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New into WCing...?

TheBlueChanell

TheBlueChanell

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So, Let me get this strait. When you Wc that completely disables any mobility in computers.Because I'd liek to take my pride and joy to lan parties to show it off, but read some where if you wc you cant move it at all. But can someone please help me pick out the best WCing kit for a Thermaltake Kandalf case. (i know many dont like thermaltake but its my first time building so i'm it will be easier) Anewayz, I'd like to spend 100 or so on it. 120 is max. Any suggests?
 
watercooling doesn't imobilise your pc. You might have to take a little more care than you do usually just to be on the safe side but where's the harm in that? as for a kit, I dunno...someone else can answer that :D
 
What are your goals in water cooling? Do you just want a silent PC or do you want to OC? $100 is a little on the shy side for doing a decent water cooling system unless you are willing to do a lot of work yourself. You will need to hit the boneyards for a heater core, scrounge a pump on the used market, and be prepared to do all the work yourself. If you are capable we can probably start recommending something for you. But to be truthful if you don't want to go used then about $150 is the minimum.
 
If you want a cheap kit that will give you silence and allows for some light overclocking then grab the Thermaltake Big Water ($119 @ Mwave). However, if you want to do some heavy overclocking then you'll want to invest in a custom Danger Den kit. For example, I plain to install the Thermaltake Big Water on my Socket 754 motherboard simply for practice. Although when the time comes for me to build my water-cooling Pentium D computer I plan on going for a 3/8" Danger Den custom water-cooling kit.
 
get
-Polarflo TT CPU block
-Swiftech 655 pump
-Black Ice Xtreme 120 Radiator
-Tygon tubes
-worm drive clamps (most people say they leak but they dont know the proper way to use them. The require you to retighten after a few days because the tube stretches out. After you retighten them they are good to go for years! I always recheck them when moving but have never had to tighten them afterwards.)
-Swiftech Hydx fluid

you'll be good to go!! My setup is all internal in my tsunami dream case... i move it around frequently with no problems.
 
The Doc said:
If you want a cheap kit that will give you silence and allows for some light overclocking then grab the Thermaltake Big Water ($119 @ Mwave). However, if you want to do some heavy overclocking then you'll want to invest in a custom Danger Den kit. For example, I plain to install the Thermaltake Big Water on my Socket 754 motherboard simply for practice. Although when the time comes for me to build my water-cooling Pentium D computer I plan on going for a 3/8" Danger Den custom water-cooling kit.
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by "light overclocking" you must mean 1-10 mhz extra :p ... that thermaltake big water is no better than a heatsink! Dont waste your money... if you like the flow meter or water level indicator that is a different story but peice your wc system together. It will be worth the extra effort
 
The big water will cool your system just fine even of mild over clocks, most people trash talk them and have never used one. They aren't a high end system by any means, but they will out preform most, if not all air cooling at the same noise level. I reviewed one a while back(when they first came out) and compaired it against a Thermalright and the Big Water beat the Thermalright by up to 10c at low fan settings on a overclocked Barton. The 2 cooling systems got closer together as the fan speeds increased (noise also) but the Big Water was still cooler by a few degrees.............. :D
 
i still think they are a waste... you can peice together one cheaper or maybe 50 bucks more that will out perform!
 
Simple setup:
'86 Chevette/'77 Bonny hc, modded w/ homemade shroud: $25
Used block/D-Tek TC-4: $25
Via Aqua 1300/Hydor L20/other (used) pump: $25
T-line, hose clamps, 10ft Clearflex60, distilled h2o, antifreeze, fans etc: probably $35-$45 (misc stuff adds up quickly)

It is possible to make a setup in your budget, it just wont perform as good as a $200+ quality setup, probably not quite as quiet if you get a loud pump (easy mod can make the Via quieter though), and of course, it probably wont look showroom quality. However, you will have a setup that will perform better than most, if not all air cooling, and depending on your fan/pump (a few rubber bands/pieces of styrofoam can work wonders for quieting), you will definately have a quieter setp for the cooling youre getting.
 
OK then I guess I can pinch some pennies and spend abot 150-175 maybe 190ish...!
 
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