First Watercooling system, need some advice...

[HardD99]

Ok, i finally got sick of the massive heat comming from my pc so I just ordered a new case for my main system in my sig, got a Lian Li PC-V2000B. i plan on transfering everything over to the new case for temporary, i have had alot of problems OC'ing on this board (i think) so im going to get a new board after i get everything setup (will post in MB section fer that ) anyways, i am having alot of trouble finding what exactly i need to complete a watercooling system. i know pretty much what i need after reading the WC thread, but im still having a little trouble even finding a place when i can get all part from, i want pretty much the best water cooling system i can get, i dont wanna spend any more than $400-500 but i want my system to be super cold! i have seen some systems with smaller tubing and some with nice fat tubing, does this make a difference in the performance? also i REALLY want the aqua computer resevoir so mount on the top of my case, but i cant even find where to buy it, i tried that sharka website that sells aqua pc stuff, but no sign of it, just brackets and stuff, does anyone know where i can buy this? it would be great if someone could pick out the best products for me and list what i need, i dont wanna come out with missing parts when i go to put everyting together. thx alot everyone!

 

[condac]

I can give you some tips before you buy.
Messure twice, buy once. I messured wrong and had some hard time fitting the rad where I planed in the begining.
And Messure twice, cut once.
For the tubing, the big fat tubes look nice but they have no effect if you have a small opening some where else in the system. If you have a cpu block with a opening of 6mm in diametre you can have the same size of tubing in the whole system begause it can't flow better than the smallest hole. I have 8mm tubes and the outlet in the pump is 7-6mm so if i get 1" tubes it will not get any better because the flow is already restricted at the pump outlet. You will get more water in the system and it will cause a slower time to get the max temp, but it will get the same temp after some time.

But you will have to choose between preformance or silence before you start to choose parts.
You say you want super cold, so if you can fit a 3x120mm rad + fans in your case it will not be a problem. But with performance comes sound... I'm always on the quite side so you might get some tips from someone else if you want crushing perfomance.

 

[Top Nurse]

Go here and click on reservoirs on left side.

 

[ikellensbro]

If you want a good, high performing, everything-already-chosen-for you kit, look at the Swiftech APEX (discussed here). If you want sligthly better performance, you'll have to buy a all the components in the APEX kit seperately except for using a 3x120mm fan rad (stick fans on both sides and you'll see a little more performance), or start using multiple pumps. If you want very good performance, go with the APEX, you'll have to spend a lot more $ to see more than a degree or so temperature improvement, but the drawback is that an Aquatube will restrict your loop somewhat, and might put bubbles in your loop unless you stick a seperate reservoir/T-line after the Aquatube and still before the pump, but then you'll be restricting your flow some more.

condac: A loop can have higher flow by, for example, using 1/2"id (or 7/16"id, but that's another topic) tubing in a loop with 1/2"od barbs instead of using 3/8"id tubing squeezed over those /2"od barbs, because 1/2"id tubing has less flow resistance than 3/8"id.