RE: Antec Debuts LanBoy Air Open-Air Gaming Chassis

animatortom — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:54:53 GMT

Well Rapid,

You don't go getting the ones with the lacy patterns on it or lines and you cut the ends off so all you have is the material

I guess if you left the crotch pad covering the DVD drive then it would be embarrassing.

Yet if you did that...then I cant help you

Re: First water cooling recommendation

bob_on_the_cob — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:15:00 GMT

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]1- 3/8 or ½ tubing? I have the space in the full tower and I’ve heard bigger is better, so I assume ½[/quote]

I would go with 1/2. I actually use 1/2 barbs with 3/8 tubing. Its a nice tight fit and the tubes are a good bit easier to work with.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]2- Worth the trouble to water cool X58 NB? It’s now only a switching hub with no FSB and already passively cooled on most motherboard. Water cool the SB in most certainly over kill.[/quote] Most likely not. Its up to you though. If you do decide to you will need some aftermarket heatsinks for your mosfits around the CPU.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]3- 2 or 3 120MM fan radiator? I guess 3 would be safer, but it might also be completely overkill. Then again, I have the space for even a 4 fan radiator (Will dremel a hole on top of casing)[/quote]

I would say three is enough. If you want low sound then get one that does not need high airflow otherwise you will be stuck with 3 really loud fans.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]4- What is the current best buy water pump? I don’t want NASA stuff, just a great product at a decent price. [/quote]

The swiftech 655 and 355 are both decent. I use a 355 with a XSPC top. If you go the 355 I would recommend a new top. It improves the flow quite a bit.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]5- What is the best sequence to install the cooling loop? Radiator to CPU then GPU then NB would seem logic.[/quote]

That sounds like a good loop. I would recommend CPU always first.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]6- Distilled water? Yes absolutely, no it’s a waste, maybe good but not necessary?[/quote]

Its a must. Its 2 bucks at the grocery store. Tap water has minerals in it that will build up in your rad and other parts.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]7- Water additive? Yes absolutely, no it’s a waste, maybe good but not necessary?[/quote]

Also a must. You dont need super high end stuff and you will only get 3ish degrees difference with any of it. You will need something to keep alge from growing though. A little fish tank alge killer from the pet shop works or most any additive. It's really up to you. I use this http://www.petrastechshop.com/loliredcoad.html, but my system is red and black.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]8- TEC Water chiller? Yes, big difference for the price. No, expensive, consume too much power and don't chill that much. (Is there a reservoir with built-in TEC?)[/quote] Not sure on res chillers. If you are not going for super overclocks then I would recommend against anything like that. They like you said add a ton of cost and some of them will chill below room temps and condensation comes into play.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]9- CPU / GPU water block recommendation? Swiftech seem to be cheap and good.[/quote]

I use the DTek Fusion v2 CPU block. Its a fantastic block. There are other good ones out there, but I have not used them. As far as GPU blocks for the 4850 I'm not sure. There are a lot of 4870 blocks out there, but I dont know if they fit on the 4850. If you do get a universal block you will need to get heatsinks to cool the mosfets and other chips on the board.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]10- FAN recommendation? I was planning to get Scythe fluid dynamic bearing fans (Closed Oil Shaft Carrier). AFAIK, they are top quality, decently priced and 1.5 Millions Hours MTBF. I've always bought Panaflo fan in the past, but since they sold their fan division, I'm not convinced anymore.[/quote] Might wanna wait on someone else here. I'm not sure what fans are good and bad. I use some recommended to me by someone else, though I don't remember what brand they are.

[quote user="Ramon Zarat"]11- Anything I forget or that I should be aware of before starting my project? Top 3 things to absolutely avoid or must do? Brand to avoid at all cost?[/quote] You need to figure out if you want a reservoir or a T line. I am using a T line right now but I have a 5 1/2 drive bay from danger den that I used to use. With a res you can here the water running and see that it is with ease. If the sound of the water bothers you you may want a t line. Both are fine I find the T line a bit easier to fill and thats why I use it now.

Remember to take your time installing it and give it a full 24 hours leak test before you cut on the PC. Nothing worse than frying your nice grapics card because you didnt take your time.

As for shops I use Petras tech shop most of the time. They have great support and good prices. FrozenCPU has anything you could want and great support, but they are generally priced a bit high. Jabtech I have also used without trouble, but I don't know as much about them.

Feel free to ask anything I missed and good luck!

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