Chipset + Ram Water Loop - Need Suggestions

[Rogueblowtorch]

Eh guys,

I'm setting up a water cooling loop for the chipset and ram on a DFI Expert board and thinking of using the following (don't worry, cpu and vid are on phase):

DD DFI Expert Chipset Block
Single heatercore w/ 120mm delta
Some single drive bay reservoir
2 x Koolance RAM-30-V06 Ram Blocks.
Swiftech MCP655 Pump

I need someone with experience to advise me on the most efficient way to construct the loop. The Ram water blocks use 1/4'' ID barbs while the pump and chipset block are 1/2''. Splitting the 1/2'' into 2 x 1/4'' for the ram blocks and then rejoining it seems most resonable, but will obviously obstruct flow rates. Could I get some of your ideas?

The res will sit in the topmost bay, the rad in the top left corner (from a side view looking through the case window on the left). Pump can be mounted anywhere. Thanks for reading and please post any comments or suggestions you might have, especially those regarding more logical components to use. Lastly, if anyone has any experience with these koolance ram blocks... I'd love to hear from you (http://www.koolance.com/shop/product...roducts_id=251)

[Lurid]

Why would you bother? I mean your not going to get any better results out of water cooling the chipset and RAM....

[Rogueblowtorch]

BH5 Ram at 3.7v+ and the Expert chipset at 1.8-1.9v both put out ALOT of heat. The case is quite congested with evaporators and wiring... fans don't alleviate the hot air buildup. I'm quite certain that temperatures WILL drop considerably. Saying that this wouldn't yield better results is incorrect.


Also... I like pretty green Hydrx

[MU71L4710N]

ummmm wut about


putting the pump on the bottom of ur case with a Y splitter right at the start of the loop. then have a hose going to your chipset block, then it feeds into the reservoir (get a reservoir like this)

http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-res-09.html


then on the second side of that Y splitter you have a length of hose up to your ram and you will have to find another Y splitter that convers from 1/2" on one side to 2x 1/4" on the other, then hook it up to ram, then on other side they exit thro another similar ysplitter, then a 1/2" hose to the second hole on the same side of the reservoir then the other side you plug one hole and just have a single hose going to your radiator then back to your pump.

make sence...or shall i bust out ms paint and do another devinci? :-D

[Rogueblowtorch]

Originally Posted by MU71L4710N

ummmm wut about


putting the pump on the bottom of ur case with a Y splitter right at the start of the loop. then have a hose going to your chipset block, then it feeds into the reservoir (get a reservoir like this)

http://www.frozencpu.com/ex-res-09.html


then on the second side of that Y splitter you have a length of hose up to your ram and you will have to find another Y splitter that convers from 1/2" on one side to 2x 1/4" on the other, then hook it up to ram, then on other side they exit thro another similar ysplitter, then a 1/2" hose to the second hole on the same side of the reservoir then the other side you plug one hole and just have a single hose going to your radiator then back to your pump.

make sence...or shall i bust out ms paint and do another devinci? :-D

What is the Y splitter at the beginning doing? Bust out the da Vinci if you don't mind!

[Vlade2]

i think you might have a possiblity of a premature failure running 1/4" lines with the mcp655...its gonna put a hard load on it trying to pump through those...i'l look at much less powerful pump especially if its just for the chipset and ram....something designed for 1/4" would prolly be better for it.....either way the mcp655 is in a totally bad arena with those blocks.

[MU71L4710N]

aight this is the next mona lisa....BEHOLD!

the blue things are y adapters (i dont even think youll be able to find a 1/2" single end with dual 1/4" ends on the other side. you will probably have to just use a small length of hose and buy an adapter which converts to 1/4")


adapter is something like tihs
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/produc...&cat=26&page=1

heres my mona lisa:





edit: and with tihs setup the pump shouldnt have too hard of a time, sure theres 1/4" hose but it is pumping thro 2 different lines (i think, i donno for sure). if anything he could get a d-5 which is same price and just adjust the speed on it.

[Rogueblowtorch]

Originally Posted by Vlade2

i think you might have a possiblity of a premature failure running 1/4" lines with the mcp655...its gonna put a hard load on it trying to pump through those...i'l look at much less powerful pump especially if its just for the chipset and ram....something designed for 1/4" would prolly be better for it.....either way the mcp655 is in a totally bad arena with those blocks.

Interesting point... do you think I would be better off using two mcp350s or similar smaller pumps that combine to enter the radiator? This would be admittedly weird but I'm opposed to having a weak flowrate, these components put out much more heat then the average chipset and ram. I might be creating my own da Vinci shortly.

MU71L4710N: Looks feasible, but it feels like my flow rates would be slowed to a trickle.

Essentially I want the fastest currents I can possibly attain with 1/4'' tubing in the loop.

Thanks for the help guys, keep it comming!

[andrewmp6]

i was thinking of doing kinda the same thing let me know how it works out i did find a ram wc but it was plastic single sided 1/2 tubing but look cheaply made

[DeepFriedCPU]

get a 1/4 to 1/2 converter..
http://www.koolance.com/shop/product...roducts_id=109
and 2 y splits

[andrewmp6]

i found this http://www.svc.com/akfl-rc-blk-45.html wonder how well it works

[Rogueblowtorch]

Originally Posted by DeepFriedCPU

get a 1/4 to 1/2 converter..
http://www.koolance.com/shop/product...roducts_id=109
and 2 y splits

How exactly would this help with flow rates? Wouldn't splitting a 1/2'' into two 1/2''s and then downscaling both to 1/4 just make things worse? I'm starting to have my doubts about these ram blocks.

Originally Posted by andrewmp6

i found this http://www.svc.com/akfl-rc-blk-45.html wonder how well it works

Looking closing at the pictures provided, wouldn't you need one of these for each side of the ram stick, thus making it a pain to fit in enough to cool two sticks.

[andrewmp6]

yeah thats what i thought and it looked cheaply made too and you gotta glue it on i wish the koolance one was a 1/2 inch not a 1/4

[Stallion]

I like the idea of splitting the 1/2" line into 2 - 1/4" intake and exiting from 2 - 1/4" exhaust fittings back to the 1/2" line. You wont put too much pressure on the loop if any at all that way.

EDIT: Well I realized I was thinking of TWO of the koolance blocks, and you're prob not running 2gb of that BH-5. What about the 1/2-1/4 conversion fittings and the pump on speed 1?

[MU71L4710N]

3 month old thread

[Stallion]

Originally Posted by MU71L4710N

3 month old thread

fuuuuuuuuuck.

I need to stop clicking those similar thread links at the bottom of each thread. Sometimes this happens.

[PhoenixDance]

i know its an old thread but why not use an Hydor L20 or L30 as they are made for waterchill kits and are used with 1/4 all the time... o.o

[MU71L4710N]

because he wants to cool his cpu also...and that would be skat...