first build

dribbler · 22 Mar 2013 at 22:42

hi ppl, im just getting into watercooling, upgrading slowly from my h2o 920.
ive got my cpu block which is xp3 light and a small res phobya balancer 150, id like to put an Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 360mm radiator in the front of my antec 900! there are no drive bays there and it will fit after a bit of modding :cool:

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Im just stuck on a pump, ive been looking at some EK ones. All im going for is my cpu to be cooled, so is the EK DCP 2.2 good enough and strong enough or should i go for the EK DCP 4.0. Im not made of money so i would like to keep it as cheap as possible but id like a lot better performance than my h2o.
Thanks guys/girls.

aaron90 · 24 Mar 2013 at 19:29

hi, check out skinneelabs.com it has some good comparison on watercooling stuff

dribbler · 24 Mar 2013 at 22:35

Hey thx aaron90, cheers ill get stuck into that then. My nights over now haha thx mate.

Avenged7Fold · 25 Mar 2013 at 02:47

If it is just a cpu loop a 2.2 is fine. In fact I have seen builds on here using a 2.2 with 2 high flow blocks without problems, though i do recommend spending and extra 10 quid and getting the 4.0 to give you plenty of room to expand. I use to run my 4.0 on a EK's supremacy cpu block, motherboard VRM block and GPU before i upgraded my card (and it was more than enough).