beginner watercooling

mattymaxx

mattymaxx

mattymaxx

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im getting more and more interested in all this watercooling buisness.

I looked at the zalman reserator 2 and really liked the looks. Good temps from smal pipes (dont like the somewhat massive pipes i see some people with lol.

However i have a few questions.

How often would i have to replace the water :-S as obviouslyt with a fan you'd only have to giv it a blow out with a compressor to get dust out. I dont want to be replacing the water every few days or even months :-S

I want to cool the cpu, chipset and gpu with water cooling, this i feel would be the best way to keep the whole system runnign well. My motherboard is a DFI Nf4 sli. However i am only running one card and may plan to upgrade later.

I want to use the same thickness tubes as the zalman kit as its a bit more flexible and easier to work with, thew onlky downside the the zalman was the fact if i went to a lanparty i'd have to carry a seperate massive box to cool mhy PC i'd want to fit it inside my case, however I have just bought a Antec 900 case so any advice on the best system that would fit in my case would be excellent.

Think thats everything. Thanks in advance guys!

Matt.
 
mattymaxx said:
anybody help me? Very muchly apriciated if any help can be given to me :-)

Matthew.
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Either of the Zalmans just cant offer the cooling that active systems can. If you can, go for the Swiftech kits.
Then again if you dont intend to OC, the reserator would be fine although as you say, akward to move around.
 
Don't bother with chipset. Would recommend a Swiftech kit for a beginner rather than a Zalman as will be efficient and will offer good temps for overclocking.
 
I've got a Resorator 1 plus , CPU temps hit a max of 44c after an extensive Counterstrike source session . The reservoir has snap connectors that auto-seal when you unplug them so it's quite easy to move, BUT it is heavy.

Low temps & silence win it for me :)
 
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