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sorry for my ignorance but if i bought one of the OC bundles, mainly this what else would i need to buy? i know i would need a case, and some sort of psu but my knowledge on WC is pretty much nil.
 
The water cooler is all in one solution, basically screw the pump / heatsink onto the cpu and place the rad on one of the 120mm fan outlets on the case, connect the power supply to the psu and your away.

You will also need a graphics card and hd to finish off the build :)
 
hallo again m8, nice choice in bundle - should be very quick.

The H50 isn't really WC in the traditional sense - it is about as complicated as installing a large tower heatsink (ie pretty simple). Here is a video from corsair showing how to install it.

As well as that bundle, the case and PSU you will also need a HDD, optical drive, OS and graphics card. Are you reusing anything from your old system?
 
The water cooler is all in one solution, basically screw the pump / heatsink onto the cpu and place the rad on one of the 120mm fan outlets on the case, connect the power supply to the psu and your away.

You will also need a graphics card and hd to finish off the build :)

ok thats kool, was panicing i would need to buy pumps and tubes and all. so it would run with my current psu (antec truepower 550w), and in any case or does it need to be a special one?
how safe is watercooling the cpu?
 
hallo again m8, nice choice in bundle - should be very quick.

The H50 isn't really WC in the traditional sense - it is about as complicated as installing a large tower heatsink (ie pretty simple). Here is a video from corsair showing how to install it.

As well as that bundle, the case and PSU you will also need a HDD, optical drive, OS and graphics card. Are you reusing anything from your old system?

basically i would be reusing the HDDs and possibly the GFX card for a bit as its quite expensive. was hoping my psu i just bought would be ok too for a while. will need a case very soon but if it would fit in mine for a while whilst i saved for a decent one then that would be a bonus. as for optical im hoping either a blu-ray player or writer, and OS is sorted.
 
ok thats kool, was panicing i would need to buy pumps and tubes and all. so it would run with my current psu (antec truepower 550w), and in any case or does it need to be a special one?
how safe is watercooling the cpu?

Water cooling the cpu will be fine, I had a custom setup once and even spilled fluid on my gpus, never did any harm :)

I agree with cmdr_andi regards the pc case, quited below :)

For the case you will need one with a 120mm rear exhaust fan (to mount the H50 rad + fan). This case is rather nice, and a good price.
 
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