Well guys I ordered the parts for my next computer build already, and Im planning to water cool that one as I water cooled my current pc but with a cooler master instead. I posted waay earlier on here asking about it, but I need more opinions. Like does it do a good job? Is it quite? Does it leaks? Hopefully there are people in [H] who actually owns it that can answer my questions.. Or should I just get a zalman 9700? By the way the cpu is a intel c2d e4300*planning to overclock it*
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Um, you haven't already ordered the Bigwater, right?
If not, definitely get something else. www.petrastechshop.com has some really nice kits, but if you're budget minded you might as well get a massive air HS for your CPU, will probably cool better than that TT thing.
If not, definitely get something else. www.petrastechshop.com has some really nice kits, but if you're budget minded you might as well get a massive air HS for your CPU, will probably cool better than that TT thing.
Do yourself a favor and don't order anything from Koolance or Thermaltake or Zalman when it comes to watercooling.
If you want to make the jump and want quality parts, either purchase a kit from www.petrastechshop.com or Swiftech's-220-h20-ultra kit from someplace like Newegg.
Once you get the hang of WC'ing a system, then jump towards building fully customized wc'ing loops. I'd call up Quoc/Alex at Petra's. They're quite nice and helpful and love to point people in the right direction.
If you want to make the jump and want quality parts, either purchase a kit from www.petrastechshop.com or Swiftech's-220-h20-ultra kit from someplace like Newegg.
Once you get the hang of WC'ing a system, then jump towards building fully customized wc'ing loops. I'd call up Quoc/Alex at Petra's. They're quite nice and helpful and love to point people in the right direction.
$100 at xoxide.com I never mentioned that I bought it didn't I? I guess I will just go with a zalman 9700 heatsink fan then
good choice, imo. You probably wouldn't see a difference in temperatures w/ the TT stuff, and it's liable to break and spill all over your comp.
Posted this on another forum earlier about the same thing:
Weak pumps
Tiny tubing (on the first ones anyway, has since been updated to 3/8")
Crap blocks
Crap rads
I would try and get something second hand if I were you, while what I have got isn't amazing it costs a bit less than the Tt and will hopefully be a lot better.
£47 ($96) has got me:
Hydor 700l/h pump - unused
Asetek res - unused
8 ft 3/8" tubing - unused
Apogee GT block - used once
1 litre feser coolant - new
120.1 Black Ice Pro rad - unused
Sunon 120x38mm fan (gonna use a nexus though) - unused
However an air cooler might be easier, I would get for a thermalright ultra 120 (or the extreme) with a nexus or yate loon fan rather than the 9700.
Weak pumps
Tiny tubing (on the first ones anyway, has since been updated to 3/8")
Crap blocks
Crap rads
I would try and get something second hand if I were you, while what I have got isn't amazing it costs a bit less than the Tt and will hopefully be a lot better.
£47 ($96) has got me:
Hydor 700l/h pump - unused
Asetek res - unused
8 ft 3/8" tubing - unused
Apogee GT block - used once
1 litre feser coolant - new
120.1 Black Ice Pro rad - unused
Sunon 120x38mm fan (gonna use a nexus though) - unused
However an air cooler might be easier, I would get for a thermalright ultra 120 (or the extreme) with a nexus or yate loon fan rather than the 9700.