I'd like but oh well)
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Water plus electricity, not cool idea, but still creative. Do you like to try to use some insulation coolant? It maybe a great idea to replace your water plan.
 
What do you mean by insulation coolant??
I like the water :) looks good and works even better!
 
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Water plus electricity, not cool idea, but still creative. Do you like to try to use some insulation coolant? It maybe a great idea to replace your water plan.
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Lol, you're funny :whistle:

edit: nice job clothing challenged peanut <insert thumbs up smiley here>
 
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