watercooling kit

sav · 16 Aug 2008 at 09:15

wahts the best external watercooling kit?

my specs are:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz with Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
MOBO: ASUS P5N-E SLI
Cooling: FRONT IN 120MM SIDE IN 4 x 120MM BACK OUT 120MM TOP OUT 120MM PSU 120MM
Memory: OCZ SLI Ready 4Gb PC2-6400 DDR2-800 5-4-4-15 (2x2GB)
GFX: BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB
Harddisk: Western Digital 160GB SATA and a Western Digital 250GB SATA
CD/DVD Drive: SONY DVD-ROM (BLACK) / DVD-RAM DRIVE SONY DW-G120A (BLACK)
LCD: 22" ViewSonic Widescreen LCD
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 831 with 8 x 120mm fans
Sound: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE
PSU: OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2
Software: WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM

i was looking at a Thermaltake 760i.

TheCenturion · 16 Aug 2008 at 09:34

The 760i is an internal kit, and some reviews have shown it to be not much better compared to intel stock cooling. High end air cooling is better than the 760i. a good external kit might be the zalman fanless one, but what do you want to cool?

sav · 16 Aug 2008 at 09:35

ok all i want to cool is my cpu

TheCenturion · 16 Aug 2008 at 09:40

you're probably better off getting a custom internal kit with a 120 rad, or maybe 240 so you can cool your chipset and get a slightly better overclock

sav · 16 Aug 2008 at 09:50

what about a Zalman Reserator1 v2 is that any good?

TheCenturion · 16 Aug 2008 at 10:40

I've never used one, but it doesn't look too bad, not sure that I'd want to have that huge thing in my room though. From the reviews, it looks good.

Acid_death69 · 16 Aug 2008 at 12:46

the Zalman reserator1 V2 is a decent peice of kit. It's very silent, though kinda big, but if you wanting to add other stuff like HDD or GPU cooling the pump has got enough force to send it floating around your pc

You can get a cheaper version of it also.
If your just wanting to cool your CPU you wont need so much gear so you can cut down on costs by making a custom list

TheCenturion · 16 Aug 2008 at 13:26

Yeah, a good custom kit would be great, plus you'd be able to say... " I built that myself"

sav · 16 Aug 2008 at 14:14

what about this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... Watercooling Kit (Socket 775/754/939/940/AM2)

with some of this fluid

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...e=Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Blue)

Bradley8988 · 16 Aug 2008 at 17:01

u will be better off with a custom set up.

Fusion V2 Cpu block,
ThermoChill PA120.2,
Swiftech MCRES-Micro,
Laing DDC2 12V 18w Pump,
2x Yate loon 120mm fans.
Some tubing and fluid of your choice.

Acid_death69 · 16 Aug 2008 at 17:13

sav said:
what about this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... Watercooling Kit (Socket 775/754/939/940/AM2)

with some of this fluid

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...e=Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Blue)

the reviews give it some good rep. Im curious to where the pump is, i googled the image and found a few setups. The rad looks a lil bit thin to have it in there and the block is just the block:\. Go for it mate

you can always add more, tis the good thing about w/c!

geekyEd · 16 Aug 2008 at 17:39

itsa the swiftech drive block the pumps in the waterblock.

Acid_death69 · 16 Aug 2008 at 19:26

s1ick said:
itsa the swiftech drive block the pumps in the waterblock.

really! god that must be tiny.

geekyEd · 16 Aug 2008 at 19:39

must be, ive never seen one in RL though.

Acid_death69 · 16 Aug 2008 at 19:48

yerr, thats why i was trying to find a image of it on google but nothing

Squakingcow · 16 Aug 2008 at 21:32

The pump is a ddc3.1, and from what i've heard you can even put a different top on it if you want. It can also be modded to a ddc3.2 or something with a bit of soldering.

Acid_death69 · 16 Aug 2008 at 21:47

whats it like? is it and good at pumping the coolent?