Thinking about water cooling

[forrehmmnd]

Ok, im thinking about getting water cooling, im on a 100 $ budget, is it possible to do watercooling on such a low budget and what should i get. i mainly want to do cpu, but if i can get video in there too for that price it would be nice. what should i be looking at. im a total newbie.

 

[n00btard]

You can go watercooling for $100 if you try hard enough, but you probably wouldn't be satisfied with the results.

 

[magoo]

I recommend the Nautilus 500.
Easy to use and install.
Read this:http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTE0MCwsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0

I have one on my main comp and its works like a champ.
Cost is 155 dollars, a little over your budget, but youd be hard pressed to find better quality at this price,everything included in one box!

 

[Dan_D]

Water cooling is something you don't want to do badly. $100 is typically doing it badly. Most of what you have available at that price is Thermaltake Bigwater units which aren't good units. Another thing is that cheaper water cooling isn't going to get you results that are alot better if any than high end air cooling.

 

[marc_ely]

In my direct and recent experience it will be a waste of time, with results easily beaten by modern air cooling.

I recently put a system together from some new and some used parts for £70 ($140 to you).
You can read it here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1202393

My Big Typhoon bought on ebay for $11 matches the performance of the water cooled setup, is quieter, less risky, and far easier to keep tidy!

Marc

 

[forrehmmnd]

ok, since i only have 100 $, i shouldnt get water cooling. should i get better fan/fans for my case and for my ninja, or ??

 

[R1ckCa1n]

spend the 100.00 on some good aircooling as it will take a minimum of 150.00 to get OK watercooling.

 

[buffbiff21]

Ok, im thinking about getting water cooling, im on a 100 $ budget, is it possible to do watercooling on such a low budget and what should i get. i mainly want to do cpu, but if i can get video in there too for that price it would be nice. what should i be looking at. im a total newbie.

You've gotta ask "why." Don't just go into it for the hell of it...

For me, I seek silence. Having awesome looks, lower temperatures and slightly higher vcore headroom are a plus, but mainly I like a rig that does not sound like a whirlwind.

$100 is not enough for really any of the above. It won't look good as some of the higher cost equipment; it won't cool as well; it won't be silent (because it won't hold both CPU and GPU). Just buy an awesome looking Zalman or something.

 

[BillParrish]

You can watercool for $100 easily, however you are not going to be able to do what most people do, go to some web site and whip out the credit card. The up side is you will learn something. You are going to have to actually work at finding your parts. If you do not know one end of a screwdriver from the other, or do not have access to an electric hand drill, probally best to forget it, but its not hard if you want to put a little effort into it.

you need
pump
waterblock
rad
tubing
fans

now what you are going to have to do is scrounge. for instance a new pump is $76 or so but this looks like a good deal http://cgi.ebay.com/EHEIM-1048-WATE...ryZ80150QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Look in the buy and sell forum for a waterblock even new one is under $50

Rads, http://www.dangerden.com/store/home.php?cat=14 and ebay too and buy/sell

tubing and couple of fans np if you find the other stuff at good prices.

You get any decent pump pushing water thru that heatercore with a fan and any kind of block at all, its going to cool the crap out of that cpu. So you can do it if you are willing to work at it and its not going to look like the bridge of the starship enterprise but you will be amazed how well and quietly it will cool. Another $50 and then it would be childs play.

Edit: So the first thing you need to do is educate yourself on what makes a good WCing pump.
read everything on overclockers.com under the watercooling articles for a start.

 

[forrehmmnd]

i dont like zalman... the cpu is ok, its just when i raise vcore, it heats up reallll fast.

Thanks bill, but i think my 100$ will be spent better elsewhere, ill wait till i truely NEED watercooling and can truely afford it without having to do all that work (lol im lazy.)

 

[BillParrish]

Aye Vcore will heat em up fast. Have you lapped the zalman, was guite a ruckus a while back on how non-flat their base was, it might have been fixed at the factory by now. Any ho just a thought.

LOL np go with what your comfortable with, Tell you the truth i wanted to remind some in here what it used to be all about as well as provide you a possible alternative, omg I AM turning into my father !

 

[forrehmmnd]

lol, im not usin a zalman, usin the scythe ninja and i can say for the high (for a toledo core anyway) overclock i usually put on my 4400+ , it does a pretty goo job, im just a cooling freak and nothing can never be too cool, like in the winter, i consider my idle temps high if they go over 30c