I just did it :|

[sandeepb]

*UPDATE*
For Pictures of the complete build go to:
http://www.photobucket.com/sandeepb

I bought the parts for my cooling upgrade, I just feel like I lost a lot of money there

[Mizzou]

Nice, sorry to hear about your recent misadventure

[sandeepb]

Thanks,

Well things happen, just have to hope for the best now

[Mizzou]

Will be interested to see how your cooling upgrade goes, one of these days I'm going to have to bite the bullet and make the move to water cooling.

[Nagoshi]

lmfao, you actually lost some money there.

- The kit already comes with a water additive. Unless you want something else other than the included green, just use distillated water and put the included HydrX.
- For the thermal paste remover. I use towels and isopropyl alcohol, between 70 and 99%. Never had a single problem.
- You can get the AM2 hold-on plate for free when buying the Apex kit by calling/e-mailing their tech support. Seriously, it's written on their site on the page for the kit (or in the .pdf manual). Just send an electronic version of your receipt/invoice and your address and wait ^^'

Other than that... nice buy, you won't be deceived by the kit

[sandeepb]

Originally Posted by Nagoshi

lmfao, you actually lost some money there.

- The kit already comes with a water additive. Unless you want something else other than the included green, just use distillated water and put the included HydrX.
- For the thermal paste remover. I use towels and isopropyl alcohol, between 70 and 99%. Never had a single problem.
- You can get the AM2 hold-on plate for free when buying the Apex kit by calling/e-mailing their tech support. Seriously, it's written on their site on the page for the kit (or in the .pdf manual). Just send an electronic version of your receipt/invoice and your address and wait ^^'

Other than that... nice buy, you won't be deceived by the kit

1. I wanted clear water so it's that much less hassle to clean out since I heard you get bits of coloured liquid.

2. I wanted to make sure everything was perfect so I bought the Cleaner

3. I'll need to email the support and get them to ship it from the US and I don't really have that patience to wait on 2 weeks for a piece of metal and screws so i thought I might aswell.

Additional Comment:

I also bought this fan to mount on top of the memory coolers.

http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/...cat=882&page=1

I know I b**ched about silenx before but then I realised my fan started working a bit later on and is still working great so I'm getting one because it will keep to the silver theme of the memory modules , Imagine how cool the memory will be after this, maybe I can push 2.4v on it.

[danthompsett]

I would second the cleaner its a waste of money, alcohol is fine to clean with.

The Suvchu vessel has been defeated by the Honourable Ares and is calling on reinforcements to join the battle http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...54#post3409354

[Nagoshi]

Originally Posted by sandeepb

1. I wanted clear water so it's that much less hassle to clean out since I heard you get bits of coloured liquid.

2. I wanted to make sure everything was perfect so I bought the Cleaner

3. I'll need to email the support and get them to ship it from the US and I don't really have that patience to wait on 2 weeks for a piece of metal and screws so i thought I might aswell.

3. They have an RMA "station" located somewhere in Europe. Download the PDF manual for the Apex Ultima kit, it should be mentioned somewhere. Ill check thru my stuff and give you the e-mail if I can find it tho.

[sandeepb]

Originally Posted by danthompsett

I would second the cleaner its a waste of money, alcohol is fine to clean with.

The Suvchu vessel has been defeated by the Honourable Ares and is calling on reinforcements to join the battle http://forums.extremeoverclocking.co...54#post3409354

Then again I can't find no rubbing alcohol around my house so I thought I'll buy some anyway for future use.

Originally Posted by Nagoshi

3. They have an RMA "station" located somewhere in Europe. Download the PDF manual for the Apex Ultima kit, it should be mentioned somewhere. Ill check thru my stuff and give you the e-mail if I can find it tho.

It doesn't really matter £5, I have that lying around in my house somewhere never used.

[Nagoshi]

Its written right here:

Europe: Please email rma@bacata.net within 90 days of your date of purchade (proof of purchase required)

(That is concerining a Warning! note for the Hold-on plate for Intel s771 and AMD 754, 939, F and AM2)

[sandeepb]

Nagoshi, how much coolant did your setup need, I bought 1.5l of the Feser stuff, just wanted to check if that was enough.

[Nagoshi]

Not sure. I used the included HdrX bottle + this much in the bottle. I would say around 1L... depending on the lenght of the tubing. one thing is sure, you shouldn't need all of it. (The bottle had 4L of water in there, and it was brand new)

[sandeepb]

O that's fine then, I got 1.5l if I do need it anyway.

Hopefully next week I'll get it done.

[Nagoshi]

Nice Be sure to take plenty of pics... and tighten those barbs! (my res leaked over time LOL)

Did you e-mail Swiftech's RMA support? Maybe you will be able to get a refund from them since you bought the backplate that was supposed to be free.

[sandeepb]

I've e-mailed them, just have to wait and see what happens, I have cancelled the,

- Mounting Kit (To get free)
- Coils (None in stock)
- Coolant (None in stock)

[Orac]

you can make some coolant with distlled water and anti freeze, come out a little blue but pretty clear. the antifreeze acts as a corrosion inhibitor

[sandeepb]

O and BTW Nagoshi, is the tubing 5/8 OD?

[Orac]

http://www.swiftnets.com/products/H2...PEX-ULTIMA.asp

it would apear that yes OD is 5/8"

[sandeepb]

O ok then, just checking before I buy the 5/8 OD Coils.
btw Orac YGPM, but I'll share it here.

Can anyone explain the steps on what to do before setting up? Like the rad etc, what needs to be done?

[Orac]

you have to

to start you wanna give the stuff a good clean through with some fresh water (distilled would be best), specialy the rad as it can have flux and all sorts still left in it. then you gonna want to let your CPU cool before you clean it - it makes things easier.

then its pretty much a case of making sure you know where everything goes and that it all fits where you want it. some people like to do a leak test before they instal but thats down to you and how much spare tubing you have.

personally i like to get everything but the tubing in place - keep the rad loose for the time being. this make it easier to get the length of tube you need to got between easier to find. i urge you to check and make sure everything is tight but so tight it damages things, the barbs and the hose clamps. once your happy tighten the rad fuill up the res and hit the power button.

you gonna need to keep fill the res to start of with so make sure its some easy to get to, and make sure you not gonna spill fluid on your system. all thats left to do i keep an eye on it and make sur your not getting nasties in the res and you should be