I have had the Sonata and BQE PSUs running off the Mobo without any other fans. You may have got lucky with your sample or I may have been unlucky but the 2 I've dealt with have been fairly quiet but not SPCR standard. hmm i'll only comment on the difference between the BQE and sonata i got. side b...

the TIM will cure over time,

and don't worry about TIM being sqeezed out... the TIM is only there to fill in microscopic gaps between the cpu and heatsink.

why do people talk about magnesium.. get yourself a lump of zonc, which is cheaper, will do a better job of stopping the other metals corroding.

they only problem i see you having is bacteria and algea

well having seen a computer work fine without any TIM. i would say you have enough TIM there, you could manage with a fraction less, but check the following. have you left the TIM long enough to cure. what is the ambient temperature of your room, and what is the case temperature. do you have enough ...

To correct a few things. the BQE is 350watts (correctly stated) the sonata has a 380 watt psu not 300... that's 30watts more than the BQE. personally i have found the sonata psu quieter than the BQE. this was after i removed the fans from the sonata i realised how quiet it was. because of the design...

putting the radiatir on the inside was a choice simply so i didn't have to cut holes in the case to lead the tubing to the radiator. as for the fan i put it on the outside sucking as this is the most effective way to use a fan. as for temperature it varies between how loud i can tolorate the fan, an...

here is a picture of my watercooling rig, so you can see how i did it.

http://www.glitshik.f2s.com/wcrig-1.jpg

if you use a CSP750 it makes things alot easier. you can put the pump underneath the hard drives, and have the resevoir (if you choose) next to the hdd cage. this would leave you with loads of room and not have to sacrifice any pci expansion slots. if you use the csp750, you could use a DD TDX inste...

Nowhere_man wrote:Wumpus, goto an exotic tropical fish store, they can help you keep the slime away.

what ever you do make sure anything you pick up doesn't contain any group 7 elements, in particular chlorine. stuff for ponds tends to have chlorine, or bromine.

these chemicals eat copper for breakfast

algae and some other grows that you can find in your machine don't always need light, they can grow on the minerals, and material provided in the fluid. and quite simply all sorts of things can grow, fungus, algae, bacteria, also just because its green doesn't mean its organic, i could be a copper c...

make sure you have a biocide.

im going to be using copper sulphate. definatly don't use anything with chlorine, or bromine.

i'd personally like to get some feed back on the use of copper sulphate as a anti-algae agent.

i think you'd need at least an inch clearance for effective cooling, although i haven't experimented with that setup. (yet) an inch clearence is generally regarded as a good distance to havea fan from the radiator, not because it increases effective cooling, but because it reduces the amount of tur...

for quiet watercooling a heatercore is not what you want. have a look for oil coolers, as these are less restrictive, and will enable you to run alot quieter fans. secondly a fan sucking, indeed benefits from a shroud, as it forces the fan to pull all its air through the radiator, and also creates a...

http://www.overclockers.com/articles373/wbsum.asp - gives a comparitive list for pressure drop for waterblocks. i would recommend the DD maze 4 or the swiftech. EDIT:- to clarify gpu blocks look for a good trade off between between pressure, and performance. remember the P-Q graphs for a pump, it wo...

I've just built, and now putting the finishing touches to my sonata water cooling rig pics will follow). If you want as quiet/silent setup then i would steer you in the direction of a black ice Pro radiator as these fit perfectly. for your intended purposes a heatercore would not be your best option...