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Need help with External or Dangerden

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dhoudyshell

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I purchased a coolermaster external system that gave me a headache so I RMA'd this to newegg. I am wondering what do you all think I am debating these 3 setups at the moment.

my goals are mild overclocking and reduced noise and lower temps.

1. HydroCool200 ex

2. Exos external system

3. Maze4 with Chrome Fittings, Black Ice Pro, Hydor L35, Sunon Fan, 4oz Zerex Coolant, ASV, 7ft ClearFlex, 10 Hose Clamps, T and Y, A64-MAZE4 Style, Bay-Res HDPE


The Dangerden is alot cheaper but how quiet are these things and are they easy to install?
Which of these do you all think will give me a quiet, cooler system and ease of installation? I don't really want to be hacking my case up to get the danger den in place.
 
I havent seen much about the hydrocool except what corsair has on their site..which isnt exactly a fair assessment.

having said that the Dangerden set up will outperform those external setups by a large margin. The noise level is dependant on only 2 things. Pump noise and fan noise. There is no other sound coming from a water setup. The Hydor pump , sitting on a foam pad to reduce vibration noise should be very quiet with the case closed. The fan, if a little too loud for your tastes when running at full tilt can be turned down a bit with a rheostat type controler. Be carefull of which Sunon fan you get. They have quite a range of 120mm fans. Check the CFM ( 80+ is good) and more importantly the Dba ( I find a max of about 40 fine but my comp sits right by my head so you may find a louder fan will do fine) Sunon 120X120X35 standard fans range in noise level from low 30s to high 50s so check the noise level. It should say right on the site you order from.
 
Any of the systems you listed will do a good job of cooling your system. The differance between the Danger Den system and the Hydrocool will only be 3-5c at the most. I have the Hydrocool here at home and did a review of it against my custom built external system listed in my sig, and that was with both systems running a CPU and GPU block.
The only bad part about th Hydrocool is that it's been discontinied because Corsair is coming out with a new system in the near future, So they are a little hard to find. If you're interested in reading more about the Hydrocool, they have their own forums. You can see what real world users think of their systems and what problems they are having.

House of Help, Hydrocool.
 
Well I just put in my order for the Hydrocool200 ex the newest one. Read some reviews and its pretty decent said its a little loud but will see and alot of ppl praise this system so i hope it lives up to the challenge.
 
I'm happy with the one I'm using, it's not near as loud as the custom system I built. And as I said before, the temps aren't all that different. It does depend on all what you plan on cooling with it though, it's designed to cool up to 200 watts.
 
I would just like to give a follow up on my system. I ended up purchasing the Hydrocool200 EX the new version. Very nice cooling, pretty quiet and right now as i type my cpu is chugging along at 29c. If any of you decide to purchase this cooler though I would like to advise you if you install it on a 754 socket the adapter you have to buy from them is a quick fix piece of crap in my opinion. It did not come with instructions and has alot of loose parts you have to try and juggle to install. I posted for help in there forum if you want to reference it because a couple good ideas came out of it for installing it with ease.

http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=150435#post150435

Anyway so far so good I am just waiting on some memory before i start my overclocking.
 
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