Watercooling kits?

[SteveC]

Hi all,

Apart from the Koolance cases, can you easily get hold of a complete water cooling kit? I don't really want to change my case, but I want to experiement with some water cooling without having to source and make all the parts myself.

So, any ideas, remember I'm in the UK?

[debaser]

Innovatek makes kits that are quite hearty and fairly easy to install, though they are a little pricey.

<a href="http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/020102/index.html">Here is a review from Tom's Hardware</a>.

I'm sure a few minutes with google will reveal a place in the UK to buy one from. You might want to check out <a href="http://www.over-clock.co.uk/">Over-clock UK</a>, I believe they sell them, though I have no experience with them.

Note: I have no relations with any of these companies, other than the fact that a friend has one of the kits.

Hope this helps.

brian

[Greebe]

Dangerden, list of distributors.

Highly reccommended.

[Fat Tone]

I've been looking for an inexpensive water block for a few days now (I have the rest of the kit already). It is surprisingly difficult to find a uk supplier - I've only found the two links already given above.

T.

[SteveC]

Tony, where did you get the rest of the kit from?

[Fat Tone]

Steve

Rad = a Sierra cockpit heater, £25 from a motor factors. It's rather large (~12" x 6" x 1") but I plan on having most things outside my case anyway.

Pump = 200 gph submersible pond pump from my local aquarium shop for £25.

Various connectors & Cu pipe from my local pneumatic hose shop for just a few quid as the chap was 'up for the challenge' and I promised him a mention when I put a page together showing the result .

My original idea was to try to thread thin Cu pipe between the fins of a h/s (I know this isn't efficient, no flames please), with no pipe joints at all inside the case, so the whole thing is relatively cheap and safe. I found that I couldn't get sufficient flow down my original 1/8" Cu pipe (no surprise there) with a £17 100gph pump, so I swapped for the bigger pump - same problem. So then I got some 3/16" pipe which would fit the h/s by removing every 2nd row of fins. I can now get ~200ml/min but I don't think that will be enough, especially when you compare it to the several litres/min that many people use. The back pressure also makes the pump very noisy.

I think I can make life a lot easier (but sacrifice my original goals ) by just buying a water block and doing it the more conventional way.

T.

[Paddy]

I looked into doing this a few months back, but it got to be too expensive at the time. I dig up my URLs...

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/tekheads/index

For a pump, you could try either your local aquarium shop, or you can buy direct from Eheim.

[Paddy]

I see that the overclockingstore has also increased their range of watercooling products. Just make sure you avoid www.overclockers.co.uk