Thinking about going to water

[DaLurker]

And I've been looking around at my local computer stores, and they have one of these:
http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.asp?LineID=&CateID=31&ID=187 at a pretty good price ($139 CDN, or about $100 USD).

Any thoughts on that? Think that will cool my CPU (systems in sig, it's 1.65 volts, 45 degree Idle, 53-55 degree under full load) better than my current setup of SLK-800 with Panaflo 92mm H1A?

 

[Alex41290]

well, for $100, you could get:

Via Aqua 1300 pump - ~$20
My block p, just for kicks...if i get a TDX for xmas, i'll let you know ) ~$25
120mm heatercore - ~$30
t-line and tubing - ~$15 MAX
hose clamps - ~$5

so, for ~$95, you can get a superior setup....

 

[DaLurker]

Hmm.... that sounds good... but being a noob at water, I wanted something easy to deal with and something that won't give me nightmares of water all over my motherboard and vid card

 

[Alex41290]

let me put it this way (again):

this was my first watercooling, and i made one mistake...trying to install the system through the 5.25" bays....well, don't ask why (long story), and the heatcore blew off the tubing and spewed all over my pingpong table, narrowly missing my computer. after that, i haven't had a leak since. As long as you take your time, leak test, and monitor the connections so that they don't leak. After that, its smoothe sailing.

 

[DaLurker]

Well I ended up getting it anyways (didn't want the hassle of ordering all those water cooling parts) and this actually works very well I get about the same temperatures as my SLK-800 with 92mm fan, at less than half the noise. Definately very happy with the performance and noise I get the performance at.