[Solved] Fans+Fan controller advice

looking to mount my rad externally on the back - vertically - like this:
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The max i can mount inside my case up top is a 240rad

come to think of it, i'd also want to pick up some spacers for the rad when I'll be mounting at the back , so tips needed

had some inspiration to mount rad on the sidepanel door:

on the fan mount...any thoughts?

you liquid cooling guys.....
I swear you run on a different frequency than us air guys....
seeing all this I might just tinker around with the next build...
love the pics.

I'm going to tag this thread to as a guide if it gets good.

LOL..

what about if the liquid (water.?) gets on the board, your done right.?

interesting, just shut it down and let it dry.
but what's stopping it from just shorting out immediately.?

is there beginner kits, or something you recommend researching.?
(serious question....)

You shouldn't have leaks if you take your time, leak test and don't cut corners. It's pretty rare, but has happened to me once. I killed a video card a few years ago because I had a piece of tubing twist a barb loose when installing and didn't take my time. Luckily, EVGA replaced it without issue. Even distilled can become conductive fairly quickly since it is in contact with copper and brass from your loop. But again, making sure everything is installed well from the beginning goes a very long way.

As for kits to look into- XSPC Rasa kits and Swiftech Edge and Drive kits. EK has some as well, but I'm not as fond with some of their pumps they choose. I think they offer 2 versions of their kits, and one has a good Jingway pump, the other has the 'not as good' version.

Now- back to the topic at hand...fan controllers...

^Yeah, that's one of the better ones. It will handle higher-end fans drawing more power per channel, or if you run lower wattage fans, you could run 2x per channel. A lot of the hardcore fan guys like this one, since it has the potential to handle monster fans without burning out. When it comes to fans and fan controllers, 'pretty' isn't necessarily what you want when it comes to performance.

Great fan controller, but at one pretty penny though. 30~ USD

have you ever had a cell phone get doused in water when you forgot to bring a raincoat/umbrella ... ? it happened to me once/twice and all i did was shut it down and left near my stove/heater. After it dried off, i turned it back on and voila - it worked. Operating an electronic device in humid/water conditions will cause the "short" even when a cell phone works after getting wet - you can cause a short just by pressing buttons. I also had some occasional spills with the H50 mod on my rig. Just shut down - and let it dry.

So mal - you need not worry about spills. You don't need to write all this down - just bookmark or flag this thread

For anyone else trying to follow on the Aquacomputer rads review/info. I contacted Shoggy(a rep from Aquacomputer) over @ xtremesystems.

this is his reply:

+ 5 to the kits mentioned i would'ev gone that route but it just the built quality of that rad - i'd have melted seeing the rads in "brushed anodized black". Might actually do it here at a workshop ...

i'm on the lamptron boat but should i be concerned with whether the controller has a display...like the FC-6 and FC-5 V2. what about the FC-8?

I'd like my system to be like a ninja - not Fatal1ty though

this thread has already come to life -

* @ rubix - i'll go back to my initial idea of mounting rad on the back vertically after i realized some people were complaining about having the panel door weigh ALOT.

What fans should i go for then? so if i went with the GT route - should i be looking at any other brands like the one's i mentioned in first post?What RPM fans should i pick up - get highest and then use controller to get lower rpm's?

For a "silent" WC build, get low RPM fans which move tons of air (CFM)

Yate Loons or GTs. (I am heavily biased towards these since they work amazing!)

That's impossible.

I'll go look at more fans for you, been hearing good things from AP-18's.

that might be next.
I will see what happens to little mal first and also learn from it if I mess up or not.
and little mal is on AM2+ board so if I brick it no biggie.
another reason to upgrade and get away with it, slightly..

I've played against Fatal1ty at a local LAN here in Kansas City (where he is from). He's pretty damn good, but this was like 8-9 years ago and UT2003 was just out. He said he was getting boxes and boxes of stuff from nVidia and Intel for him to test out and 'approve'. Nice guy, he's just a little younger than I am by 2-3 years, I believe. However- I wouldn't buy any of his stuff just because his name is on it.

For fans and a fan controller, you have the benefit of getting the fans you want and running them at the speeds you want. So, it all really depends on how much you want to spend on fans overall.

Good call on mounting the rad on the back. Are you going to use stand-offs or a Radbox or similar mount?

Swiftech Drive unit w/220 rad
Raystorm CPU block

got it.

okay - i suppose i could go that route...the screw threading on the rad are M3

^ + 1000

i see your going headstrong with the benching hats off mate and happy benching.
i know of a guy like conumdrum who made his own test bench+watercooling DIY setup with two loops since he'd be testing lots of GPU's and CPU's.

* i also looked at the Triebwerks 123 - but after seeing that they were 65 dBa max - i said @%@$@ no!

+ 1 with conumdrum - i ran into him a few times here when i was new.

The test bench idea you have is a really smart idea on testing rads haven't com across anyone who'd have done the same thing. Brilliant , this forum needs people like you

how do these look?

scratch the bitfenix fans - will look into the high cfm fans and i'll be looking some more

thanks for the insight!

^ been reading those on some threads - they are noisy solutions. though i am curious whats undervolting or overvolting ... ?

Lutfij- no need to volt mod fans if you are running a controller...kind of takes the place of those needs. Just dial them down or back up to 100%...

Shouldn't need another pump in a standard loop like that, esp with the 35x. Adding another block and rad should be a cakewalk...GPU blocks are pretty good flowing, and rads are the best-flowing components in a loop.

We didn't need the 508 cu big block we had in our 18 foot drag boat when I was a kid, either. But it sure went like a bat out of hell...and then some. Pistons were the size of dessert plates and the heads on that monster weighed a ton. 110mph on a lake is enough to make your butt cinch up and grab the vinyl seats.

Absolutely not- where would you get such an absurd idea?