best watercooling?

[WJA96]

The weak points in the Switech kit are the radiator and the CPU block. The CPU block will be 3-5C behind the best CPU blocks you can currently buy (D-Tek FuZion with Nozzles/EK Supreme/AquaComputer Cuplex Di).

The radiator is a further 5C behind the PA120.2 from Thermochill.

The Swiftech 120.2 radiator (MCR220-QP) is £30 compared to £55 for the thermochill and the Apogee GT block is £28 compared to £42-£55 for the others, so you are paying less for less performance.

When you sell the Apogee GT, you will get £15-£20 back for it. When you sell the MCR220 you'll get about the same £15-£20 so you lose very little by starting off with the starter kit and upgrading the water block and radiator later. The whole Swiftech kit is extremely well thought out and the clamps, barbs, coolant and tubing are effectively thrown in for free if you work it all out at retail prices. If you want an easy way in to water-cooling, you could do a lot worse than the Swiftech kit.

 

[pegasus1]

hey pegasus. could you post your temps and volts. would like to know i'd
be happy before i go ahead and buy my kit.

jobe

The specs and speeds are as in my sig, my CPU is running at 1.6v and the NB at 1.7, the gtx is also in the loop.
Depending on ambiant temps it idles at 28 - 32 for the cpu and 45 for my 8800gtx. Orthos load again depending on ambiant is 58 - 62 and the gtx tops out at 60. Thats with the rad fans running silently.
Now i run 2 120.2 rads but adding the second didnt improve temps but it did allow me to maintain the temps i had but with the fans running slower.

 

[Jobe]

sounds like its not too bad a system then.
just gotta find someone with these in stock.
jobe

 

[RoEy]

I'm not saying the Swiftech kits are bad, its just that I personally would rather research and buy the best individual parts that worked together instead of buying it all prepackaged. It takes the fun out of learning about it all and makes it too easy..

Too right! I've really enjoyed learning loads about water cooling! Can't wait to build it all!

RoEy