Quote Originally Posted by slim142 View Post
The thing is that I want to use the Fusion waterblock that comes with the motherboard. I dont want to spend more money on separate block cause that means mosfet coolers and SB heatsink and I dont want to spend money on (like you said) stuff that doesnt need more than air cooling.That 3/8 is only for the NB thats it, dont know how big the impact will be but I expect it not to be huge. Many people use stock Fusion block.
Slim
I ran a 3/8" loop before I recently changed everything round and the difference between this and 1/2" is not significant. I actually use 7/16" Masterkleer on my current loop, to get a tight fit on the 1/2" barbs. Don't compromise the setup with Y fittings, stick to your guns! You are using a great pump, and you will get good flow, just don't use any more tubing than you have to in your loop. I am really looking forward to hearing what temps you get. The problem as I experienced it when I watercooled the Fusion block is that is does not work very well on the SB. Even with the Antec I don't think that the SB heatsink is a very effective one, and I am concerned that you will still get quite high temps as I did. Use a better SB cooler like one of these:
http://www.enzotechnology.com/slf_1.htm
http://www.evercool.com.tw/products/vc_re.htm
Then cool the NB with a proper block and put heatsinks on the mosfets.
Whatever you decide to do, I think it will be a lot better than air cooling!!
Also as far as I am concerned this is a S2E thread, and I don't believe that talking about watercooling specifically this board is off topic.
Good luck!!