Noob to watercooling, bought a kit need advice!!! Thanks

[ChromeGunner]

Hey guys im a noob at water cooling and was looking for some good advice that you guys could share with me, here is the kit i bought: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=20943&vpn=H20%2D220%2DAPEX%2DULTRA%2B&manufacture=Swiftech&promoid=1019

And here is my hardware:
Asus P5K WIfi mobo
Q6600
4gb OCZ memory
ATI 3870
Coolermaster Stacker 832 case
Corsair hx620 psu

I was just wondering if anyone here has a liquid cooled stacker 830 or 832.

And also looking for ANYTHING that could make my install easier!!


Thanks!!

Gunner

[SoulsCollective]

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Revealing http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163563&highlight=stacker+830+water, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=102550&highlight=stacker+830+water, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185646&highlight=stacker+830+water and http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=181376&highlight=stacker+830+water, among others.

[ChromeGunner]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/search.php

Revealing http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163563&highlight=stacker+830+water, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=102550&highlight=stacker+830+water, http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=185646&highlight=stacker+830+water and http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=181376&highlight=stacker+830+water, among others.


Thanks!!! any advice anyone can tell me?

[BlueAqua]

Really the best advice would be just to read and read and read. There is so much information on this forum I can still find useful information from even years back. Just look at other people's systems and study them, it might give you useful insight. Once you have gathered your game plan and can't find an answer for something feel free to ask questions. Feel free to post your experience to help others.

[ChromeGunner]

Thanks!!!! one more question i had was how do you guys find that kit?? Its made buy swiftech so it should be descent.....now i know its always better to make your own kit but i decided to go for that and it was not to expensive so what do you guys think?

[Tile]

For a beginner the kit is more than adequate. You can mount the radiator inside the Stacker 832 using Lian Li radiator mounts or by using 2 pieces of L shaped aluminium bar that have holes for attachig the rad to them and holes for attaching the assembly to the case. Another good tip is to use MountainMods hard drive mounts and fit them to the back of one of the fans on the radiator. In this way you use the space effectively in the case and have cool hard drives.

[Deluge]

Hey, I have a stacker 830 with two dual rads mounted internally, so I might be able to help out ;). I've got one mounted on the bottom, with fans external pushing up (airflow goes toward the GPU) and one upside-down resting on the PSU rail towards the front - so it looks something like this:
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/951/stackerza4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
You can mount it to the bottom with pretty much no modification, you just need to unscrew the mesh and take it off. The holes that are already there fit perfectly (for the MCR220). If you want to mount the rad up top, you'll want to cut out the little metal support piece under the PSU, it'll get in the way if you ever want to slide the rad back out.

If you have any other questions, let me know. And of course, best of luck, the stacker is a great case :up:

[septim]

that kit is a good basic kit for beginners, decent OCs can also be achieved, i would install it for now, get the experience and feel of watercooling in you...

then after you've read and read and read all the info you could find here at XS with your new watercooled rig, You'd probably want something that can handle more OCing
then you'd go for dual loops and seperate cpu from gpu loops, buy custom selected parts for good cpu cooling, and stick this kit for gpu cooling...

or if you don't like the feel of continuing water cooling your rig, you could always ebay or sell this kit...

[ChromeGunner]

Hey guys thanks for all the advice, here is a pic of my pc before th kit, ill post pics of my install after im done.

Thanks!!

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e151/bigkris86/after.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e151/bigkris86/stacker6.jpg