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Originally Posted by millertime359
Ah yes of course, I should have said "rad into the res".
Wow. I wish all of this info would be present somewhere in a guide. Seriously everything out there is bloody useless. Thanks mt.Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime359
Yea, there are the stickies, but those tests I don't think made it into the stickies. I'm not certain where they are either. Some of the vets might know and be able to link it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ahmad
Sent an email to Performance PCs asking for a eta on that res, they say that it is discontinued.
Any other res suggestions? Can I just take any DDC res?
o wow, didn't know that. Yes, any res will work.
Would this be fine:
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...oducts_id=4510
Thats a Alphacool res with the pump already attached (Same pump I believe)
Never mind.
Works out almost $30 cheaper to buy the swiftech pump and this: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=22629 bitspower res.
Yea, I forgot about that BP one. The Alpha is nice, but a bit pricey. The BP one should be fine.
If your talking about the XSPC res top. . .Jab-tech still has 12 for sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by irenedakota
http://www.jab-tech.com/XSPC-Acrylic...C-pr-4123.html
That might be true, but it doesn't help me. Jab-tech don't ship to South Africa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
Yea, Sidewinder's still has them in stock too, but seeing he has to have it all shipped to South Africa, and Gary doesn't have everything he wants, figured no use. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
Hmm, I could have sworn that J-T did international shipping. :(
Maybe talk to P-PC's and see if they would be willing to buy one for you from there and ship it to you. . .or talk with J-T and see if you could buy one and have it shipped to P-PC's for inclusion into your shipment? :shrug: You never know what vendors are willing to do unless you ask. ;)
There is nothing wrong with the BP res is there? It is smaller then the XSPC one, but that will just make it easier to mount in my case.
And then I just want to ask, do I need to add any special additives into my water? Or is the best straight distilled water and a bit of silver (I have seen people doing this - and I can get silver easily from a friend)
Don't do additives. Silver is fine. What I do is I buy some deionized water then I add a silver ingot into the water and let it sit for a few weeks. After I just use that water with 2 silver-plated barbs in the loop. Been crystal clear now for ~6 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by irenedakota
Or you can buy Silver Tabbed Wire.
And make a coil out of it.
None that I've heard of. . .but, it does share it's design with the Alphacool top + res (only in a one piece compared to 2 for the Alphacool) and the Alphacool is notorious for being a problem to bleed without being filled all the way up (which can be tricky) or an aquarium filter sponge installed. Even though the XSPC looks similar in design, the return tube prevents the problem of turbulence in the res by dumping the majority of the water back into the pump upon it's return to the res.Quote:
Originally Posted by irenedakota
Looking at the description, it seems that BP includes the sponge, so might not be that bad. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterlogged
Just catching up on this thread - shopping list looks good. Also, you should have no issue at all with cooling the 940 and 5850 with a 220 and 120 rad - the extra 120 will provide a bit of extra help, given your ambient temps. I see 40 degree load temps on a BE965 and a 4770 on just one 220 rad with low speed fans (ambients around 23-24 degrees C).
My 5850 arrived today. Just waiting for the working day to tick away so I can go home!
And then to be paid so I can order my stuff :)
Just found these guys (http://www.specialtech.co.uk) and they work out quite a bit cheaper (Including shipping).
However, I've had to make one or two changes (For now) due to them either being out of stock, or not having the item at all.
Basically I'm looking at:
* EK Supreme HighFlow CPU block (The Apogee XT is OOS ATM)
* EK FC5850
* Laing DDC1+ (MCP355) With XSPC Reservoir (Its a bundle deal)
* 2x Black Ice GTS-Lite 240
* 1x Black Ice GTS-Lite 120
* XSPC Tubing (7/16")
What are the EK water blocks like (Compared to the Swiftech Apogee XT)? And how do the Black Ice rads compare to the Swiftech ones (The Swiftech ones are OOS, so I can wait for them)
Downfall of the black ice is they are a high FPI rad. This means they work best with fans over 2000 RPM. They will still work fine with slower fans, just not as effiecent as a low FPI rad with the lower speed fans.
EK's new rads are suppose to be pretty nice. They are also a nice price. http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/...93&cat=0&page=
Magicools are suppose to be pretty equal to Swiftech and are a fair price also. http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/...at=1220&page=1
I just found this worklog: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=231047 and the complete system: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=78
It has inspired me to do some modding to get a triple rad in (Its not a lot).
I'm now looking at a Magicool 360 and 2x Magicool 120
Still need to work out if I want to put in both 120s, but with the cost of shipping, I'd rather get an extra then have to place another order.