Newb WC advice needed

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Hi all, I've done a bit of reading up on W/C, but I am a complete newb so any tips you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated.

I am pretty much certain that I want to get a complete kit WC solution (i'm nervous enough about putting water near my PC as it is...so I want a bit of comfort that a Kit will bring me knowing that everything is there with instructions etc).

I do want to OC a bit but nothing to write home about (200mhz and i'd be happy for now). I mainly want a nice quiet environment with a bit extra speed....(and yeah I admit it...I just wanna try a WC set up...maybe after this i'll catch the extreme cooling/clocking bug!).

I have a Chenbro Gaming bomb 2 case (120mm fans front and back and 92mm top fan). Not a massive case but not a small one either.

I'd prefer something easy to install to start with, i'd even consider the Resarator systems, but I do tend to transport the PC a bit so that might get annoying....plus my kids might knock the thing over!

Any recommendations? I am thinking a single 120mm rad Waterchill system at the moment? I'll probably only cool CPU for now (NB is passive cooled currently)... and will get an 8800 at somepoint, but the coolers seem (by accounts so far) to be pretty quiet anyway, so no need to WC it.

So what do the OC great and good recommend?

Thanks for any advice you have.
 
Wow, thanks guys, loads of good helpful stuff here and just what I was looking for.

At work atm, so gonna have a detailed read tonight and do a bit more digging on those kits you suggested....I might need to come back for some more advice when I know more.

Thanks again, thats great!

:D
 
So just to be clear, the Apex kit is better on performance than say the Alphacool or Waterchill kits, but downside is you get a radbox on the back (not so good for transporting).

Presumably the other kits don't have this external elements then?

If so what would perform better the Alphacool or a Waterchill?

Does any have a pic of an Alphacool kit installed in their case? I've seen a few Waterchills fitted.

Sorry for loads of questions, and thanks in advance.
 
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