Conisdering Watercooling

[Messiah62]

Hi im considering to get water cooling in my system. Can i get some hints on what to get and etc.... and how to do it. I know nothing about water cooling but i dont want to go to expensive. I was looking at the thermaltake big water cooling thing.

Specs:
Amd64 3000
X800pro
1 gig of ram

i dont plan on over clocking but my system runs kinda hot. Card runs about 120-135 F when playing battlefield2.

My case is kinda small to. maybe if i got a bigger one itd be a little cooler

thanks

 

[fore1337]

check out the new swiftech kit.

H20-Apex
it's pretty sweet. ..and there are some discussions on it in the WC room.

 

[SpoogeMonkey]

The TT Big Water kit is pretty pathetic for the price ($130). You'd be much better with an xp-90 or something similar for ~$50.

The h2o apex kit mentioned above looks great. It comes with the best water-block on the market, designed by one of the best (if not the best) guys in the biz. If a full review doesn't come out in the next few days, I'm going to buy it anyways and post my results here.

Also be sure to check out the watercooling section, at the top of the oc&cooling page.

 

[clownvomit]

I was going to go with the bigwater kit but look at it this way, you can go to danger den, get a Maze 4 power kit, only spend like $50 more and get a totally kick ass system.

Also, its your machine, don't put crappy parts in it, you will only be dissapointed, trust me.

Intro kit- I have this, my pc is oc'ed from 3.06 to 3.43 and it keeps my cpu at 32c idle, 38c load, in a 77F-80F ambient room.

http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=184&cat=2&page=1

The power kit, which I imagine would be even better:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=183&cat=2&page=1

 

[fore1337]

I'd reccomend @ least a 2x120mm radiator or larger for anyone now-a-days.

 

[J4M3S0N79]

I'd reccomend @ least a 2x120mm radiator or larger for anyone now-a-days.

My recommendation is for anything that is easy and stable. IMO, hit up a frys and get one of the last remaining EXOS ALs remaining on the planet. God Damn I love that system!

 

[Top Nurse]

My recommendation is for anything that is easy and stable. IMO, hit up a frys and get one of the last remaining EXOS ALs remaining on the planet. God Damn I love that system!

Glad you like it

 

[][V][AGIC]

I'd reccomend @ least a 2x120mm radiator or larger for anyone now-a-days.

i have 1 80mm rad and i get very good temps at 1.6v to a 3200 with a 6800 in the loop too

 

[Nek]

Hi im considering to get water cooling in my system. Can i get some hints on what to get and etc.... and how to do it. I know nothing about water cooling but i dont want to go to expensive. I was looking at the thermaltake big water cooling thing.

Specs:
Amd64 3000
X800pro
1 gig of ram

i dont plan on over clocking but my system runs kinda hot. Card runs about 120-135 F when playing battlefield2.

My case is kinda small to. maybe if i got a bigger one itd be a little cooler

thanks

if the video card is what you are worrying about... then maybe you can just get a ZALMAN VF700-CU for your video card or Artic Cooling for ATI cards

 

[OPUS1]

Sure there are better H20's out there,
But.......
if you want something quick and easy and resulting in pretty decent performance,
The Exos-Al is schweet
Remember though, other then pelts no H20 radiator system will cool below your
ambeint room temp
So if your room is at 100 degrees c, chances are you rig melted