Alright...right now im running an Athlon XP 2700+ (333mhz FSB) OCed to 215x11...Asus A7N8X Motherboard...Radeon 9800pro...ULTRA 500watt PSU...all in a Chieftec Dragon Midtower Case...I wanna throw some sick watercooling in here to bring temps down even further...I have a budget of about $300...im running a ThermalTake Polo 735 on my cpu and its keeping the temp below 110F...one thing i was also wondering was...with the snap in fan holders..can i just bolt a dual 80mm radiator or two 80mm radiators to those and add fans to the other side to get sick cooling...will that work? for the dual, is the radiator's fan screwholes close enough for the fans where they are in the class? What about a sick all in one out of case? Anyting good? im just looking for simple advice since i know what im doing, just looking for some expert advice on what will work best and get my temps even lower...
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Watercooling Advice Needed...
- Thread starter Cybiker
- Start date
Its best to go single 120 over dual 80s. Its even better to go dual 120s of course but...
Im not familiar with the snap in fan dealie but for the best ( sickest ) cooling on the rad having a out of case setup for it is best. With a in-case rad you are either taking in warm air from inside the case into the rad or taking in colder outside air but heating it with the rad and exhausting it inside the case. Neither is a perfect solution so with an external rad/fan/shroud combo u take cooler outside the case air and heat it through the rad and exhaust it outside the case. The best solution. Usually this type of setup is mounted on top of the case. There are a number of setups around here to see diff ways of doing this. Heres a link to my thread with my custom made shroud:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=821207
As for what components to buy check out the gazillion "rate my rig" and "is this setup any good?" type threads in this forum. $300 is more than enough for a very decent setup. Just check out all the choices and find what suits you best.
Im not familiar with the snap in fan dealie but for the best ( sickest ) cooling on the rad having a out of case setup for it is best. With a in-case rad you are either taking in warm air from inside the case into the rad or taking in colder outside air but heating it with the rad and exhausting it inside the case. Neither is a perfect solution so with an external rad/fan/shroud combo u take cooler outside the case air and heat it through the rad and exhaust it outside the case. The best solution. Usually this type of setup is mounted on top of the case. There are a number of setups around here to see diff ways of doing this. Heres a link to my thread with my custom made shroud:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=821207
As for what components to buy check out the gazillion "rate my rig" and "is this setup any good?" type threads in this forum. $300 is more than enough for a very decent setup. Just check out all the choices and find what suits you best.