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Need advice on water cooling setup

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metsrule3186

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Hey, i need help in order to know if i have everything i need for a water cooling system since i have never bought parts for one before. Ill post wat i picked out below. the main thing im not sure of is where the radiator and fan is installed in the computer and if u have to modify the case to install it. Also was wondering if it will be quiet. Here are parts i have so far.

Swiftech MCW5002-64 - Athlon 64/Opteron (cpu
Swiftech MCW50 Video Water Block
Swiftech MCW20 Universal Chipset Water Block
DangerDen Black Ice Xtreme 120mm Radiator
Hydor L30 320GPH Pump
Tygon Anti-Kink 1/2” Tubing
Shroud and 120mm fan
Thermal Paste
3.25" dual bay reservoir

Also im not sure where i should order these parts from. if anyone can reccommend me a site with these parts for good prices that would be great. In case you need it here is the list of parts for the computer this would go in even though im still changing around a couple things.

Asus K8T800 Chipset Motherboard “K8V Deluxe” (Retail
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (Retail
Plextor 8X DVD-RW/+RW Drive, Model PX-708A (Retail
Sony Silver 16X DVD-ROM Drive, Model DDU1621, OEM
Western Digital 200GB SATA HDD
Western Digital 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA HDD
ATI Radeon 9800 PRO
Antec 480W Power Supply “TRUE480” (Retail
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (Retail
Mushkin 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 (Retail
Cooler Master Wave Master Case (Retail)

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me out.
 
1)needs less asus , moar Abit
2)get the clearflex tubing and not the tygon.
3) order your parts from newegg
4) you're gonna need better ram than that ( 233 FSB = DDR466 )
5) I'd buy dangerden blocks, but that's really just preference.
 
I wouldn't go with the wavemaster for a watercooling setup. Shoot for something that will let you use a bigger radiator than a black ice extreme.

Otherwise, the setup looks great. You don't really need a bayres, it will just make it a little easier to fill. Make sure you dont' get one that has 90 fittings, they're really restrictive.
 
I mounted a dual 120 Black ice radiator in the top of my chieftec case and it looks bad ass, but it barely fit. I get all my modding parts from directron.com dangerden.com or frozencpu.com. mcmastercarr.com has great deals on tubbing and fittings. You can look into getting some water wetter as a corrosion inhibitor for your water solution. You probably know but make sure and use distilled/de-ionized water NOT tap water.
 
buy the hardware parts from newegg

www.cooltechnica.com is a good place for watercooling parts.. they have just about everything from every manufacturer (if they have it in stock that is).. and they're pretty decent priced.. and shipping is fast

you also may wanna look into getting a d-tek procore instead of the BXI rad.. not the jr. but the origional procore.. u may have to do a slight bit of modding but that mostly just consists of cutting a hole for the heatcore to get cool air and holes to mount it
 
Originally posted by MannyZ
I mounted a dual 120 Black ice radiator in the top of my chieftec case and it looks bad ass, but it barely fit. I get all my modding parts from directron.com dangerden.com or frozencpu.com. mcmastercarr.com has great deals on tubbing and fittings. You can look into getting some water wetter as a corrosion inhibitor for your water solution. You probably know but make sure and use distilled/de-ionized water NOT tap water.
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I mounted a dual heatercore in the front of mine. :D
 
Originally posted by -=iNsAnE=-
buy the hardware parts from newegg

www.cooltechnica.com is a good place for watercooling parts.. they have just about everything from every manufacturer (if they have it in stock that is).. and they're pretty decent priced.. and shipping is fast

you also may wanna look into getting a d-tek procore instead of the BXI rad.. not the jr. but the origional procore .. u may have to do a slight bit of modding but that mostly just consists of cutting a hole for the heatcore to get cool air and holes to mount it
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I don't think they sell Pro cores nemore they only have jr. I think I got the last of the procores like end of feb after that no more procores
 
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