New $500 H2O system- Got all the parts! (Pictures, Build soon)

[kevinbo03]

Ditch the SFlex fans and just stick with Yates. I used to champion the SFlex fans until I got my hands on the Yates. The Yates are that much quieter. If you're looking for more airflow, check out Vapor's guide. I picked up 10 Sharkoon Golfballs and they've served me well.

Get a MCW60 and some ram sinks rather than the EK block. Your 7900 card is getting a little long in the tooth. Why pay $100 for a full cover card, when you'll probably end up two generations behind within the year. At least the MCW60 will let you reuse the block in the future.

For your pump, I'd go for the DDC 3.1 (or DDC-1 if you can find it) as it's the more silent of the two pumps. The only pump I've owned that's more silent than that is the d-tek db-1. However, the DDC outperforms that thing by a significant margin.

Other than that, your list looks good. Just buy 1 bottle of Pentosin and 1 bottle of PT nuke. You won't need 4x of each.

I'll take your word on the fans, I've yet to use any Yates, But I've had my fair share of Scythe fans. I loved em, So these Yates better be good!

About the GPU block... Yeah, I figured that. I may end up getting an 8800GTX soon, Just to hold me off for awhile (Get DX10, start saving up for new CPU/Mobo/Mem).

For the Pump- I'm going to try and get some more input on whether the 18w version is really necessary, I know there are plenty of DDC Gurus around here that would know.

And the Pentoisn $ PTNuke; Yes, It's allot. I'm only buying a ton so I never have to worry about it If I bleed my system, add a new block, Etc. It's only $23 more to get what is likely a lifetime's supply of additives (For this loop at least).

For the GPU : MWC60 w/ SMC8800 Cooling Kit (40$, and they come with 13 MC14 Ramsinks and 4 MC21 Ramsinks).

Rad and Pump look fine. Id trust a D5 over a DDC, specially the newer DDC3.2's.

You could also go with Masterkleer tubing, if you exceeding budget, they ain't half bad, and for 30$ you could get 50 feet of Masterkleer. Lol.

Everything else looks fine!

Get Hoseclamps btw!.

I like the SMC8800 Kit, Mainly because It could be easily passed along to a 8800 series, Which is what I'll likely be getting later. Unless the 8900xx Series kicks some serious tail and doesnt cost too much more... Meh.

I've only used D5's until now, And the failure rate of the DDC's isnt that bad- I ought to be more concerned about an earthquake, Given my location . So I'll be sticking with the DDC; And if it fails, Duck and Cover!

Yeah, I dont know about the tubing. I've always used either Tygon, Or whatever generic stuff it is they sell at Orchard Supply. Again, Since I'm investing a large sum of money into this, I don't mind the extra $25. Either way, I'll have to remove that annoying lettering.

Everything looks great! Post lots of pics and hope your pump doesn't die!

I sure hope it doesn't!


Thanks guys, I should order it soon... Maybe tonight, Maybe tomorrow, Hopefully I'll pick it all up tomorrow.

I'll have to wait a week to start working on it, Gonna be a 50 Hour work week next week; So when I am free, I wont feel like working on my computer... . Now I just need to get a new job so I can make enough for a new Mobo/CPU/Mem...

If anyone has any other suggestions, Please let me know!