water cooling an asus striker extreme

[Spawn-Inc]

i'm eventually going to want to water cool and i wanted to know how many block/thing you can water cool on the board.

i've found these so far
north bridge (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=241&products_id=3117)
south bridge (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=241&products_id=21066)
Mosfet (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=241&products_id=21761)
CPU (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=199&products_id=21298)

am i missing anything?


i also have a question about the rads. i want to water cool the following
1 ASUS 8800GTX
1 C2D E6600
1 south bridge
1 north bridge
1 Mosfet
and i want to know which rads and how many would be the best.

1. one Black Ice® GT Stealth 240
2. two Black Ice® GT Stealth 240's
3. one Black Ice® GT Stealth 360

[rendermandan]

memory?

[Spawn-Inc]

what i meant to say/ask is are those the right blocks for the chipsets? if i were to water cool the striker would i need both(n/b and s/b) of those blocks.

i don't know why but i'm having a noob moment. also i've never done water cooling so i want to get it right the first time.

[Airbozo]

Awww Spawn, you gonna take those purty copper heatsinks off the N/S bridge? You might have a bit of trouble doing that since those heatpipes also cool off the voltage regulators... (at least I think they are connected.... (pulls the striker extreme out from under the desk...)). Yep, they are all connected. I am not sure if the board will over heat without the VR's being cooled so you might want to investigate first. You could probably get away with leaving them on if you are not going to OC too heavily. Either way I will be watching as I intend to do something similar to this board.

[Spawn-Inc]

isn't that what the mosfet is for??? i'm assuming that the mosfet(s)? and volt reg. are the same thing.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I probably wouldn't worry about the South Bridge. I was thinking of watercooling an Asus P5N32-E SLI but decided against it.
"The ASUS Striker and P5N32-E must use the ASUS A8N Block" this is taken from the DD website, just letting you know you need a new NB block.

[The boy 4rm oz]

I'm going to be using a Black Ice GTX Extreme 120mm and a Black Ice Micro 80mm to watercool a 8800 GTX and a C2D E6600 so any of your choices will be fine. I would probably go for the single GT Stealth 240 or the 360 if you have the room.

[Spawn-Inc]

I probably wouldn't worry about the South Bridge. I was thinking of watercooling an Asus P5N32-E SLI but decided against it.
"The ASUS Striker and P5N32-E must use the ASUS A8N Block" this is taken from the DD website, just letting you know you need a new NB block.

oops i put the wrong link for the wrong name, its been fixed now. the S/B block is only $45 so i will just get it.


I'm going to be using a Black Ice GTX Extreme 120mm and a Black Ice Micro 80mm to watercool a 8800 GTX and a C2D E6600 so any of your choices will be fine. I would probably go for the single GT Stealth 240 or the 360 if you have the room.

i have the space above my case for a 360 GTX rad so i will go with that.


what type/brand are the best fans for rads. i was thinking of going for these (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69&products_id=3879) and a fan controller.

[sirkillalot617]

A radiator setup with 2 radaitors would offer more effective cooling as heat can be got rid of before going to another component.

[Spawn-Inc]

what if i run it like this?

http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/6764/2321786650100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

[The boy 4rm oz]

That could work. And for the fans I'm using self adjusting fans with thermal probes. Only spin as fast as they need to.

[Spawn-Inc]

well since consulting i've changed things. here is a new list of things i would get to cool the cpu and gpu only. i've also changed my mind on mobo's and video card.

Old
Asus Striker Extreme
Asus 880GTX
New
EVGA NF68-A1 SLI
EVGA 8800GTX

http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/3637/2682057820100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

i will run the cooling the same as in the picture before but without all the mosfets, n/b, s/b blocks. and in the picture there it will be 1 3 120mm rad not 2 120mm's.
http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/3688/2312874720100511463S600x600Q85.jpg

[Luke122]

I'm not a watercooling expert by any means, but I dont think that your setup would cool everything effectively.

The adaptors you are talking about are basically T fittings right? You have one input to the first T, which then splits to cool the bridges, and the cpu/gpu. My thought here is that if you wanted to do that, you should use the large tubing into the T, and then smaller stuff out to both loops, otherwise you'll get flow/pressure problems, and the water may not circulate properly.

Anyone else have an opinion on this?

[Spawn-Inc]

I'm not a watercooling expert by any means, but I dont think that your setup would cool everything effectively.

The adaptors you are talking about are basically T fittings right? You have one input to the first T, which then splits to cool the bridges, and the cpu/gpu. My thought here is that if you wanted to do that, you should use the large tubing into the T, and then smaller stuff out to both loops, otherwise you'll get flow/pressure problems, and the water may not circulate properly.

Anyone else have an opinion on this?

had i still wanted to do what i said in the first post i would have used Y with an adapter from 1/2" to 3/8" on one of the Y's and not used a T. but since i'm not going with the striker anymore and i'm only going to cool the cpu and gpu on the EVGA mobo and 8800GTX then it will should be fine the way i have it.

[Luke122]

Oh whoops, my bad, I misread that one. :)

[The boy 4rm oz]

I'm just about to purchase a DFI 680i LT Motherboard and from what i've read it's a better and cheeper option to the Evga board.

[Spawn-Inc]

i don't dig the whole orange look, also the store i'm getting most my stuff from doesn't have it.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Yeah the colour is an acquired taste, but it looks awesome under some UV CCFL's. Your setup looks good and I'm interested to see how it turns out.

[Spawn-Inc]

Your setup looks good and I'm interested to see how it turns out.

haha so am i... i need a way better job to get all this, though my parents said somethign about 5 grand for me since it was given to my other brothers so it would be fiar to me. but i need that for stupid rent. so i may or maynot order that whole water cooling setup now or later, but one day!