Best Water Cooling Kit

westylakey

westylakey

westylakey

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Hi, what is the best budget water cooling kit?

i want to OC E6300 To at least 2.8Ghz and be quite cool.

was originally looking at the big water but its not highly rated here on OCUK.

i was looking into custom but i have no idea what i would be doing where as a kit should be pre-assembled, right?

i have looked into air cooling but thought W/C might be a good idea.
if not i can always get the tuniq on offer atm :D


Cheers
Westy
 
Swiftech compact 120.2 should be out soon. A better kit than the Big Water. If you have a bit more cash then a custom kit would be better. What is your budget?
 
i said at least 2.8ghz. my budget would be about 100ish, would the tuniq keep it cool enough at load though? i have a pentium d 820 atm not OC'd and the freezer 7 pro is cold to touch at idle.
 
just watched the review, and this kit seems ok for the job but i think it will have the same results as the tuniq? 57 load is still quite high. and the h20 120 is £88 not very cheap for the minimal piece of kit.
 
well, i have been on air for years and im getting sick of it, i am infact considering getting one too tbh. allso that kit will out perform Any air cooler on the market
 
weescott said:
:eek: I'm RTM'ing your post on the grounds of sacralidge!


But really, fair point, but watercooling is more fun! ;)
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LOL...i went from air to water and now back to air:eek:


westylakey said:
i said at least 2.8ghz. my budget would be about 100ish, would the tuniq keep it cool enough at load though? i have a pentium d 820 atm not OC'd and the freezer 7 pro is cold to touch at idle.
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2.8ghz should be a doddle...and a freezer pro will be up for the job so save your money...i had an E6300 @ 3.45ghz on air....seriously no need for water.
 
Think of it like this. A water-cooling kit is all the bits from the same manufacturer, even if they are not the best parts for the money. They don't come pre-assembled, just a complete kit of parts. If your budget is £100 then you are looking at second-hand or XSPC.

There is nothing wrong with XSPC, it's just not as good as full-on custom at 2-3 times the price.

The swiftech all-in-one kit is really not that much better than air at the moment, but the 120.2 version should be better.

If you think about it - Swiftech charge £90 for the micro and £200 for the APEX Ultra which does the same thing (cools the CPU block only). There is a reason why one is double the price. It's loads better.
 
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