A major upgrade is on the horizon, and I started considering water cooling to get a nice quiet system. First I looked at the reserator and thought that'll do, then having read a bit more, it looked like it wouldn't cope with a decent cpu and dual graphics setup. Having read more, shifted to the swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra. It doesn't come with gpu blocks, so started looking at what to do there, reading around more. Now at the point where I've nearly convinced myself to go fully custom. Might cost more and be more complex, but I'm happy to buy quality as I would like a system that will last me a good 2-3 years without too much in the way of major upgrades.
The Swiftech Storm seems to be about the best cpu waterblock around, but it seems to rely on having decent high pressure flow. So a pump like the MCP655 would do nicely. Would having a loop with these two and say 2 gpu blocks (and res with probably a 120.2 rad - maybe a Thermochill PA) affect performance drastically? I'm looking at using it to cool an 6600 conroe (hopefully OC'd a good bit), don't know which gpus yet. Would it be worth setting up two loops? If I were to go w/c all the way and add a n/b block and perhaps hd coolers how would that affect things? If I'm going to get a Storm I'd like to get the best out of it, and the more components in the loop the less well utilised it would be according to the articles I've read.
One last question while I'm here - if I were to run a single loop would a PA120.3 be worth getting over a 120.2? Looking at comparisons available it might get you a few extra degrees, but is it worth it?
The Swiftech Storm seems to be about the best cpu waterblock around, but it seems to rely on having decent high pressure flow. So a pump like the MCP655 would do nicely. Would having a loop with these two and say 2 gpu blocks (and res with probably a 120.2 rad - maybe a Thermochill PA) affect performance drastically? I'm looking at using it to cool an 6600 conroe (hopefully OC'd a good bit), don't know which gpus yet. Would it be worth setting up two loops? If I were to go w/c all the way and add a n/b block and perhaps hd coolers how would that affect things? If I'm going to get a Storm I'd like to get the best out of it, and the more components in the loop the less well utilised it would be according to the articles I've read.
One last question while I'm here - if I were to run a single loop would a PA120.3 be worth getting over a 120.2? Looking at comparisons available it might get you a few extra degrees, but is it worth it?
but thermo PA's are huge rads so may end up externally mounted pending on the case, HD and northbridge coolers arent really worth paying for, hard drives dont get that hot anyway and northbridges can just have a silent cooler stuck on them