water cooled 800D

Monster ninja · 21 Oct 2009 at 12:06

hi guys
looking for help specing up water cooling for my 800D and i dont have a clue about water cooling but i have wanted do it for years! atm i have an AM2 mobo cpu GTX 260 i will be upgreading next year to a i9 and a GTX300 or the new ATI card and i dont want to pay more then £300-500 if i have missed anyting just say

regs

"edit 3 rad in the top of the case cpu /gpu and mobo water cooled and atm i just want my setup water cooled" sorry about being a bit vague

BubbySoup · 21 Oct 2009 at 12:12

That's pretty vague. The 800D is a nice case to watercool, but may need some modding if you want to set up a dual loop, depending on the size and placement of the radiators.

What do you want to watercool? CPU and GPU? Motherboard? Just the CPU? We need a lot more information. Also, whilst you may be able to get a conversion kit for your CPU waterblock to go from AM2 to 1366, full cover GPU and motherboard blocks will have to be changed for new ones as you upgrade your kit.

rick fowler · 21 Oct 2009 at 12:14

first things first even before you buy anything read up on how to watercool your pc,everything from the pro's th to con's

then read up on what parts you need and what budget you have for example you will pay around 300 upwards for a decent w/c setup.

are you going to watercool just the cpu or are you going to do the gpu as well.

one loop or two loops

theres plenty to read up on watercooling on the net once you feel your happy with doing it,then proceed in looking at hardware again read up on this before buying and work out whats best for you and not what everyone else has got

i hope this is a good starting point for you,i can only stress that you must read up on it all before you order anything as this will save you hassle and money in the long run

good luck

JonJ678 · 21 Oct 2009 at 17:55

The man's right ^.

It's not that we don't want to advise, more that we don't want you to take a shopping list approach then have no idea what to do when something leaks or doesn't fit together. Learning about it is almost more fun than putting it together anyway, no need to deprive yourself of the enjoyment.

Offtopic/What do you have a separate gaming and other pc for rick? When I get around to gaming I'll just put powerful graphics cards in my current machine. Can I tempt you to fold on either of these monsters?

rick fowler · 21 Oct 2009 at 18:35

JonJ678 said:
The man's right ^.

Offtopic/What do you have a separate gaming and other pc for rick? When I get around to gaming I'll just put powerful graphics cards in my current machine. Can I tempt you to fold on either of these monsters?

i wonder when you was gonna ask john,catch me on msn if you get chance this week