I just got myself the Thermaltake Big Water SE.
Lol I'm using my old rig to post this message as my new system is still open on the table.
All right it took me about 1 hour and I did the following:
1) Took out my psu, mobo and stock hsf.
2) installed the water block.
3) re-installed the mobo and psu.
3) installed the water tank.
4) installed the pump at the rear bottom of my case using the velcro supplied with the kit. I must say I wasn't impressed with that velcro as the pump is not very well fixed in place. It easily moves sideways (left and right).
5) installed the radiator on my case on the outside.
Now comes the part of cutting the tubes and deciding how I will engineer my own setup (mainly talking about the loop here).
I decided not to follow the loop suggested in the manual because it doesn't seem to be the smartest thing to do.
You see, the manual suggests the following: pump -> cpu block -> radiator -> tank
I decided to go this way: pump -> radiator -> cpu block -> tank
Mainly because I want the cpu block to get the freshly cooled liquid immediately from the reservoir (thx nytevizion for pointing that out).
Now the questions:
1) If my radiator is set outside the case (attached to it but outside)... should its fan be blowing inward or outward ? Logically it should be blowing outward otherwise it will disrupt the air flow within the case (which is supposed to be blowing from front intake to rear exhaust).
But if I set the radiator fan to blow outward won't that mean it will be taking hot air from the case itself ?
2) How about setting the radiator on a table by itself and putting my original rear 12cm fan (which I had to remove to put the radiator) back on the case ?
I only hope I will have enough tube length to set the radiator on a table by itself.
3) How should I go about testing the system once everything is in place and I am done filling the reservoir with coolant ? Should I keep the side panel open and power the system on to check for leaks then add coolant as its level goes down when it replaces air in the loop ?
Lol I'm using my old rig to post this message as my new system is still open on the table.
All right it took me about 1 hour and I did the following:
1) Took out my psu, mobo and stock hsf.
2) installed the water block.
3) re-installed the mobo and psu.
3) installed the water tank.
4) installed the pump at the rear bottom of my case using the velcro supplied with the kit. I must say I wasn't impressed with that velcro as the pump is not very well fixed in place. It easily moves sideways (left and right).
5) installed the radiator on my case on the outside.
Now comes the part of cutting the tubes and deciding how I will engineer my own setup (mainly talking about the loop here).
I decided not to follow the loop suggested in the manual because it doesn't seem to be the smartest thing to do.
You see, the manual suggests the following: pump -> cpu block -> radiator -> tank
I decided to go this way: pump -> radiator -> cpu block -> tank
Mainly because I want the cpu block to get the freshly cooled liquid immediately from the reservoir (thx nytevizion for pointing that out).
Now the questions:
1) If my radiator is set outside the case (attached to it but outside)... should its fan be blowing inward or outward ? Logically it should be blowing outward otherwise it will disrupt the air flow within the case (which is supposed to be blowing from front intake to rear exhaust).
But if I set the radiator fan to blow outward won't that mean it will be taking hot air from the case itself ?
2) How about setting the radiator on a table by itself and putting my original rear 12cm fan (which I had to remove to put the radiator) back on the case ?
I only hope I will have enough tube length to set the radiator on a table by itself.
3) How should I go about testing the system once everything is in place and I am done filling the reservoir with coolant ? Should I keep the side panel open and power the system on to check for leaks then add coolant as its level goes down when it replaces air in the loop ?