Spec me a watercooling kit plz.

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Hi,
i'm currently running an AMD Athlon 6400+ BE, it idles at about 56 degrees which is really hot for it considering it has a max load temp of about 70.
any spec me a faily cheap custom watercooling kit for it? i only need a kit to cool the CPU, possible one that i'd be able to add to but mainly needed for the processor
 
Pilky01 said:
a) 57c is fine.
b) cheap water cooling sucks.
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57c may be fine as an idle temp, but this reaches over 85 when gaming.
so good air over fairly cheap water then?

I have an antec 300 (still boxed) getting 3 yate loon 2200RPM fans for the case and i think i need a new CPU cooler, any recomendations to cool this?
 
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£30 spent on a decent air cooler is capable of out-performing a sub £100 (new) w/c kit. And all you need is a good amount of room around the cpu, much easier than the head-scratching of deciding where the pipes, pump, res and rad are going.

Your post has just reminded me of one of the reasons I built my new rig, the athlon XP2400+ was idling at about that same temp, and there didn't seem to be much point spending money on a five year old system.
 
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