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Getting Into Watercooling

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amorak

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Hey [H]'ers,

I am a University student in the province of Alberta, Canada. I am interested in both quieting down my loud HSF & obtaining some quiet computing when word processing (I have a Nexus fan bus).

I believe the answer to my quest is H20 cooling, however I am a newb when it comes to choosing an H20 kit or pieces.

I currently have an AthlonXP 1700+ CPU with the JIUHB stepping that I am running @ 2233 (11x203) @ 1.65v on an EPoX 8RDA+ mobo. I would like to use the extra cooling presented by H20 to increase the Vcore and get some more MHz out of this processor.

I was looking at the THERMALTAKE AQUARIUS II kit, or the AHANIX ICEBERG 2 kit. Can anyone provide some insight into these kits and their 'bang for the buck'?

I would also be open to contructing my own with a pump, resevoir, cpu block, rad, etc, but it would have to be a good value. as I mentioned I am a University student, so I cannot afford to spend more then $150-170 on a water cooling setup.

Thanks guys!
 
well i know people will say i am incorrect, BUT i would say unless you have over $200 and alot of time to invest DONT DO WATER unless you are a perfectionest, somethign will go wrong, adn youw ill have to shell out more money then expected...i just went from my water cooling to a sp97(thermalright) and a 80mm SF2 and it cools BETTER and is the same noise level... get the zalman 7000a-ALCU(or just stright CU) and you will have a nice silent, cool computer! thats my opinion, and i know other will disagree...but if u are determined to go with water, make your own, dont get a kit..it will perform better and be cheaper to buy ur own :)
 
Originally posted by amorak
Hey [H]'ers,

I was looking at the THERMALTAKE AQUARIUS II kit, or the AHANIX ICEBERG 2 kit. Can anyone provide some insight into these kits and their 'bang for the buck'?
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Those are poor performer in the WC world. You will get better result with quality air cooling then with those setup. A nice Thermalright HSF w/ a 92mm panaflo, a Zalman copper hsf would give you same result for cheaper, or even better result.

If you still want to go WC, the best thing is to build a custom kit or buy one of those kit made of custom parts and not a name brand kit.
 
I took the advice being given in this forum and ordered a 7000a-ALCU - I hope it's good! :)
 
A year back or so when water cooling was very new, They said that it did not offer much gains against air cooling. Now it seems that it still mostly holds true.

Honestly i can't see how water cooling can offer that much better performance in less you chill the water.
 
I'm thinking of an Idea where I use an 80w peltier power it up with Fortron 300w PSU on its 12v rail and cool the hotside of the pelt with the soon to be remove sp-94... where I'm gonna put the pelt? well I'm thinking of making a square hole in the bay res attach a cold plate and blah blah blah its complicated but for now I just wanna know if the PSU can power the pelt up and if the SP-94 can cool the pelt hot side enough.. that's gonna be my chiller Idea
 
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