Newbie - System Recommendations?

[SSR]

Hi folks,

I'm completely new to installing water cooling, although I've been building PCs for about a decade. I've had a read through the FAQs here as well.

I'm just after tips in terms of what would be a good system to start with, and/or what systems/makes should be avoided. My primary aim is to get a quieter system (implicit with water cooling it seems), with the secondary aim of a cooler system.

I want to cool the CPU (Athlon XP) and the Northbridge/nForce chipset, which is surprisingly hot (using an Asus A8N-E motherboard). I'm not worried about the graphics card so much, an ATI Radeon X850 Pro.

The whole lot is currently mounted in a Coolermaster Centurion Case, and just to note I have 5 hard disks (a mixture of IDE and SATA).

I've seen mention of gravity fed systems, that presumably work off convection. I think someone has said Coolermaster have one, and I think I spotted one at Overclockers.co.uk. Are these worthwhile? I like the idea.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Magnus]

Virtual-Hideout just did an 8 WC system comparison but, I disagree with their conclusions. I like Koolance myself for ease of installation and performance.

 

[Adidas4275]

err koolance?

check out petras... he is a fellow [H]ard member and puts togther good kits and has great customer service..

http://jab-tech.com/80mm-Panaflo-fan-H1B-MODEL-FBA08A12H1BS-pr-2004.html

and then get the chipset block you need... mostlikely youll find it here...
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php

stay alway from 5 1/4 bay kits... and thermaltake...

look for
swiftech
DangerDen
Koolance
Alphacool
aquacomputer

Check out petras stuff....

and for fun check out Sharkas... you wont want to pay for AC stuff but it is blingin...

http://www.sharkacomputers.com/

get this pump if you dont get a petras kit
http://www.sharkacomputers.com/almoladdc12v.html