Cost effective water cooling?

Dayzed&Confused

Dayzed&Confused

Dayzed&Confused

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Hello,
with the rather nice weather we've been having, the ambient temperature in my room is too hot for my cheap little air cooler to cope with, so my processor is throttling under load, even at stock frequencies. I am under the impression that water cooling would reduce the impact that ambient temperature has on cooling capacity, as well as it being more effective overall. Is this correct, and if so, what is the most cost effective water cooling currently on sale? My spec is currently a Phenom 2 960t, on an MSI 970A-G46, with 8GB of G.E.I.L. Black Dragon RAM. Any advice is welcome, but at the moment affordability is a large factor, so bear that in mind.
Thanks for any advice.
 
Cheapest option would be an all in one style kit like the corsair h100.

What case have you got?

When you say cheap air cooler are we talking a stock one? In which case you'd be fine with an upgraded air cooler.
 
I have honestly no idea what case it is, it was just the cheapest one I could find at the time (I was on fairly limited budget so aesthetics were pretty much ignored), in any case the side that opens out has so many holes in it from fitting extra fans in that it isn't really a wall any more. The current cooler is a £10 Arctic cooling Alpine 64 GT that was part of a bundle on another site when I bought the 960t. What is the price/performance difference likely to be between a decent air cooler and something like a refurbished H100?
 
Spend £20-£30 on a mid range 120mm shod air cooler.

The cooler you have looks not much better than stock cooling.
 
There's been a few hiccups with the refurb kits but you are covered by a 90 day warranty iirc.

If you have the space to mount a dual rad go for it :)

If its the case that suffers from cooling ability you'd be better off going for a rad and dumping the heat straight out of the case.

Do you have a pic?
 
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