Guide To WaterCooling and Leak Testing - ALL New WaterCooler's Read Before Posting!

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Originally Posted by theteamaqua

but my English class is called "English" lol, thats puzzling isn't it??

anyway is Swiftech Apex Ultra kit good?

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Yeah I know..............oh well skrew inglish, we komuikate sow dat dis aw dat madderz

yeah i love America

anyway can anyone answer my question:

is Swiftech Apex Ultra kit good??

or am i better off with a custom water cooling??

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Originally Posted by theteamaqua

yeah i love America

anyway can anyone answer my question:

is Swiftech Apex Ultra kit good??

or am i better off with a custom water cooling??

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Personally I have seen more often then not a custom setup would out perform, and be worth more the time and money.

so for a nub like me, that kit will be a good lesson??

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Originally Posted by theteamaqua

so for a nub like me, that kit will be a good lesson??

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Did you read the Stickies here in the Liquid cooling section?

They contain some useful, if not at least informing details, as well as try to read over the threads from other NOOBs and see what was mentioned there from Vet water coolers.

I can't say as fact as I am still working on getting my first loop up and running (nudges Fareast:D ) as I am waiting on my water pump. I am putting together a custom loop, as I have seen mentioned and read much on not getting a Kit. But to each his own, and depends on how much you want to put work into it, and money. Custom, to me is more learning, and satisfaction.

yeah i guess

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Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer

Ever heard the phrase "I won't even justify that comment with a response."

Well that is what I think he was trying to get at.. Anything with a picutre of Thermaltake watercooling it is below even getting a response.

While I would be inclined to believe this, sadly the world doesnt work that way and if we ignored all of the Tt watercooling posts people might actaully buy that garbage. Thermaltake is kind of like AIDS; it wont go away just by ingoring it.


And yes you can sig quote me on that one.

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U know i was joking m8... :)
Every question needs an answer, like every desease needs a cure... ;)

so is it possible to make a pinned thread tell noobies how bad the water cooling kits are?? (just wondering), and why they are bad?? because, well i used the search funciton and found out that Bigwater is bad, but there still Corsair, Swiftech, Koolance ... and which when i used search funtion they dont come up a lot

Its already in the stickyes... "dont buy kits" or something to that effect :D

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Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer

Not exactly. 6/32 are machine screws and the #6 screws are self tapping sheet metal screws. Machine screws need to scew into threaded metal to work correctly.


As I said in the guide, the best way is to have the tubing the shortest. but lets say the tubing is the same lenght wether its like the Tt picture or how I said it is best.

In this case it would be my way that would give the SLIGHT performance gain. The reason for this is that the pump introduces heat into the system and if you have the pump between the radiator and waterblock this heat is NOT disipated. For pumps like the AQZ50Z, and DDC, this is not an issue as the heat input varries between 5-10watts. But for hotter pumps like the MD20's and D5's the gain will be slightly more noticable because they input ~25watts into the water.


As a general rule, anything Thermaltake says about watercooling should be taken with a grain of salt and should be double checked by a knowledgeable member of the watercooling community.

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thanks for your explaination,
btw, i just bought the Gigabyte 3D Galaxy WC Kit ;)
hopefully it won't disappointed me :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by phelan1777

;) excuse the english lesson for a second :-P



Which one is more efficiant

Which one would be better


I work with 4 asian girls at school, one is chinese, one from Taiwan, and two from Japan, and all of them don't speak fluent english, and I some how ended being their surigate english tutor :D

Its hard to break the ebonics, and foul language they have picked up. But there is progress. Now if I was not involved I would be dating one;)

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yo dude,
thanks for correct me. :)
i'm feel glad you still understand what i write/mean :p: :D :p:

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Originally Posted by theteamaqua

so is it possible to make a pinned thread tell noobies how bad the water cooling kits are?? (just wondering), and why they are bad?? because, well i used the search funciton and found out that Bigwater is bad, but there still Corsair, Swiftech, Koolance ... and which when i used search funtion they dont come up a lot

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The Swiftech kits aren't bad at all, actually, very good. It's just that you can get the same stuff a bit cheaper by getting them seperately.;)

Well, I do have a question about cleaning stuff...

Now, it's clear how to clean a rad. Blocks are so far easy too.

But how would you clean other stuff like a res, a pump, fittings that have o-rings preinstalled? I'm not too sure what the vinegar would do to them, or if it would clean them if you have the 10% concentration stated in the 1st post.
For the pumps, how to clean all the insides? Like the rotor of a DDC, for example.

so long as you can open it up, you can wash the components separately... i take everything apart and clean it with a clean toothbrush & distilled water.

Toothbrush is ok, but how about parts that I can't get to with it? Pipe cleaners? Something like that maybe?
I really don't have a clue yet how to really clean those DDCs.

Yeah, pipe cleaner would probably do it. Ive got some brushes that are used to clean model petrol engines...

Lucky you :) I have some brushes for cleaning firearms, but those are soaked with oil. I'll go on a shopping tour tomorrow, let's see what I can find.
Anything else but vinegar for the acrylic stuff?

i wouldnt use vinegar on plastics tbh, so far water on its own + brushing has done me fine...

Ok, I'll give it a try. I still got like 2 gallons of distilled water here and maybe get more tomorrow. I hope that helps.
2 plex tops and 2 res's want to be shiny again :D

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Originally Posted by creidiki

i wouldnt use vinegar on plastics tbh

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U better won't. Plastics and vinegar is a :nono:

Ok, I'll use the normal water for that. What do you think about glass cleaner or something to add?

Better wash it off *REALLY WELL* after, or itll foam in your loop...

I wouldn't use glass cleaner for plastics either. The best thing to clean plastics is some sort of whiteboard foam cleaner.

Let's see if I can find something like that.

@creidiki: Well sure I'll wash it of really well... I don't want to see such stuff in my loop again, would have been even worse if I had used the Tygon already...

Any household detergent will do (the sort you clean your kitchen with, not bleach or anything whacky like that). If you're worried check the bottle; cleaning products will say if they're incompatible with plastics (since many kitchens and baths are made of it).

As always, don't forget to rinse thoroughly.

Sure, the rinse might be the most important part afterwards. No doubt about that.

Lucky me, I found an old res that I might want to clean too. So there's my guinea pig...