need some advice

[ace1981]

im going to buy the x1800xt if not x1900gt [256mb] and looking for some better cooling been looking into water cooling as i already have bigwater 2 already i know it not the best out there but its doing a great job cpu doesnt go over 45-50c load o/c-38idle compared to fan/heatsink 55-60load.......well anyway i thought about getting a gpu water block but then i thought since it only a bigwater it wont have the pumping power to go to the gpu aswell as cool down [getting next week]my x2 3800 and also the hassle of draining the coolant without spilling it.............

so i sought out for a solution which involves watercooling still but seperated from current water setup....
does anyone know the max heat wattage an x18../1900xt../gt?

as this review [below link] says it can dissapate 120watt

well here it is!!

Thermaltake CL-W0052 Tide Water All in One VGA Cooler

Thermaltake Tide Water is the ultimate solution for water cooling your noisy graphics card, whilst also providing extra overclocking potential. The Tide Water All In One VGA Liquid Cooling module is one of the best graphics coolers on the market today, in a robust, sleek design. Everything is pre-assembled for a no hassle installation and a basic but brilliant refilling method.

- Brazing copper Waterblock
- Suitable for nVIDIA and ATi GPU
- All copper designed Radiator
- Adjustable Fan (1700 , 2500 RPM /17 , 19dBA)
- Black Powerful 12 V Tiny Pump
- 10,000 hours of maintenance free from liquid refilling

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Thermaltake/TideWater/

seen around for £50.............is it a good choice or are there others better

thanks for looking oh overclockers buy these in

 

[ace1981]

bump.....anyone any advice ive only found the thermaltake revision

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Why not just get the Zalman VF900.

Cracking cooler and very quiet, Taken form the info on the Overclockers product page.

 

[ace1981]

Why not just get the Zalman VF900.

i like to have my gfx card at a nice temp and i just heard that the average temp 60c to me that way to hot for my liking and i seen the zalman reviews and i like it but i would like a even better solution

 

[ace1981]

also the zalman doesnt really cool the ram down just has heat sinks on i not saying i want an expensive cooler i just want a cooler that will be quiet with probley a water solution if not heatpipe

but my main question was how much heat in wattage does the x1800xt or x1900gt do as this tide water says it rated up 120watt just wondering what that meant

and what your thoughts are on it?

.......also any good ramcoolers about..........i have no fans in pc except for the ati card and bigwater radiater and 1 8cm up the top but thats useless so i would need good'ens <[ramcooler]

 

[Mrchu_]

the ram on these cards runs cool (ddr3) so with ramsinks youll need a couple of 120 ml (papst are excellent) fan with a fan controller perhaps. Doing blow and s**k routine through the case.Ramsinks arent really necessary if your not overclocking / dont increase the voltage i feel.

(The card breaths a sigh of relief when you take the little blankets of the ram.)

Water is a great idea! ive not got my card in atm (will on wednesday) but the card idles at 45 or so and doesnt go above 54 with full gaming

The maze 4 is low profile if that matters

yeah hope it helps

 

[Gashman]

zalman VF-900 with the supplied ramsinks should do the job absolutely fine, also decent overclocking as well