Building New Water Cooled Computer

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Hey there new to the forums and im about to build a watercooled rig for about 1.2k, ive never tryed watercooling before but heres the spec il be buying below

WC-015-SW Swiftech H20-120 Premium Watercooling Kit (Socket 462/478/LGA775/754/939/940) (WC-015-SW)
£102.95 £102.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP)
£54.95 £54.95
GX-042-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-042-HT)
£189.95 £189.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£179.95 £179.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)
£64.25 £64.25
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£84.95 £84.95
MO-026-HY Hyundai ImageQuest B70A 17" LCD Monitor (MO-026-HY)
£142.95 £142.95
KB-065-LG Logitech UltraX™ Media Desktop - OEM (KB-065-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
CA-014-TT Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Silver (CA-014-TT)
£42.50 £42.50
MY-007-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB) CAS2 Dual Channel Kit (F1-3200PHU2-2GBZX) (MY-007-GS)
£134.95 £134.95
BB-002-SV Silverstone SST-FP52 Silver Aluminium Fan Controller (BB-002-SV)
£17.50 £17.50
CD-025-NE NEC ND4550 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-025-NE)
£25.50 £25.50
£1,257.67

ill be oc'ing the dual core, any idea what speed i could reach with this setup (thats if the chips a good clocker :p) or any changes i should do
 
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You'll probably get 2.4-2.6GHz out of the CPU quite comfortably with the setup. Anything higher is just a bonus.

If you don't have a graphics card waterblock, that will likely account for most of the noise in your case. It might be worth looking at getting a waterblock, or considering an Artic Cooler for the X1800.

Good luck with it :)
 
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thanks, not sure if im right or not but i thought that the arctic cooler for the x1800 wasnt out yet? cant seem to find it on the website
 
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Can HIGHLY recommend WCing your gfx card. It won't add much to the overall cost, but will definately help the card overclock a lot more.

They tend to be much more heat-limited than CPUs.

You'd be crazy not to :D
 
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