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High end wc setup help

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Ulrezaj

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I'm new to watercooling, so I'm hoping to get some advice on my setup for the rig I'm building:

Q6600, I'm hoping to get 400+MHz
evga 680i A1
2x XFX 8800GTX

Preliminary research from this forum indicates that with that much heat I'll need big radiator, so a PA 120.3? CPU block, people tend to go with the Apogee gtx or Dtek fusion (which one?). For the 8800s I haven't really seen any common trend with the block.

In terms of setup, I have no idea whether this should be done on one loop or two. I've read that a Q6000 and two 8800s put out quite a bit of heat, so would this be wise? And besides looping, how do people feel about placement? I haven't decided on a case yet because it'll largely depend on how the WC setup works.

I really need a starting point, so I'm open to any suggestions!
 
How much do you anticipate spending on water cooling? What size tubing you pick will dictate what types of cooling equipment you will use. See this thread for details.
 
for the 8800gtx's in SLI i thnk your best bet would be the dangerden block, you can easily swap the fittings on the block to go the other way so doing SLI is easy and only needs about 2 inches of tubing between the blocks

check it out

for the Q6600, get the D-Tek Fuzion waterblock, and for the mobo i would get the swifttech bridge cooler (forget the name... mcw320 or something?)

for that setup, you are going to need ALOT of cooling, at least a P120.3


good luck with your build, and take your time so you dont get leaks ruining you new stuff
 
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