Got some stuff in today.....EK-DCP 4.0 and Res, EK Supreme HF, and XSPC 360

[Major]

I won't have a chance to get everything together until this weekend. Still waiting on the second pump to arrive. Before anyone can say anything, I have the pump turned that way to feed the second pump via male to male rotoary adapter and the lower barb fitting on the res is for my drain tube and plug.

I want to complement Performance PC's they shipped everything out the same day I ordered and everything was packaged very well. I've not ordered from them before so I didn't know what to expect. Good prices too! Also the EK packaging was nice and everything was accounted for.

The rest of my stuff should be here tomorrow and post back some results with one pump vs two in series.

Cute little res and pump! lol



Got my Rad and Fans ready to mount

[Major]

Oh, thanks again Waterlogged and evryone else that chimmed in and helped with data and my parts selection.

I gutted an old CDROM drive to use in my drive bay to mount the pumps on. Just using the upper cover from the drive. It my not work out like I planned since the pump is a little larger than I thought and not sure I can squeeze 2 pumps onto it. But I thought it would keep the tubes short and make for a tidy case. Do you think the pumps would be better off at the bottom of the case in front of the fans?

[mrcape]

Sweet. I have a similar tiny EK res and XSPC 420 rad and gentle typhoons (great fans). It's a great combo for my cpu at least. It was hard as hell to bleed the loop though, the rez was a little vortex. Mine had a top port and I used a length of tube to get it full to the top.

[Major]

I'm a little concerned with the res having a vortex issue but can't you put a round sponge disk in the tank to prevent it? I know some come with baffles that go in them.

[Waterlogged]

Oh, thanks again Waterlogged and evryone else that chimmed in and helped with data and my parts selection.

I gutted an old CDROM drive to use in my drive bay to mount the pumps on. Just using the upper cover from the drive. It my not work out like I planned since the pump is a little larger than I thought and not sure I can squeeze 2 pumps onto it. But I thought it would keep the tubes short and make for a tidy case. Do you think the pumps would be better off at the bottom of the case in front of the fans?

NP Major. Is there a reason for 2 barbs on the res?

Sweet. I have a similar tiny EK res and XSPC 420 rad and gentle typhoons (great fans). It's a great combo for my cpu at least. It was hard as hell to bleed the loop though, the rez was a little vortex. Mine had a top port and I used a length of tube to get it full to the top.

There's a fix for this.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...3172&lmdn=Fish

Just trim to fit the res and pop it in.

[Major]

NP Major. Is there a reason for 2 barbs on the res?



There's a fix for this.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...3172&lmdn=Fish

Just trim to fit the res and pop it in.

Thanks! that is what I saw someone use and I can get it right down the street.

The lower barb is for my drain tube and plug.

[Waterlogged]

Ah, got it.

[Zeus]

Grats on the new watercooling stuff and great to see you're back into bussines. First MrIcee and now you, who's next?

Looking forward to your new watercooling loop.

[Major]

Grats on the new watercooling stuff and great to see you're back into bussines. First MrIcee and now you, who's next?

Looking forward to your new watercooling loop.

Thanks! I'm glad to be back tweaking but my days on the bench are long gone. I'm married now so no money and no time! lol

I'm still trying to play catch up on whats new. I think Randy "MrIcee" is planning on doing some reviews again. I think he has dusted off all of his cooling stuff, rolled up his sleeves, and hopped right back in the game.

[ottoyu34]

Great stuff.

let me guess, they are going into a CM ATCS

[MUGEN02]

How are you supposed to mount the pump now when the reservoir is installed? The mounting system for this pump is horrible. Pertra's gel stuff removed most of the noise and vibration.

[Major]

How are you supposed to mount the pump now when the reservoir is installed? The mounting system for this pump is horrible. Pertra's gel stuff removed most of the noise and vibration.

I agree the mount is not the best design. Even if EK didn't include a better mount with the pump they should design one and sell it seperately.

I'm either going to use the supplied double sided adhesive pads or since I'm using 2 pumps I should be able to mount one pump normally and use the one remaining mount on the pump with the res for a triad.

If I end up putting it in the bottom of my case I doubt I mount it at all and just run a zip tie between the pump and the res through the fan holes below the pump.

[JoeBar]

Sorry for asking but why did u choose EK's pump over a mcp355...?

[Major]

Sorry for asking but why did u choose EK's pump over a mcp355...?

Price was the main consideration, I can get 2x DCP 4.0 for the price of a single D5 or DCC. I want to run 2x pumps in series for safety since this is my 24/7 rig.

Secondly, dual CPX-Pro's out perform the D5 and the DCC 3.2 even with tops.

And finally, These pumps are supposedly very quiet. Thats important to me since this computer is in my home office.

If I had the money i would have gone with dual D5's w/top probably but was on a tight budget.

[Major]

Got the rest of my supplies in today including the second pump. Here is the completed Assembly with the male to male rotary. I'm scraping the drive bay option as there just isn't enough room without turning everything sideways and using 90 deg adaptors.





I'm on my first beer, I'll post back later after I've done some case fitting, tube cutting, and leak testing. I'd say that should take 8 beers? lol

[Sadasius]

Take my advice....after 4 Canadian beers or 468 American beers stop and wait till the next day to finish it. You know when you hit that area when you actually start to wonder if beer would make an excellent coolant or not! Got the same block....Your going to love it!

[Major]

Take my advice....after 4 Canadian beers or 468 American beers stop and wait till the next day to finish it. You know when you hit that area when you actually start to wonder if beer would make an excellent coolant or not! Got the same block....Your going to love it!

Well, after the first beer I got so tied up in what I was doing I didn't drink any more.

Took me about 4 hours to do some wire managment in the case and get everything set up. But I'm finished!

[Major]

Some Pics of the completed setup. I ended up using adhesive velcro pads under the pumps.

The set up is MUCH quieter now than with the air cooling setup I was using.

I switched out the installed P3 and used the P1 jet plate in the block. It's getting late but I'm going to load up my 4.4Ghz settings and runs some Linx to see what kind of temps I'm getting now.

[Major]

This is with the same settings that I ran 24/7 with my air cooling, so no adjustments to voltages yet. I'll start over with the OC now with the water cooling.

Ran Linx and didn't realize that WCG was running as well at 100%. Temps seem a tad higher than I was expecting. With the side of my case on I averaged in the high 70's and peeked at 81. I took the side off the case and temps dropped down to low to mid 70's. Maybe I need to reverse the exhaust fan on the rear of the case to blow in?? I notice when I take the case side off that it has suction on it like a vaccum seal.

[Vapor]

Use the rad fans as intake and front and rear fans as exhaust

[Major]

Use the rad fans as intake and front and rear fans as exhaust

I thought about that too.

I'm going to try reversing the exhaust fan on the rear of the case first. I'm also going to see if installing a 5 1/4 bay fan will help. I'm going to test by removing the top 3 bay covers and putting a 120mm fan there. If that gets the temps inline then I'll look at what is available that will look good doing it.

[Major]

A quick down and dirty test to see what difference a 120mm fan in the drive bay would do.



Temps before:



Temps after:



Thats about a 7 degree improvemnt from 81 peek to 74 peek.

So I'm looking online for a bay fan device and found these to choose from, anyone got any ideas or suggestions? any experience with these?

Scythe "KAMA BAY PLUS" 120mm Fan for 5.25" $21.95 sorta looks cheap
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=26202

iStorm7 - 2 to 3 Heat Terminator Bay $29.95 has a filter but only 80mm fan
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=23545

Silverstone Aluminum 5.25 inches to 3.5 inches Bay Converter Kit with 120mm fan $45 but looks pretty nice
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=21082

COOLER MASTER STB-3T4-E3-GP 4-in-3 Device Module Hardisk Cage $30
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=23813

Evercool ARMOR Dual 5.25" Drive Bay to Triple 3.5" HDD Cooling I actually like the looks of this one
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10...tl=g34c147s238

[avddreamr]

The scythe will do the job, I have one. (same case).

Alternatively you can get the bay from the lian-li 343, and mount a fan to it.

[Major]

The scythe will do the job, I have one. (same case).

Alternatively you can get the bay from the lian-li 343, and mount a fan to it.

Thanks, I'll order the scythe.

I'm guessing you can change out the fan?

[Major]

Got the Scythe Kama bay plus in the mail today. Took the inculded fan off and mounted a 110cfm fan instead.

Droped my temps by 6c average running Linx, about the same results from my quick test.

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After: