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unleaded91 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by jimibgood

This is a good build but get heatkiller 3.0. It is close to my build and my system does not break a sweat at 1.6V. I run 48 degrees under full load 34 at idle with the Phenom II 955 and also with the 965. I own both CPU's.

Yup.

If the OP want to spend more money, he definitely get better temps with the HeatKiller 3.0 or the Apogee XT.

khaotic · 3 Weeks Ago

Wow ty every one for youyr replys was shocked when i came on to all the replys also rep for you paradigm ty

Ok disapointed that the big water is so *** but hands up i had not done no where near enough research into what i might need and what was involed, but lesson learned the hard way espec if i dont manage to sell on the bigwater, as from all the replys a custom setup is the best way to go for results and i see that now ty everyone lol, just got to work out where i am going now.

I think i will aim to have this as my last upgrade in a while, as i have already done a few upgrades from the orginal build

So does any one have a good supplier of watercooling parts that ships to the uk, will look at the site mentioned earlier, i am willing to pay a little extra if the performance is worth it, so will def look at the heat killer, all the other parts look ok, think i got a good idea of what i need now, but sorry guys i do have a couple more questions, first one is, well i am setting this up, shall i sort my gtx 275 and include that into this, as i dont want to have to keep tinkering, second question is well i am looking at get the new water cooling setup would it be worth my while to look at a new power supply as well. I say this because from research its not the best one and when i am in the bios looking at voltages there is about 4 that appear to fluctate a lot, i have at the moment a iCute 1000W M from maplins, just asking will this help me get a more stable overclock and in turn help me get more out of my 965, ty very much again every one for all your info and advice

Paradigm Shifter · 3 Weeks Ago

There are lots of watercooling shops in the UK...

http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/
http://www.chilledpc.co.uk/shop/
http://www.watercoolingshop.co.uk/
http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/

http://www.scan.co.uk/

I tend to buy 98% of my computer kit from Scan, and they do sell WC gear, but often they don't have the best of the best WC kit. For what they miss, I used WatercoolingUK. I'm sure other UK watercoolers have their own favoured places to shop.

I'd think about getting a different PSU from that iCute... I can't stand them, I have no idea where they get their W ratings from (some dreamworld, IMO) but they're nowhere near as good as they make out.

You can watercool that GTX275, but it's makes the loop more complex and you need to faff around taking the stock heatsink/fan off and mounting a waterblock yourself. It's not particularly dangerous, it's just that if the card's fan didn't annoy me, I'd be lazy.

Best of luck!

unleaded91 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by khaotic

Wow ty every one for youyr replys was shocked when i came on to all the replys also rep for you paradigm ty

Ok disapointed that the big water is so *** but hands up i had not done no where near enough research into what i might need and what was involed, but lesson learned the hard way espec if i dont manage to sell on the bigwater, as from all the replys a custom setup is the best way to go for results and i see that now ty everyone lol, just got to work out where i am going now.

I think i will aim to have this as my last upgrade in a while, as i have already done a few upgrades from the orginal build

So does any one have a good supplier of watercooling parts that ships to the uk, will look at the site mentioned earlier, i am willing to pay a little extra if the performance is worth it, so will def look at the heat killer, all the other parts look ok, think i got a good idea of what i need now, but sorry guys i do have a couple more questions, first one is, well i am setting this up, shall i sort my gtx 275 and include that into this, as i dont want to have to keep tinkering, second question is well i am looking at get the new water cooling setup would it be worth my while to look at a new power supply as well. I say this because from research its not the best one and when i am in the bios looking at voltages there is about 4 that appear to fluctate a lot, i have at the moment a iCute 1000W M from maplins, just asking will this help me get a more stable overclock and in turn help me get more out of my 965, ty very much again every one for all your info and advice

I think if you have the money, you should just water cool everything once and for all.
I have never heard anything about your power supply so I cant really say anything. Although, the power supply should be able to keep up with all your components especially when you're overclocking. Since you already think that your PSU wont be up to the task, you shoul just replace it. I think with your set up, you could get away with an efficient 750w power supply.

Iam not very familiar with any UK watercooling stores but here are some lists of stores in UK:
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...ling-gear.html

khaotic · 3 Weeks Ago

wow thanks again for such quick replys, yes para i know this one is ok but from what i have read and heard i think i will just go ahaead and get a new one as i am at a wall overclocking and cant get above 3.6 with out it getting unstable , just hope that the psu is the last thing for a while as this seems a never ending road lol.

Cheers for the list of uk suppliers, so far got every thing from local shops but it can be very limted and to get the wc setup to a lower price i will use the net plus i know i need better parts, also if i had the gtx in the loop after the cpu would that be ok, also is there a good gain from wc'ing the gpu, last Q's lol but for what i am running at the mo is a 3dmark 06 score of 17317 ok ty again and will get to work

unleaded91 · 3 Weeks Ago

You could put the rad after the CPU to,but before the CPU would be best.

My only reason for water cooling my GPU was the fan noise and heat output.=)

khaotic · 3 Weeks Ago

Right ok, and yes it would be nice for the 275 to be a bit quieter lol. Also is there any rad that would fit my case exactly and well i remember with this case lay out the power supply is at the bottom,i only ask becuase where the topof the case is when i take it off there is almost a shelf with various holes, was wandering if this was built this way for watercooling, just curious ty

Paradigm Shifter · 3 Weeks Ago

From your sig you've got the Coolermaster 690? That has room for two 120mm fans in the top, doesn't it? Well you could fit a dual radiator there, but I'd be a bit cautious about cooling a GTX275 and a Phenom II from a one dual rad.

As much as I hate to say it (because I prefer to support my local shops when I can as well) you'll likely get much better prices online. Where I used to live had quite a good local PC shop, but their prices were anything from 10-80% more expensive for different things. Tried ordering a case through 'em, they wanted £250 for a case I could get online for £150...

unleaded91 · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter

From your sig you've got the Coolermaster 690? That has room for two 120mm fans in the top, doesn't it? Well you could fit a dual radiator there, but I'd be a bit cautious about cooling a GTX275 and a Phenom II from a one dual rad.

As much as I hate to say it (because I prefer to support my local shops when I can as well) you'll likely get much better prices online. Where I used to live had quite a good local PC shop, but their prices were anything from 10-80% more expensive for different things. Tried ordering a case through 'em, they wanted £250 for a case I could get online for £150...

He is right about the dual 120mm rad for the 965 and the GTX 275. It wont be enough to cool both with just a dual rad. if you want to include the GPU, I suggest that you use a triple 120mm rad.

chuckOCN · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by khaotic

Hi only my second post, so still fairly new to all of this. I basically was really inpatient and didnt do much research and thought it would be easy to build a new rig ha i was very wrong, any ways a month later and a lot of headaches and reading, i am finally getting some where, and now have i think a good solid setup (opinions welcome

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I got watercooling wrongly thinking that it was an easy solition for cooling and would make oc'ing easier temp wise. Well further research and the setup i got is not the best and also the temps that i am recording if right, are still quite high at the mo with one folding program running it is about 55oC.

So i am looking to get a new cpu water block in the hope to get slighlty lower temps i am also open to any other suggestios you guys might have, so far i have only been able to get up to about 3.7Ghz on my 965 and that is not totally stable, i have tried everything in the bios i can think of and have read everything i can find from google and this forum, so i can only think it is either temp related thats holding me back or it is my power supply as when in am in my bios looking at the voltages there are a few that seem to fluctate a quite a bit, or it could be both, so plz plz any help would be great as i was really hoping for good oc'ing out of this setup ty again for reading and and replys

My watercooling setup is the thermaltake bigwater 760is and my power supply is the 1000w icute from maplin yes i know i should have done more research lol but i am learning very quickly.

I started with a Big Water as well and gradually replaced every part 1 at a time. I started with a CPU block-find one that has 3/8" barbs included(compatible with the Big Water) and 1/2" barbs included(you will probably upgrade to 1/2" later....) I am a Swiftech fan, but there a lot of reputable W/C hardware companies(Liang, Heatkiller, etc).
Make a diagram of your circuit before you buy-saves time & $$$.
Good luck-Chuck

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