Various question concerning watercooling

Most pumps are configured with mounting points that can be screwed down and they usually come with an adhesive pad that can be used by itself for mounting on a solid surface (


This depends a lot on what style of reservoir you get, ones that are drive mounted are designed to mount in a DVD Drive and line up with the screw hold there. Some are designed to be directly connected to the top of the pump.


So a pump head is the part of the pump that directs the flow of the water into and out of the pump. Custom pump heads can be used to maximize flow rates or even attach a reservoir directly to a pump.


Plenty of good brands out there, I suggest finding stuff that matches with a style you like and then reading peoples reviews of them.


This depends on how you want to setup your water cooling. For my next computer I'm going to use a 900D so that I can put all of the radiators inside of the case. You can get radiators in smaller cases as well, but it will be a tight fit in most mid tower cases and even in some full tower cases.


I assume you are talking about a GPU Block backplate like this? If so then they are mostly for looks, but do provide a little bit of cooling.


So one of the biggest things people get wrong with water cooling is thinking you have to use some special coolant, you dont. All you need is Distilled Water that you can buy at walmart. From there you can buy a color additive from a place like performance-pcs.com to add color to it, though I would suggest just getting colored tubing instead of adding anything to the water.

Side note here you do need to add an antimicrobial to the water, a coil of pure silver is my preference as it will last pretty much forever.


LED's


You will pretty much need a fan controller if you have more than 3 fans as most motherboards dont support more than 3. Tons of options out there to choose from and again it comes down to look most of the time.


That depends on the case and what you want to do. In my first water cooling setup I had to drill holes in the case to attach a mounting bracket to mount the radiator to, other than that I didn't have to drill anything else. I did however modify the case a decent amount to get everything to fit how I wanted (this is where the 900D is really nice, they designed it with water cooling in mind and have provided mounting points and configuration options).

There are plenty of really great forums out there that have tons of information on water cooling, you can find most with a simple google search. I suggest reading as much information as you can before you jump in, as not having enough information can cost you money, time and a lot of frustration.