LC'ing 470s

The hydro copper, is not a full coverage block, so not worth it.

hm, you know, actually. isn't that jingway 1200 pretty close to this Danger Den pump?

Parts list as of now...$550 about. any way I can possibly shrink the price without killing functionality...?

:: EDITED LIST ::

GPU Blocks - EK-FC470 GTX (Nickel-Acetal) (2x, $220)

Radiator - Swiftech MCR320 w/Res ($76)

Rad Fans - Scythe Gentle Typhoons 1150 RPM (3x, $43)

Pump - Danger Den DD-CPX Pro (Jingway 1200 look-alike?) ($57)

SLI Fittings - Bitspower Crystal Link (2 pairs, $30)

Compression Fittings - Enyotech Compression (2x, $14), Koolance 45 Degree compression (2x, $22), Bitspower 90 Degree Compression (2x, $34). ((Total - $70)

Tube - Feser Active UV Blue Hose, 1/2ID 3/4OD (~8 feet needed, buying 9 feet) ($27)

Coolant - Distilled water, will get later

Additives - Silver KillCoil ($7)

Misc. - Kwikcut Advance Tube Cutter ($15)

Misc. - UV Cathode Pair ($10)

Total - $555

oh, one more thing. you think it'd be worth waiting to see how much the cards from POV/TGT would cost? they're supposedly working on one helluva 470/480 water cooled series, with some sort of new cooling block, read here


Edited by ablahblah - 25 Aug 2010 at 11:29pm

eh, the feser fluid's supposed to be distilled water, not really non-conductive premix coolant, isn't it? I really don't know where would be the easiest place to pick up some distilled water myself, so I thought it might be an easier option.

for the blocker, what the heck is it even supposed to be protecting from corrosion?

not planning on including CPU in the loop actually, I'll keep it on air like the case was designed to do. it's already hitting a nice 3.724 mark with a solo fan, I wanna see how far I can get on double fans. by the way, for CPU overclocking, i7 specifically, it's really just a matter of finding a perfect combination through voltage tweaking, BCLK tweaking, and stress testing, or is it more than that?


Edited by ablahblah - 25 Aug 2010 at 11:08pm

well, that slashes $16 off. $550 now!

what about the rest of the loop...? anything else you think I can possibly get a better price point on...

also, the loop I was planning on would go like this...
1. external radiator/res (standard compression fitting) thru passthrough, to compression fitting on danger den pump inlet.
2. pump outlet (90 degree compression fitting, aimed slightly up) (fitting makes it so the pump inlet/outlet ports face the same direction) to gpu block (45 degree compression aiming down to pump)
3. GPU blocks exchange fluid through SLI connectors.
4. GPU Outlet through other end of first block (45 degree compression fitting aimed the same way as the other), GPU outlet tube wraps around GPU inlet tube , turns back toward passthroughs. (i'd wrap it around the first tube to prevent the tube from free-floating, and otherwise possibly coming in contact with any PCB or cooler on the way back)
5. Tube passes through rubber passthrough, twists to radiator inlet (90 degree compression on radiator)

oh, and wait, that means I only need...2 standard compression, 2 90 degrees, and 2 45 degrees...
$536 now.

:: EDIT :: completely miscalculated! $555 now

my original goal was $400. lol.


Edited by ablahblah - 25 Aug 2010 at 11:30pm

i haven't actually BOUGHT anything yet, besides the CPU cooler because that was somewhat urgent. if you've watching my posts, i've been posting about potential upgrades for maybe 3~4 months now. basically, was just premeditating what was possibly good for the money, and I'm getting around the point where I'm gonna start actually getting some of this stuff. I do a serious shedload of research on what i possibly buy before i really do anything, lol.

LC is already a last-resort option for me, I really don't WANT to do it, since it's gonna wreak hell against my original planned budget area. again, though, premeditating average costs of most options i have first. I'll be starting out with just a $18 swap for the high-flow bracket from EVGA, see how that does. should be interesting with the fans encountering significantly lower difficulty making air exit from the 90 degree rotation and an air penetrator feeding the fans.

i've been trying to tune this thing back to a well-balanced machine, compared to that badly balanced comp that I originally started out with. the only thing i've done so far is swap fans, and the cpu cooler. the things i already had in the firing line was a seriously needed GPU upgrade, another final fan swap to actually make the airflow in a RV01 effective, since it actually isn't REALLY effective right now as it should be, and a sound card since I'm actually going to be using this thing in a H.T. setup instead of a desk setup. H.T. was because I was moving to a new place. I lost all the furniture, monitor, nice things I had at home, for reasons I really don't wanna discuss openly. So, I have to get new stuff. Figured if I was already getting a fresh basement, might as well turn it into a H.T., and I'm replacing this laptop soon anyways, why not dedicate the rig to H.T. and use the laptop for desk and on the go. makes sense to me, if it really seems like a "waste" to you, feel free to tell me why.


Edited by ablahblah - 26 Aug 2010 at 5:09pm