watercooling help

[pepe123]

hey a newbie here just wondering wat side of the rad should the fan be on
also can i drain the liqid out of my systme and use later incase i wanna do hardware changes new res 4 ex.also any one know how thick i should get a plexi tube and where ? to make new res

[pepe123]

any help??????????

[DonT-FeaR]

ok ill try help.........


fans on the rad do not matter (in my understanding)

i would say yes you could reuse the liquid but im not sure

and for the plexi tube i would say like 6mm maybe? not a clue where from


hope this helped but i do not have watercooling yet so im not sure...

[pepe123]

ha ha thanx for trying to help but dose any one eles have opinnions

[985323]

i believe you should put them on the top, that way it pulls the air out plus hot air rises

[pepe123]

also ummmmmmmmm wat way dose the pump um pum ho w do i tell dose it mater ????

[pepe123]

sooory couldnt find the edit but where can i buy a piece of black tinted plexi big enogh to cover the frontpanelof a sunbeam case

[J-Roc]

a local store in your area is going to be the cheapest for plexi.

Your pump should suck fluid in from the reservoir and pump it out to your block(s)

You want to blow air through the radiator. sucking air through is less effecient.

You can reuse coolant.

Tubing is pretty common. 3/8 or 1/2 are standard. Your local hardware store will have this for pennies/foot

[Spawn-Inc]

a local store in your area is going to be the cheapest for plexi.

Your pump should suck fluid in from the reservoir and pump it out to your block(s)

You want to blow air through the radiator. sucking air through is less effecient.

You can reuse coolant.

Tubing is pretty common. 3/8 or 1/2 are standard. Your local hardware store will have this for pennies/foot

thats basically what i was going to say.

you want the fans pushing air through them not sucking. or you can double the fans and have 1 push and 1 pull, known as a push pull config.

and for the pump it should ALWAYS have the res or Tline right before the inlet so there is always liquid to suck in.

[pepe123]

thanx but wich side is the inlet on the pump the top or bottom nozzle.also wats the little meatel thing in the back of the case called.i got a sunbeam case but my amd mother boared isnt a atx so the meatal thing dosent have the holes for the onboard usb ethernnet ect. ii need to buy one

[Spawn-Inc]

the back plate for the case is the i/o shield, assuming thats what your talking about.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Atx_io_shield_(smial).jpg/800px-Atx_io_shield_(smial).jpg

and what pump do you have?

[pepe123]

ya thats wat i was talking about .thanx um the cheapest pump i could find on xiode the fluid xp pump.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I thought the radiators cooled more effectively if you were sucking the air through radiator?

Every I/O shield is different and so a special one is provided with each mobo. All cases allow you to swap I/O shields with newer or different mobo's.

[Spawn-Inc]

ya thats wat i was talking about .thanx um the cheapest pump i could find on xiode the fluid xp pump.

i looked up the pump and can't find any good pictures of it so look at the instructions or email xoxide and they will help you.

[si-skyline]

cant you look on the pump and see if there is a small ingrave of a arrow or even in out.

looking at the picture. if you have the pump standing up right then stick the barb in the top that should be the outlet. pumps generally pump up

[The boy 4rm oz]

Usually the horizontal barb is the inlet. All the Laing variant pumps like the Danger Den and Swiftech pumps are all configured like that. Have you checked the manufacturer web site?

[pepe123]

ok i resleaved my psu it turned on dus that mean i got all the wires back in the right place

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah probably. I always label them before removal.