Water cooling ???

[Butcher]

Well looknig into water cooling but have a couple of questions

How well does it cool your system
Is it quiet most i have looked at come with a whopping 120mm fan
Thanks

I accidentally ran my system without the radiator fan on yesterday. After 5 hours of gaming it was still stable (water was at 47C). Try that with an air cooler.

[ibmike]

For the sake of it silentdeath, i dont think he need a 120.3 for a Xp2600. A beginner kit is fine.

I think this sort of kit is good enuf:

Alphacool NexXxoS HP Pro Socket A £29.99
XSPC R120.1-S Radiator £29.99
Hydor Seltz L30 Pump £27.99
1/2" ID Flexible tubing 2m £5
Angel Eye Clear 4" Fill/Bleed Reservoir £14.99

The first four are from www.watercoolingshop.com, the res is from www.componentsuk.co.uk.

What size fittings should i be looking for ????

[Scarlet Infidel]

What size fittings should i be looking for ????

1/2"

[ibmike]

For the sake of it silentdeath, i dont think he need a 120.3 for a Xp2600. A beginner kit is fine.

I think this sort of kit is good enuf:

Alphacool NexXxoS HP Pro Socket A £29.99
XSPC R120.1-S Radiator £29.99
Hydor Seltz L30 Pump £27.99
1/2" ID Flexible tubing 2m £5
Angel Eye Clear 4" Fill/Bleed Reservoir £14.99

The first four are from www.watercoolingshop.com, the res is from www.componentsuk.co.uk.

Sorry another question
If in 1 months time i wanted to add a cooler for my g card would i be able to add it with the above kit or would i need to upgrade the pump and res Bla Blah
Sorry for the noobie questions

[Scarlet Infidel]

Also, im not sure about a couple of those choices. Why order the reservoir form somewhere else? With the postage it'll be £24.48, id suggest you choose one of the bay reservoirs from watercoolingshop instead.

Secondly why have you suggested the nexXxos? i dont know much about it so it may be a sensible choice, but it doesnt seem to even come with 1/2" fittings. With a pump that powerful id go with a Danger Den RBX for just £22.33.

However this is more complicated to fit and maybe not best for a first time system (though i have just ordered it for my first setup as you may have seen in my thread).

You could add your graphics card to that loop with no problems.

[Scarlet Infidel]

Also remember a fan and some thermal paste.

[megah0]

What graphics card do you have?

[ibmike]

Radeon 9600 pro
Does it use a certain thermal paste or any paste ????
Yep must order a fan lol

[Scarlet Infidel]

Any paste should do, obviously the better the paste the lower your temps will be.
I think there is a good price on a danger den radeon waterblock on watercooling shop, but seeing as you will probably be over budget without it, maybe just keep it in mind for the future.

[megah0]

If you decided to go for the alphacool kit I have a compatible GPU block that I would sell

[ibmike]

Yeah but it might be worth doing it all in one hit so i will think abit more

Is there anything to look out for when buying water cooling equipment ???

[megah0]

http://www.alphacool.de/perl/shop.pl...9&art_id=10116

[ibmike]

http://www.alphacool.de/perl/shop.pl...9&art_id=10116

Wow so thats £127 for all the water cooling bits and to cool the
CPU
GPU
And northbridge ??

[Scarlet Infidel]

Does anyone know how the german style kits compare. ie kits with thinner tubing and lower powered pumps such as this.

[noah]

the passive systems on that site look sweeet, i wonder how they compare

[ibmike]

Is there any particular case that you guys would suggest for a good watercooling system ???

Or does it not matter

Thanks