First watercooling project

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I have the classified(limited edition) all you need to do is take the n/b, s/b off and put OCZ freeze on. That is what I did to drop my temps. Also you can put a small fan right onto the n/b if you wanted to

thread
http://www.overclock.net/air-cooling...b-fan-mod.html

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I was thinking about getting a 360 rad or even the HW Labs Black Ice GT Xtreme 420 http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/hwlablicegtx4.html, but I would have to do some mods to the case i am currently using to mount it up top. While i dont have a problem with modding the case, I fear that that the third fan area of the radiator towards the front of the case would not have enough airflow (especially exhaust) to make much of a diferance. Hence, I decided to go with a 280 up top and a 120 in rear which is more area than a 360 anyways. The case is factory designed to accept 2x140mm fans on top and has louvered exhaust vents that (while somewhat restricting) should work.

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no room for the small fan on the northbridge heat sinnk with my sound card there.

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I have a sound card to. Just put OCZ Freeze on your n/b like I said b4 and you should be fine

"There is no reason to W/C the chipset either"

Hot looks and lower temps are reasons no? hopefully it will also satisfy my need of tinkering for a while

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Couple things:

1. I believe juggalo is saying not to WC the chipset because the NB is not really doing all that much with the integrated memory controller in an i7. It's just not creating the same amount of heat as a 775 system. Replace the thermal compound on the chip with one of the quality compounds and reseat the heatsink, you should be fine for non extreme overclocking.

2. Non-conductive fluids are a complete scam. Any non conductive additive will lose that property over time resulting in the same situation as just using regular distilled. Don't spend the money, you're just wasting it.

3. Distilled water is still conductive, though at a much lower level than tap water. There's less ionization in steam distilled water but it's still there, and thus still partially conductive.

4. Dawn is used to decrease the surface tension of liquid in the loop allowing for easier bleeding of the system, and elimination of micro bubbles trapped inside. There's a thread on it pretty recently in this section, you can see some of the additives people use for their best performance.

5. No, a car won't run cooler with antifreeze. The antifreeze actually has a lower specific heat capacity than pure water, and thus results in higher temps in an automotive system. The reason for antifreeze is higher boil off protection, and of course the lower freezing point provided by the mix. Yes you can mix it for freezing protection, however that's not really necessary.

6. Use pure distilled water only. Pick your choice of anti microbial solutions (silver or ptnuke) and stick with it. Avoid dyes, and check for any growth in the loop monthly.

Hope that helps.

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Hello
I would strongly advise you to listen to my advice.

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heh- never was very good at spelling
*fixed spelling in first post

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I'm not sure of the actual surface area of silver needed to keep a loop clean. I use 4 bitspower tru-silver fittings and the longer (12in I think?) kill coil from jabtech. I've had no issues with my loop whatsoever. Are 4 bitspower fittings enough? I really don't have enough info to answer that.

Just because it's worked for me I'd recommend you find somewhere to get some more 99.9 silver in town. Try to pickup a 10g strip (to maximize surface area) and toss it in your res. Not sure who in town would have that kind of silver, but you might try calling a jeweler. Otherwise just pickup the strip from jab-tech and call it good.

Thanks for the reply iquark
I'm actually going to be using 10 of the tru-silver fittings-
4 for the rads
4 for the blocks
2 on the res

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Safety First! I would still clamp/zip tie 7/16" tubing on 1/2" barbs. Some choose not to, but I always figure it's not a big deal to have a little extra protection. You can get the color of your choice in clamps or zip ties so looks really isn't an excuse!