Watercooling Kits - Performance

Ok... I've got my heart set on watercooling. This will be my first time, but i read around quite a bit so I feel confident enough to get all the bits and put them together myself. Now the problem I have encountered is that I have found 3 kits all of similar price with everything included, but i can not find any reviews comparing them, so I thought i would ask you guys..

the kits are:

1x Danger Den TDX Hi-Flow Block
1x Danger Den Maze4 Acetal GPU Block
1x Danger Den Maze4 Chipset Block
1x Black Ice Extreme 240 Radiator
2x 120mm Xinruilian Fan
1x Lang DDC Pump with Plexi Top
1x Bay-Res
8ft Danger Den 1/2" Hose
12x Nylon Hose Clamps
1x Zerex Super Coolant
1x UV Florescent Water Dye

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TDX Athlon64 Lucite Top Block
Maze4 Chipset Block
Bay-Reservoir
Black Ice Extreme Double
Laing 12volt - D5
Tygon R3603 3/8" ID 9 feet
Hose Clamps 16.9mm - 19.9mm x12
Zerex 50ml
UV Blood Red 10ml

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- Apogee CPU Block
- MCW60 VGA Block
- MCW30 Chipset Block
- MCR220 Radiator
- MCP655 12V DC Pump
- MCRES-MICRO reservoir
- MCB120 Radbox radiator mounting adapter

EDIT: also how easy/difficult would it be to fit/mod these onto my p180?

I dont know a lot about the apogee but the swiftech MCW series offers better performance than the TDX due to superior interior machining and a faster flow speed. Why not put your own kit together out of individual bits, you can get it just right then.

edit: no need to bother with the expensive black ice radiators, a generic heatercore does the job just as well for lower cost. There is NOT any advantage to branded radiators (unless someone comes up with one that includes heatpipes).

there are a couple of guys on these forums with watercooled p180's. I nearly did it to mine but couldnt be bothered with all the extra hassle. the lack of space due to the compartments put me off. you will need to do some very accurate work IMHO to get it all in.

See my project log for a watercooled P180 HERE.

By the looks of it i think will make myself a radbox to hosue the pump, resevoir and radiator. I will probably move the fan on the roof to the optional one infront of the middle hard drive cage, might do the front fan mod while im at it, and I'll move the second hard drive down to the bottom rack. It should give me some more room for the psu cables etc.

Back to the topic at hand which of the above kits would be best suited

id go for the top one personally.

ive been thinking overnight:

the only problem with building a radbox and putting ontop is that the power cables for my hiper are not long enough. So i think i could remoe the lower hard drive rack and put the radiator down there. and move the hard drive from there to the middle rack. I would still do the front fan mod so i effectivly have 3 fans cooling the radiator, however the front fan would be sucking the warm air form the radiator out.



that is a very crude sketch, with no tubing