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#907 - Danger Den Water Box Plus and Kit |
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Written by Zach Jeffers
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Sunday, 06 January 2008 |
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H20 Installation:
Now the rest of the setup deals with the Water cooling setup. You will want to carefully plan out each step of this procedure as it can impact your cooling results. Because of space limitations, we chose the following order for our setup: Pump - CPU Block – Radiator – ‘T’ Line with Fill Port – Pump. First I installed the radiator with the fans pre-attached. This easily goes at the front of the case below the power buttons and optical drive.
 
Many enthusiasts will say that the pump should be the last item on the list so that the radiator dumps it’s freshly cooled fluid onto the water block. Depending on your work load and number of blocks, this can be true. In our installation, we have only a single block and no reservoir so the temperature difference is not going to be huge. Plus we have a medium speed pump with a large diameter fin base so I think we will be ok.
Next install the lengths of tubing, ‘T’ lines, pump, blocks, etc. Make sure to clamp down the tubing securely as to avoid any leaks. Leak test for at least 24hrs of continuous flow (without powering the system) as this will make sure that you avoid a costly component(s) replacement! I simply used a external power supply with a power supply tester to trip the start pins and left the system running for roughly 36hrs. During this testing, I made a couple of placement adjustments to the pump and CPU block as to make sure any movement wouldn’t generate any leaks as well.
The CPU block installation is fairly easy. Simple remove the retention bracket from your motherboard, place the four long threaded posts through the installation holes in the motherboard, attach washers and nuts on both sides, making sure of a snug installation. Next, thread the CPU block over these four posts and tighten down with a washer, spring, washer and thumb nut. I tightened the springs down to where I could feel resistance then just used a star-type pattern to firm up the installation.
 
Once you have completed testing of your system for leaks, you can then close up the case by adding the last side panel and top panel. Note that the top panel has an option for a 120mm fan. The Danger Den site says that it has options for two 80mm fans, but in this case, it was a 120mm option. The setup also does not include that third 120mm fan leaving you with a large opening at the top of the case. For our setup, because of the discrepancy, I installed a silent 120mm Noctua intake fan to fill the hole and add additional airflow over the memory modules.
 
 
 
 
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