AndrewH

Black Ice® GT Stealth 240 Xflow Radiator

Watercool HEATKILLER® CPU Rev3.0 1366 LT CPU Water Block w/ 1366 backplate

XSPC "Dual Bay-Res" Pump/Reservoir Combo

PrimoFlex Pro LRT UV White Tubing -3/8in. ID X 1/2in. OD (8 feet)

Primochill Reusable Hose Clamp [16mm, 1/2" OD] - Black (6)



This is the setup that I ordered, it should be here Saturday, I ordered it all from PerformancePCs, good people down there! I figured that since the Heatkiller 3.0 is a high flow block, that I should get a high flow radiator as well, so everything should be flowing rather smoothly through this small loops of mine.

I've got another 120.1 radiator on the back burner as well as a full cover waterblock for my GTX 285 that I'm going to pick up later this week.


So I figure the loop will be like this:

Pump/Res -> Radiator -> CPU > Pump/Res

And once I add in single GPU cooling it will look like this:

Pump/Res -> 240 Radiator > CPU > 120 Radiator > GPU > Pump/Res


Look pretty decent? I'll be posting another thread when it gets here for installation and benchmarking!

Thanks again Overclock.net!

Andrew

EDIT: All of the stuff has 3/8 barbs on it, I didn't order them separately I just added them in the options.

[VoDkA]

I would go with 1/2" if you are just cooling your CPU, for better water flow and what not.
The heatkiller 3.0 is awesome

AndrewH

I was going to go with 1/2" but I looked up some comparisons and the temp. difference between 1/2 and 3/8 is in fractions of degrees C, also I plan to add GPU cooling and another radiator relatively soon, would that change your opinion on 1/2?

[VoDkA]

Ahh yes, with my old WC setup I personally chose 3/8" tubing since I was cooling my chipsets and GPU as well, plus it's not as chunky and looks nicer.
That is a good setup you have their man, I don't see anything wrong with it; I would probably go with a swiftech mcp655 and a swiftech micro res, but if your on a budget don't bother. Good luck with the build!

AndrewH

Hey thanks a lot! +rep

My reason for going with the Res/Pump combo is that I already have enough wire management problems in my Silverstone TJ09 and keeping the pump and the res together combines the components, so my only options were the XSPC and the Koolance Pump/Res and I didn't hear very many great things about the Koolance so I went with the XSPC.

XiDillon

Dont forget the backplate to mount the block***

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DennisC

Why not get a DDC pump with a res top?

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havox

I'd say go with a DDC 3.2 aka:355 with xspc top res. Also don't forget the backplate for heatkiller that is extra and I'd go with a different rad if you can afford it. FOr low speed fans a XSPC RX240 or higher speeed cfm fans get a Black Ice GTX 240. Your best bet would be 1/2in id 3/4od fittings with 7/16 tubing to create a good seal

AndrewH

Thanks for everyone's responses, the MONEY is NOT the problem, the space is, in order for me to accommodate a 240mm radiator without having to mod my case, it has to be 1 of 5 radiators and this seems to be the best one, so changing that is unfortunately not an option, also as for having a separate pump and res, isn't going to happen, I don't have the room for it, so it's not possible.

I was actually just looking at the XSPC res that has the pump mount in it, still checking on it.

Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for reminding me about the backplate, though I've already added it, it's part of the options for checking out!

havox

Go with the xspc res top for a 355. It actually makes it faster then a 655. You could also externally mount it if you don't Have enough room