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Bigwater & Koolance NV2

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sarbz

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I'm getting a Thermaltake Bigwater kit in a few weeks as my first experiment with water cooling. I'm wondering if anyone has this kit and also uses a Koolance VID-NV2-L06 to cool their 6800? Does the pump provide enough power? And does the single 120 rad cool both the gpu and cpu effectively?

I'm not going for monster overclocks, I just want silent :)
 
sarbz said:
I'm getting a Thermaltake Bigwater kit in a few weeks as my first experiment with water cooling. I'm wondering if anyone has this kit and also uses a Koolance VID-NV2-L06 to cool their 6800? Does the pump provide enough power? And does the single 120 rad cool both the gpu and cpu effectively?

I'm not going for monster overclocks, I just want silent :)
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I would stay away from that kit if I were you. I think MaximumPC reviewed that in this month's magazine and gave it a 4 out of 10.
 
Although i heard pretty good things about the bigwater when it came out now its been out for a couple of months im reading about alot of people with dead pumps. My advice would just buy an H20-120 which is high quality/way better at cooling with a pump thatll out last your rig for like 2 generations anyway plus it doesnt cost much more :p

With a bigwater cooling a cpu and gpu would be ok, but air would do about the same. With a h20-120 then it would definately be alot better than air without costing much more than the bigwater, especially when you take into account the bigwater uses like 5/16 instead of 3/8(close but i'd rather spot on) so its annoying to find stuff to fit on it perfectly where as the h20-120 uses 1/2" so pretty much anything/everything fits easily.
 
My problem is staying within my budget. This is going to be a birthday present from my wife, and there's a limit to the price. The bigwater kit is cheap, and I can pick up a VGA block and some Ram sinks for cheap for my 6800. Down the road I can upgrade to a full size vga block that cools the ram as well (although I've heard it's overkill when you're not going for big overclocks).

I can do the bigwater and a vga block & ram sinks for under $160.

I read pretty good reviews online? I'll have to pick up the MaximumPC you're talking about.
 
Optimummind said:
I would stay away from that kit if I were you. I think MaximumPC reviewed that in this month's magazine and gave it a 4 out of 10.
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your right that thing was good till i did my research. have you seen the bigwater that looks like the zalman water tower?
 
sarbz said:
I'm getting a Thermaltake Bigwater kit in a few weeks as my first experiment with water cooling. I'm wondering if anyone has this kit and also uses a Koolance VID-NV2-L06 to cool their 6800? Does the pump provide enough power? And does the single 120 rad cool both the gpu and cpu effectively?

I'm not going for monster overclocks, I just want silent :)
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http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835108051 honestly that is your best bet right now if you want they even have one with a 120mm fan and radiator
 
If your looking for silent then this Zalman Reserator is the hot ticket at $210. Plus you can easily upgrade the pump to a larger flow unit when you need more capability. It comes standard with a CPU block and the VGA blocks are relatively inexpensive. :)

However, if you decide to go with the Bigwater kit and the Koolance GPU cooler you will probably be just fine.
 
I haven't picked up a maximumpc mag yet, but these sites all gave it very good reviews:

www.a1-electronics.net
www.overclockercafe.com
www.rbmods.com
www.gruntville.com
www.bjorn3d.com
www.bigbruin.com
www.thetechzone.com

I see a lot of people bashing it that don't even own it on various forums. The sites above all TESTED it, and it worked great for them. The proof is in the numbers.

From what I've read, unless you're going for big overclocks, a standard gpu block and some heat sinks for the ram will work fine for the 6800gt.

I need something that is quiet, fits inside my case, and is equal to or better than the Zalman 7000cu and NV5 I currently have for cooling. This is just to get me started in watercooling, and it's not costing me a dime (it's a b-day gift ;) )

From the research I've already done, I might want to upgrade the pump in the future. But I'm fine with the 1/4" tubing and lower quality cpu & vga blocks. I don't need temps below 30c. I just want it to be as quiet as possible without burning up. Low flow seems like the way to go if you're after silence.

Does anyone here actually have experience with one of these kits?
 
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