Spec me a loop!

Banano

Banano

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Never touched water before (in computers at least) and I need some help!

CPU is an i7 920
Mobo is a gigabyte ex58 ud5
case is a corsair 800d
memory is a triple channel 6GB PC3-12800C8 kit

Aim is just the cpu at this stage, unless anyone thinks the mobo can really benefit from it. I originally bought it as a stable 4ghz o/c bundle but it did glitch ever so slightly on occasion and I never really noticed a performance difference between 4 and 3.6 so it's been strolling along at the lower speed ever since.
I've got some more audio and video work coming up plus the old girl's getting on a bit now so I wouldn't mind having a go at pushing past 4.0 if it's possible.

No budget I have to stick to, so have at it! :)
 
We don't make a habit at speccing loops here, you'll be the one installing and maintaining it so it's better if you spec it yourself.

That way you will have researched what you're doing and will do it properly ;)
 
my advice would be not to, given your specs
a decent watercooling loop made from off the shelf components is going to run you to £200+

money that, in your situation could be well spent in going towards a haswell setup

if you really don't know and don't want to know how to put your own loop together, there are plenty of pre-configured kits that work out slightly cheaper than buying the same components seperately

something like this would do you fine for just CPU, and the pump is decent enough that it would allow you to add to it later on down the line;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-172-EK&groupid=962&catid=1532

other than that, building a water loop can be an incredibly personal thing - it really depends on what your aims are in terms of cost/performance/noise/size
 
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