1st time watercooling what case

Mike2098

Mike2098

Mike2098

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I have the privalege of working with a renowned overclocker who suggested I get the coolmaster cosmos case, as its good for watercooling

so this is what I have so far in my to buy list

Coolermaster RC-1100 V2 Cosmos S

1st loop
XSPC RS360 Black Radiator – Should fit into the top without modding
XSPC Delta V3 CPU Waterblock
XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump – Clear ?
XSPC 7/16 UV Clear Blue - 1m

I might do a second loop for the GPU but I am open to opinions

Hardware I plan to have

core i7 920 or 940
Asus Rampage II Gene Intel X58
Corsair 12GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8
2 x Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II
2 x Western Digital Caviar Green 640GB SATA-II
XFX GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3


your thoughts please
 
I'm at the same boat as you as looking at to watercool as well.

Was looking at Lian Li PC-7FW and after read a few reviews, the cable management not very good apparently? So i've decided getting Silverstone FT01B-W.

For your hardware would suggest i7 920 instead of 940 and OC :)
 
personally, after having 2 LCS blow on me and having no end of problems trying to find compatible replacement parts, i think that water cooling is a mistake. If you are determined to have a water cooling setup i would consider one of the external LCS rather than cases that come with built in LCS and have a cpu fan handy as a backup cooler incase the cooling system does blow on you. One word of caution though, i found that once i had got over the initial novelty of it all that LCS was'nt really all that impressive. It can take a lot of time and money to keep maintained, not to mention, paying attention to what you're doing when it comes to upgrading other components inside the case, you have to be more careful with it than you do with air based cooling systems.
 
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