Watercooling the GB X58-DS4

[rkiver]

I've the X58-DS4 (or whatever they are calling it now) motherboard from Gigabyte. I want to watercool the chipset, moffset etc on it, but there doesn't appear to be any parts specifically for that motherboard. Would any of you happen to know which waterblocks and moffset blocks are compatable at all?

Cheers for any and all information.

 

[Shadow703793]

So.... do you have the CPU water cooled? If not, then you are wasting time.

As for chipset/MOSFET you'll need to make the blocks yourself.

 

[bilbat]

This is one of the prices you pay for 'tommorrow's hardware today' - give it a while (a couple months, probably); and keep an eye out here:
http://ekwaterblocks.com/izdelki_eng.php
and here:
http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/download/EK_Compatibility_NB_SB_Mosfet_04-2008.pdf
EK is excellent for coverage of GB's product line, though the blocks themselves are, maybe, not the world's highest flow, they are certainly adequate; I have a DS5, and they were the only source for its' MOSFET block; CPU blocks will soon abound - everyone will get on that bandwagon...

 

[rkiver]

The CPU and GPU are water cooled currently.

Have to make the blocks...that could be interesting.

 

[rubix_1011]

Check out FrozenCPU as well...maybe PetrasTechShop and Performance PCs.

I have typically used Petra's and FrozenCPU for all my watercooling stuff. Petra's is very personable...they call if they see any conflicts with your order and send an actual handwritten note signed by the staff that boxed up your stuff. I actually bought some barbs for my MCR320's and within 2 minutes, someone called me to tell me he could ship them in a small envelope for like $2 instead of the normal rate.

http://petrastechshop.com/
http://www.frozencpu.com/
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php

 

[bilbat]

Another good, low priced supplier:
http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/
Here are some comparisons:

 

[Shadow703793]

Just curious, why do you plan to put blocks on the NB and MOSFETs? Are you going to OC it to hell?

 

[rkiver]

I do plan on overclocking it a bit, but also since there is no fan blowing air down over the board they get a little warm. I want to keep the board as cool as possible.

 

[Shadow703793]

^Are you stripping out all the fans? Consider putting in a Yate Loon or Scythe fan in the back of the case instead of taking them all out and dropping the WC of NB,etc. I'm assuming you are seeking after a quiet system?

 

[rkiver]

No, I have kept the case fan at the front, the back, and the side panel. It's a Cosmos S case. Also there are three fans sucking air out of the case, pushing the air over the radiator.

 

[Shadow703793]

^Imo, in that case you really don't need to worry about WC the MOSFETs,etc.

 

[bilbat]

I debated forever about the MOSFETs - it finally came back to - the MOSFET block sits right where (with my Cosmos) the water will enter. and makes a natural path to the neighborhood of the CPU block, so, why not? My situation is a little different, though, my problem is that I designed a very capacious development system to sit in a huge (cool) basement, whose main design criteria was to take vast amounts of heat and move it, as quietly as possible, out of the case; and then, while I was assembling it there, discovered that, even with intake filters, sawdust was gonna be an insoluble and intolerable problem (it's about the nastiest stuff you can imagine, due to having a sticky, 'cookable' sap component); so - had to move it to a small (~800 cubic foot) bedroom office, where it makes an excellent space heater; must move the heat to the basement below ASAP before summer arrives - room is already (and I've backed 'er down from 4.1G to 3.7) 78F in a generally 70F house...

 

[Shadow703793]

^Oh wow... saw dust???? Do you do CNC work or something like that?

 

[bilbat]

Nah - I design/build (just metal-cutters) CNCs (among other things) - just seems I'm always building something... This was an afternoon's work:

Today, I've gotta slice up some plywood to make ceiling mounts, in the basement, for pump and radiator; Sat&Sun, I've got a project planned - making a base for a ceramics wheel, built from a 1HP industrial drive/motor I've got laying around. As Anna Rosanna Danna use to say on SNL, "You know, it's always something..."

Jeez - now that I look at the picture - one of these days I gotta get after that tangle of cables, too!!!

 

[Shadow703793]

^lol, nice. What software do you use? Any CAD?