My system is now Liquid Cooled...

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thegermankid

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Hi, I just registered and wanted to introduce myself. I am 22 and a PC freak since I can walk... Unfortunately, I kind of lost track in the last years due to education, and other interests (i.e. cars :rolleyes:).
I was always fascinated by the liquid cooling technology... so to personally mark my re-entrance in the endless world of computers, I bought a water cooling kit. The Thermaltake BigWater 735, more something for beginners. I read several good reviews about it and it was pretty cheap. I know most people probably rather build their own but I didn't want to start from scratch. :D

I would like to hear some comments about using a water cooled system and your experience.... I'm very happy with it so far... a little annoyed by the humming "noise" of the pump but thats not a biggie.
I also bought a E6600 recently and it runs with 37 C (on load) at a rather slow and silent radiator-fan speed.

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As you can see, my (ugly :rolleyes:) tower was a little too small and I had to mount the radiator externally which I will try to avoid in the future...

-Ric
 
Welcome to [H]!

Looks good to me, and those are pretty decent temps as well for a single rad setup. Only one suggestion: put some tape or some type of covering on the edges of the pci slot where the tubing comes out since those can sometimes be sharp. Don't want any leaky hoses :p
 
Looks good...

I assume your fan on the rad is pulling air through the case out the back? I would try different fan setups to see what gives you the best temps. A push mode combined with an air box might work better. You can make a cheap air box by using an old fan; gut it out and put it between the working fan and your rad. You'll be able to find cheap/ghetto mods like this around these forums :)

Welcome to [H]!
 
Thanks so far. I need a bigger case for all my stuff. This one was just cheap & quick solution... the case doesn't even close :rolleyes:. I am satisfied with the setup as far as the radiator goes. It is pulling the air out and I might change the fan with a better quality one sooner or later... I want lots of air-flow with low noise (aint I special? :D)

Is it normal that the water pump is the loudest component :confused:

Btw, the installation was VERY easy and no dripping/mess whatsoever. It took me about 30 minutes and I can only recommend this kit or the change from standard to liquid! I never had my CPU run on low temps like this under load.
 
Other then the fan, it would be the only component making noise in the loop.
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.06 GHz

3DMark Score 10411 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 4572 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 4626 Marks
CPU Score 2711 Marks

This is without any fine-adjustment... I'm sure there's still room for more. CPU Temp is 43 C (after the test and high fan speed).

-Ric
 
well done, buddy ... congrats on ur first watercooled rig !

you sound exactly like me last year when i first read into the world of watercooling and coincidencially I was going to buy the BigWater kit as my first kit, but I read advice from many ppl against any sort of kit, so i ended up buying piece by piece from dangerden (it didn't end up being that much more expensive than the kit)

happy cooling!
 
Yeah..thanks... I read reviews from 2 hardware sites and they were just judging ease of installation, cooling performance, and stuff like that. I already found out that I have 2 different metals which contributes towards corrosion... so that sux! I tried putting my own system together online (inside the shopping cart ;)) but I ended up spending almost twice the amount ~200 Dollars.

I am going to change my radiator to a copper one ASAP. It is aluminum right now and the rest (cpu water block) is copper. :eek:
 
I have this water cooling set up myself. Difference is I got rid of the POS pump that comes standard with it. Crazypc.com is right down the road from me so I ordered/picked up Thermaltakes own replacement pump which looks like a swiftech pump rebranded.

Here is the better pump:

http://www.crazypc.com/products/p500-933400.html

If yours starts to die like mine and others, it is a really good pump.
I feel this pump should have been in the "kit" anyways and Thermaltake knows it. Oh well, everything else performs very well.
 
thermaltake arghhhhhh

* holds up [H] pendant and covers eyes*

i like some of their stuff actually like their air coolers and cases and such but their watercooling gear is such trash, ive fitted numerous of their kits and after a month at least 1 thing has gone wrong, either the pump deciding to just flop and die or the radiator fittings leaking or the cpu block cracking.... to be fair the new 760i thing looks alright but i havent tried one myself so i dont know how good it is.

just check ur fittings for leaks daily.......
 
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