ordered a water cooling kit, need to know if everything is compatible with each other

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Mon Jul 29, 2002 9:46 pm

1. Water block: MAZE3 AMD
2. MAZE3 Top Type: Lucite
3. Fitting Size:1/2 OD
4. Fitting Type:Brass
5. Radiator: Black Ice Pro BLACK 1/2 OD fittings
6. Pump: Eheim 1250 for 1/2 adapter
7. Tubing: 10 Feet Tygon
8. Thermal Paste: AS 3
9. Water Wetter: 4oz Water Wetter
10.Hold Down Style: Stainless Steel Option
11.Misc: 10 Hose Clamps & T fitting

total: $218.41

how is this setup? this is going to run 24/7 on my Athlon 1.4GHz@1.5GHz system as im going off to college soon...

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 3:10 pm

oh yeah one more thing, do i need anything else?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 3:12 pm

i woul;d recomend getting some insullation(sp).

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 3:22 pm

what kind of insulation? any links? thanks for the reply

btw i ordered this from dangerden.com, for my fan setup

i have 1 120mm fan in the left side of the case(when you look at it from front), 1 90mm fan underneath it, and 1 fan for the front of the case, and 1 in the back of the case, should i subtract fans from my case? it's pretty loud again, my computer is going to run 24/7 for a year

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 3:26 pm

read this:

http://www.procooling.com/articles/html ... olin.shtml

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 3:29 pm

if ur gonna take a fan away take teh 90mm out.

oh and for teh black ice pro, i'd recomend a 125 CFM YStech fan, i'm sadistic tho and for me i'd put 1 blowing on the black ice rad adn one on the other side blowing away(so that both fans are blowing in the same direction)

sorry i'm only a lightweight in watercooling m0a2t4t would know more

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 8:37 pm

i would get the black ice extreme istead of the pro and u should think about putting on a block for the northbridge.

ur not gonna need to have as many case fans now, i woulda put one of the fans in the top of the case. I would also use the 130cfm ys-techs like yard said, u might be able to get away with one but 2 would be better. u could build/buy a rheobus to lower the fan speeds and noise.

i have a pair of those ys-techs on my radiator and use a custom built rheobus to keep the noise down and my temps only go up about 1c and u can hardly hear the fans. my fans are on the outside so it makes them louder anyways

looks good though

BTW-remember to use distilled water and try to keep ur hose length down to minimum so u can keep the flow up. the hoses should go from pump to radiator to cpu to north and back to pump.

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 8:53 pm

kool, thanks for the reply:

1) i just ordered a chipset block from danderden.com

the 32.50 one from http://www.dangerden.com/mall/chipset.asp

do you think i will have any problems screwing that in place of the current fan that's ontop of my northbridge (kt133a)? motherboard is abit kt7a btw

2) also for the isulator material:

do i even need insulator material? i allready ordered 2 of the 3/8 closed cell foam 6X6 inch (computer is suppose to be running 24/7 just want to make sure)

that website that YARDofSTUF gave me:

http://www.procooling.com/articles/html/chems_of_oc_n_and_super_coolin.shtml

for that conformal silicone stuff , do i put that underneath the closed cell foam and stick it around the cpu?

or does the closed cell foam stick/stay by itself?

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:04 pm

unlesss ur planning on puttin a peltier in there u dont need the foam or to seal the cpu.

the only way to have condensation occur is if the cpu/waterblock tempature goes below ambient temp. i have been running mine for like a year(24/7) and havent had any problems.

as for the northbridge, u need to get a can of compressed air and flip it upside down and spray the heatsink really good(it takes alot), while ur doing that move the heatsink around whith ur hand.when its really cold and u have been doing it for like a minute, spray some more on it get a screwdriver and pry up on the heatsink. u can use the edge of the dimm slot to get some leverage, it should just pop off.MAKE SURE U DONT DAMAGE THE MOBO. then just use a razor blade some isopropyl alcohol and some q-tips.its not that hard to remove it.

i have the same mobo so i've done it before

if ya wanna get crazy we could throw a volt mod on there too

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 11:15 pm

thanks, when the goodie's come, i'll set it up and post some feedback, yeah i just took a look at the voltage mod tutorial found here http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/articles/howto/Extreme_Voltage_Mod_1.html , i'll try it soon

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 10:20 pm

Originally posted by m0a2t4t
the hoses should go from pump to radiator to cpu to north and back to pump.

do i need a water reservoir? or is my current setup good for the year?

or is that what the 2 feet of tubing for the fill line is for, just in case water disappears?

HongKongPolice · Post by **HongKongPolice** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 10:53 pm

Ya, gotta have the fill line thing, and if you're not gonna touch it for a year, i suggest you get a real reservoir instead, cuz theres bound to be some evaporation somewhere, even through the tinyest cracks.

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 12:53 am

ya if ya need any help with the volt mod tell me, i dun it too. its really easy and the mobo needs to be out when u do it.

ur pump is for a closed system and u dont need a resivor. the fill line acts as a small resivor but its main purpose is a fill/bleed port. u need to make it the highest point in the system so any air bubbles will go in the tube.

so ur puter is gonna sit on by itself for a whole year with no supervision?

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 2:04 am

Originally posted by m0a2t4t
ya if ya need any help with the volt mod tell me, i dun it too. its really easy and the mobo needs to be out when u do it.

ok cool, im going to orientation at the end of this month, so im definately going to do this mod before i go, thanks for offering your help

Originally posted by m0a2t4t

ur pump is for a closed system and u dont need a resivor. the fill line acts as a small resivor but its main purpose is a fill/bleed port. u need to make it the highest point in the system so any air bubbles will go in the tube.

glad i got that pump

Originally posted by m0a2t4t
so ur puter is gonna sit on by itself for a whole year with no supervision?

My parents are going to watch over it (well just look at it physically

) to see if they see/smell something burning, stuff like that , its not going to be used for a year.

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 2:09 am

Originally posted by HongKongPolice
Ya, gotta have the fill line thing, and if you're not gonna touch it for a year, i suggest you get a real reservoir instead, cuz theres bound to be some evaporation somewhere, even through the tinyest cracks.

i'll take that into consideration, just to be safe...

what reservoir do you recommend? i was thinking of that dangerden reservoir

m4a2t0t · Post by **m4a2t0t** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 1:26 pm

those are pretty nice resivors, one of those would be perfect

newbie1 · Post by **newbie1** » Thu Aug 01, 2002 1:35 pm

ok, i'll purchase it once it becomes available